 | 1774 - 482 pages
...fituated on each fide of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the femicircular cartilage of each great fin, and extending longitudinally, from the anterior extremity of the animal, to the tranfverfe cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. They confift wholly of perpendicular... | |
 | Tiberius Cavallo - 1786 - 362 pages
...number, and placed one on each fide of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the femicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally...from. the anterior extremity of the animal to the tranfverfe cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. In thofe places they fill up the whole... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...has not been found to differ materially from the rest of the Rays. The electric organs are placed one on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from...these limits they occupy the whole space between the s)dn of the upper and under surfaces. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts by a close cellular... | |
 | Tiberius Cavallo - 1803 - 638 pages
...placed one on each fide of the. cranium and gills, reaching from that place as far as the femicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the tranfverfe cartilage which, divides the thorax from the abdomen. In thofc places they fill up the whole... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...has not been found to differ materially from the rest of the Rays. The electric organs are placed one on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from...and within these limits they occupy the whole space be* tween the skin of the upper and under surfaces. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...difference in the organ arising from difference in size, notice will be taken of it in this account. • The electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each...cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen ; arid within these * Though diis paper has been reprinted in Mr. JH's Observations on die Animal Economy;... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...John Hunter. He states them " to be placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching thence to each great fin, and extending longitudinally from...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it appears, that these organs, as Mr. Shaw observes, constitutes a pair... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 pages
...states them " to be placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching thence to each great tin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it appears, that these organs, as Mr. Shaw observes, constitutes a pair... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 378 pages
...John Hunter. He states them " to be placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching thence to each great fin, and extending longitudinally from...cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it appears, that these organs, as Mr. Shaw observes, constitute a pair... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...materially from the rest of the rays: the electric, or benumbing organs, are placed one on each side of the gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages...each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the interior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen:... | |
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THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage,... 
