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title: 'American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States …, Vol. 1'
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authors:
- 'Henry Christopher McCook'
date: 1889-01-01
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subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Science'
- 'Natural Theology'
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- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Psalms 104'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccook-1889-american-spiders-and-their-spinningwork-a-natural-history-of-the-orbweaving-spiders-of-the-united-states-vol-1
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# American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States …, Vol. 1

Preface and table of contents of H.C. McCook's 1889 natural history of American spiders, focusing on orb-weavers: web structure, spinning organs, behavior, and comparative studies.

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