Naturalist''s and Traveller''s Companion

Reissued in its 1779 third edition, this work provides the educated traveller with advice on collecting and preserving scientific specimens.

List of contents

Preface; Part I: 1. Method of catching and preserving insects for collections; 2. Method of preserving birds and other animals; 3. Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from distant countries; 4. Method of analizing mineral waters; 5. Of the contents of the air; 6. Directions for collecting and distinguishing fossil substances, including salts, earths, metals and inflammables; Part II: 1. Observations and queries respecting learning, antiquities, religious rites, polite arts, etc.; 2. Commerce, manufactures, arts, trade, etc.; 3. Meteorological observations, food, way of living; animal economy in general, etc.; 4. Zoology; 5. Botany; 6. Mineralogy; 7. Directions for talking off impressions of casts from medals and coins; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Coakley Lettsom
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781108076760
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07676-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Environmental Management