A Manual of the Sea-anemones Commonly Found on the English CoastJohn Van Voorst, 1856 - 123 Seiten |
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... distinctive ; we are rather afraid that our friend is one of the scientific humbugs - animals which are also found in great numbers about the rocks at low - water . " Oh ! I can tell you - it's the B 3 What is a Sea-Anemone?
... distinctive ; we are rather afraid that our friend is one of the scientific humbugs - animals which are also found in great numbers about the rocks at low - water . " Oh ! I can tell you - it's the B 3 What is a Sea-Anemone?
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... distinctive characters of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , has a vague idea that they are connected in some mysterious way with sea- weeds ; and the last , being of a practical turn of mind , enquires how you can ask him such a ...
... distinctive characters of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , has a vague idea that they are connected in some mysterious way with sea- weeds ; and the last , being of a practical turn of mind , enquires how you can ask him such a ...
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... have no organization , —that is , do not work together with the ob- ject of gathering nourishment from surrounding matter for the bodies of which they form a portion ) the distinctive character , I say , of 8 A MANUAL.
... have no organization , —that is , do not work together with the ob- ject of gathering nourishment from surrounding matter for the bodies of which they form a portion ) the distinctive character , I say , of 8 A MANUAL.
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... distinctive character we recognise The Mineral Kingdom . But organic bodies , on the other hand , possess life , that is , motion dependant upon themselves ; thus , trees and animals increase by the sap and the blood which are ...
... distinctive character we recognise The Mineral Kingdom . But organic bodies , on the other hand , possess life , that is , motion dependant upon themselves ; thus , trees and animals increase by the sap and the blood which are ...
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... distinctive characters of the class are the facts of their being fixed , either soli- tarily or in masses , by a stem , and their possessing arms ( tentacles , e . g . ) , with which they seize their food . Other classes of Radiates are ...
... distinctive characters of the class are the facts of their being fixed , either soli- tarily or in masses , by a stem , and their possessing arms ( tentacles , e . g . ) , with which they seize their food . Other classes of Radiates are ...
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Actinia bellis Actinia coriacea Actinia mesembryanthemum aerating anguicoma animalcules animals Anthea cereus anthos aurora base beads beautiful bloom Bunodes Chapter Charybdis clavata colour common coral Cornwall crabs crowbar daisy diameter dianthus duated ECHINODERMS flower fragacea G. H. Lewes gemmacea genera genus glass Glaucous Gosse's Greek green habits hard words Helianthoids Hydra Ilfracombe inches Latin lines living Lundy margaritifera margin means mollusc mones Morte-stone Natural History naturalist nivea North Devon objects observation olive-green oral disc orange organic bodies ovaries oxygen parasitica Paternoster Row 1856 plants PLATE polyps possessing Radiates Rat Island receptacle ring rocks rosea round Sagartia sea-anemone sea-water sea-weed skin snowy soft species specific name specimens spike-cases stones Strawberry Anemone streaked sunflower-shaped tacles tank Tenby tentacles thallia thick-skinned tide tion troglodytes true zoophyte tubercles variety vegetable venusta Voorst Warts arranged Weymouth whilst white threads
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Seite 40 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Seite 40 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Seite 89 - This is an assemblage of nearly related species, agreeing with one another in general structure and appearance more closely than they accord with other species. Thus the genus Rosa or rose includes plants which are obviously allied as regards their general character, their flower, and their fruit.
Seite 93 - No classification can be made unless the meaning of the • term species is defined. By species, then, are meant so many individuals as are presumed to have been formed at the creation of the world, and to have been perpetuated ever since.
Seite 87 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius regalique situ pyramidum altius, quod non imber edax, non Aquila impotens possit diruere aut innumerabilis annorum series et fuga temporum.
Seite 26 - ... an old ivory paper-knife, and a small net made by twisting a piece of strong wire into the shape of a circle with a tail to it, and fastening a bag of muslin round the edge of the ring. As to the hammer and chisel, these are indispensable. A great number of the...
Seite 54 - Disc flat, two or three times as broad as the body when the latter is at all lengthened. Tentacles very numerous, small and crowded horizontally on the outer edge of the disc.
Seite 70 - Common table-salt . . 3j ounces. Epsom salts .... J ounce. Chloride of magnesium 200 grains"!