 | 1819 - 552 pages
...sensible to man, are not found in the air, but in a fluid that is a conductor of electricity. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some,...lines. The gymnoti of Cano de Bera, are of a fine olive green. The under part of the head is yellow, mingled with red. Two rows of small yellow spots... | |
 | 1819 - 304 pages
...electricity. The gyninotus'is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some, that were from five feot to five feet three inches long; and the Indians assert,...reckoning the anal fin, which -is elongated in the form of a:kecl. . was three inches five lines. The gymnoti of Cono de Bera ate of n fine olive green. The under... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 pages
...in a fluid that is a conductor of electricity. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. If measured some, that were from five feet to five feet...transverse diameter of the body, without reckoning the anal jin, which is elongated in the form of a keel, was three inches five lines. The gymnoti of Cano de... | |
 | 1820 - 442 pages
...about 8Gf of Fahrenheit. Their electric force, it is said, diminishes in colder waters. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some...long; and the Indians assert, that they have seen them still longer. We found, that a fish of three feet ten inches long weighed twelve pounds. The transverse... | |
 | 1820 - 486 pages
...about 86° of Fahrenheit Their electric force, it is said, diminishes in colder .waters. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some...long ; and the Indians assert, that they have seen tl)em still longer. We found, that a fish of three feet ten inches long weighed twelve pounds. The... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pages
...86" of Fahrenheit, and their electric force, it is said, diminishes in colder waters. The pymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some...long ; and the Indians assert, that they have seen them still longer. We found that a.fish of three feet ten inches long weighed 12 Ibs. The transverse... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...to long cords. The Gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes; I measured some that were from five to five feet three inches long, and the Indians assert...twelve pounds ; the transverse diameter of the body was three inches five lines. The Gymnoti of Cano de Bera are of a fine olive-green ; the under part... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...long cords. The Gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes ; I measured some that were from five to five feet three inches long, and the Indians assert that they nave seen still longer. We found that a fish of three leet ten inches long weighed twelve pounds; the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 826 pages
...long cords. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes ; I measured some that were from five to five feet three inches long, and the Indians assert...twelve pounds; the transverse diameter of the body was three inches five lines. The gymnoti convinced that its power wholly resides in two thin muscles... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...lonç cords. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes: I measured some that were from five to five feet three inches long, and the Indians assert...twelve pounds; the transverse diameter of the body was three inches five lines. The convinced that its power wholly resides in two thin muscles that cover... | |
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... animals endowed with electromotive organs, the effects of which are sensible to man, are not found in the air, but in a fluid that is a conductor of electricity. The gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes. I measured some, that were from five... 
