The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... called philosophical natural history . Some will regard his removal as a misfortune , and others as a happy accident , but the might - have - beens of life are never very profitable subjects for specula- tion . In order to be with his ...
... called philosophical natural history . Some will regard his removal as a misfortune , and others as a happy accident , but the might - have - beens of life are never very profitable subjects for specula- tion . In order to be with his ...
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... called in contradistinction to the ' naked- eyed ' group , where the hood is absent . Romanes first carefully observed the movements of the Medusæ , which , it will be remembered , are effected by the dilatation and contraction of the ...
... called in contradistinction to the ' naked- eyed ' group , where the hood is absent . Romanes first carefully observed the movements of the Medusæ , which , it will be remembered , are effected by the dilatation and contraction of the ...
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... called Tiaropsis indicans , from its habit of applying this long polypite to any part of the bell which is being injured , the localising function of the polypite is de- stroyed as regards any area of bell - tissue between which and the ...
... called Tiaropsis indicans , from its habit of applying this long polypite to any part of the bell which is being injured , the localising function of the polypite is de- stroyed as regards any area of bell - tissue between which and the ...
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... called eye - specks are cut out , the animal no longer cares for light . I have only come across two species of luminous Medusa - both , I believe , as yet undescribed - and in these the light is emitted from the margin alone , and ...
... called eye - specks are cut out , the animal no longer cares for light . I have only come across two species of luminous Medusa - both , I believe , as yet undescribed - and in these the light is emitted from the margin alone , and ...
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... called ' Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Hydromedusen ( Leipzig , 1865 ) . Professor Huxley has lent me his copy , but says he wants it returned in a week or two . I ought certainly to have the work by me next summer , so I thought that ...
... called ' Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Hydromedusen ( Leipzig , 1865 ) . Professor Huxley has lent me his copy , but says he wants it returned in a week or two . I ought certainly to have the work by me next summer , so I thought that ...
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