Proofs of the Effects of Habitual Use in the Modification of Animal Organisms AND Physiological Theory of the Classification of the Skeleton, AND Dynamical Evolution and 85 others.

John A. Ryder ++89 OFFPRINTS Embryology, Evolution, Natural History++

Published by Various oublishers, 1879

About this Item

Ryder, John A. 89 items--Collected papers, original offprints, 1879-1895. Various publishers (mostly American Naturalist). Bound together though lacking covers. Non-existent covers, though each of the offprints is at least in GOOD condition. Distribution by year: 1879 (5 papers), 1880s (65 papers), 1890s to 1895 (20 papers). 8 of the offprints have their original outer wrappers. The majority of the papers are a few pp and are from the "American Naturalist", with others published by American Philosophical Society, U.S. National Museum, Fish Commission, and the National Academy of Sciences (Philadelphia). Ca. 500pp all together (?) Some of the longer contributions include: On the Origin of Heterocerry and the Evolution of the Fins and Fin Rays of Fishes, 1886, 100pp, 10 plates; On the Inexact Homologies of the Limbs of Vertebrates, 1887, 30pp, plates; "The Phylogeny of the Sweat Glands (1889) 7pp original wraps; Proofs of the Effects of Habitual Use in the Modification of Animal Organisms (1889) 9pp, original wrappers; Physiological Theory of the Classification of the Skeleton, (1889), ow; On the Origin of Sex through cummulative Integration and the relation of sexuality to the Genesis of Species, (1890), American Phil Society, 50pp, ow; The Synthetic Museum of Comparative Anatomy as the Basis for a Comprehensive System of Research (1893), 15pp; Energy as a Factor in Organic Evolution, AM Philos Soc 1893, 11pp; Dynamical Evolution, published at Wood's Hole, 1894, 25pp. [++] "John Adam Ryder (1852-1895), was an American zoologist and embryologist. He worked for the United States Fish Commission from 1880 to 1886 and Professor of Comparative Embryology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1886 to 1895. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1886."--Wikipedia. Provenance: Library of Congress, via Smithsonian Institution.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Proofs of the Effects of Habitual Use in the Modification of Animal Organisms AND Physiological Theory of the Classification of the Skeleton, AND Dynamical Evolution and 85 others.
• Publisher: Various oublishers
• Publication Date: 1879
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 2 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History