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The History of Creation Vol. I

The History of Creation Vol. I

by Ernst Haeckel

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Author
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
Title
The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes
Credits
Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Turgut Dincer, Jason Palmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QH: Science: Natural history
Subject
Heredity
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40472
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40472
Release Date
August 14, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HISTORY OF CREATION.
  2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — PLATES. — FIGURES.
  4. 4.AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.
  5. 5.NOTE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. — NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF FILIATION, OR DESCENT-THEORY.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THE HISTORY OF CREATION ACCORDING TO CUVIER AND AGASSIZ.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO GOETHE AND OKEN.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO KANT AND LAMARCK.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO LYELL AND DARWIN.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — THE THEORY OF SELECTION (DARWINISM).
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE AND PROPAGATION.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — LAWS OF TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE. ADAPTATION AND NUTRITION.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. — LAWS OF ADAPTATION.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — NATURAL SELECTION BY THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. DIVISION OF LABOUR AND PROGRESS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — LAWS OF DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC TRIBES AND OF INDIVIDUALS. PHYLOGENY AND ONTOGENY. — Germs or Embryos of four Vertebrates.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — MIGRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS. CHOROLOGY AND THE ICE-PERIOD OF THE EARTH.
  20. 20.FOOTNOTES: — END OF VOL. I. — WORKS OF PROFESSOR ERNST HAECKEL. — WORKS OF THOMAS H. HUXLEY, LL.D., F.R.S. — EMINENT MODERN SCIENTISTS. — HERBERT SPENCER’S WORKS. 14 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $25.25. — CHARLES DARWIN’S WORKS. 11 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $24.00. — THOMAS H. HUXLEY’S WORKS. 11 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $18.00. — JOHN TYNDALL’S WORKS. 10 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $19.75. — D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers , 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street, New York .

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