Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 714
... small con cave glaffes , plates , & c . N ° 5. is the filvered fpeculum , called a Liberkhun , adjoining which makes the fingle opaque microscope , by being ( the no ha . fcrewed to the flider abcd ( fig . 13. ) in room of the box ving ...
... small con cave glaffes , plates , & c . N ° 5. is the filvered fpeculum , called a Liberkhun , adjoining which makes the fingle opaque microscope , by being ( the no ha . fcrewed to the flider abcd ( fig . 13. ) in room of the box ving ...
Page 734
... small incifion on one of the edges of the fphere , which may poffibly be the mouth of the creature . The whole animal appears encom- passed with an halo . 5. The grandinella , with immoveable inteftines , is much smaller than the last ...
... small incifion on one of the edges of the fphere , which may poffibly be the mouth of the creature . The whole animal appears encom- passed with an halo . 5. The grandinella , with immoveable inteftines , is much smaller than the last ...
Page 745
... small green point ; but the microfcope difcovers Microscope it to be nearly cylindrical , a little thicker at the fore It ap • part than the other , and obtufe at both ends . pears to be totally deftitute of limbs , notwithstanding ...
... small green point ; but the microfcope difcovers Microscope it to be nearly cylindrical , a little thicker at the fore It ap • part than the other , and obtufe at both ends . pears to be totally deftitute of limbs , notwithstanding ...
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