Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Revised and Amended : a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects, 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations, Volume 7Belford-Clarke Company, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 3889
... organs . They constitute a distinct class of cellular cryptogams , intermediate between alga and fungi , to both of which , in some respects , they present certain affinities . By the earlier authors they were re- garded as being ...
... organs . They constitute a distinct class of cellular cryptogams , intermediate between alga and fungi , to both of which , in some respects , they present certain affinities . By the earlier authors they were re- garded as being ...
Page 3897
... organ of sight was sup- posed to be analogous to the tentacula of insects , and sight itself a mere species of touch - is most puzzling . They seem not till about 350 B.C. to have even raised the question - if this is how we see , why ...
... organ of sight was sup- posed to be analogous to the tentacula of insects , and sight itself a mere species of touch - is most puzzling . They seem not till about 350 B.C. to have even raised the question - if this is how we see , why ...
Page 3898
... organ of vision is wanting ( or inact- ive ) in such cases - while the merely optical parts of the eye are usually in perfect order . Another fact which must be stated ' here is that , to produce vision of a body in its natural position ...
... organ of vision is wanting ( or inact- ive ) in such cases - while the merely optical parts of the eye are usually in perfect order . Another fact which must be stated ' here is that , to produce vision of a body in its natural position ...
Page 3899
... organs of sense corresponding to these sensations . This is true , however , only within certain limits of intensity ; for extremely bright light , whatever be its real color , seems to excite all the three sensations simultaneously ...
... organs of sense corresponding to these sensations . This is true , however , only within certain limits of intensity ; for extremely bright light , whatever be its real color , seems to excite all the three sensations simultaneously ...
Page 3920
... organs , he formed the idea of basing a system of arrangement upon them . An- other work by Wallin having fallen into his hands , he drew up a short treatise on the sexes of plants , and showed it to Doctor Celsius , who put it into the ...
... organs , he formed the idea of basing a system of arrangement upon them . An- other work by Wallin having fallen into his hands , he drew up a short treatise on the sexes of plants , and showed it to Doctor Celsius , who put it into the ...
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