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... 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 repetitions ( save on the two sides ...
... 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 repetitions ( save on the two sides ...
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... remarkable facts in the whole range of science , that a membrane , in which not the slightest appearance of a pore can be discovered under the highest powers of the microscope , should be capable of allowing water to pass through it ...
... remarkable facts in the whole range of science , that a membrane , in which not the slightest appearance of a pore can be discovered under the highest powers of the microscope , should be capable of allowing water to pass through it ...
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... remarkable powers as those of Animals and Plants , -powers which depend , as we shall hereafter see , upon the exercise of properties to which we find nothing analogous in the Mineral world , -would have had an entirely different ...
... remarkable powers as those of Animals and Plants , -powers which depend , as we shall hereafter see , upon the exercise of properties to which we find nothing analogous in the Mineral world , -would have had an entirely different ...
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... remarkable , not only for containing four elements , but for the very large number of atoms of these compo- nents which enter into the single compound atom of each ; the Cellu- lose of Plants is much simpler in its composition , since ...
... remarkable , not only for containing four elements , but for the very large number of atoms of these compo- nents which enter into the single compound atom of each ; the Cellu- lose of Plants is much simpler in its composition , since ...
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... remarkable example in the case of the simple Cryptogamic plant , which constitutes Yeast , and which differs in no essential part of the history of its growth from the examples already referred to . The principal component of its cell ...
... remarkable example in the case of the simple Cryptogamic plant , which constitutes Yeast , and which differs in no essential part of the history of its growth from the examples already referred to . The principal component of its cell ...
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