Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10) by Buffon
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"Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10)" by Comte de Buffon is an encyclopedic work published between 1749-1804. This monumental collection documents all knowledge of natural sciences from the era, spanning quadrupeds, birds, minerals, and geology across thirty-six volumes. Volume 03 includes descriptions of the King's Cabinet of curiosities and continues the natural history of humankind. Buffon's work challenged biblical chronology and introduced secular perspectives on Earth's origins, attracting both acclaim and
controversy while laying groundwork for evolutionary thinking. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Barr, James Smith |
| Title |
Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Naturelle |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 45639 |
| Release Date | May 12, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 519 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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