 | Mary Roberts - 1835 - 318 pages
...the watchful care of a benevolent, and almighty Being. The same is obvious in their configuration. They occupy the whole space between the skin of the upper and under surfaces, and consist of various organs, each of which comprises I nearly four hundred and seventy perpendicular... | |
 | Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1836 - 148 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...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... | |
 | William Swainson - 1838 - 390 pages
...side of the head and gills, from whence they extend to the semicircular cartilages of the pectorals ; within these limits they occupy the whole space between the skin of the upper and of the under surface : they are thickest at the edges, near the centre of the fish, and become gradually... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1840 - 614 pages
...thence to the semi-circular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal, to the transverse 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...between the skin of the upper and under surfaces; they are thickest at the edges near the centre of the fish, and become gradually thinner toward the... | |
 | 1855 - 900 pages
...side of the head and gills, reaching to the semicircular cartilage of each great fin, and extending to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax...the whole space between the skin of the upper and the under surface. These organs are composed of hexagonal or pentagonal columns, arranged vertically... | |
 | 1855 - 454 pages
...shocks, but this has not been confirmed, and appears very questionable as far as regards insects. _, c2 thorax from the abdomen, and within these limits they...the whole space between the skin of the upper and the under surface. These organs are composed of hexagonal or pentagonal columns, arranged vertically... | |
 | 1860 - 936 pages
...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... | |
 | William Jardine - 1861 - 370 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...whole space between the skin of the upper and under surface. Each organ consists wholly of perpendicular columns, reaching from the upper to the under... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1869 - 664 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse 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,... 
