Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Volume 6

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J. and A. Churchill, 1866

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Página 48 - Bavaria, all these being parts of the great formation of " fundamental " gneiss, which is considered by Sir Roderick Murchison as the equivalent of the Laurentian rocks of Canada. There can be little doubt that a rich field of research is now opened to those who will undertake the examination of rocks of various ages, which present the appearance of analogous structure ; as it is, the microscope has been the means of demonstrating the existence of animal life at a very ancient geological date ; and...
Página 109 - ... cause said number to be entered in a book kept for that purpose, together with the time said hogshead was received, the name of the vessel or other conveyance, if known to him, by which...
Página 111 - Auditors for the previous year, with an abstract of the accounts, shall be included in the Report of the Council presented to the Annual General Meeting. VACANCIES. XXVI. If the office of either President. Chairman, Vice-President Secretary, Treasurer or Editor of the Journal should become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the Council shall have power to appoint a Member of the Society, whether a Member of the Council or not, to fill such office until the next General Meeting. If by death,...
Página 201 - ... entirely to cover the potatoes, and form a seething mass. He is at a loss to account for their remarkable and sudden appearance. Mr. Charles Robertson, Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Oxford, has lately described a form of acarus found inside pigeons, chiefly amongst the connective tissue of the skin, the large veins near the heart, and on the surface of the pericardium. In some respects the acarus described agrees with Sarcoptes, but has an extraordmary maggot-like appearance. The...
Página 14 - That neither size nor outline affords any basis for distinction into species until it has been ascertained, from extensive comparison of forms brought from different localities in the widest area over which the species can be traced, what are the average characters of the type and what is their range of variation.
Página 134 - The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary reported that he had made a catalogue of the collection of microscopical objects belonging to the Section. Mr.
Página 135 - Ileys showed a well-mounted specimen of the exuvium of the larva of a dragon fly, and stated he found these insects were easily brought to cast off their skins by changing the water in which they were kept ; if soft, to hard, and vice versd ; or if muddy, to fresh.
Página 48 - In conclusion, the author stated that he had recently detected Eozoon in a specimen of Ophicalcite from Cesha Lipa in Bohemia, in a specimen of gneiss from near Moldau, and in a specimen of serpentinous limestone sent to Sir Charles Lyell by Dr.
Página 200 - London : he was also an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ; an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy, and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society...
Página 200 - Icones Filicum,' besides numerous papers iii various scientific journals. He was Honorary Secretary of the Botanical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ; an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, of the Imperial Academy Natur® Curiosorum, and of the Natural History Society of Leipzig; Corresponding Member of the Natural History Societies of Paris, Cherbourg, Brussels, Philadelphia, &c.

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