Principles of Zoölogy : Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution, and Natural Arrangement of the Races of Animals, Living and Extinct with Numerous Illustrations: Part I, Comparative Physiology, for the Use of Schools and CollegesGould and Lincoln, 1859 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... higher regions of the mountains correspond in temperature to the climate of higher latitudes , it will be seen that the northern temperate fauna extends , along the mountains of Mexico and Central America , much farther towards the ...
... higher regions of the mountains correspond in temperature to the climate of higher latitudes , it will be seen that the northern temperate fauna extends , along the mountains of Mexico and Central America , much farther towards the ...
Pagina 25
... higher signification . It is the exhibition of the divine thought , as carried out in one department of that grand whole which we call Nature ; and considered as such , it teaches us most important lessons . 3. Man , in virtue of his ...
... higher signification . It is the exhibition of the divine thought , as carried out in one department of that grand whole which we call Nature ; and considered as such , it teaches us most important lessons . 3. Man , in virtue of his ...
Pagina 31
... higher state . Clearly , therefore , animals resembling the caterpillar , the worms , for instance , must occupy a lower rank than those approaching the butterfly , like most insects . There is no animal which does not undergo a series ...
... higher state . Clearly , therefore , animals resembling the caterpillar , the worms , for instance , must occupy a lower rank than those approaching the butterfly , like most insects . There is no animal which does not undergo a series ...
Pagina 33
... higher manifestations , in the cunning fox , the sagacious elephant , the faithful dog , to the exalted intellect of man . which is capable of indefinite expansion . 27. Such are some of the general aspects in which we are to ...
... higher manifestations , in the cunning fox , the sagacious elephant , the faithful dog , to the exalted intellect of man . which is capable of indefinite expansion . 27. Such are some of the general aspects in which we are to ...
Pagina 40
... higher rank . As we descend in the scale of being , the differences become gradually effaced . The soft body of a snail is much more uniform in its composition than the body of a bird or a quadruped . Indeed , multitudes of animals are ...
... higher rank . As we descend in the scale of being , the differences become gradually effaced . The soft body of a snail is much more uniform in its composition than the body of a bird or a quadruped . Indeed , multitudes of animals are ...
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albumen allantois Ammonites Animal Kingdom appear aquatic arteries Articulata Articulates auricles become belong birds blood body bones brain branches called canal carboniferous Carnivora cartilaginous cavity cells Cercaria chyle classes cloth composed contains corresponding crabs crustaceans crystalline lens cuttle-fish digestive distinct Distoma distribution divided Echinoderms eggs embryo enclosed epoch fauna fishes fluid formation fossils frog furnished Gasteropods geological germ germinative germinative vesicle gills head heart Illustrations important Infusoria insects intestine jaws jelly-fishes layer less limbs living lower lungs magnified mals mammals membrane metamorphoses mode mollusks muscles namely natural nerves nervous system oxygen peculiar period plants polyps portion Radiates regions reptiles resemblance respiration respiratory organs Rhizodonts rocks SECTION shell showing Silurian similar skin species star-fishes structure surface teeth temperate tentacles terrestrial animals Tertiary tion tissues trachea tropical types upper vegetative ventricle vertebrated animals vesicle White-fish whole worms yolk young Zoology
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Pagina 189 - Experiments of dredging in very deep water have also taught us that the abyss of the ocean is nearly a desert. Not only are no materials found there for sustenance, but it is doubtful if animals could sustain the pressure of so great a column of water, although many of them are provided with a system of pores, (260,) which enables them to sustain a much greater pressure than terrestrial animals. America, one species takes...