| Tiberius Cavallo - 1786 - 362 pages
...third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving fmall branches to the gill itfelf. The nerves having entered the organs, ramify in every direction, between the columns, and fend in fmall branches upon each partition, where they are loft," ** The magnitude and the number of... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...electric organ through the gills; one between the 2d and 3d openings, the other between the 3d and 4th, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves,...direction, between the columns, and send in small branches, on each partition, where they are lost. The magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
| John Fleming - 1822 - 506 pages
...liberally supplied by three large trunks, which, after communicating a few filaments to the gill.--, ramify in every direction between the columns, and send in small branches upon each partition. The electrical organs of the Gymnotus electricns, as examined by HUNTER*, differ considerably from... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...through the gills ; one between the second and third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves,...direction, between the columns, and send in small branches, on each partition, where they are lost. The magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1836 - 148 pages
...through the gills ; one between the second and third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves...bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must on reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena they afford. Nerves are given to parts... | |
| William Leithead - 1837 - 424 pages
...through the gills; one between the second and third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves...direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition, where they are lost. " The magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
| William Leithead - 1837 - 444 pages
...having entered the organs, ramify in every direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition, where they are lost. " The magnitude...bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection, appear as extraordinary as the phenomena they afford. Nerves are given to parts... | |
| Henry Minchin Noad - 1844 - 512 pages
...detailed account of the anatomy of this fish, see also Proceedings of the Electrical Society, p. 519. having entered the organs, ramify in every direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition where they are lost. " The magnitude* and number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...through the gills; one between the second and third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves...direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition where they arc lost. "The magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
| Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 574 pages
...through the gills, one between the second and third openings, the other between the third and fourth, giving small branches to the gill itself. These nerves...direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition, where they are lost. " The magnitude and number of the nerves bestowed on these... | |
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