Science from an Easy ChairLankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
History
Science from an Easy Chair
Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
Natural history; Science
As these pages are going to press, I am able to add that I have seen in
Paris a very interesting and striking restoration of the appearance in
the flesh or during life of the head of the man of the Chapelle-aux-Saints,
carefully modelled in Professor Boule’s laboratory by a young sculptor,
by applying his clay to a cast of the completed restoration of the
skull. It is, I understand, proposed to publish this restoration firstly
as strictly determined by anatomical fact and devoid of hair, and then
to add the hair of the scalp, the eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard, and to
place artificial eyes in position. We shall thus get a representation of
this ancient race or species of man, based on the sure foundation of the
actual bones. Fanciful portraits of “primitive man” have before to-day
been produced by some imaginative artists, but this will be the first
portrait of him with an inner framework of truth.
INDEX
Amœba, term applied to proteus animalcule, 194
Andrews, discoveries of, with regard to ozone, 252
Animalcules, bell, unicellular structure exemplified in, 197-199
ciliated unicellular, graceful movements of, 207
dried, examples of “suspended animation” in, 168, 169
proteus, processes of protoplasm in, 195
sun, processes of protoplasm in, 195
unicellular plants and, essential differences between, 204-207
Animals, aquatic, excess of egg production to ensure survival
to maturity, 143, 144
aversions and cautious proceedings of, 269
blindness of, congenital, 272, 273
colour-protection and invisibility of, 304, 312
“concealment” and “warning” marks, distinction between, 310-313
destructive invasions made by various, 339, 340
devices adopted for protection of young by, 138, 139, 144
domesticated, reasons for continued congenital defects in, 271, 272
hibernation of, 165, 166
lower, various thread-producing, 293, 294
mankind and, causes of congenital defects in, 273
parthenogenetic powers possessed by certain, 330, 331
poisonous, methods of self-protection used by, 101
“warning” coloration possessed by, 107
propagation of, 132-137, 144-145, 329-330
sleep of, salient features connected with, 161-164
structure of multicellular and unicellular, comparisons between, 207-208
unicellular, uses made of cilia by, 194-197, 207
wild, congenital defects less obvious in, 271, 272
wood-boring, 346, 347
_Anopheles_ Gnat, 3
Ants, aphides and, friendship between, 324, 325
Aphides—
enemies of, 319, 325
hop-blight caused by species of, 317, 319
parthenogenetic propagation of, 326-327, 330, 334, 336
rapid propagation of, 326, 338
relationship of _Coccidæ_ to, 322, 323
secretive productions of, 323-325
various species of, 322
Archæology, discoveries in connection with pre-historic man, 371-372, 391,
394-395, 398, 400, 402
Art, knowledge compatible with, 45
Astronomers, stupendous nature of work, 224
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