 Point, the bottoms of which are literally covered in the first warm days of spring with a ferruginous-coloured mucous matter, about a quarter of an inch thick, which, on examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of...  The Microscope and Its Revelations - Page 326by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1875 - 848 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Association of American Geologists and Naturalists - Geology - 1843 - 602 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...body covered in this way, is often very elegant. The spiral or helicoidal form of the chains is not easily p#' . ceived, unless the chains are thrown on... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1844 - 508 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...plume-like appearance of a filamentous body covered in this manner, is often extremely elegant. Alcohol completely dissolves the endochrome (soft colouring matter)... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1847 - 434 pages
...microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful silicious bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and spear of...appearance of a filamentous body, covered in this manner is often extremely elegant. Alcohol completely dissolves the endochroma (soft coloring matter)... | |
 | John Thomas Quekett - 1854 - 514 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...filamentous body covered in this way is often very elegant." Some of the Diatomaceae have a horny stem, by which they are attached to the weeds and other foreign... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 588 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...filamentous body covered in this way is often very elegant. BALLADS OF SWEDEN. BALLADS now are almost forgotten but to the few, who treasure them up as memorials... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...filamentous body covered in this way is often very elegant. 1857.] [April, BALLADS OF SWEDEN. BALLADS now are almost forgotten but to the few, who treasure them... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - Geology - 1884 - 574 pages
...on examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...appearance of a filamentous body, covered in this manner, is often extremely elegant." The i " Exploration of the 40th Parallel," vol. ii. iron ore formed... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - Geology - 1892 - 724 pages
...on examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and spear of grass is enveloped by Fig. 63. Gallionelhe (highly magnified). them ; and the waving plume-like appearance of a filamentous... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - Geology - 1892 - 724 pages
...submerged stone, twig, and spear of grass is enveloped by Fig. 63. Gallionellrc (highly magnified). them ; and the waving plume-like appearance of a filamentous body, covered in this manner, is often extremely elegant." 3. Chemical Deposits. — Deposits due to chemical precipitation... | |
 | 1912 - 526 pages
...examination by the microscope, proves to be filled with millions and millions of these exquisitely beautiful siliceous bodies. Every submerged stone, twig, and...body covered in this way, is often very elegant. The spiral or helicoidal form of the chains is not easily perceived, unless the chains are thrown on edge,... | |
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