Tilden S D (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xii+831 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. light cover wear, small tear at top & bottom of spine. Contents: The necessity of scientific education in China to-day; The peoples of Kwangtung: Their origin, migrations, and present distribution; The manufacture of leather in Canton; On the palm and sole prints of Chinese; Manufactures weather; The study of botany in Fukien; A note on Gnetum scandens; The Magnoliaceae of Kwangtung, Macao, and Hong Kong; The botany of Kwangtung and its relation to agriculture; Differentiating fungi by precipitation with water-soluble specific substances; The number of vascular bundles in Ephedra sinica and E. equisetina; Grasses of Canton vicinity; A brief historical survey of the Lingnan University Herbarium; The local resident's opportunity for productive work in the biological sciences in China; Unrecorded plants from Kwangtung Province II; A review of the literature on the growth of Bamboo; Remarks on citrus and citrus relatives in China; The marine and freshwater algae of China; The collection of mosquitoes in south China; On two species of Sphaeridium from the oriental region (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae); Gall midges or gall gnats of the orient (Itonididae or Cecidomyiidae); The membracidae of China; A common moth and some of its enemies; The Brethnidae and Lycidae of China; Our present knowledge about the Pupipara of Tabanidae of China; A new species of stonefly from China (order Plecoptera, family Nemouridae); Biological notes on a Chrysomelid pest of bamboo; Termites, destroyers of wood and man's fight against them; Present status of our knowledge of the termites of China; Insect inhabitants of the fruiting sprays of the pagoda tree, Sophora japonica; Studies on the Chinese honey-bee; Some principles useful in solving economic biological problems; Study of Brachyplatus subaëneus Westw.; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) Part I. External characters of the nervous system; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) part II. Internal structure of the brain and ventral nerve cord; External morphology of the corn ear worm; The present status of knowledge bout Chinese Gryinidae; On the cricket locusts (Gryllacrids) of China; A list of the coprophagous Coleoptera of China; Notes on the life history of a wild silkworm; History of Rhynchocoris humeralis Thumb. (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).…

Small wall map with original rods and linen backing. Torn near top with little or no loss. Moderately worn and rubbed. Full color by county. First edition of what became a fairly popular map of Connecticut.

Original Wall map, 23 by 29 inches. Very Good, unrestored condition, some cracking at top edge of map, water stain at top portion of map, hole at margin.

Original Wall map, 23 by 29 inches. Very Good, unrestored condition, some cracking at top edge of map, water stain at top portion of map, hole at margin.

Small wall map with original rods and linen backing. Full color by town. Age toned, rubbed and lightly worn, with small areas of chipping and light loss. A scarce map, first issued by J. C. Thompson in 1877, though Thompson's name is omitted on this edition. Population table at top right provides populations of all towns in 1875 and 1880. Chapin 96 (v).…

Original top roller, contemporary crude bottom stick, backed with linen. Wear at edges, detached from top stick at right, light stains at both sides. Age toning to varnish. Full color by town. From surveys by Henry F. Walling. 21 inset plans of towns. Centre County is the current location of Pennsylvania State University, having developed from the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania in Harris Township. There is an illustration of Farmers High School at the top left corner of this map. Not in Phillips.…