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Description:Excerpt from Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 The arrangement of the greater part of the collections is designed to throw light upon the evolutionary processes by which the changing present has been derived from the unstable past. Only a small portion of such a vast field can be covered in a small museum; evolution in the animal kingdom, and in the earlier stages of the arts, crafts, and industries of man, afford more than sufficient Scope, and the collections have certain limitations which are referred to below. An essential part in the explanation of the contents of the Museum is played by the Handbooks that have been issued (see back of cover), and these will be added to from time to time. The lectures to teachers, the public lectures, and the tours conducted by the guide-lecturer, have also, in the main, the same object. Beginning with the specimens and their arrangement, and passing through the labels, the Guide, the Handbooks, the Lectures and Demonstrations, and the books and treatises in the Library, there is provided a graduated scale which is, it is hoped, adapted to meet the needs of most classes of visitors. The two departments of Ethnology and Zoology practically coincide with the two balls which form the greater part of the Museum. The South Hall is mainly devoted to the comparative and evolutionary treatment of man's simpler tools, weapons, utensils, and other appliances it therefore deals chie y with that branch of Ethnology which is called Primitive Technology. Objects such as clubs, or baskets, or spindles, are grouped together for comparison, the series beginning with the simpler types and passing on to the more complex; the geographical system of arrangement is only adopted in a few cases. The North Hall contains the Zoological collections, which include series illustrating evolution, animal locomotion, animal defences, and the classification, structure, and life-history of the main groups of the animal kingdom. There are also reference collections of insects, shells, and birds' eggs, and a number of vivaria and aquaria for the exhibition of livmg British land, freshwater, and marine animals (birds and mammals are excluded). The division of the North Hall nearest to the main staircase is occupied by comparative series illustrating the structure (chie y the skeletons) of the anthropoid apes and man. Casts of the more important prehistoric skulls, representing early man, are also exhibited, and there is a case devoted to the illustration of the chief characters used in the broad classification of the modern races of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 The arrangement of the greater part of the collections is designed to throw light upon the evolutionary processes by which the changing present has been derived from the unstable past. Only a small portion of such a vast field can be covered in a small museum; evolution in the animal kingdom, and in the earlier stages of the arts, crafts, and industries of man, afford more than sufficient Scope, and the collections have certain limitations which are referred to below. An essential part in the explanation of the contents of the Museum is played by the Handbooks that have been issued (see back of cover), and these will be added to from time to time. The lectures to teachers, the public lectures, and the tours conducted by the guide-lecturer, have also, in the main, the same object. Beginning with the specimens and their arrangement, and passing through the labels, the Guide, the Handbooks, the Lectures and Demonstrations, and the books and treatises in the Library, there is provided a graduated scale which is, it is hoped, adapted to meet the needs of most classes of visitors. The two departments of Ethnology and Zoology practically coincide with the two balls which form the greater part of the Museum. The South Hall is mainly devoted to the comparative and evolutionary treatment of man's simpler tools, weapons, utensils, and other appliances it therefore deals chie y with that branch of Ethnology which is called Primitive Technology. Objects such as clubs, or baskets, or spindles, are grouped together for comparison, the series beginning with the simpler types and passing on to the more complex; the geographical system of arrangement is only adopted in a few cases. The North Hall contains the Zoological collections, which include series illustrating evolution, animal locomotion, animal defences, and the classification, structure, and life-history of the main groups of the animal kingdom. There are also reference collections of insects, shells, and birds' eggs, and a number of vivaria and aquaria for the exhibition of livmg British land, freshwater, and marine animals (birds and mammals are excluded). The division of the North Hall nearest to the main staircase is occupied by comparative series illustrating the structure (chie y the skeletons) of the anthropoid apes and man. Casts of the more important prehistoric skulls, representing early man, are also exhibited, and there is a case devoted to the illustration of the chief characters used in the broad classification of the modern races of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Guide to the Collections in the Horniman Museum and Library, Forest Hill, London, S. E: 1921 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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