The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-29
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EXPERIMENTS ON eRslls.
They WIN Live Under Coas-zfions which
Would Appcar 20 lie Iatai

/ "ootu appear To &c Fatal
spallanzani has proved that the COM
mon snail may Doe deprived Of any %
the four conditions Of life and yet sur
we II simply retires within its shell
and goes 10 sleep. Spallanzani cut
small openings in the shells OF the
shaiIs Through these he could clearly
see the functions OF life in operation.
As the temperature gradually dir.in-
ished these operations became walker
and weaker; at naught degrees all move
, ments ceased, and the snail appeared 70
Toe dead As soon "a the temperature
was raised movements indicative oglife
began again; by raising the tempera-
ture 70 normal height the snail re-
gained its normal powers Thus the
experimental quickened and reduced
life at his pleasure.
To prove that the absence % he's.
suspe nds the snsil's animation through
the winter season. Spallanzanl mad.
the following experiments: When The
snail retired within is shell Il clo.ed
u Dramatically, and both akeil aaa
orperculnm we're impenetrabie 20 air.
The scientist b<JTed a small hole ia the
operculum and fastened a fne glass
tube in II. excluding the possibility II
air getting in. lie then placed "a.
snail under water and forced air into
the shell through the tube. ~ ther-
were any hne openings Id The shell or
the oIserCulum, s'r IL the anaI before
entering had filed the shell -iih air.
the air forced INTO 81 b means 81 the
tube would cause air bubbles - he
visible through The shell. but Spai.
lanzani could not detect any. lie made
smother experiment 20 tsst this
he bored hole ga the operru1aa d,
another snsii. and again a'ted an ar
tight gisss tube into 30 and aIisd to
Tn e with quicksilver lie then turued
Il 5e and saai upside down sad alppe&
the end ~ The tgbe irfo ~un aIIe~
with quiehsllFer- r. the srall-s .hsii
was absolutely without air fhr fnse
would show 81. for it wouid aci ike
barometer ~paIiSnzani found that
there was no air .asidc - the sksll
Daring the winter 90 placed several
snail barometer sl8e bg side rrfta
ordinary baFgtaet~rs~f Tor eompafisoa.
The 'ssali barometer acted sxArtIr
B. me regular b@rsnseterz
SpailaGzani. however. s7eus far.be-.
]. was possible. 30 fhougbt that Ia
snail before sbutfing himself NJ. sss5ch&
have la.d Ia q Ezppiv q asr. lie there.
fore extended t.s ezTseri s1.ufs - uszny
pecinlsns, making exam inat-ersta East
after ne snail bad retired. Ga tas mid
&c = svinier. and ia fhr tpring. auJ
proved % his satisfsetsc.u that che anal
lad not b-eathed 1.fring Tar winter 10
10 kept q humber - soails anr-
ne the winter CT the bottesss - sAas.
ar SLED vsfa water. oii Ard uuErk-
isTs-, PEovloz euEelzslTsly tEst Say
I'D &c Ar tErpiy daring ihat s5sss.
70 1-ors tast = q ss&us 0f oxsyea
lat puts s-zs-is tosieep he 80 thssa "A
resses hsAed with hydrogen. To-
bout ten r. unt-s che Interior lam
eied as ususa5. t-rst3 ns. tf~ = gtlroyea.
.lat thsF end 1eu.F eezss--i. and th~ sazl
laaes3 tas s}.elt tv Use ope~r1lsfn zsd
- STU 81 Sc eu8 n nsc hours
pa sszsn. fercrt Little asssos phers
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