 | Edward John Burrow - 1815 - 324 Seiten
...genus bearing that name in the Linnzan System, and has been denominated Argonauta, from 'fIgyovaur,j;, a companion of Jason in the celebrated voyage of the...tentacula, to serve as oars. If a favouring breeze sprung up, he would stretch a fine membranaceous sail on two extended limbs, and, steering with his... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1825 - 334 Seiten
...genus, bearing that name in the Linnaean System, and has been denominated Argonauta, from 'Afyoraimu, a companion of Jason in the celebrated voyage of the...tentacula, to serve as oars. If a favouring breeze sprung up, he would stretch a fine membranaceous sail on two extended limbs, and, steering with his... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1834 - 220 Seiten
...of this instinctive sailor, as well as to that of the Nautilus. Like the latter, he frequently rises to the surface of the sea, by ejecting a quantity...water, and thus diminishing the specific gravity of his shell ; nay, more, he guides his mimic vessel by means of several oar-shaped tentacuLe, and also expands... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 396 Seiten
...univalve; the spire turned into the opening, very thin, with a tubular double dorsal keel, fig. 78. The art of navigation is supposed to have owed its...gravity of his vessel. When floating in a calm, he throws out two or more tentacula, or feelers, to serve as oars. If a favoring breeze springs up, he... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 398 Seiten
...univalve ; the spire turned into the opening, very thin, with a tubular double dorsal keel, fig. 78. The art of navigation is supposed to have owed its...gravity of his vessel. When floating in a calm, he throws out two or more tentacula, or feelers, to serve as oars. If a favoring breeze springs up, he... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1847 - 434 Seiten
...art of navigation is supposed to have owed its origin to one of this genus. (See Nautilus, page 126.) He was observed by the ancients (and subsequent experience...gravity of his vessel. When floating in a calm, he throws out two or more tentacula, or feelers, to serve as oars. If a favoring breeze springs up, he... | |
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fIgyovaur,j;, a companion of Jason in the celebrated voyage of the ship Argo. The art of navigation is supposed to have owed its origin to the expert management of this instinctive sailor. He was observed by the ancients, and subsequent experience has... 