The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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Page 17
... whole organ took place . This result was obtained with every species of this group which he examined ; he therefore concluded that in the margin of all these forms there is situated a localised system of centres of spontaneity , having ...
... whole organ took place . This result was obtained with every species of this group which he examined ; he therefore concluded that in the margin of all these forms there is situated a localised system of centres of spontaneity , having ...
Page 20
... whole system . 2. That these gemmules , when so dispersed and supplied with proper nutriment , multiply by self - division , and , under suitable conditions , are capable of developing into physiological cells like those from which they ...
... whole system . 2. That these gemmules , when so dispersed and supplied with proper nutriment , multiply by self - division , and , under suitable conditions , are capable of developing into physiological cells like those from which they ...
Page 22
... whole discussion is either meaningless , or else assumes the truth of some such theory as ' Pangene- sis . ' In other words , as it must be unthinkable ' that force should act independently of matter , the doctrine of its persistence ...
... whole discussion is either meaningless , or else assumes the truth of some such theory as ' Pangene- sis . ' In other words , as it must be unthinkable ' that force should act independently of matter , the doctrine of its persistence ...
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... whole animal be cut into a spiral with the polypite at one end , irritation of the other end of the spiral , or any part of its length , causes the polypite to sway about from side to side trying to find the offending body . And here it ...
... whole animal be cut into a spiral with the polypite at one end , irritation of the other end of the spiral , or any part of its length , causes the polypite to sway about from side to side trying to find the offending body . And here it ...
Page 25
... whole animal into a spiral , and irritating the extreme end of several marginal strips , the entire muscular part of the spiral goes into spasm . On interposing a great number of interdigitating cuts in the course of the spiral , there ...
... whole animal into a spiral , and irritating the extreme end of several marginal strips , the entire muscular part of the spiral goes into spasm . On interposing a great number of interdigitating cuts in the course of the spiral , there ...
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