Electric Eel Calling - A Record Of An Artist's Association With A Scientific Expedition To Study The Electric Eel At Santa Maria De Belem Do Para Brazil (Paperback)

by Shelby Shackelford (Author)
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Text extracted from opening pages of book: ELECTRIC EEL CALLING WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR A RECORD OF AN ARTISTS ASSOCI ATION WITH A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO STUDY THE ELECTRIC EEL AT SANTA MARIA DE BELEM DO PARA, BRAZIL SHELBY SHACKELFORD YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS I'HAKLKS St'RJHNftR's SONS I'fmtnt in the tfaitnl Sutn ti! Aniriu wiy /* f ? fiend tH fd in iv l tftt pffttth\ wn D/ i'httrlc\ l \ i For King David 7) r. Herman Bawtch, ' whose imagination and generosity are { is phenomenal as the behavior of the electric eeL ACKNOWLEDGMENT On opening this hook it is quickly obvious that it is written from the viewpoint of the artist, but I have taken care in discussing the research on the electric eel, which I'onns the thread of the narrative, to submit all of it for correction. Also 1 have taken the liberty of supplementing findings wade in J * ar& with others wade before and since m New York so as to include as much material as possible on ihe subject. These have been technically reported in articles appearing in Zoological Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society between the years t $*$$ and /. p^ to, by Mr, Christopher W. Coates of the New York Atj/ iariwM) who acquired specimens of the electric eel for the Aqitarhtw m 1^ 34 and has been active ever since in promoting and carrying on research on thewi; and by Mr. Robert & Mathers and Dr. Ross F. Nigrelli of the New York Aquarium, Dr. Richard 1\ (' ox ami Dr. Louis P* Gnwath of the Department of Physics, New York University, 7) r. George M. Smith of the Yale Uni versity Medical School^ Miss Janice A. Cutler of the De fwriwent of Chemistry, New York University* Dr* M. Vernier lifinm of the Department of Physics, ( Allege of the City of New York, Mr. Walter A. Rosenblith of the tihlogical fjifwmfory, ( old Spring Harbor, For the me of photographs which ! med as material for some of the drawings I wish to thank Dr. Robert C. Smith I vii ] of the Hispanic Foundation, Library of Congress, and Air. Robert Matbews* To all those people in Para who taught i/ s many things about a new world, I would send thanks, and especially to Dr. Godofrcdo Hagwann, Dr. Quinnir P/ nr, and Jo3o of the Mitseii Eimlio Qoeldl, Mr, Karl CmV/;/, Sra, ( Ixtharina Magno dc Miranda^ Sr. and Sra. Ehniio da Cntz Liwa, // Mv; T Mr. and Airs. Jimmy James, Antonh of the ( inr/ nic Hotel, and for Chico who joined its in America proved the most chaw/ ing of till possible envoys of % < will ' from Brazil. I viii CONTENTS PART ONE / . O/; t' Hundred Miles South Equator 3 2. A Place to Work 12 5. King David Makes It Possible 27 4. Electro Chorus Electricus 36 f . Names for It 43 tf. /^< 9& / i5 ^ Painter 53 7, Observe the People 66 if. These Arc the Womiers 84 51, The Padre 98 ; e>. Conversion 107 i/. Almost Virgin Forest u6 ist and His Children 124 f 1 * As the Oscillograph Translates 134 . The World 144 T* Good Friday 150 71 TO 15 / 7. Friday, April s>, / 9? y, /)^ rA* 9 17 s May Sixth, i y 17 /^. Mar& jo to Margttary i<^ H 20, Politico i $

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• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Shackelford Press (March 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406765384
• ISBN-13: 978-1406765380
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
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