Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 168 Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham) 1812 1884 Sowerby, George Brettingham A conchological manual Produced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Conchological Manual" by G. B. Sowerby is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This manual serves as a comprehensive guide to conchology, the study of molluscan shells, and aims to provide both an introductory familiarity and a reference resource for serious researchers in the field. The work is extensively illustrated, featuring over six hundred figures that depict various shell types and their classifications. The opening portion of the manual includes a preface that outlines its purpose and structure, emphasizing the importance of understanding shells in both their aesthetic and scientific dimensions. Sowerby expresses gratitude to contributors and mentions the inclusion of systematic arrangements based on the work of notable naturalists like Lamarck. He highlights the need for conchologists, whether casual collectors or serious scholars, to pursue a systematic study of shells, discussing the organization of information alphabetically for ease of access. The introduction outlines the nature of conchology, describing shells and their relationship to the mollusks that inhabit them, ultimately preparing the reader for a detailed exploration of shell classification and structure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Mollusks -- Dictionaries Shells -- Dictionaries QL Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 837106 2025-07-17T12:36:56.081627 text/html 826916 2024-10-23T17:43:22 text/html 26726566 2025-07-17T12:38:35.058594 application/epub+zip 26714122 2025-07-17T12:37:38.279903 application/epub+zip 332476 2025-07-17T12:36:58.453583 application/epub+zip 26015044 2025-07-17T12:38:48.494555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25952674 2025-07-17T12:37:54.393847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595019 2022-09-19T19:13:22.831398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722688 2023-09-19T04:57:56.016997 text/plain 702991 2024-10-23T17:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16259 2025-07-17T12:38:48.733536 application/rdf+xml 14881 2025-07-17T12:36:59.028574 image/jpeg 4139 2025-07-17T12:36:58.741576 image/jpeg 30272594 2025-07-17T12:36:56.485594 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia