1940s VINTAGE Naturalist's Handbook 1st Ed Botany NATURAL HISTORY Zoology + HCDJ

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The amateur naturalist's handbook by Vinson Brown published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1948. First Edition, Eleventh Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the natural life sciences intended primarily for the use of young people, but equally helpful to the amateur naturalist, nature study teacher, nature guide, or any person of any age looking for a thorough but easy-to-understand handbook of natural history.

The book is divided into four sections: The Beginning Naturalist, The Student Naturalist, The Advanced Student Naturalist, Becoming an Explorer-Naturalist. Each section delves further into the secrets of animals, plants, minerals and weather, in a progression which results in a fine sense of knowledge and accomplishment, and also rapidly develops a powerful and satisfying hobby with a serious purpose.

CONDITION : This book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. The cover is worn, scuffed and has edge wear. Pages have turned yellow from age. The dust jacket is soiled, worn, scuffed, has a small tear and edge wear but previous owner wrapped it with a clear cover to protect it from further damage.  Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

CONTENTS :

INTRODUCTION

The Trail of the Naturalist

What Nature Study Is

NATURAL SCIENCE DIVISIONS

GREAT NATURALISTS

THINGS TO REMEMBER IN STUDYING NATURE

Ideals of the Naturalist

Division One:

THE BEGINNING NATURALIST

Animals and Animal Collecting

OBSERVING ANIMALS

COLLECTING ANIMALS

HOW TO MAKE MOUNTED COLLECTIONS

SKINNING

Plants and Plant Collecting

OBSERVING PLANTS

COLLECTING PLANTS

PRESSING AND MOUNTING

Rocks and Minerals and Their Collecting

LOOKING FOR ROCKS AND MINERALS

MAKING A ROCK COLLECTION

Climate

SOME LAWS OF TEMPERATURE

SOME LAWS OF WINDS

SOME LAWS OF MOISTURE

CLOUDS

Division Two:

THE STUDENT NATURALIST

Thinking Out a Problem

GRAPH STUDY

Animal Study

THE NATURE OF ANIMAL LIFE

MAKING YOUR OWN ZOO

THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER

ABOUT KEEPING WILD ANIMALS

HOMES FOR INSECTS

AN AQUARIUM

OBSERVING ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY

BEGINNING CLASSIFICATION & ANATOMY

OF ANIMALS

DISSECTING

ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION CHART

Plant Study

GROWING PLANTS

THE NATURE OF PLANTS

THE PARTS OF A PLANT & THEIR FUNCTIONS

AN EXPERIMENT IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Study of Rocks and Minerals

SEDIMENTARY, IGNEOUS, AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

CHART OF ROCK DEVELOPMENT

THE NATURE OF MINERALS

CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROCKS AND OF LIFE

Climate Study

AIR MASS ANALYSIS

CLOUDS

CLOUD WEATHER SIGNS

MAKING YOUR OWN WEATHER STATION

CHART OF WIND FORCE

CLOUD NAME ABBREVIATIONS

TOOLS

RECORDS

Continuing the Trail of the Naturalist

Division Three:

THE ADVANCED NATURALIST

The Classification and Special Study of

Animals

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

A CHART OF THE PHYLA & CLASSES OF ANIMALS

LARGE LIFE ON LAND

A KEY TO SOME COMMON MAMMALS OF THE UNITED STATES

POND AND STREAM LIFE

LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE SEASHORE

INSECT LIFE

The Classification of Plants

A KEY TO SOME COMMON FAMILIES OF PLANTS

SCIENTIFIC DRAWINGS OF PLANTS

A GLOSSARY OF COMMON BOTANICAL TERMS

Rock and Mineral Classification

A KEY TO SOME COMMON MINERALS

A KEY TO SOME COMMON ROCKS

A GLOSSARY OF COMMON GEOLOGIC TERMS

LAND FORMS

A KEY TO LAND FORMS

Ecology

TYPES OF ACTION OF CLIMATE ON ANIMALS

TYPES OF ACTION OF CLIMATE ON PLANTS

TYPES OF ACTION OF GEOGRAPHY ON ANIMALS AND PLANTS

TYPES OF ACTION OF PLANTS ON PLANTS

TYPES OF ACTION OF ANIMAL ON ANIMAL

TYPES OF INTERACTION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS

TYPES OF LINKAGE OF MANY ECOLOGIC FACTORS

Division Four:

BECOMING AN EXPLORER-NATURALIST

The Naturalist as a Scientist

WHAT THE SCIENTIST IS

THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE

SOME CLASSICS OF NATURAL SCIENCE

ZOOLOGY

BOTANY

GEOLOGY

CLIMATOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CONCLUSION

The Crossroads

Appendices

Nature Tests

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

  • Condition: Good
  • Condition: This book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. The cover is worn, scuffed and has edge wear. Pages have turned yellow from age. The dust jacket is soiled, worn, scuffed, has a small tear and edge wear but previous owner wrapped it with a clear cover to protect it from further damage. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
  • Literary Movement: Naturalism
  • Book Title: The amateur naturalist's handbook
  • Book Series: Nature Books for Young Naturalists
  • Original Language: English
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Personalize: No
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Personalized: No
  • Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Index, Bibliography, Nature Tests, Glossary of Common Botanical Terms, Glossary of Common Geologic Terms, 1st Edition, How to build your own weather station
  • Topic: Animals, Mammals, Pond and stream life, Insects, Ocean Life, Seashore Life, Plants, Collecting, Pressing and Mounting Plants, Parts and Functions of a Plant, Plant classification, Rocks and Minerals, Rock Collection, Rock & Mineral Classification, Climate, Temperature, Winds, Moisture, Clouds, Wild Animals, Aquarium, Classification & Anatomy of Animals, Classification of Plants, Plant-animal interactions, Nature, Ecosystem Interactions, Taxidermy
  • Signed: No
  • Narrative Type: Nonfiction
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
  • Inscribed: No
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Publication Year: 1948
  • Type: Nature Handbook
  • Era: 1940s
  • Author: Vinson Brown (1912 - 1991)
  • Genre: Natural Science, Zoology, Geology, Ecology, Nature Study, ethology, Animal studies, Entomology, Life Sciences, Climatology, meteorology, Biology, Science, Natural History, Outdoor & Nature, Plant physiology, Botany
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Number of Pages: 475

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