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Excerpt from The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 32: New and United Series of the Philosophical Magazine, Annals of Philosophy, and Journal of Science; January-June, 1848 If we mark Individual filaments, or groups, or knots, we shall find that they change their shapes, one part Ofa filament doubling itself over another, and again resuming its elongated form. The minute spherical bodies separate and approach one another; but I have not been able to satisfy myself that those within the tubular filaments change their place. They Often appear to do so; but as this necessarily arises from the bending of the filament, and from the var ing obliquity of different parts of it owing to its change of orm or place, we are not entitled, from this apparent motion, to consider them as moveable within the tube. It is certain, however, that they have no progressive motion, as supposed by Mr. Mackenzie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.