The Natural Sciences: A Hand-Book, Prepared for the Use of Pacific Coast Students; Containing Simple Directions, Contributed by Leading Scientists, to ... and Preservers of Specimens (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The young student is at first omnivorous in his tastes; the plants, the animal life, the rocks, interest him alike. By and by he realizes the impossibility of thoroughly finishing even one line of research, and willingly limits himself to some favorite branch. Even in the beginning he needs the aid of older heads and to this end a num ber of prominent scientific gentlemen have prepared, in their separate specialties, simple and comprehensive sug gestions for young beginners, which are written with special reference to the natural resources of our state.

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