New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-26
100000 to 9OoOOco could find room In cubic inch of

woIderfnl The Observation-Disclosures little spneroi-
d,l SACHS having sugle tbroadlke ament proceeding
from the mouth, which seems TO serve the donD Put
pose Of securing food and aiding loeomot0n the
species vary their dimensions, Few ~ moro
1OOOth OF an inch in diameter, and some being NOT %
than 12OJOtA The mOnads are commonly e1"rg
being true ANIMALS; although some % bcId mat
whom may be mentioned own Agasslz ma c nVi Tiev
they are but the germs OF various Al.us Va and II
are distinguished by great activity OF lnft cvsrcse
their noveneuts are not directed by lhaIes' ,o
OF will, IL is all but impossible Tor VHo VD'0A
In order thai some idea may be formed OF the exceoa
Ing minuteness OF these objects M 10 ai1d itb them
space so enormous cubic lnch 10 20 ne VIZ" inch On
VII sunnose cube Of only Onetenth OF an Inct U
the edge A little block OF osa Vi 81 grain
MTHG W. EgepreseDted bulk by drop OF wafer such
as might lift on the point OF { Of some Of
r forms Of these organisms, number not less
han two thousand m0ns-that is 70 sAy' ,ira
ua number OF the human inhabitants OF the enre
b Even this win fail to convey an adequate ldfS OF
The extreme minuteness Of the objects we are n
INC ~ .uch numbers as millions and thousands OF NH
lions are totally uncomfortable Dy the nai ie uarnS
but TO which 1t is Impossible 10 attain aS
clear notions Let try another lllustlauoh. Dt
divided rnes are aware that division finer than apon5
i5O to the inch with difficulty disoerned rev eyes VIII
fine rs 600 to the inch defy the keenest vision 10 separate
them all cube therefore, having ls sues o c cl n
visible TO the unaided human eye. But such CUBE ls
large enough to hold not less than 1000 OF the u'er
The monads are organisms Of the last degree OF sim,
nlcitV of structure. They interest by their extreme
inuteness and by the fact that they are living things
but neither in their forms nor their integ u;
%snts 90 62 t Ree Pie'0 tbs respect the oed
vegetable cells called diat0ms, are OF much hgIeI inter
est OF these the greater portion are more or less eon
lated and bear considerable resemblance IN lateral
view, to o weaycrs shuttle others are eIcuI.l Vi N
having the form OF simple rods The cell walls OF all
these objects are scious though the sick Is iIelce
trated by organic matter when remains AM Pd re-
lis form after the mineral portion has been dissolved ~
hydroluOric acid These walls are marked Wt nv uo
cate and beautifully varied patterns on when nav
spoken and beng ndestructbe by ordinary causes OF
decay they persist after the life OF the organism mas per
ished and become accumulated IN vast quanes Wiz
ever these forms OF life abound Datoms are found IN
great numbers in oil waters which favor az INC same
time the growth OF the hlgheT oruIs VI en- l ana
In the which settles at the bottom OF al lhCs anu
seas their sciOus shells form Conspicuous par, coz
sututDg often mueh Inc larger PoltlVH W ZIG
some of them are OF considerable Dimensions measuring
the Tooth, or the 20h part OF an men III l9usn OF
diameter many much less OF the elOnSdteu IVIS ny
cross section hardly exceeds, on an average, the Oh
5O0oO)0th The slate o. Biin IN B3hla' WnShl l' or
lied and sold extensively ms polishing powder Is hiaue
up almost exclusively OF these fossil remains OF wnc
O00OoO00 OF individual shells are contained III slnsc
| cubic inch 49,. y, a..
