 | 1823 - 496 pagini
...yellowish-green sea, in a place by no means the most discoloured, about 26/150 animalcules. Hence, reckoning GO drops to a dram there would be a number in a gallon of water, exceeding, by one half, amount of the population of the whole globe ! It gives a powerful conception of the minuteness... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 pagini
...these squares, there must have T)een in this single drop of water, taken out of the yellowishgreen sen, in a place by no means the most discoloured, about...would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding, by one- ( half, the amount of the population of the whole globe ! It gives a powerful conception of the... | |
 | 1824 - 856 pagini
...these insects ; and this was taken from a part by no means the most discoloured. Hence, reckoning 60 drops to a dram, there would be a number in a gallon of water, exceeding by one half the population of the whole globe. • • • Along the whole line of country discovered... | |
 | 1824 - 628 pagini
...the microscope, appeared swarming with minute marine animals. A drop of this water contained 26.500 animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram,...one-half the amount of the population of the whole glooe. It affords an interesting conception of the minuteness of some tribes of animals, when we think... | |
 | Light - 1838 - 298 pagini
...animals. A drop of this water contained 26,500 animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a drachm, there would be a number, in a gallon of water, exceeding by one half the amount of the population of the whole globe. It affords an interesting conception of the... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1840 - 444 pagini
...animals. A drop of this water contained 26,500 animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a drachm, there would be a number, in a gallon of water, exceeding by one half the amount of the population of the whole globe. It affords an interesting conception of the... | |
 | 1845 - 398 pagini
...water contained twentysix thousand five hundred animalculx. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a drachm, there would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding by one half the amount of the whole population of the globe. It affords an interesting conception of the... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1846 - 456 pagini
...place oy no means the most discoloured, about 26,450 animalcuUe. Hence, reckoning 60 drops to a drachm, there would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding by one half the amount of the population of the whole terraqueous globe. How inconceivably minute must... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1856 - 200 pagini
...the microscope, appeared swarming with minute marine creatures. A drop of this water contained 26,500 animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram,...number in a gallon of water exceeding, by one-half, the population of the globe on which we live. Animalcules of the simplest class and most primitive structure,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pagini
...microscope,' appeared swarming with minute marine creatures. A drop of this water contained 20,500 animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram,...number in a gallon of water exceeding, by one-half, the population of the globe on which we live. Among those who stand foremost in the list of microscopic... | |
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... animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram, there would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding, by onehalf, the... 
