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" Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely connected with each other, having a kind of loose network of tendinous fibres passing transversely and obliquely between the columns, and uniting them more firmly together. These are mostly observable... "
Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of ... - Page 293
by Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1836
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: From ..., Volume 13

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...one side external, 2 lateral, and either 1 or 2 internal. Tn the 2d row they are mostly pentagons. Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely...other, having a kind of loose network of tendinous fibre?, passing transversely and obliquely, between the columns, and uniting them more firmly together....
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The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure ..., Volume 1

John Fleming - 1822 - 506 pages
...cylindrical•. The coats of the columns are thin and transparent, closely connected with each other, by a loose network of tendinous fibres, passing transversely and obliquely between the columns. They are, likewise, attached by strong inelastic fibres, which pass directly from one column to another....
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...row they are mostly pentagons. Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely con. nected with each other, having a kind of loose network of...mostly observable where the large trunks of the nerves puss. The columns are also attached by strong inelastic fibres, passing directly from the one to the...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 2

1832 - 650 pages
...membranous plates, arranged in longitudinal column« of quadrangular, pentagonal, or hexagonal forms, with a loose net-work of tendinous fibres passing transversely...and obliquely between the columns, and uniting them firmly together. Each column is, moreover, divided by a great number of thin horizontal partitions,...
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Treatises on Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, and Electro-magnetism

Peter Mark Roget - 1832 - 324 pages
...membranous plates, arranged in longitudinal columns of quadrangular, pentagonal, or hexagonal forms, with a loose net-work of tendinous fibres passing transversely...and obliquely between the columns, and uniting them firmly together. Each column is, moreover, divided by a great number of thin horizontal partitions,...
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The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class ...

Georges baron Cuvier - 1834 - 826 pages
...irregularity of some of them, it happens, that a pretty regular quadrangular column is sometimes formed. Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely connected with each other, and having a kind of loose network of tendinous fibres passing transversely and obliquely between the...
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On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians ..., Volume 1

William Swainson - 1838 - 390 pages
...greater number are either irregular hexagons, or irregular pentagons : their coats are very thin, and closely connected with each other, having a kind of loose network of tendinous fibres between the columns, which they unite more firmly; and this purpose is further effected by strong unelastic...
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An Outline of the Sciences of Heat and Electricity

Thomas Thomson - 1840 - 614 pages
...external, two lateral, and either one or two internal. In the second row they are mostly pentagons. Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely...having a kind of loose net-work of tendinous fibres * Phil. Trans. 1773, p. 461. Part iI. passing transversely and obliquely between the columns, sad uniting...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge ..., Volume 4

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...external, two lateral, and either one. or two internal. In this second row they are mostly pentagonal. Their coats are very thin, and seem transparent, closely...connected with each other, having a kind of loose net work of tendinous fibres passing transversely and obliquely between the columns, and uniting them...
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Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions ..., Volume 2

1860 - 938 pages
...pentagon ; the coats being very thin and transparent, and the columns closely connected together by a kind of loose network of tendinous fibres passing transversely and obliquely between the columns. The columns are divided by horizontal partitions, placed at very small distances, and forming numerous...
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