 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 pages
...made up by the number of individuals, which she multiplies with admirable promptitude, to infinity. The remains of such minute animals have added much...to the mass of materials which compose the exterior of the crust of the globe than the bodies of Elephants, Hippopotami, and Whales. 5 ' In § 614 I spoke... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1861 - 650 pages
...principally composed of portions of invisible animalcules. And, as Dr. Buckland truly observes : " The remains of such minute animals have added much...the bones of elephants, hippopotami, and whales." In the vicinity of Hull many very interesting varieties of Diatomacece have been found, the beauty of... | |
 | 1866 - 1106 pages
...seems futile ; as the result would be beyond the grasp of our comprehension. And the remains of these minute animals have added much more to the mass of...exterior crust of the globe, than the bones of elephants, mammoths, hippopotami, and whales." But the microscope does not terminate its utility here ; it is... | |
 | 1868 - 510 pages
...beauties, at all events, to these minute creatures, of which many thousands would scarcely weigh an ounce. The remains of such minute animals have added much more to the mass of materials composing the crust of the globe than the bones of elephants, hippopotami, and whales. Let nothing... | |
 | Ellis A. Davidson - 1870 - 214 pages
...made up by the number of individuals which she multiplies, with admirable promptitude, to infinity. The remains of such minute animals have added much...the bones of elephants, hippopotami, and whales." The last section of the Protozoa is that comprehending the Poriferaf or Sponges. The living sponge... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1870 - 400 pages
...individuals, which she multiplies with admirable promptitude, to infinity. The remains of such minute annuals have added much more to the mass of materials which compose the exterior of the crust of the globe than the bodies of Elephants, Hippopotami, and Whales." In § 614 I spoke... | |
 | John Brocklesby - 1871 - 176 pages
...layers beneath the surface of the earth, that it has been observed by the learned Dr. Buckland, " that the remains of such minute animals have added much...compose the exterior crust of the globe, than the bone of elephants, hippopotami, and whales." grain of sand. The spiral shell of the nummulite is delineated... | |
 | John Brocklesby - 1871 - 170 pages
...layers beneath the surface of the earth, that it has been observed by the learned Dr. Buckland, " that the remains of such minute animals have added much...compose the exterior crust of the globe, than the bone of elephants, hippopotami, and whales." grain of sand. The spiral shell of the nummulite is delineated... | |
 | William Houghton - 1872 - 154 pages
...are principally composed of portions of invisible animalcules. And, as Dr. Buckland truly observes, ' The remains of such minute animals have added much...bones of elephants, hippopotami, and whales.'" In some cases THE MICROSCOPE. these remains consist for the most part of the siliceous shells of the Diatomaceae,... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1872 - 396 pages
...made up by the number of individuals, which she multiplies with admirable promptitude, to infinity. The remains of such minute animals have added much...to the mass of materials which compose the exterior of the crust of the globe than the bodies of Elephants, Hippopotami, and Whales." In § 614 I spoke... | |
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... individuals, which she multiplies with admirable promptitude to infinity. The remains of such minute animals have added much more to the mass of materials which compose the exterior crust of the globe, than the bones of Elephants, Hippopotami, and... 
