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Page 136
... favorite hunting grounds for the collector . Crystallization sometimes takes place on a gigantic scale , even to the formation 136 BULLETIN 118 , UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM . (3) Granite-pegmatites and their associated minerals.
... favorite hunting grounds for the collector . Crystallization sometimes takes place on a gigantic scale , even to the formation 136 BULLETIN 118 , UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM . (3) Granite-pegmatites and their associated minerals.
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... collector . Measurements of an ordinary individual . - Length of body 0.315 mm .; width of body 0.048 mm .; length of nucleus 0.023 mm .; width Usually in Opalinids collected from frogs which have been long preserved one finds the cilia ...
... collector . Measurements of an ordinary individual . - Length of body 0.315 mm .; width of body 0.048 mm .; length of nucleus 0.023 mm .; width Usually in Opalinids collected from frogs which have been long preserved one finds the cilia ...
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... collector ; also No. 16450 , 48 mm . long from " Europe , " no data . Two other individuals from this locality were opened , but no Opalinids were found . Also two individuals collected at Turin , Italy , were opened without finding ...
... collector ; also No. 16450 , 48 mm . long from " Europe , " no data . Two other individuals from this locality were opened , but no Opalinids were found . Also two individuals collected at Turin , Italy , were opened without finding ...
Page 48
... collector . There are two other infections from the same set of specimens , and there are seven infections from the Yulu River , Southern Manchuria , China , A. de C. Sowerby , collector . Measurements of a large individual . - Length ...
... collector . There are two other infections from the same set of specimens , and there are seven infections from the Yulu River , Southern Manchuria , China , A. de C. Sowerby , collector . Measurements of a large individual . - Length ...
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... collector . a с 8 de f 8 h j k FIG . 24. - PROTOOPALINA ORIENTALIS ; a AND b , USUAL CONDITION ; C , A DAUGHTER CELL ; d TO 1 , VARIETY IN FORM AND SIZE . a TO C , MAGNIFIED 460 DIAMETERS ; d To 1 , MAGNI- FIED 117 DIAMETERS . THE ...
... collector . a с 8 de f 8 h j k FIG . 24. - PROTOOPALINA ORIENTALIS ; a AND b , USUAL CONDITION ; C , A DAUGHTER CELL ; d TO 1 , VARIETY IN FORM AND SIZE . a TO C , MAGNIFIED 460 DIAMETERS ; d To 1 , MAGNI- FIED 117 DIAMETERS . THE ...
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