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Excerpt from An Introduction to Palæontology
My ideal (not always attained) has been, in treating each great group of fossils, first to describe with some fulness a few common species from which an idea of the general characters and range of variation may be obtained and then to give a brief systematic account of the group. The reader should not be satisfied unless he actually handles the selected species and compares them, point by point, with the description. When he cannot obtain the actual species described, he should take the nearest allied form accessible, and determine precisely how it difiers from that described. Only by such definite practical work can he begin to qualify himself to become a palaeontologist.
The writing of this book was begun in 1913, and interrupted for nearly four years by pressure of war work. It was at first intended that it should be illustrated by original drawings of fossils, and a certain number of such drawings were made before the war from Specimens in the collection of the Imperial College. I have to record my grateful thanks to the Governors of the Imperial College and Professor Watts, for permission for the use of these specimens, and to Mr. F. G. Percival, e.sc., the artist. Subsequently it became evident that to continue this method of illustra tion would delay the work too much, and that for the purposes of the book diagrammatic copies of figures in standard monographs would be equally useful. I have to thank Miss L. Lyle, and''my wife for these later figures, about four-fifths of the total.
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My ideal (not always attained) has been, in treating each great group of fossils, first to describe with some fulness a few common species from which an idea of the general characters and range of variation may be obtained and then to give a brief systematic account of the group. The reader should not be satisfied unless he actually handles the selected species and compares them, point by point, with the description. When he cannot obtain the actual species described, he should take the nearest allied form accessible, and determine precisely how it difiers from that described. Only by such definite practical work can he begin to qualify himself to become a palaeontologist.
The writing of this book was begun in 1913, and interrupted for nearly four years by pressure of war work. It was at first intended that it should be illustrated by original drawings of fossils, and a certain number of such drawings were made before the war from Specimens in the collection of the Imperial College. I have to record my grateful thanks to the Governors of the Imperial College and Professor Watts, for permission for the use of these specimens, and to Mr. F. G. Percival, e.sc., the artist. Subsequently it became evident that to continue this method of illustra tion would delay the work too much, and that for the purposes of the book diagrammatic copies of figures in standard monographs would be equally useful. I have to thank Miss L. Lyle, and''my wife for these later figures, about four-fifths of the total.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - Arthur Morley Davies
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ISBN - 9780265422014
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Page Count - 433
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