The universe, or, The infinitely great and the infinitely little / by F.A. Pouchet.

  • Félix Archimède Pouchet
Date:
[1895]
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Credit: The universe, or, The infinitely great and the infinitely little / by F.A. Pouchet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IND EX. A. Absorption, its nature, 283; by the radicles, 283; a vital act, 283; selection in, 283 and note; by the leaves, Mariotte's experiment, 285; engrav- ing of, 285. Acacia, growth of roots in the direction of water, 279. Adanson, on emigration of swallows, 236; on age of trees, 308, 386. Ada'nsonia digitata, engraving of, 387. Adventitious roots, 264; engraving of, 264. Aerial or pulmonary and aquatic or branchial leaves of aquatic ranunculus, engraving of, 270; aerial roots of banyan-tree form stems, 2S0; of Clusia rosea choke the plant, 280 and note. Africa, Central, exuberance of game in, 224. Air, the, and its corpuscules, 502; vital principle of, 502; oxygen in, 502; fables respecting its in- habitants, 502; modem opinions respecting, 503; disseminates seeds and germs, 503. Alcyone, great distance of, from the earth, 516. Aldrovanda, mode of fertilization, 356. Algse, great plain of, 42; impeded the vessels of Columbus, 42; its extent, 42; explanation of, 42. Alysia Olivieri, destroys eggs of Chlorops lineata, 73, note. Amaryllis, stamen of, engi-aving of, 274. Amazon ant, its warlike habits, 122; predatory raids, 122; opposed by the workmen, 122; car- ries off nymphs, 122; gives itself up to laziness, 122; is reduced imder the yoke of its own slave, 125; who deports it at pleasure to a new abode, 125. Amber, 436; history of, 436, note. ammonites, Antediluvian, great size, 29; fossil, engraving of, 30. Anabas (Perca scandens), organization of, has reser- voir of water near its branchiae, 253 ; engraving of water-reservoir of, 253; climbs banks and rocks, 254; engraving of, 253. Anagallis arvensis, mutability of its colour, 342, AnemoTie patens, mutabUity of its colour, 342. Anguillulae, 35; experiments on, 36, note; engrav- ing of, 33. Animalcules, Baron Gleichen's experiments, 8; Buffon's and Lamarck's opinion of them, 8; Du- jardin's theory, 8; strata formed of, in North America, 15; in Luneburg, 15; imder Berlin, 16; form great deposits on surface of globe, 15; in the air, 17; at times intercept the light, 17; in dtwt blown from Africa, 17; in the tartar on teeth, 17; revivification of, 37. Animals, believed to be capable of resuscitation, 35-38; migi-ations of, 224; causes of, 224 ; civili- zation, cause of, 225; fecundity fatal to weak tribes of, 225; wild geese, wonderful arrange- ment of, in travershig the aii', 225; catching wild geese, engraving of, 2V6 ; respiiation of, in- jurious to composition of atmospheric air, 294 means of reparation, 294. Anobium, death-watch, feigns death to escape being caught, 104. Anoplotheria, 422, 425; remains found in gypsum quarries near Paris, 425. Antennae, various forms of, engraving of, 81. Anther, engraving of, 274; description of, 275 mode of ejecting pollen, 276. Antherozoa, 277, nole. Anthia duodecimpunctata, engraving of, 166. Antiparos, Grotto of, illumination of, by the Mar- quis of Nointel, 483. Ant-lion (Myrmeleon formicarius), mode of catch- ing its prey, 115; engraving of, and pit, 117; ejects remains of prey and cleanses its pit, 116. Ants, talk by touch, 78; their numerous eyes, 79; fighting propensities of, 121; slave-making in- stinct, 121; the red ant or Amazon a daring slave-maker, 122; predatory raids of, 122; return after a battle, engraving of, 123 ; Huber's obser- vations, 125; observations of Holt, Ward, and others, 125, note; all kinds do not easily adapt themselves to slavery, 127; the small yellow ants set the Amazon at defiance, 127; carry off aphi- des, 127 ; which they milk of a sweet liquor, 127; milking aphides, engraving of, 126; nest more or less rich in proportion to the aphides it possesses, 127; some ants find a supply of saccharine matter in their own bodies, 127; description of battle of, by Huber, 128; White Termites, 129. Aphis lanigera, attacks apple-trees, 73. Apteryi (A. Mantelli), engraving of, 173. Aquatic spider and its diving-bell, engraving of, 151. Arabian mountain-chain formed of nvimmulites, 26. Aranea puUaria, chicken-spider, 121. Archseopteryx, 421, note. Archegosaurus, first antediluvian reptile, 411. Architects of the sea, 42; of towns, 129. Arctic regions, solitudes of, 477; researches in, 478; formed of a congeries of islands, 478. Ariel swallow, engraving of, 237. Aristolochia, large flowers of, 338; fecundated by means of insects, 351; A. Clemaiiiis, engraving of, 350; experiment with, 351. Artemisia vuif/aris, superstition respecting, 547.