 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 376 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 the anterior extremity of the animal to the-transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 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,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pages
...parts of the sea-coast of Europe. The electric organs of this animal are two in number, and placed one on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. In those places they fill up the whole thickness of the animal from the lower to the upper surface,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...anus. p, The fin of the tail. Anatomical Observations on the Torpedo. By JOHN HUNTS*, FSS — [1773.] THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each...the whole space between the skin of the upper and of the under surfaces : they are thickest at the edges near the centre of the fish, and become gradually... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 370 pages
...was flat became humped and round. 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,... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1834 - 828 pages
...parallel, give the substance of the celebrated John Hunter1s observations on the apparatus of the torpedo. on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen, and between these limits they occupy the whole space between the skin of the upper and lower surfaces.... | |
 | Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1836 - 148 pages
...be more readily understood after a perusal of the following general description. " Of the Torpedo. " The electric organs of the Torpedo are placed on each...the whole space between the skin of the upper and of the under surfaces : they are thickest at the edges near the centre of the fish, and become gradually... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1840 - 614 pages
...Philosophical Transactions (p. 481). The electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of lta electric the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts by a close cellular membrane, and also by short and... | |
 | 1860 - 936 pages
...they are about 5 inches long, 3 inches broad in front, and about half an inch broad behind, extending from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. Above and below, the electric organ is covered by a fibrous membrane, and at the sides it is closely... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1869 - 664 pages
...in various parts of the sea-coast of Europe. Its electric organs are two in number, and placed, one on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from...cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. The length of each organ is somewhat less than one third part of the length of the whole animal. Each... | |
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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,... 
