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Auteur:	Owen, Richard
Titel:	On the Extent and Aims of a National Museum of Natural History Including the Substance of a Discourse on that Subject, Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on the Evening of Friday, April 26, 1861
Uitgever:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781108038294
Serie:	Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
Serie:	Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 34.80
Verschijningsdatum:	03-11-2011
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Palaeontology
Geillustreerd:	2 Plates, black and white

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	146
Hoogte mm.:	216
Breedte mm.:	140
Dikte mm.:	9
Gewicht gr.:	200

 

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The establishment of a national Natural History Museum was an idea opposed almost unanimously by the scientific community when it was proposed by Richard Owen (1804–92) in 1859. This is the text of one of Professor Owen's many speeches, first published in 1862, advocating its cause.