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The microscope and its revelations (1856)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · London : John Churchill · leaf 505

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leus becomes entirelymetamorphosed into a free body of ovate form, which carriesat its narrower end a circlet of long vibrating cilia, while itsmore obtuse end is perforated by a mouth which communicateswith a distinct oral cavity. In the interior of this offspring(h), we already observe a long… … Development and Metamorphoses of Vorticella microstoma:—A, full-grown individual in its encysted state; a, retracted oval circletof cilia; h, nucleus; c, contractile vesicle;—b, a cyst separated fromits stalk;—c, the same more advanced, the nucleus broken-up intospore-hke globules;—d, the same more…

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