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CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. Introductory 1
II. On Magnitude 16
III. The Rate of Growth 50
IV. On the Internal Form and Structure of the Cell 156
V. The Forms of Cells 201
VI. A Note on Adsorption 277
VII. The Forms of Tissues, or Cell-aggregates 293
VIII. The same (continued) 346
IX. On Concretions, Spicules, and Spicular Skeletons 411
X. A Parenthetic Note on Geodetics 488
XI. The Logarithmic Spiral 493
XII. The Spiral Shells of the Foraminifera 587
XIII. The Shapes of Horns, and of Teeth or Tusks: with a Note on Torsion 612
XIV. On Leaf-arrangement, or Phyllotaxis 635
XV. On the Shapes of Eggs, and of certain other Hollow Structures 652
XVI. On Form and Mechanical Efficiency 670
XVII. On the Theory of Transformations, or the Comparison of Related Forms 719
Epilogue 778
Index 780