. The beginnings of life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin and transformation of lower organisms. Life -- Origin. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE, 197 The corpuscles gradually moved more briskly; and finally, detaching themselves altogether from the pellicle, they became free-swimming animalcules each of which had a rapidly vibrating flagellum. Their development fre- quently took place in groups of various sizes, as above described; but when the solution contained less organic matter, or when the weather was colder, single isolated corpuscles were frequently seen developing in differen
. The beginnings of life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin and transformation of lower organisms. Life -- Origin. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE, 197 The corpuscles gradually moved more briskly; and finally, detaching themselves altogether from the pellicle, they became free-swimming animalcules each of which had a rapidly vibrating flagellum. Their development fre- quently took place in groups of various sizes, as above described; but when the solution contained less organic matter, or when the weather was colder, single isolated corpuscles were frequently seen developing in different parts of the pellicle. The description given by M. Pouchet of the mode '"'â 'i}''ikS§BM ;»;."â¢>'⢠d <. Fig. 52. Origin of Mowas/e?js. (Pouchet.) (x 1800.) a. First Stage. c. Coi-puscles with motionless tails. h. Tailless Corpuscles. d. Fully-developed Monads. of evolution of Monas lens is essentially similar. He observed the first rudiments of them in the pellicle of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bastian, H. Charlton. London, Macmillan and co.
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