On growth and form

1945·54.8 MB·English

by  Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948

GROWTH AND FORM

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Seep. 390
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GROWTH
AND FORM
BY
D'ARCY WENTWORTH THOMPSON
A new edition
"The reasonings about the wonderful and intricate operations
of Nature are so full of uncertainty, that, as the Wise-man truly
observes, hardly do we guess aright at the things jhat are upon
earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us.''
Stephen Hales, Vegetable Staticks (1727), p. 318, 1738.
"Ever since I have been enquiring into the works of Nature
I have always loved and admired the Simplicity of her Ways."
Dr George Martine (a pupil of Boorhaave's), in Medical Essays and
Observations, Edinburgh, 1747.