Wheel animal or Vorticella. It is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses. The most remarkable part of this animalcula is its wheel work, which consists of two semicircular instruments,... The temple of nature - Page 201by Erasmus Darwin - 1806Full view - About this book
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 474 pages
...'and head as reprefented in fig. lo. 4. The Wheel-Animal, or Vortlcella. This wonderful animalcule is found in rain water that has flood fome days in...; or in the flime or fediment left by fuch water; and perhaps may alio be found in other places: but if the water Handing in gutters of lead, or the... | |
| Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pages
...plate at No. 9. 4. The Wheel animal^ or Vorticflla. This wonderful animalcule is found in rainwater that has flood fome days in leaden gutters, or in...houfes; or in the flime or fediment left by fuch water; and perhaps may alfo be found in other places : but if the water flanding in gutters of lead, or the... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1804 - 364 pages
...; Syst. Nat. Thus the vorticella or wheel animal, which is found in rain water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses, or in the slime or sediment left by such water, though it discovers no sign of life except... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...ANIMALCULE, THE VORTICKLLA, on, WHKEL.. This' animalcule is found in rain water that has flood psuie days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the...houfes; or in the flime or fediment left by fuch water; and perhaps may alfo be fouud in other places : but if the water Handing m gutters of lead, or the... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1833 - 458 pages
...of a saw. Fig. 4 shows the wheel-animal or Vorticella. It is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses. The most remarkable part of this animalcula is its wheel-work, which consists of two semicircular... | |
| Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 390 pages
...(Syst. Nat.} Thus the vorticella, or wheel-animal, which is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses, or in the slime or sediment left by such water, though it discovers no signs of life, yet it... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1850 - 684 pages
...a saw. Fig. 4, shows the Wheel animal or Vorticella. It is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses. The most remarkable part of this animalcula is its wheel work, which consists of two semicircular... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1850 - 964 pages
...a saw. Fig. 4, shows the Wheel animal or Vorticella. It is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses. The most remarkable part of this animalcula is Its wheel work, which consists of two semicircular... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1857 - 892 pages
...saw. Fig. 4, shows the Wheel animal or Vor~ ticello,. It is found in rain-water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses. The most remarkable part of this animalcula is its wheel work, which consists of two semicircular... | |
| Christopher Upham Murray Smith, Robert Arnott - 2005 - 452 pages
...warmth . . . Thus the vorticella or wheel animal, which is found in rain water that has stood some days in leaden gutters, or in hollows of lead on the tops of houses, or in the slime or sediment left by such water, though it discovers no sign of life except... | |
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