 | William Paley - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...cut off the pectoral fins — ie, the pair which lies close behind the gills — the head falls prone to the bottom : if the right pectoral fin only be cut off, vary, but yet they are accommodated in a manner so perfect, thai, on examining any individual among... | |
 | William Paley - 1838 - 586 Seiten
...you cut off the pectoral fins, ie the pair which lies close behind the gills, the head falls prone to the bottom : if the right pectoral fin only be...loses its equilibrium entirely ; if the dorsal and ventral fins be cut off, the fish reels to the right and left. When the fish dies, that is, when the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 Seiten
...glittenng_/fn«y swarms, That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. Autumn. the right pectoral fm only be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the FIN. ventral ßn on the same side be cut away, then it loses its equilibrium — entirely ; if the... | |
 | William Paley - 1849 - 306 Seiten
...the pectoral fins — that is, the pair which lies close behind the gills — the head falls prone to the bottom; if the right pectoral fin only be cut...loses its equilibrium entirely ; if the dorsal and ventral fins be cut off, the fish reels to the right and left. When the fish dies — that is, when... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 Seiten
...to supply its loss by keeping the rest of its fins in constant employment. If the right pectoral fin be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral...cut away, then it loses its equilibrium entirely. When the tail is cut off, the fish loses all motion, and gives itself up to where the water impels... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 Seiten
...to supply its loss by keeping the rest of its fins in constant employment. If the right pectoral fin be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral...cut away, then it loses its equilibrium entirely. When the tail is cut off, the fish loses all motion, and gives itself up to where the water impels... | |
 | William Paley - 1854 - 442 Seiten
...off the pectoral fins, t. e. Ut/Jthe pair which lies close behind the gills, the head falls , prone to the bottom; if the right pectoral fin only be cut'*...fish leans to that side; if the ventral fin on the A ,,,, , same side be cut away, then it loses its equilibrium entire- Ui ; f ly; if the dorsal and... | |
 | Natural history - 1854 - 322 Seiten
...about, but if the tail strikes both ways, then the motion is progressive. If the right pectoral fin be cut off, the fish leans to that side, if the ventral fin on the same side be cut away, then it entirely loses its equilibrium. When the tail is cut off, the fish loses all motion, and gives itself... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 Seiten
...to supply its loss by keeping the rest of its fins in constant employment If the right pectoral fin be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral...cut away, then it loses its equilibrium entirely. When the tail is cut off, the fish loses all motion, and gives itaejf-ap to where the water impels... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1859 - 156 Seiten
...one of these fishes be eut off, the head sinks to the bottom ; if the right peetoral fin only be eut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral fin on the same side be eut away, then it loses its equilibrium entirely ; if the dorsal and anal fins be eut off, the fish... | |
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... to the bottom ; if the right pectoral fin only be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral fin on... 
