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,... The Wonders of Plant Life Under the Microscope - Página 51por Sophia Bledsoe HERRICK - 1883 - 248 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1856 - 758 páginas
...nature from that of beings possessed of a power of self-direction. "An obstacle in the path," says Prof. W". Smith, "is not avoided, but pushed aside ; or,...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." The character... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1856 - 824 páginas
...not avoided, but pushed»side ; or, if !t be sufficient to avert the onward course of the fnistiile, the latter is detained for a time equal to that which it would have occupied in its forward progression, and then rrtirts from the impediment as if it had accomplished its full course." The character... | |
| Miles Joseph Berkeley - 1857 - 648 páginas
...— " An obstacle is not evaded, but pushed aside ; or, if sufficient to avert the the onward course, the latter is detained for a time equal to that which it would have occupied in its forward progress, and then retires from the impediment as if it had accomplished its full course." — Smith,... | |
| Andrew Pritchard - 1861 - 1072 páginas
...operation of a force not depending upon the volition of the living organisms : an obstacle in the path is not avoided, but pushed aside ; or, if it be sufficient...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. There... | |
| John Lindley - 1866 - 652 páginas
...aside; or, if sufficient to avert the : llavmg tbeir fU.IMS „„.¡r,,],,a witii bands onward course, the latter is detained for a time equal to that which it would have occupied in its forward progress, and theu g I of them, placed at short intervals all the way up, whilst others have them only... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1868 - 886 páginas
...selfdirection. "An obstacle in the path," says Prof. W. Smith, "i« not avoided, but pnshed-aside ; or, if it be sufficient to avert the onward course...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." The character... | |
| John Lindley, Thomas Moore - 1874 - 708 páginas
...olistacle. says Mr. Smith, is not evaded but pushed aside ; or, if sufficient to avert the onward course, the latter is detained for a time equal to that which it would have occupied in its forward progress, and then retires from the impediment as if it had acarnipliphcd it» full course. The motion... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1875 - 942 páginas
...selfdirection. "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 eq_ual to that which it would have occupied in its forward progression, and then retires from the impediment... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger - 1891 - 1196 páginas
...from that of beings possessed of a power of self-direction. ' An obstacle in the path,' says Mr. \V. Smith, ' is not avoided, but pushed aside ; or, if...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.' The character... | |
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