Organisms
['ɔrgən,ɪzəm]
Examples
- Shortly after the discovery of yeast in the nineteenth century, man commenced his attempt to cultivate the tiny organisms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With the simple microscope Leeuwenhoek before 1673 had studied the structure of minute animal organisms and ten years later had even obtained sight of bacteria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They are known as micro-organisms, of which the bacteria are the most important. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nothing in the atmosphere causes life except the micro-organisms it contains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With all, as far as is at present known, the germinal vesicle is the same; so that all organisms start from a common origin. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- How can there be any secrets, we are all the same organisms? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He opposed those physicians who believed in the spontaneity of disease, and he wished to wage a war of extermination against all injurious organisms. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus, we can account for the fact that all organisms, recent and extinct, are included under a few great orders and under still fewer classes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He may ask where are the remains of those infinitely numerous organisms which must have existed long before the Cambrian system was deposited? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He also gave great attention to the subject of fermentation, proving it to be caused by micro-organisms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In case the necks were broken (to be again sealed immediately), the air would rush in, and (if it held the requisite micro-organisms) furnish the conditi ons for putrefaction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This likewise necessarily occurs with closely allied organisms, which inhabit distinct continents or islands. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Continuity of life means continual readaptation of the environment to the needs of living organisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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