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Marvels of pond-life : or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps, infusoria, rotifers, water-bears, and polyzoa (1861)

Slack, Henry James, 1818-1896 · London : Groombridge · leaf 68

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laced uponthe top, and when the other end is brought overthe object the finger is raised for an instant, and asthe water rushes in the little hydra comes too, andis placed in a glass cell, about half an inch wideand one-tenth of an inch deep. These cells areobtained from the opticians, and cemented… … llyib-(i viridis Avith developed young one, and bud beginning to spruut. the cell filled until the fluid stands in a convexheap above its brim. We then select a round glass 46 MARVELS OF POXD-LIFE. cover, and press it gently on the walls of our cell.A few drops of superfluous water escape, and we…

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