... 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 28by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1889 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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