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 Project Gutenberg 2014-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 83 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 05 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Buffon's Natural History. Volume 05" by Buffon is a scientific publication written in the late 18th to early 19th century. This comprehensive work explores the natural world, particularly focusing on a theory of the earth and the history of various living organisms, including animals, humans, and plants. The volume delves into the nature of animals, examining their physiology, behaviors, and roles within the ecosystem. The opening of this volume begins with a philosophical discourse on the nature of animals, underscoring the interrelationship between humans and the animal kingdom. Buffon discusses how understanding animal life assists in comprehending human existence, suggesting that the study of animals serves as a comparative analysis of organization and function. He distinguishes between the intrinsic characteristics of animals and humans, elaborating on vital processes such as motion, rest, and the mechanics of the animal body, while highlighting the absence of reflective thought in animals as compared to humans. This sets the stage for a detailed examination of domestic animals in the subsequent section, laying a foundation for further exploration into how animals are adapted and modified by human interaction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45730/45730-h/images/cover.jpg en Natural history QH Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 512274 512287 2024-09-19T07:38:12.411543 2023-09-20T04:07:25.223317 text/html text/html 510097 2014-05-23T09:00:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3282705 2014-05-23T09:00:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3071808 2024-09-19T07:38:20.636506 application/epub+zip 3076013 2024-09-19T07:38:14.328529 application/epub+zip 219228 2024-09-19T07:38:13.117593 application/epub+zip 2149271 2024-09-19T07:38:25.313504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2107259 2024-09-19T07:38:19.471518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303060 2022-09-20T19:49:13.359916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459349 459148 2024-09-19T07:38:11.653581 2023-09-20T04:07:24.282276 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 459336 2014-05-23T09:00:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 161170 2014-05-23T09:00:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459331 2014-05-23T09:00:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161127 2014-05-23T09:00:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20673 2024-09-19T07:38:25.452477 application/rdf+xml 15729 2024-09-19T07:38:13.322570 image/jpeg 3023 2024-09-19T07:38:13.160544 image/jpeg 3283388 2024-09-19T07:38:12.548559 application/octet-stream application/zip