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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 23

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rtion is reducedalmost to nothing. The imbrica-tions project very little, but care-ful observation reveals slanting;lines proceeding from the teeth;which show that the whole surfaceis clothed with large pointed scales,which are very thin, and lie close.The pith consists of large flattenedcells,… … HAIR OF MOUSE. lei rows. HAIRS, FEATHERS. AND SCALES. 11 are either wholly or partially lined with a clear yellowpigment, or colouring- matter. The smaller hairs from the same little animalare scarcely distinguishable from those of the Cat,already described, except that the imbrications…

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