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... animal's life ; and this is the more remarkable , as the arms are not simply organs of locomotion or prehension , but contain prolongations of the stomach . In the bodies of the higher animals , however , where there are few or no such ...
... animal's life ; and this is the more remarkable , as the arms are not simply organs of locomotion or prehension , but contain prolongations of the stomach . In the bodies of the higher animals , however , where there are few or no such ...
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... animals originate , becomes condensed into cartilage , and that the carti- lage is afterwards converted into bone ; it is in the same manner , also , that the stones of fruit , and the heart - wood of timber - trees , are formed out of ...
... animals originate , becomes condensed into cartilage , and that the carti- lage is afterwards converted into bone ; it is in the same manner , also , that the stones of fruit , and the heart - wood of timber - trees , are formed out of ...
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... Animal tissues . The second of the chief proximate principles , termed Gelatine , is largely diffused through the ... Animals , whose existence is entirely dependent upon them , since they possess no such combining power . It is from ...
... Animal tissues . The second of the chief proximate principles , termed Gelatine , is largely diffused through the ... Animals , whose existence is entirely dependent upon them , since they possess no such combining power . It is from ...
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... Animals can maintain their activity , except under the continual influence of a certain measure of Heat ; and the amount of that activity will be shown to bear a constant ratio , in all those tribes which have no independent power of ...
... Animals can maintain their activity , except under the continual influence of a certain measure of Heat ; and the amount of that activity will be shown to bear a constant ratio , in all those tribes which have no independent power of ...
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... Animals existed to consume these organic compounds , they would be all at last restored to the inorganic condition by sponta- neous decay , which would reproduce the carbonic acid , water , and am- monia , from which they were generated ...
... Animals existed to consume these organic compounds , they would be all at last restored to the inorganic condition by sponta- neous decay , which would reproduce the carbonic acid , water , and am- monia , from which they were generated ...
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