Life in Its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms: Or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of AnimalsJames Nisbet and Company, 1857 - 363 halaman |
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Halaman 14
... , and in the vigour and rapidity of their undulations , which gradually become decidedly rotatory , producing at length strong currents in the surrounding water , and imparting a tremulous motion to 14 LIFE , IN ITS LOWER FORMS .
... , and in the vigour and rapidity of their undulations , which gradually become decidedly rotatory , producing at length strong currents in the surrounding water , and imparting a tremulous motion to 14 LIFE , IN ITS LOWER FORMS .
Halaman 19
... strong cilia , by the vigorous vibrations of which currents are perpetually formed in the water , which bring to the entrance of the stomach whatever particles of matter suitable for food there may be float- ing about . Besides these ...
... strong cilia , by the vigorous vibrations of which currents are perpetually formed in the water , which bring to the entrance of the stomach whatever particles of matter suitable for food there may be float- ing about . Besides these ...
Halaman 27
... strong teeth standing up from the surface , ordinarily lie widely expanded ; but when an insect touches their hairy centres , instantly fly up like a rat - gin , the teeth cross each other , and the offend- ing fly is pierced , and held ...
... strong teeth standing up from the surface , ordinarily lie widely expanded ; but when an insect touches their hairy centres , instantly fly up like a rat - gin , the teeth cross each other , and the offend- ing fly is pierced , and held ...
Halaman 43
... strong , they put under helmets and greaves , viz . , between the armour and the skin , whereby blows are rendered less stunning . " The same kind was employed , as with us , for cleansing purposes . Thus Homer says : - " Then with a ...
... strong , they put under helmets and greaves , viz . , between the armour and the skin , whereby blows are rendered less stunning . " The same kind was employed , as with us , for cleansing purposes . Thus Homer says : - " Then with a ...
Halaman 82
... strong artificial light , we see their shadows floating over the sides and bottom of the basin , like the shadows of flitting clouds on a landscape . These soon guide us to the creatures themselves , and before long we distinguish their ...
... strong artificial light , we see their shadows floating over the sides and bottom of the basin , like the shadows of flitting clouds on a landscape . These soon guide us to the creatures themselves , and before long we distinguish their ...
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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 extremity feet fibres fishes fluid furnished gelatinous genus gills habits head horny Hydra inch incisors Infusoria Insects instinct integument interesting 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 Slow-worm 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 Vorticella whole worms zoologist
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Halaman 313 - But never elsewhere in one place I knew So many nightingales ; and far and near, In wood and thicket, over the wide grove, They answer and provoke each other's song, With skirmish and capricious passagings, And murmurs musical and swift jug jug, And one low piping sound more sweet than all...
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