. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. CLASSIFICATION. remote in their structure and appearance from any with which w^e are elsewhere familiar. Let the reader cast his eye for a moment upon the annexed engraving (Fig. 2), which represents a piece of duck- weed gathered from a neighbouring pond, surrounded. Fig. 2. -MICROSCOPIC OCCUPANTS OP A LEAF OF DUCKWEED. Highly Magnified. 1. Torticella convallaria. 2. Yolvox globator. 3. Vaginicola crystallina. 4. Amphileptusfasciola. 5. Xavicula hippocampus, 6. Amoeba diffluens. 7. Trachelocerca olor. 8. Polytoma uvella. 9. St
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. CLASSIFICATION. remote in their structure and appearance from any with which w^e are elsewhere familiar. Let the reader cast his eye for a moment upon the annexed engraving (Fig. 2), which represents a piece of duck- weed gathered from a neighbouring pond, surrounded. Fig. 2. -MICROSCOPIC OCCUPANTS OP A LEAF OF DUCKWEED. Highly Magnified. 1. Torticella convallaria. 2. Yolvox globator. 3. Vaginicola crystallina. 4. Amphileptusfasciola. 5. Xavicula hippocampus, 6. Amoeba diffluens. 7. Trachelocerca olor. 8. Polytoma uvella. 9. Stevtor polyTYiorphus. 10. Bursaria tnincateUa. 11. Pandorina moruvi. 12. Stylonychia mytilus. 13. Paramecium aurelia. 14. Euplotes ti-uncatus. 15. Euplotes striatus. by the microscopic creatures that live in its vicinity. Some fixed upon the stem (Fig. 2,9) like trumpets in their shape, spread out their gaping mouths, around which whirl the swarming atoms that they swallow; others, like wine-glasses in miniature, stretch out the little bells that constitute their bodies, to the length of their transparent stems in search of food, or if alarmed, folding their stalks in spiral revolutions, shrink timidly from danger (Fig. 2,1). The Yolvox (Fig. 2,2) silently revolves, a little world within itself. Others (Fig. 2, e) of different shape, resemble films of ever-changing cloud. Others,. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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