The Wonders of Plant Life Under the MicroscopeG.P. Putnam's sons, 1883 - 248 páginas |
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... common to all cell formation . The development of the new cell and its separation from the parent may be effected in one of several ways . By rejuvenescence , or the formation of one new cell out of the proto- plasm of the old one . By ...
... common to all cell formation . The development of the new cell and its separation from the parent may be effected in one of several ways . By rejuvenescence , or the formation of one new cell out of the proto- plasm of the old one . By ...
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... common - sense which is the most powerful weapon ever raised to demolish false reasoning , and it is often of more value than much logic . 99 CHAPTER II . THE SINGLE - CELLED GREEN PLANTS . THE BEGINNINGS OF PLANT LIFE . 27.
... common - sense which is the most powerful weapon ever raised to demolish false reasoning , and it is often of more value than much logic . 99 CHAPTER II . THE SINGLE - CELLED GREEN PLANTS . THE BEGINNINGS OF PLANT LIFE . 27.
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... common in vegetable life . After a plant has grown a certain time , and its cells have come - by the process of differentiation described in Chapter I - to assume different forms and varied functions , by means of cell division , a time ...
... common in vegetable life . After a plant has grown a certain time , and its cells have come - by the process of differentiation described in Chapter I - to assume different forms and varied functions , by means of cell division , a time ...
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... common green slime which spreads itself over moist stones and walls , in secluded spots . This slime , under the microscope , shows itself to be a multitude of green cells sur- rounded by a sort of jelly . The cell wall , which is not ...
... common green slime which spreads itself over moist stones and walls , in secluded spots . This slime , under the microscope , shows itself to be a multitude of green cells sur- rounded by a sort of jelly . The cell wall , which is not ...
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... COMMON FORMS OF DIATOMS AND POLYCYSTINA . 250 diams . [ From Nature . ] When the cell is about to multi- ply by division , the middle band widens [ see Fig . 14 , C , b , and d ] , two daughter - cells form 000 within the extended bands ...
... COMMON FORMS OF DIATOMS AND POLYCYSTINA . 250 diams . [ From Nature . ] When the cell is about to multi- ply by division , the middle band widens [ see Fig . 14 , C , b , and d ] , two daughter - cells form 000 within the extended bands ...
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The Wonders of Plant Life Under the Microscope Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Vista completa - 1906 |
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Página 27 - I see no reason whatever that justice may not be done to the few fragments of soul and tatters of understanding which they may really possess. I have sometimes perhaps felt a little uneasy at Exeter Change from contrasting the monkeys with the...
Página 27 - I confess I feel myself so much at my ease about the superiority of mankind, — I have such a marked and decided contempt for the understanding of every baboon I have yet seen, — I feel so sure that the blue ape without a tail will never rival us in poetry, painting, and music, — that I see no reason whatever why justice may not be done to the few fragments of soul and tatters of understanding which they may really possess.
Página 203 - ... the flower ; and that the object of the flap and its sugar is also to attract insects, but with a very different result, cannot be doubted. It is hence conceivable that this marvellous plant lures insects to its flowers for one object, and feeds them while it uses them to fertilize itself, and that, this accomplished, some of its benefactors are thereafter lured to its pitchers for the sake of feeding itself...
Página 219 - Even when caused by the absorption of the carbonate or other salt of ammonia, or an infusion of meat, the process seems to be of exactly the same nature. The protoplasmic fluid must, therefore, be in a singularly unstable condition, to be acted on by such slight and varied causes. Physiologists believe that when a nerve is touched, and it transmits an influence to other parts of the nervous system, a molecular change is induced in it, though not visible to us. Therefore it is a very interesting spectacle...
Página 51 - An obstacle in the path," says Prof. W". Smith, "is not avoided, but pushed aside ; or, if it be sufficient to avert the onward course of the frustule, the latter is detained for a time equal to that which it would have occupied in its forward progression, and then retires from the impediment as if it had accomplished its full course.