Observations on the dentition of the Lilliputian Aztecs / by Dr. Robert Reid.

  • Reid, Robert (Dentist)
Date:
[1854]
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Credit: Observations on the dentition of the Lilliputian Aztecs / by Dr. Robert Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the day and in sunshine floated together on the surface of the water. During the night and when the glasses were shaken they descended to the bottom. After some time they returned to the surface. The ob- servation made by Dr. Englehardt on Lake Murten was very similar to this appearance, and the delineation of the single threads by De Candolle exhibits a very close relation to it. De CandoUe informs me he has preserved no dried specimen of that substance, for which reason, no comparison can be made. The gelatinous covering and the union of many threads into very small spiral groups give to the substance of the Red Sea a peculiar character, which entitles it to form a particu- lar genus of alga. * » * « 'j'hg appearance of the Red Sea was not permanent but periodical. I observed it four times: on the 25th and 30th December, 1843, and on the 5th January, 1844. [Frequent i-eferences to discoloured appearances in the sea will be found in the earlier volumes of this work —Ed.] LONDON : WALTER SPIERi5, PRINTER, GREAT PRESCOT STREET.