Volume 1

Animal and vegetable physiology, considered with reference to natural theology / by Peter Mark Roget.

  • Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Animal and vegetable physiology, considered with reference to natural theology / by Peter Mark Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF TKE FIRST VOLUME. KX INTRODUCTION. PAGE Chapter I.—Final Causes 1 IT.—The Functions of Life 25 PAKT I.—THE MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS. Chapter I.—Organic Mechanism 44 § 1. Organization in general 44 2. Vegetable Organization 48 3. Development of Vegetables 64 4. Animal Organization 74 5. Muscular Power 100 Chapter II.—The Mechanical Functions in Zoophytes . § 1. General Observations 116 2. Porifera, or Sponges 120 3. Polypifera 129 4. Infusoria 147 5. Acalepha .155 6. Eckinodermata 161 Chapter III.—Mollusca § 1. Mollusca in general 171 2. Acephala 173 3. Gasteropoda 181 4. Structure and Formation of the Shells of Mollusca . . 184 5. Pteropoda 205 6. Cephalopoda 206