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Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)

Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 108

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r from without throughtrap-doors which we will examine presently, and conveyit to the most distant parts of the body. In ourselvesthe air is inhaled into a great central reservoir—thelungs; and the blood dispersed through every part isbrought to this reservoir to be oxygenated. In insectsit is the… … WS^W) AIE-PIPE OF FLY. ance by reflected light; but if we use transmitted lightand put on a high power, we discern a wonderfulstructure, which I will describe in the eloquent languageof Professor Rymer Jones, and you shall estimate itstruth as you examine the object:— There is one elegant…

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