Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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... plant and of every animal , —a principle which , in fact , is so abundant in nature , both in the animate and inanimate worlds , and in the works of man's ingenuity , that it may be safely computed , that of all of which we have ...
... plant and of every animal , —a principle which , in fact , is so abundant in nature , both in the animate and inanimate worlds , and in the works of man's ingenuity , that it may be safely computed , that of all of which we have ...
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... plants . In many species we see a red speck , which is probably an organ of sight in a very rudimental condition ; perhaps possess- ing a sensibility to the presence of light without distinct vision . Some of the members of the class ...
... plants . In many species we see a red speck , which is probably an organ of sight in a very rudimental condition ; perhaps possess- ing a sensibility to the presence of light without distinct vision . Some of the members of the class ...
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... plants , sometimes by its base , when it is erect , at others prostrate , adhering to its side , and occasionally placed at the tip of a footstalk , like a tiny handbell turned upside down . The animalcule protrudes to a considerable ...
... plants , sometimes by its base , when it is erect , at others prostrate , adhering to its side , and occasionally placed at the tip of a footstalk , like a tiny handbell turned upside down . The animalcule protrudes to a considerable ...
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... plants grow , and particularly when covered with duck - weed , will be found the most productive resource both for number and variety . The mode of collecting them is very simple . The water must be dipped up in a phial , which may be ...
... plants grow , and particularly when covered with duck - weed , will be found the most productive resource both for number and variety . The mode of collecting them is very simple . The water must be dipped up in a phial , which may be ...
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... plant , put in also , will aid the search : this should then be examined with a low power at first , the observer proceeding to the use of higher powers for the closer examination of particular spe- cimens . Should any of our readers ...
... plant , put in also , will aid the search : this should then be examined with a low power at first , the observer proceeding to the use of higher powers for the closer examination of particular spe- cimens . Should any of our readers ...
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