Elementary lessons in electricity & magnetism (1895)
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916 · New York and London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 90
here are three species inhabiting the Mediterranean andAtlantic, is provided with an electric organ on the backof its head,as shown in Fig. 49. This organ consists oflaminae composed of polygonal cells to the number of 800or 1000, or more, supplied with four large bundles ofnerve fibres; the under… … Big. 50. combats between the electric eels and the wild horses,driven by the natives into the swamps inhabited by theGymnotus. It is able to give a most terrible shock, andis a formidable antagonist when it has attained its fulllength of 5 or 6 feet. In the Silurus the current flowsfrom head to…
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