Project Gutenberg 2014-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 87 Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de 1707 1788 Buffon, M. le comte de Leclerc, Georges Louis, comte de Buffon Barr, James Smith Barr, J. S. (James Smith) 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. E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10)" by Buffon is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century. This volume primarily explores the history and theory of animal generation, alongside reflections on human nature and the natural world. The text is a comprehensive study that delves deeply into the mechanics of reproduction and the evolutionary thoughts of the time, featuring insights from various eminent philosophers and scientists such as Aristotle and Harvey. The opening of this volume presents a discourse on historical perspectives regarding reproduction, particularly focusing on the theories proposed by ancient philosophers like Aristotle and Hippocrates, as well as later thinkers such as Descartes and Harvey. Buffon critiques these theories while discussing their implications for understanding the process of generation. He highlights the ongoing debates around the origins of life, including theories on male and female reproductive fluids, and sets the stage for his own arguments and observations that aim to clarify the mystery of how organisms evolve from conception to maturity, reflecting Buffon’s broader inquiry into the natural history of species. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45639/45639-h/images/cover.jpg en Natural history QH Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 489825 489606 2024-09-19T07:09:33.381628 2023-09-20T03:38:55.181563 text/html text/html 492156 2014-05-12T19:08:33 text/html 162072 2014-05-12T19:11:35 text/html application/zip 541011 2014-05-12T19:11:15 text/html application/zip 497381 2024-09-19T07:09:39.734615 application/epub+zip 505085 2024-09-19T07:09:34.663651 application/epub+zip 204649 2024-09-19T07:09:33.832684 application/epub+zip 794075 2024-09-19T07:09:43.442587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 756671 2024-09-19T07:09:38.865662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293375 2022-09-20T19:08:42.253352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440211 440027 2024-09-19T07:09:32.728664 2023-09-20T03:38:54.581556 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 439779 2014-05-12T19:03:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148785 2014-05-12T19:03:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 439958 2014-05-12T19:03:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148734 2014-05-12T19:03:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21719 2024-09-19T07:09:43.581589 application/rdf+xml 13845 2024-09-19T07:09:33.915643 image/jpeg 2859 2024-09-19T07:09:33.875632 image/jpeg 541010 2024-09-19T07:09:33.458657 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