Life in Its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms: Or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of AnimalsRobert Carter & Brothers, 1860 - 363 من الصفحات |
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... length besides being free . During life each cilium maintains an uniform motion of a waving or lashing kind , bending down in one direction and then straightening itself again . This movement is not performed by all the cilia together ...
... length besides being free . During life each cilium maintains an uniform motion of a waving or lashing kind , bending down in one direction and then straightening itself again . This movement is not performed by all the cilia together ...
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... length of a single inch . * Eight * An esteemed lecturer is reported to have lately said that the cheese - mite is an animal of middling size in existence ; in other words , that there are creatures as much smaller than it as there are ...
... length of a single inch . * Eight * An esteemed lecturer is reported to have lately said that the cheese - mite is an animal of middling size in existence ; in other words , that there are creatures as much smaller than it as there are ...
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... length . The smallest is the Twilight Monad above men- tioned , whose dimensions are 12000th of an inch . It is evident that the middle term between these extremes is d of an inch , which is about the length of the common house - fly ...
... length . The smallest is the Twilight Monad above men- tioned , whose dimensions are 12000th of an inch . It is evident that the middle term between these extremes is d of an inch , which is about the length of the common house - fly ...
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... length . The bell has a broad and thick rim or lip , within which , on the two opposite sides , are apparently two pairs of cilia , * which are sometimes withdrawn , sometimes protruded , and are vibrated with a rapid snatching motion ...
... length . The bell has a broad and thick rim or lip , within which , on the two opposite sides , are apparently two pairs of cilia , * which are sometimes withdrawn , sometimes protruded , and are vibrated with a rapid snatching motion ...
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... length of its tether for a radius , now turning its open mouth , now its sides , and now its foot to the eye . On any shock , such as a tap with the nail on the stage or " live - box , ” — instantly , with the quickness of thought , so ...
... length of its tether for a radius , now turning its open mouth , now its sides , and now its foot to the eye . On any shock , such as a tap with the nail on the stage or " live - box , ” — instantly , with the quickness of thought , so ...
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Acineta action animal animalcules ANNELIDA antennæ appearance aquatic beautiful becomes beneath birds bivalve bladder body bones Butterfly calcareous called cavity cells CHAPTER cilia cilium claws close coloured common composed Crabs creatures CRUSTACEA curious Cysticercus deposited disk distinct ECHINODERMATA edge eggs elegant extremity feet fibres fishes fluid furnished gelatinous genus gills habits head horny inch incisors Infusoria Insects instinct integument intestinal jaws jointed larvæ length less limbs living manner Marsupialia Medusa membrane microscope minute motion mouth muscles muscular naturalists nest observed organs orifice oval pair peculiar perfect pieces plates polype PORIFERA prey Quadrupeds rays resembling ROTIFERA round rows seen segments shell side skeleton skin slender soft species specimen Spider spines Sponge stalk Star-fishes stomach structure substance suckers surface swimming tail teeth tentacles threads tiny tion transparent tube vesicle vessel vitreous humours Vorticella whole worms zoologist