and Of the Narca Mcdc7aned three hundred and hiiy
thousand millions could be contained in toe same small
compass. The NGr'cWG r"iGlS is Ino snaest % tS y
vegetable forms OF which nave INC measurement anu
THIS so minute that cubic inch would easily contain
moro Than million Of millions. And the minuer monad
forms of which mention just made, are smaller
Whether the lowest limit OF organic life has yet been
reached by the microscope is perhaps unce
lalh nc HtDt"s ~ a. - -
named by Ehrenborg marking IN his OPINION me dawn
Of life but though among monads specific difference
lie catalogue which do not measure IN diameter more
than the part Of the measurement given by him for
| the ntOnaS crepuSctlitm. ,
Upon the process OF the development and growth OF
living tbngs and Of the building up of the most complA
Gated srctnres from the simple germs the micro
scope has thrown light which could have been derived
from no other Thus. tho multiplication OF eels
by binary subdivision, which 10 be universal law,
is discovery exclusively due 10 the microscopes aud t
instrument furnishes all the knowledge we possess on
those acts which essentially distinctive OF vitality
From this law Of binary subdivision there follows Gu
rous consequence IN regard TO those beings Whn CON
sist their full development OF only single cen; Ior
ems grow larger, but maintain aiier aux COMPOUND IN.
diyidualty still, among the deSmdS and ddt0nS every
where there only before. And what is true OF
the uniceluar plants is equally true OF the uniceuar
process Of subdivision Is one which may be watched with
the microscope from beginning to end-produces two
animals In all respects perfectly similar OF which, wOud
DO impossible say that either the one or the other
be but two individuals In an infusion to-day there
may thousands tomorrow. Prof Ehrenberg from his
observations .pon tho multiplication by subdivision or
hssuraon OF few individuals OF q single species Of
parameeHm. computed that In month 2CeOOO0O might
But another curious discovery has been brought
t to light 9y 'If Te nes 1hso Pa6
generally At least at some period 9f her eXseusg
stems for life to particular spot And with Their rec
them wonderfully 10 tho animals which they much
resemble. Some OF them almost always IN rapid
But the very same thing is true Of the uniceuar ami
malls for Of these certain forms the dndebos the
tynOphrYs and tine rhisopods execute movements which
are almost inseusble while others rcsss that II
is difficult 10 follow them with the instrument.
so simulate those OF sentent beings that Is not
prsng that they should al have been for time eassed
TO the microscope, that the property OF locomoon be-
cryptogaIno plants beautifully illustrated in those
strated that this property is without any peculiar gnn.
microscope
the two great Kingdoms Of the organic world up 10
Where apparently no real distinction exists. Is
| there, then, actually no essential or radical
and are the wide apparent differences between the higher
forms Of these organisms, only varying modes OF develop
is not by any means the case Between the uniceular
plant aud the unicelluar animal there is line Of demar-
cation positive as that which divides the OAK from the
| elephant. The oak derives it's nourishment from the
mineral world the elephant from the organic No animal
can live on mineral foOd-upon earth, or ar, OF ashes
No plant can asslmate organic materias.the flesh OF
animals tho substance OF other plants. The organic
matter OF SOILS OF OF me Iertlers hppmcu 70 heI az
fOrds no subsistence toll growing by decompo
ton IL TO be organic This distinction IL as decided
among the minuest and simplest OF the forms OF nyng
things among the most conspicuous and complex AL
to INCEST and digest their foodi and this food consists
always OF other animals which their natural prey OF
draw their support water carbOnic acid and
MA and set free oxygen under the influence OF the light
perfectly pure IN waters which contain only mineral
impurities; and knowledge Of this fact may serve tc
relieve the minds OF those whom the uBguaTded state
OF writers have led TO believe that all waters
are all times swarming with anmacuar life In the
waters OF the CrOton II reaches our dwellings, have
rarely detected any living thing either animal or Yege
table. In the examinations Of this water, constantly
| kept up under the direction OF our Board OF Health
traces Of life arc occasionally detected; but perhaps
Is well enough TO observe here that should any
water DO anywhere found TO be absolutely, and at al
times free from every indication OF the presence IN IL oil
microscopic fe the presumption would be rather unfa
vorable TO its whoesOmeness than the contrary since
water which win not sustain anmalcular life Is hardly
1T for man; and water which will do so will never bt
| wholly and permanently wlthoutit
Besides the distinctions here pointed out between the