. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. THE RISE OF EMBRYOLOGY 227 monographs, etc., and there was no compact science of em- bryology with definite outlines. Balfour reviewed all this mass of information, digested it, and molded it into an organ- ized v/hole. The results were published in the form of two volumes with the title of Comparative Embryology. This book of "almost priceless value" was given to the world in 1880-1881. It was a colossal undertaking, but Balfour was. Fig. 69.—Francis M. Balfour, 1851-1882. a phenomenal worker. Bef
. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. THE RISE OF EMBRYOLOGY 227 monographs, etc., and there was no compact science of em- bryology with definite outlines. Balfour reviewed all this mass of information, digested it, and molded it into an organ- ized v/hole. The results were published in the form of two volumes with the title of Comparative Embryology. This book of "almost priceless value" was given to the world in 1880-1881. It was a colossal undertaking, but Balfour was. Fig. 69.—Francis M. Balfour, 1851-1882. a phenomenal worker. Before his untimely death at the age of thirty-one, he had been able to complete this work and to produce, besides, a large number of technical researches. The period of Balfour is taken arbitrarily in this volume as beginning about 1874, when he published, with T^Iichael Foster, The Elements of Embryology. His University Career.—Balfour (Fig. 69) was born in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York : Henry Holt
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