QUANTITATIVE METHOD IN BIOLOGY. [First Edn.]

by MacLeod, J

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Manchester, Eng.:: Manchester Univ.,, 1919. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends lightly worn; fore & bottom edges untrimmed; otherwise good.. index. With b&w drawings. `Variability...has rendered impossible the general use of quantitative data...[here, I] describe a method by which biological constants may be established.' ||| Covers--Notion of Species is a Chemical Notion; Each Species' Observable Properties are Reactions of its Living Substance; Quantitative Method & Primordia; The Primordia; Attempt at Classification of the Primordia; Measurement of Variable Properties of Animals & Plants; Variation Steps; Gradation; Application of Quantitative Method. ||| Julius MacLeod (1857-1919) was Prof of Botany at Univ. of Ghent.