 Each stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and breaks off in, the skin. The whole hair consists of a very delicate outer case of wood,...  The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - 561. oldalszerző: National cyclopaedia - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1869
...stingingneedle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates and...a layer of semi-fluid matter, full of innumerable grannies of extreme minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm, which thus constitutes a kind... | |
 | 1869 - 350 oldal
...stinging nettle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...delicate outer case of wood, closely applied to the inner sui face of which is a layer of semifluid matter, full of innumerable granules, of extreme minuteness.... | |
 | 1869 - 890 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates and...full of innumerable granules of extreme minuteness." View this semifluid matter through a sufficiently high magnifying power, and you perceive it to be... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1869 - 30 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm, which thus constitutes a kind of bag, full of a limpid liquid, and roughly corresponding in form with... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 400 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm, which thus constitutes a kind of bag, full of a limpid liquid, and roughly corresponding in form with... | |
 | 1870 - 892 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...surface of which is a layer of semi-fluid matter, fnll of innumerable granules of extreme minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm, which thns... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1870 - 750 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad babe to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...applied to the inner surface of which is a layer of semi fluid matter, full of innumerable granules of extreme minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm,... | |
 | 1870 - 748 oldal
...stinging-needle tapers from a broad babe to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and...applied to the inner surface of which is a layer of semi fluid matter, full of innumerable granules of extreme minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm,... | |
 | 1870 - 976 oldal
...blood, which he takes occasion to introduce. I will quote his words : — " The whole hair (of a nettle) consists of a very delicate outer case of wood, closely...minuteness. This semi-fluid lining is protoplasm," and, " when viewed with a sufficiently high magnifying power, is seen to be in a condition of unceasing... | |
 | James Tyson - 1870 - 180 oldal
...basis of life." In illustration from vegetable life, each stinging needle or hair of the common nettle consists of a very delicate outer case of wood, closely...extreme minuteness. This semifluid lining is protoplasm, which thus constitutes a kind of bag, full of a limpid fluid, and roughly corresponding in form with... | |
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