. The beginnings of life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin and transformation of lower organisms. Life -- Origin. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. a whitish flocculent mass was seen at the bottom of the flask after the first fortnight., which gradually increased, and at last formed a mass about i" in diameter. 6 On microscopical examination, the white mass was found to be made up of aggregations of colourless particles, varying much in size and shape, and im- bedded (&) in a distinct hyaline jelly-like material. The granules were highly refractive, altogether ir- regular in sh
. The beginnings of life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin and transformation of lower organisms. Life -- Origin. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. a whitish flocculent mass was seen at the bottom of the flask after the first fortnight., which gradually increased, and at last formed a mass about i" in diameter. 6 On microscopical examination, the white mass was found to be made up of aggregations of colourless particles, varying much in size and shape, and im- bedded (&) in a distinct hyaline jelly-like material. The granules were highly refractive, altogether ir- regular in shape, and they varied in size from to rt 50 (TO in diameter. Though most of them were. FIG. 27. Fungus met with in a solution containing Potash-and-Ammonia Alum, with Tartar Emetic. ( X Coo.) motionless and imbedded in the jelly, very many were seen exhibiting active and independent movements; some of these were in the form of little double spherules (</), and a very few others resembled Bacteria about 8-oVo" in diameter, though they did not possess the accustomed 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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