01951cam a22003253u 4500 45731 UtSlPG 20260610134041.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 QH Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10) : Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Naturelle Release date is 2014-05-23 Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10)" by Buffon is an encyclopedic work published in 1756. This volume forms part of a monumental 36-volume collection covering all knowledge of natural sciences in the 18th century. Volume six focuses on wild animals, continuing Buffon's systematic exploration of quadrupeds. The work challenged religious orthodoxy by proposing an Earth older than biblical accounts and introduced secular explanations for natural phenomena. Buffon's attention to internal anatomy made him an early comparative anatomist, laying groundwork for evolutionary thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Natural history Barr, James Smith https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45731 86570 86570