 Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; — the stand for the telescope is there, though the telescope with its glasses has been lost. As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless,...  The Romance of Natural History - Side 80av Philip Henry Gosse - 2007 - 416 siderBegrenset visning - Om denne boken
 | National Sunday school union - 1870 - 314 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the footstalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; the stand for the...difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless, could in any way he injurious to animals living in darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse. In... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1860 - 638 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs, the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone; the stand for the...in any way injurious to animals living in darkness, Mr. Darwiu attributes their loss wholly to disuse. Not a single domestic animal can be named which... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; the stand for the...darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse. In one of the blind animals, namely, the caverat, the eyes are of immense size ; and Professor Silliman... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; the stand for the...darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse. In one of the blind animals, namely, the caverat, the eyes are of immense size ; and Professor Silliman... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 506 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the footstalk of the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; the stand for the...darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse." The direct inheritance of an acquired peculiarity is sometimes observable. Mr Lewes gives a case. He... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 510 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the footstalk of the eye remains, though the eye is gone; the stand for the...darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse." The direct inheritance of an acquired peculiarity is sometimes observable. Mr Lewes gives a case. He... | |
 | 1888 - 662 sider
...disuse " in the case of moles and the burrowing rodents, then remarks in regard to cave animals : " As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless,...darkness, I attribute their loss wholly to disuse" (p. 142). On the next page he writes: "By the time an animal had reached, after numberless generations,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1870 - 468 sider
...inhabit the caves of Styria and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; the stand for the...been lost. As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, thongh useless, could be in any way injurious to animals living in darkness, I attribute their loss... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1873 - 492 sider
...Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone;—the stand for the telescope is there, though the telescope...in any way injurious to animals living in darkness, their loss may be attributed to disuse. In one of the blind animals, namely, the cave-rat (Neotoma),... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 sider
...are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; — i he stand for the telescope is there, though the telescope...eyes, though useless, could be in any way injurious to annuals living in darkness, their loss may bo attributed to disuse. In one of the blind animals, namely,... | |
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