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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- NOTICE
- CONTENTS
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. II THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MAN
- CHAP. III ON THE POWERS OF THE HUMAN HAND, CONSIDERED AS A CORPOREAL ORGAN
- CHAP. IV ON THE BRAIN, CONSIDERED AS THE ORGAN OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES
- CHAP. V THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF ANIMALS IN GENERAL
- CHAP. VI ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE WANTS OF MAN
- CHAP. VII ADAPTATION OF MINERALS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. VIII ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLES TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. IX ADAPTATION OF ANIMALS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. X ADAPTATION OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD TO THE EXERCISE OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES OF MAN
- CHAP. XI CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
CHAP. VII - ADAPTATION OF MINERALS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- NOTICE
- CONTENTS
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. II THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MAN
- CHAP. III ON THE POWERS OF THE HUMAN HAND, CONSIDERED AS A CORPOREAL ORGAN
- CHAP. IV ON THE BRAIN, CONSIDERED AS THE ORGAN OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES
- CHAP. V THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF ANIMALS IN GENERAL
- CHAP. VI ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE WANTS OF MAN
- CHAP. VII ADAPTATION OF MINERALS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. VIII ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLES TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. IX ADAPTATION OF ANIMALS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN
- CHAP. X ADAPTATION OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD TO THE EXERCISE OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES OF MAN
- CHAP. XI CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
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- On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of ManPrincipally with Reference to the Supply of his Wants and the Exercise of his Intellectual Faculties, pp. 152 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014