Project Gutenberg 2013-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 145 Emerton, J. H. (James Henry) 1847 1930 Emerton, James Henry Emerton, James H. 02017851 The Common Spiders of the United States Produced by Bryan Ness, Susan Theresa Morin, Sharon Joiner, TIA: American Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Common Spiders of the United States" by James H. Emerton is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work aims to provide accessible knowledge about common spider species found across the United States, specifically targeting readers who may not have a deep scientific background. The book seeks to raise awareness and reduce the common misconceptions about spiders, presenting them as an integral part of the ecosystem and encouraging a greater understanding of their habits and characteristics. The opening of the book serves as a preface that outlines the author's motivation for writing this guide. Emerton discusses the scarcity of accessible literature on American spiders, noting that most existing works are either expansive scientific texts or less comprehensive publications that are not widely known. He explains the structure of the content, which aims to describe well-known spider species, accompanied by illustrations for clarity. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding spider anatomy, behavior, and habitats while setting up the premise for a more formal introduction to various spider families and their distinguishing traits later in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42576/42576-h/images/cover.jpg en Spiders -- United States QL Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 558848 558860 2024-09-18T03:55:49.409379 2023-09-18T12:23:41.644107 text/html text/html 519899 2013-04-21T17:19:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 32416047 2013-04-21T17:22:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 32879894 2024-09-18T03:57:02.223011 application/epub+zip 32776628 2024-09-18T03:56:13.740368 application/epub+zip 223201 2024-09-18T03:55:51.239380 application/epub+zip 30964343 2024-09-18T03:57:23.772443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30782853 2024-09-18T03:56:32.584162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302811 2022-09-19T12:39:18.180006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357412 2024-09-18T03:55:45.987432 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 357250 2013-04-21T17:19:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 106353 2013-04-21T17:22:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 356993 2013-04-21T17:20:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 106263 2013-04-21T17:22:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357224 2013-04-21T17:20:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106243 2013-04-21T17:22:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21640 2024-09-18T03:57:24.311382 application/rdf+xml 19150 2024-09-18T03:55:51.431356 image/jpeg 2845 2024-09-18T03:55:51.336404 image/jpeg 32723169 2024-09-18T03:55:50.687354 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia