 | James Hingston Tuckey - 1818 - 630 pages
...that of shrimps, and none more than a quarter of an inch in length ; among them the Cancer Julgens was conspicuous. In another species (when put into...at rest, resembled a most brilliant amethyst about thesize of a large pin's head, and from which, when it moved, darted flashes of a brilliant silvery... | |
 | 1819 - 480 pages
...species was examined by the microscope in candle light, the luminous property was observed to reside in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest,...amethyst, about the size of a large pin's head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant silvery light. — See Captain Tuckey's... | |
 | 1819 - 482 pages
...the microscope in candle light, the luminous property was observed to reside in the brain, whirfi, when the animal was at rest, resembled a most brilliant...amethyst, about the size of a large pin's head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant silvery light. — See Captain Tuckey's... | |
 | John Fleming - 1822 - 502 pages
...species of cancer observed by Captain TUCKEY, in the Gulf'of Guinea, the luminous property resided in the brain; which, when the animal was at rest,...most brilliant amethyst, about the size of a large pin-head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant silvery light.... | |
 | John Fleming - 1822 - 506 pages
...Tab. xiv. f, 1, 2. £ Journ. d'Hist. Nat. ii. p. 257. Gulf of Guinea, the luminous property resided in the brain ; which, when the animal was at rest,...resembled a most brilliant amethyst, about the size of'a large pin-head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant silvery... | |
 | 1824 - 628 pages
...examining another species by the microscope, in candle light, the luminous property was observed to reside in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest,...amethyst, about the size of a large pin's head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant silvery light*. • Captain Scoresby,... | |
 | John Vaughan Thompson - 1830 - 166 pages
...Captain Tuckey to the Congo, observed that the luminosity of a kind of shrimp appeared to emanate from the brain, which " when the animal was at rest resembled...moved, darted flashes of a brilliant silvery light " Tuckey' s Voyage. Spallanzani with his usual ingenuity and perseverance, resorted to a variety of... | |
 | 1837 - 168 pages
...another crustaceous animal, found by Captain Tuckey, in the Gulf of Guinea, the luminous property resided in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest,...most brilliant amethyst, about the size of a large pinhead ; from this there started, when it) moved, Hashes of a brilliant silvery light. The author... | |
 | Light - 1838 - 298 pages
...species was examined by the microscope, in candle-light, the luminous property was observed to reside in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest,...amethyst, about the size of a large pin's head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant and silvery light. Of the number of... | |
 | 536 pages
...species was examined by the microscope, in candle-light, the luminous property was observed to reside in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest,...amethyst, about the size of a large pin's head ; and from this there darted, when the animal moved, flashes of a brilliant and silvery light. Of the number of... | |
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... a quarter of an inch in length ; among them the Cancer fulgens was conspicuous. In another species (when put into the microscope by candle light), the luminous property was observed to be in the brain, which, when the animal was at rest, resembled... 
