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Science subjects: Geology, Biology, Chemistry, Taxonomy, Medical, Math, etc. You can search the 1911 EB here: [1]

General edit

  1. Alkali manufacture - Alkali
  2. Economic entomology – "the name given to the study of insects based on their relation to man, his domestic animals and his crops~ and, in the case of those that are injurious, of the practical methods by which they can be prevented from doing harm, or be destroyed when present." Quite a long article.
  3. Energetics - the study of energy, article may be out of date.
  4. Geometrical continuity, today called Geometric continuity - I read half of it and couldn't figure it out. [2] - Could be related to the continuity/limits in calculus. Kepler fans might like this one because it talks about him a lot.
  5. Pyrones Pyrone – the definition seems close to pyran, but I've been unable to find out if they are the same or not. Make sure to check chemical formulas with another source or a hardcopy, as many have been incorrectly scanned.
  6. River engineering - very long article on river engineering. The content definitely should be copied over to here, but may take some work to shape into proper content for Wikipedia.
  7. Transit circle; Meridian Circle - (relatively long article) an instrument for observing the time of a stars passing the meridian, at the same time measuring its angular distance from the zenith.
  8. Variation and Selection - related to evolution and heredity (biology); content should be copied to expand gene pool and Natural selection, at least.

Minerals and Geology topics edit

General edit

  1. Clay-with-Flints - the name given by W. Whitaker in 1861 to a peculiar deposit of stiff red, brown or yellow clay containing unworn whole flints as well as angular shattered fragments...
  2. Torridonian "a series of pre-Cambrian arenaceous sediments", after Loch Torridon and Torridon sandstone.

Geologic time divisions (many may be obsolete) edit

  1. Bernician Series - lower portion of the Carboniferous System
  2. Chellian - the first epoch of the Quaternary period when the earliest human remains are discoverable
  3. Cornbrash - in geology, the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England
  4. Keuper - in geology the third or uppermost subdivision of the Triassic system
  5. Kimeridgian Kimmeridgean - in geology, the basal division of the Upper Oolites in the Jurassic system - this one is still valid
  6. Llandeilo Group - subdivision of the British Ordovician
  7. Llandovery Group - division of the Silurian in Britain
  8. Ludlow Group or Ludlovian - in geology, the uppermost ubdivision of the Silurian rocks
  9. Marnian Epoch - period usually called in France the Gallic
  10. Neocomian - in geology, the name given to the lowest stage of the Cretaceous
  11. Purbeckian - in geology, the highest and youngest member of the Jurassic system

Taxonomy edit

Animals and etc. edit

  1. Campodea - a small whitish wingless insect, Campodea staphylinus is best known species
  2. Chaetopoda - taxonomic class including the majority of the Annelida, ca. 1911 - may be out of use now
  3. Chaetosomatida - small group of minute, free-living, aquatic organisms that are close to the Nematoda
  4. Cock-of-the-rock - birds of the genus Rupicola, subfamily Rupicolinae of the Cotingas
  5. Cyclostomata - or Marsipobranchii, a group of fishes including the ordinary lampreys and hagfish (likely an obsolete term)
  6. Dendrocometes - a genus in Suctoria
  7. Filander - the name by which the Aru Island wallaby (Macropus brunii) was first described
  8. Ganodonta - a group of North American Eocene mammals of uncertain affinity
  9. Goramy - Osphromenus olfax, reputed to be one of the best-flavored freshwater fishes ...Osphromenus
  10. Haplodrili class Archiannelida, see Annelid
  11. Lacewing fly - insects of the families Hemerobiidae and Chrysopidae
  12. Lantern Fly - insects of the Hemiptera
  13. Mantis fly - family Mantispidae
  14. Mole-Shrew - any individual of the genera Urotriclius and Uropsilus, see Insectivore
    But there's also the American Shrew Mole; so a disambiguation page is needed. Gdr 00:50, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Morillon - name commonly given by fowlers to the female or immature male of the goldeneye (duck)
    A French word for various ducks in the genus Aythya, especially the Tufted Duck (not the goldeneye at all). Best left unlinked, since it's also a village in the Haute Savoie and a surname. Gdr 13:20, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Mormyr - Mormyridae, a family of the Malacopterygian fishes
  17. Mouse-Bird - genus Colius
  18. Musk-Shrew - genus Crocidura of the family Soricidae
  19. Myzostomida - group of small parasitic worms which live on crinoid echinoderms
  20. Odontornithes - zoological term proposed for birds possessed of teeth
  21. Palaeotherium - name applied by Cuvier to the remains of ungulate mammals from the Lower Oligocene gypsum quarries of Paris
    Keep if the term is still applied, otherwise redirect to correct term.--nixie 11:46, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Pecora - group of ruminating artiodactyle ungulates represented by oxen, sheep, goats, antelopes, deer, giraffes, &c. (Ruminatia) Peccary?
  23. Pentastomida or Linguatulina; in 1911 regarded as highly modified degenerate Arachnida of the order Acari
  24. Pluto Monkey - a guenon, Cercopithecus leucampyx
  25. Pout - also whiting-pout or bib (Gadus luscus), a fish of the family Gadidae
  26. Snakefly - name given to the neuropterous order Raphidiodea
  27. Souslik - Spermophilus citillus or Citillus citillus, European burrowing rodent mammal

Plants edit

  1. Cimicifuga - genus of flowers in the order Ranunculales
  2. Dictyogens - (Obsolete) proposed botanical name for a class including certain families of Monocotyledons which have net-veined leaves.
  3. Elephants-Foot, aka. Hottentot's Bread - popular name for the plant Testudinaria elephantipes, syn Dioscorea elephantipes
  4. Funkia # now Hosta # - genus of plants in the FAMILY Liliaceae
  5. Polyanthus - one of the oldest of the florists flowers, is probably derived from Polyanthus variabilis

Microorganisms edit

  1. Difflugia - a genus in Amoebozoa
  2. Endospora - group or class of the Sporozoa
  3. Proteomyxa - a group of Protozoa Sarcodina
    This is an obsolete group, variable in composition and not often used. I'm not sure what should be done with it. Josh
    The thing to do with obsolete taxa that don't correspond well to any modern taxon is to write a short article explaining what the name referred to, why it is not longer used, and how the organisms are now classified; see Simia, Thecodont, Quadrumana for examples. Gdr 21:14, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Vampyrella - a genus of azoosporous Proteomyxa (now considered a vampyrellid)
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