The Modes of Origin of Lowest Organisms: Including a Discussion of the Experiments of M. Pasteur, and a Reply to Some Statements by Professors Huxley and TyndallMacmillan, 1871 - 109 pages |
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... ; and if on microscopical examination this turbidity is found to be almost wholly due to the presence of Bacteria or other organisms , then it would be sheer trifling gravely to discuss whether the organisms PREFACE . ix.
... ; and if on microscopical examination this turbidity is found to be almost wholly due to the presence of Bacteria or other organisms , then it would be sheer trifling gravely to discuss whether the organisms PREFACE . ix.
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... examination of the fluid to fail in finding any of these sparsely - distributed living organisms . Experiments , the results of which are positive , may , therefore , in the absence of sufficient care , be cited as negative ; and ...
... examination of the fluid to fail in finding any of these sparsely - distributed living organisms . Experiments , the results of which are positive , may , therefore , in the absence of sufficient care , be cited as negative ; and ...
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... examination of portions of an infusion containing these organisms , an observer may watch for hours and never see a single instance of such fission occurring . His attention is apt to be dis- tracted by the number of organisms which are ...
... examination of portions of an infusion containing these organisms , an observer may watch for hours and never see a single instance of such fission occurring . His attention is apt to be dis- tracted by the number of organisms which are ...
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... examination shows that this cloudiness is due to a proportionate increase in the number of Bacteria . Is the continuance of the movements of the or- ganisms which had been boiled attributable to their extreme lightness , and to the ...
... examination shows that this cloudiness is due to a proportionate increase in the number of Bacteria . Is the continuance of the movements of the or- ganisms which had been boiled attributable to their extreme lightness , and to the ...
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... examination of these fluids , that whatever else may have been met with , Bacteria and Vibriones were always absent . The difference was most notable , and it seemed only intel- ligible on the supposition that any living Bacteria or ...
... examination of these fluids , that whatever else may have been met with , Bacteria and Vibriones were always absent . The difference was most notable , and it seemed only intel- ligible on the supposition that any living Bacteria or ...
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