... about 20 inches. The great delicacy of the parietes of this sac, and its apparent liability to rupture from the action of the spirit, prevented my inflating it to its full extent, but when partially filled with air, it measured about 9 inches in circumference... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London - Side 47af Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1827Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1828 - 612 sider
...extremity of the snout, about twenty inches. When partially filled with air, this sac measured about nine inches in circumference below its union with the tail,...including the slender body to which it pertained, was four inches. The use of this enormous pouch Dr. Harwood is not able to discover. The skin, all over... | |
| 1828 - 420 sider
...extremity of the snout about twenty inches. When partially filled with air, this sac measured about nine inches in circumference below its union with the tail,...including the slender body to which it pertained, was four inches. The use of this enormous pouch Dr Harwood is not able to discover. The skin all over the... | |
| 1828 - 406 sider
...extremity of the snout about twenty inches. When partially filled with air, this sac measured about nine inches in circumference below its union with the tail,...including the slender body to which it pertained, was four inches. The use of this enormous pouch Dr Harwood is not able to discover/ The skin all over the... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1833 - 486 sider
...inches from the snout. It is so delicate that it could not be fully inflated, but when partially so, measured about 9 inches in circumference, below its union with the tail, and its greater diameter, including the slender body of the animal, 4 inches. At about an inch from its termination... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1833 - 502 sider
...inches from the snout. It is so delicate that it could not be fully inflated, but when partially so, measured about 9 inches in circumference, below its union with the tail, and its greater diameter, including the slender body of the animal, 4 inches. At about an inch from its termination... | |
| United States National Museum - 1885 - 690 sider
...all considered as an extraordinary kind of sea serpent," in the opinion of Dr. Harwood. (P. 50.) " The total length of the specimen taken is 4 feet 6...that of all the digestive organs, readily traced." (Pp. 52, 53.) "The skin all over the body of the Ophiognathus is particularly soft and slimy, yet it... | |
| United States National Museum - 1885 - 690 sider
...communicates with the enormous sac or air vessel, which extends in length from the extremity of the snont about 20 inches. The great delicacy of the parietes...that of all the digestive organs, readily traced." (Pp. 52, 53.) "The skin all over the body of the Ophiognathus is particularly soft and slimy, yet it... | |
| 1885 - 708 sider
...inflating it to its full extent, but when partially tilled with air, it measured about 9 inches iu circumference below its union with the tail, and its...the sac, the tenuity of which rendered the course ofthat intestine, as indeed that of all the digestive organs, readily traced." (Pp. 52, 53.) "The skin... | |
| United States National Museum - 1885 - 694 sider
...from the action of the spirit, prevented my inflating it to its full extent, but when partially tilled with air, it measured about 9 inches in circumference...the sac, the tenuity of which rendered the course ofthat intestine, as indeed that of all the digestive organs, readily traced." (Pp. 52, 53.) "The skin... | |
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