The mechanistic conception of life : biological essays (1912)
Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924 · Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press · leaf 109
Life determined by the same mechanical forces which determinegrowth in plants. An obstacle to such a conclusion seems to liein the fact that many plant-cells have solid walls, while this isnot the case in most animal cells. The solid cell-wall, however,does not determine the peculiar character of… … Pig. 33.—Curve representing the influence of diluted sea-water. Theabscissae represent the concentrations, the ordinates the corresponding growthin the unit of time. The maximum growth is at a concentration between 2 and 3per cent of salt, while the normal concentration is indicated by the vertical…
