 It is not more surprising nor a matter of more difficult comprehension that the polyp should form coral, than that the quadruped should form its bones, or the mollusc its shell. The processes are similar, and so the result : in each case it is a simple...  On Coral Reefs and Islands - Page 47by James Dwight Dana - 1853 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...they are the masons, and work with their teeth in the accumulation of the calcareous material. Very many of those who discourse quite learnedly on zoophytes...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handywork of the manyarmed polyps: for it is no more an act of labor than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 446 pages
...or house of a swarm of polyps, like the honeycomb of the bee, or. the hillock of a colony of ants." It is not more surprising, nor a matter of more difficult...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handiwork of the manyarmed polyps ; for it is no more an act of labor than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...imagine that the polyps are mechanical workers, heaping up these piles of rock by their united labours ; and science still retains such terms as polypary,...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handiwork of the many armed polyps ; for it is no more an act of labour than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 386 pages
...imagine that the polyps are mechanical workers, heaping up these piles of rock by their united labours ; and science still retains such terms as polypary,...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handiwork of the many armed polyps ; for it is no more an act of labour than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 460 pages
...house of a swarm of polyps, like the honeycomb of the bee, or the hillock of a colony of ants. . • , It is not more surprising, nor a matter of more difficult...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handiwork of the manyarmed polyps ; for it is no more an act of labor than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 450 pages
...hive or house of a swarm of polyps, like the honeycomb of the bee, or the hillock of a colony of ants. It is not more surprising, nor a matter of more difficult...therefore, an agglutination of grains made by the handiwork of the manyarmed polyps ; for it is no more an act of labor than bone-making in ourselves.... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1872 - 430 pages
...a constituent, or one of the constituents, of the secretion. This power of secretion is then one of the first and most common of those that belong to...their end or function, it is all one process, both in its nature and cause, whether in the Animalcule or Man. It belongs eminently to the lowest kinds of... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 798 pages
...simply the operation of a vital function. " This process of secretion," says Prof. Dana, " is one of the first and most common of those that belong to living tissues. It belongs eminently to the lowest kinds of life. These are the best stone-makers, for in their simplicity... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 806 pages
...simply the operation of a vital function. " This process of secretion," . says Prof. Dana, "is one of the first and most common of those that belong to living tissues. It belongs eminently to the lowest kinds of life. These are the best stone-makers, for in their simplicity... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman - Science - 1899 - 450 pages
...constituent, or one of the constituents, of the secretion. " This power of secretion is then one of the first and most common of those that belong to...their end or function, it is all one process, both in its nature and cause, whether in the animalcule or man. It belongs eminently to the lowest kinds of... | |
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