A Manual of the Sea-anemones Commonly Found on the English CoastJohn Van Voorst, 1856 - 123 Seiten |
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... living . But the cha- racters of this class do not agree with those of our sea - anemone . Thirdly , we come to the Molluscs , animals which do not possess a back - bone , or a jointed external skeleton . Their bodies are soft ...
... living . But the cha- racters of this class do not agree with those of our sea - anemone . Thirdly , we come to the Molluscs , animals which do not possess a back - bone , or a jointed external skeleton . Their bodies are soft ...
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... living plant " ( zoon , " an animal , " phyton , " plant ” —Greek ) , and the ani- mals included in this class are so called , because , in the first place , they were for a long time considered to be vegetables ; and because , secondly ...
... living plant " ( zoon , " an animal , " phyton , " plant ” —Greek ) , and the ani- mals included in this class are so called , because , in the first place , they were for a long time considered to be vegetables ; and because , secondly ...
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... living in like situations and fed in the same manner , it is at least probable that there would be no permanent difference in the point of size . In our pan No. 2 we must remember that all our specimens are studded throughout the whole ...
... living in like situations and fed in the same manner , it is at least probable that there would be no permanent difference in the point of size . In our pan No. 2 we must remember that all our specimens are studded throughout the whole ...
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George Tugwell. a sea - anemone . If we desire to keep any living ob- ject in a state of health we have only to surround it with those conditions of existence in which it was placed at the creation by its Maker , and our object will be ...
George Tugwell. a sea - anemone . If we desire to keep any living ob- ject in a state of health we have only to surround it with those conditions of existence in which it was placed at the creation by its Maker , and our object will be ...
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... living objects be removed from a natural to an artificial position . Doubtless the " savage , " as we call him , somewhat too contemptuously , enjoys a considerable amount of health , but when he is placed within the pale of ...
... living objects be removed from a natural to an artificial position . Doubtless the " savage , " as we call him , somewhat too contemptuously , enjoys a considerable amount of health , but when he is placed within the pale of ...
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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"!