| William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...these limits they occupy the whole space between the s)dn of the upper and under surfaces. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts by a close cellular... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...and within these limits they occupy the whole space be* tween the skin of the upper and under surfaces. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 pages
...cranium and gills, reaching thence to each great tin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it appears, that these organs, as Mr. Shaw observes, constitutes a pair... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen ; arid within these * Though diis paper has been reprinted in Mr. JH's Observations on die Animal Economy;... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...cranium and gills, reaching thence to each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen." From the whole description, it appears, that these organs, as Mr. Shaw observes, constitutes a pair... | |
| J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...torpedo, or electric ray, is the most remarkable, as it possesses some very distinguishing peculiarities. In the general structure of its body, it has not been...inches in length ; and, at the anterior end, about tbree in breadth ; they are composed of perpendicular columns, reaching from the upper to the under... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen. In those places they fill up the whole thickness of the animal from the lower to the upper surface,... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage...skin of the upper and under surfaces. Each organ is attached to the surrounding parts by a close cellular membrane, and also by short and strong tendinous... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage,...the whole space between the skin of the upper and of the under surfaces : they are thickest at the edges near the centre of the fish, and become gradually... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1834 - 826 pages
...thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen, and between these limits they occupy the whole space between the skin of the upper and lower surfaces.... | |
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