The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4


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The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This fourth volume contains Book VII (The Natural History of Birds) and Book VIII (The Various Kinds of Insects) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon (2 hr 39 min)

Chapitres

Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich 2:28 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 2 – The Phoenix 3:39 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 3 – The Eagle 9:41 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 4 – The Vulture and the Hawk 7:38 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 5 – The Crow, the Raven, and the Owl 4:43 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 6 – The Woodpecker of Mars 3:22 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 7 – The Peacock and the Rooster 6:19 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 8 – The Goose 2:46 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 9 – Cranes 2:30 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 10 – Storks and Swans 3:33 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 11 – Foreign Birds which Visit Us 4:47 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 12 – Swallows 1:55 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 13 – Birds which take their Departure from Us in Winter 6:35 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 14 – The Nightingale 4:56 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 15 – The Halcyons: the Halcyon Days that are Favorable to Navigation 2:43 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 16 – The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in the Constructio… 3:14 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 17 – The Acanthyllis and the Partridge 5:21 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 18 – Pigeons 5:25 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 19 – Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds 4:01 Lu par Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 20 – Strange and Fabulous Birds 15:01 Lu par C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 7 Ch. 21 – The Art of Cramming Poultry; Aviaries 4:03 Lu par C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 7 Ch. 22 – Peculiarities of Animals 9:40 Lu par C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 8 Ch. 1 – The Extreme Smallness of Insects 5:00 Lu par C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 8 Ch. 2 – Whether Insects Breathe, and Whether they have Blood 4:12 Lu par Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 3 – Bees 5:23 Lu par Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 4 – The Mode in which Bees Work 8:15 Lu par Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 5 – The Mode of Government of the Bees 4:07 Lu par Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 6 – Wasps and Hornets 2:04 Lu par Andrew Gaunce
Bk. 8 Ch. 7 – The Silk-Worm 2:27 Lu par Andrew Gaunce
Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders 5:02 Lu par Ruth P.
Bk. 8 Ch. 9 – Locusts 4:44 Lu par Ruth P.
Bk. 8 Ch. 10 – Ants 4:08 Lu par Ruth P.