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Page 39
... tube in a gas flame until the opening was about the thickness of pencil lead . Each tube was then bent into the shape of a J with the small orifice on the turned - up end . He then filled one tube with water and the other with sugar ...
... tube in a gas flame until the opening was about the thickness of pencil lead . Each tube was then bent into the shape of a J with the small orifice on the turned - up end . He then filled one tube with water and the other with sugar ...
Page 40
... tube . In each case this was the amount of the particular fluid consumed by twenty flies in twenty - four hours . It was all so absurdly simple I began to wonder if scientific affluence had dulled my acuity . When both tubes contained ...
... tube . In each case this was the amount of the particular fluid consumed by twenty flies in twenty - four hours . It was all so absurdly simple I began to wonder if scientific affluence had dulled my acuity . When both tubes contained ...
Page 42
... tube a piece of wire was soldered to the paint . Inside each tube , extend- ing from end to end and out the top , was another length of wire . The two wires from each tube then circled sloppily around in the air and finally disappeared ...
... tube a piece of wire was soldered to the paint . Inside each tube , extend- ing from end to end and out the top , was another length of wire . The two wires from each tube then circled sloppily around in the air and finally disappeared ...
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