Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volumen 117W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society, 1827 |
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... organs of generation in the field of the microscope ; and without the continuance of his assistance , I confess myself unable to prosecute the enquiry . It is now a period of five years since we entered upon the present investigation ...
... organs of generation in the field of the microscope ; and without the continuance of his assistance , I confess myself unable to prosecute the enquiry . It is now a period of five years since we entered upon the present investigation ...
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... organs fitted to give it the power of loco motion , which the muscle is provided with , I shall take its mode of propa- gation first into consideration . In the whole range of comparative anatomy in which separate organs are developed ...
... organs fitted to give it the power of loco motion , which the muscle is provided with , I shall take its mode of propa- gation first into consideration . In the whole range of comparative anatomy in which separate organs are developed ...
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... organs ; and in the first instance , it requires the aid of the microscope for that purpose , even in the breeding season . In this country , where the beds are not allowed to be disturbed during the season in which oysters spawn , we ...
... organs ; and in the first instance , it requires the aid of the microscope for that purpose , even in the breeding season . In this country , where the beds are not allowed to be disturbed during the season in which oysters spawn , we ...
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... organs of motion being extremely small , and its body greatly elongated , this creature would , on a cursory view , be by all considered as an extraordinary kind of sea serpent — a tribe of animals concerning which so much equivocal ...
... organs of motion being extremely small , and its body greatly elongated , this creature would , on a cursory view , be by all considered as an extraordinary kind of sea serpent — a tribe of animals concerning which so much equivocal ...
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... organs readily traced . They are apparently sustained beneath the ribs ( which latter appear very imperfect ) , by a membra- nous expansion , as they are not affected in their position by any inflation or emptying of the sac . That the ...
... organs readily traced . They are apparently sustained beneath the ribs ( which latter appear very imperfect ) , by a membra- nous expansion , as they are not affected in their position by any inflation or emptying of the sac . That the ...
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