On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants and the Exercise of His Intellectual Faculties, 2. köideW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 pages English physician, chemist, and geologist, Kidd became Reader in Chemistry at Oxford in 1801 and in 1803 was elected the first Aidrichian Professor of Chemistry. He then voluntarily gave lectures on mineralogy and geology, which introduced William Conybeare, William Buckland, Charles Daubeny, and others to geology. Through his efforts the first geological chair (held by Buckland) was established at Oxford. In 1818 he was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and in 1822 Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. In 1834 he was appointed keeper of the Radcliffe Library and in delivered in the same year the Harveian Oration before the Royal College of Physicians. |
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adaptation animals Aristotle arts atmosphere birds body brain called camel capable carbon carbonic acid character colour common consequence considered coral coral reefs Cuvier degree derived du Mus earth effect employed existence external world habits hand heat human individual instance instinct intellectual faculties kingdom Lamarck Lucretius lusus mals mammæ ment metals mind mineral mode moral nature neral observation organs oviparous peculiar phenomena philosophical physical condition powers present principle produced proportion purpose quadrupeds racter reference resemble respect sal ammoniac SECT sense shew species spect stance structure substance supply surface temperature tion treatise tural ture various vegetable vertebræ viviparous wants whole ἀλλὰ γὰρ δὲ καὶ ἐν ἐστὶ ἐστιν ἔχει καὶ τὰ κατὰ οἱ οἷον ὅσα οὐ οὐκ πάντα περὶ πρὸς τὰ μὲν τὰς ταῦτα τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τῶν τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ζῴων ὥσπερ
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