. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. 316 EVENINGS AT THE MICEOSCOPE. merits :—Whence we may compute the total number of prehensile comb-like plates on this portion of the body to be about one thousand nine hundred, each of which is wielded by muscles at the will of the animal; while, as each plate carries on an average five teeth, there are nearly ten thousand teeth hooked into the lining mem- brane of the cell, when the animal chooses to descend. Even this, however, is very far short of th
. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. 316 EVENINGS AT THE MICEOSCOPE. merits :—Whence we may compute the total number of prehensile comb-like plates on this portion of the body to be about one thousand nine hundred, each of which is wielded by muscles at the will of the animal; while, as each plate carries on an average five teeth, there are nearly ten thousand teeth hooked into the lining mem- brane of the cell, when the animal chooses to descend. Even this, however, is very far short of the total num- ber, because long ribbons of hooks of a similar struc- ture, but of smaller dimensions run across the abdo- minal segments, which are much more numerous than the thoracic. No wonder, with so many muscles wielding so many grappling hooks, that the retreat is so rapidly effected!. EOOKa 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York, D. Appleton
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