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" ... a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled Proteus, laying hold of its food without members, swallowing it without a mouth, digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its nutritious... "
Toilers in the Sea - Page 28
by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1889 - 373 pages
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 69

Industrial arts - 1858 - 648 pages
...without any instruments whatever; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itgelf into a greater variety of forms than the fabled Proteus,...of its food without members, swallowing it without • mouth, digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its nutritions material without absorbent...
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Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 69

Technology - 1858 - 638 pages
...performed without any instruments whatever; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...without muscles, feeling (if it has any power to do ») without nerves, multiplying itself without eggs, and not only this, but in many instances forming...
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Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 2

Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1858 - 614 pages
...performed without any instruments whatever; — a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...without a stomach, appropriating its nutritious material witliout absorbent vessels or a circulating system, moving from place to place withoui muscles, feeling...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 69

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1858 - 640 pages
...performed without any instruments whatever; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...its food without members, swallowing it without a month, digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its nutritious material without absorbent vessels...
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Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Volume 25

Natural history - 1859 - 1200 pages
...fornis than the fabled Proteus, laying hold of its food without membres , swallowing it without a moulh, digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its...absorbent vessels or a circulating System, moving from plece without muscles, feeling (if it has any power to do so) wilhout nerves, multiplying itself without...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art

Industrial arts - 1860 - 452 pages
...performed without any instruments whatever ; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...feeling (if it has any power to do so) without nerves, multiplying itself without eggs ; and not only this, but in many instances forming shelly coverings...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in ..., Volume 11

Industrial arts - 1860 - 448 pages
...performed without any instruments whatever ; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...its food without members, swallowing it without a mouih, digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its nutritious material without absorbent vessels...
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The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art

Science - 1863 - 320 pages
...are performed without any special instruments whatever — a little bit of homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...digesting it without a stomach, appropriating its food without absorbing vessels or a circulatory system, moving from place to place without muscles,...
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Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy ..., Volume 1

James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1864 - 876 pages
...without any special instruments whatever; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled Proteus, laying hold of its food with* It is quite true that among certain of tho lower tribes both of Plants and Animals — especially...
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The Correlation and Conservation of Forces: A Series of Exposition

Edward Livingston Youmans - Force and energy - 1865 - 490 pages
...without any special instruments whatever ; a little particle of apparently homogeneous jelly changing itself into a greater variety of forms than the fabled...propagating itself without genital apparatus, and and Animals, especially the Fungi and Entozoa — similar germs may develop themselves into very dissimilar...
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