 There seems no alternative but to suppose that the chemical units combine into units immensely more complex than themselves, complex as they are; and that in each organism, the physiological units produced by this further compounding of highly compound...  The Principles of Biology - Sivu 183tekijä(t) Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 1079 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Staniland Wake - 1868 - 364 sivua
...case, some slight difference of composition in these units, leading to some slight difference in the mutual play of forces, produces a difference in the form which the aggregate of them assumes."f It is by the application of this ingenious hypothesis, Mr. H. Spencer explains the phenomena... | |
 | Sir Edwin Ray Lankester - 1870 - 196 sivua
...highly compound atoms, have a more or less distinctive character. We must conclude that in each case, some slight difference in their mutual play of forces...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes.' had not, as the young, this under-stratum of 'vires in posse ' to call upon in cases of exhaustion.... | |
 | H. Charlton Bastian - 1872 - 862 sivua
...have a more or less distinctive character 2. We must con1 ' Principles of Biology,' vol. ip 181. elude that in each case some slight difference of composition...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes.' When we suppose — not voluntarily, but on account of facts otherwise inexplicable — that some such... | |
 | H. Charlton Bastian - 1872 - 834 sivua
...units, the -tader may consult the Appendix (p. 486) to Mr. Spencer's ' Principles cf Biology.' elude that in each case some slight difference of composition...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes.' When we suppose — not voluntarily, but on account of facts otherwise inexplicable — that some such... | |
 | John James Drysdale - 1874 - 336 sivua
...slight difference of composition in these units, leading to some slight difference in their natural play of forces, produces a difference in the form which the aggregate of them assumes " (ip 182). We have here an indication of the great influence that may bo exerted on the ultimate varieties... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1876 - 612 sivua
...less distinctive character. We must conclude that in each case, some slight difference of compc sition in these units, leading to some slight difference...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes." Further on Mr. Spencer applies the hypothesis of physiological units to the explanation of the phenomena... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1877 - 360 sivua
...slight difference of composition in these units, leading to some slight difference in their natural play of forces, produces a difference in the form which the aggregate of them assumes." Spencer's " Biology " is now an outgrown book, so rapid has been the progress of biological knowledge... | |
 | Liverpool Biological Society - 1887 - 380 sivua
...If then, this organic polarity can be possessed neither by the chemical units nor the morphologiral units we must conceive it as possessed by certain...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes." — Biology, 1884, I., p. 183. of view, as the word is ordinarily understood, is simply this : that... | |
 | Frederick Howard Collins - 1889 - 610 sivua
...units immensely more complex than themselves, complex as they are; and that in each organism, these Physiological Units produced by this further compounding...difference in the form which the aggregate of them assumes. V. ADAPTATION. 67. Organs that have arrived at their full size, possess a certain modifiability; so... | |
 | Sir Edwin Ray Lankester - 1890 - 466 sivua
...some extent a manifestation of the peculiar power" under consideration. " If then," he continues, " this organic polarity can be possessed neither by...in the form which the aggregate of them assumes." Further on Mr. Spencer applies the hypothesis of physiological units to the explanation of the phenomena... | |
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