On Naval Timber and Arboriculture by Patrick Matthew
"On Naval Timber and Arboriculture" by Patrick Matthew is a book published in 1831. Ostensibly a treatise on growing trees for shipbuilding, this work contains a remarkable surprise: buried in its appendices is an early articulation of natural selection, appearing twenty-eight years before Darwin's "Origin of Species." The book's unconventional structure—a jumble of topics spanning forestry, politics, human races, and evolutionary theory—reflects its chaotic assembly, with Matthew adding sections even as it
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| Author | Matthew, Patrick, 1790-1874 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 12019285 |
| Title |
On Naval Timber and Arboriculture With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Naval_Timber_and_Arboriculture |
| Credits |
Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, including RichardW (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 41.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | SD: Agriculture: Forestry |
| Subject | Forests and forestry -- Great Britain |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 53678 |
| Release Date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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