Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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Page 59
... organisms of the most simple character ; there is no distinction of tissues or organs , but their animal substance is homo- geneous , contractile and translucent , resembling a tenaceous mucus or soft tremulous jelly . This jelly ...
... organisms of the most simple character ; there is no distinction of tissues or organs , but their animal substance is homo- geneous , contractile and translucent , resembling a tenaceous mucus or soft tremulous jelly . This jelly ...
Page 76
... organisms too , there is a remarkable paucity of species , while even such as are to be found are generally far behind their southern contemporaries in regard to symmetry of form and state of preservation . IT CONCERNING MARIGOLDS . T ...
... organisms too , there is a remarkable paucity of species , while even such as are to be found are generally far behind their southern contemporaries in regard to symmetry of form and state of preservation . IT CONCERNING MARIGOLDS . T ...
Page 94
... organism has a normal or average form and size for all its parts , both internal and external , yet no individual exactly hits this average , but all vary , in all their parts more or less , from the average form and size . For instance ...
... organism has a normal or average form and size for all its parts , both internal and external , yet no individual exactly hits this average , but all vary , in all their parts more or less , from the average form and size . For instance ...
Page 113
... organism for twelve months without any interregnum . I have to - day to recount a further success in this matter . During the last year I have never been without numbers of this rotifer ; at the present time I have very many . Only once ...
... organism for twelve months without any interregnum . I have to - day to recount a further success in this matter . During the last year I have never been without numbers of this rotifer ; at the present time I have very many . Only once ...
Page 116
... organisms . The removal of the remaining carbonate leaves the phosphate in a honeycombed state , peculiarly favourable for attack by the acids in the soil . Mr. Strahan commented upon the resem- blance of the deposit to the phosphatic ...
... organisms . The removal of the remaining carbonate leaves the phosphate in a honeycombed state , peculiarly favourable for attack by the acids in the soil . Mr. Strahan commented upon the resem- blance of the deposit to the phosphatic ...
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