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The naturalist's assistant; a handbook for the collector and student, with a bibliography of fifteen hundred works necessary for the systematic zoölogist, by J.S. Kingsley

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Author:
Kingsley, J. S (John Sterling) 1854-1929  Search this
Former owner:
Henderson, J. B (John Brooks) 1870-1923 DSI  Search this
Electrotyper:
Boston Stereotype Foundry  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 228, [8] p. illus. 20 cm
Type:
Laboratory manuals
Date:
1882
Notes:
Running title and half-title are printed as: Naturalists' assistant.
"Electrotyped. Boston Stereotype Foundry"--Verso of t.p.
The final 8 p. are advertisements for natural history-related instruments, supplies, and publications.
Also available online.
Elecresource
SCNHRB copy 39088010382398 has bookplate: Ex libris John Brooks Henderson.
SCNHRB copy has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries June 6, 1990.
SCNHRB copy has publisher's dark brown embossed-cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine.
Contents:
Collecting and preserving specimens -- Labelling and mounting -- Rooms and cases -- The microscope -- The laboratory -- Laboratory work -- Receipts, formulæ and useful hints -- Bibliography -- Index
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this
Call number:
QL61 .K55 1882
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_731526