DETAILS
Author:
Ellis, John, (1710-1776).
Call No. [Page No.]: QL379.E471786 [p. 127]
Publisher: London : Printed for Benjamin White and son, 1786
Document Type: Rare book
Category: Rare Book Collection
Date: 1786
Pagination: 208
Location: Rare Folio
Notes:
Ellis, an English government official in Florida and the Caribbean, collected samples of botanical specimens and coral and sent them to scientists in England and Europe. In his correspondence with Linnaeus he dismissed earlier theories that coral were plants and proposed that they were animals. His book contributed to the development of scientific inquiry and the identification and classification of living things.
Treasure record edited by Hamilton Library at 2010-07-28 16:08:32
Call No. [Page No.]: QL379.E471786 [p. 127]
Publisher: London : Printed for Benjamin White and son, 1786
Document Type: Rare book
Category: Rare Book Collection
Date: 1786
Pagination: 208
Location: Rare Folio
Notes:
Ellis, an English government official in Florida and the Caribbean, collected samples of botanical specimens and coral and sent them to scientists in England and Europe. In his correspondence with Linnaeus he dismissed earlier theories that coral were plants and proposed that they were animals. His book contributed to the development of scientific inquiry and the identification and classification of living things.
Treasure record edited by Hamilton Library at 2010-07-28 16:08:32