Category: Science - Biology
118. Galeolaria lutea (_Voght_) _frontispiece_ 86. Amœba princeps 14 87. Actinophrys sol 17 88. Acanthometra bulbosa } _to face_ 19 89. Eucyrtidium cranoides } (_Haeckel_)[A] _frontispiece to vol. i._ 90. Dictyopodium trilobum } _to face_ 20 91. Podocyrtis Schomburgi 20 92. Au...
ALTHOUGH animal life is only known to us as a manifestation of divine power not to be explained, yet the various phases of life, growth, and structure in animals, from the micro...
15. ii. 114-116Vibrios found in dust from Egypt, ii. 65 agents in the decomposition of organic matter, ii. 66, 67 difference between vibrios and mycoderms, ii. 66 extreme tenacity of life of t...
4. i. 29, 30Copper, properties of, i. 4 colour of, in reflected and absorbed light, i. 35, 36 its power of transmitting electricity, i. 90 atomic weight of, compared with that of hydrogen,...
13. i. 124Rubidium, i. 3, 4 atomic weight of, compared with that of hydrogen, i. 100 one of an isomeric triad with cæsium and potassium, i. 105 M. Bunsen’s discovery of the metal by spect...
11. i. 35, 36property of some substances in the transmission of radiant light and heat, i. 36 invisible rays of high heating power existing beyond the red end of the solar spectrum, i. 36 Me...
12. i. 397Oxygen, i. 6-11 effect of the combination of the atoms of oxygen and carbon in combustion, i. 30 absorptive power of ozonized oxygen, i. 43 absorptive power of, i. 39, 41 propor...
10. i. 267, 268Infusoria, structure, form, and habitat of, ii. 63 abundance of infusoria in the atmosphere, ii. 63, 64 different states of development in one and the same animal, ii. 65 groups...
14. i. 287Vegetation, i. 167 effects of light and heat on, i. 168, 169 the primordial cell, the universal framework or skeleton of the vegetable world, i. 170, 172 formation of cellular t...
8. i. 109Heat generated by impetus, i. 27 quantity of heat which would be generated if it were arrested in its orbit, i. 27 probable cause of the heat of the sun, i. 28 effect of the abs...
1. PART III.118. Galeolaria lutea (_Voght_) _frontispiece_ 86. Amœba princeps 14 87. Actinophrys sol 17 88. Acanthometra bulbosa } _to face_ 19 89. Eucyrtidium cranoides } (_Haeckel_)[A] _f...
3. i. 235, 236Coal, i. 13 effect of the consumption of a pound of, in a steam-engine, i. 29, 30 energy in abeyance in the coal existing in the whole globe, i. 30
6. ii. 107, 108Gases, absorption and radiation of radiant heat by gases and vapours, i. 38 relation between the density of the gas and the quantity of heat extinguished or absorbed, i. 40 expe...
9. ii. 183-186Hydræ, structure of, ii. 81, 84 mode of propagation of, ii. 84 compound fresh-water Hydræ, ii. 85 development of medusa-buds, ii. 95 alternation of generation of hydræ and medus...
5. i. 252, 253Fungi, enormous numbers of, i. 260 structure of, i. 260 two principal groups of, i. 260 families of, i. 261, _et seq._ poisonous matter in all, i. 264 luminous, i. 264 stems of,...
7. ii. 124