This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...a fine glossy filament remains, which is highly elastic, but perfectly unadhesive. As the globules, therefore, and the line on which they are disposed, differ so essentially from each other and from the radii, it is reasonable to infer that the physical constitution of these several portions of the net must be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...a fine glossy filament remains, which is highly elastic, but perfectly unadhesive. As the globules, therefore, and the line on which they are disposed, differ so essentially from each other and from the radii, it is reasonable to infer that the physical constitution of these several portions of the net must be dissimilar. An estimate of the number of viscid globules distributed on the elastic spiral line in a net of Epeira apoclisa of a medium size, will convey some idea of the elaborate operations performed by the Epeira in the construction of their snares. The mean distance between two adjacent radii in a net of this species, is about seven-tenths of an inch; if therefore the number seven be multiplied by twenty, the mean number of viscid globules which occur on one-tenth of an inch of the elastic spiral line, at the ordinary degree of tension, the product will be 140, the mean number of globules deposited on seven-tenths of an inch of the elastic spiral line. This product multiplied by twentyfour, the mean number of circumvolutions described by the elastic spiral line, gives 3,360, the mean number of globules contained between two radii; which, multiplied by twenty-six, the mean number of radii, produces 87,360, the total number of viscid globules in a finished net of average dimensions. A large net, fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter, will be found by a similar calculation to contain upwards of 120,000 viscid globules, and yet Ejpeira apoclisa will complete its snare in about forty minutes if it meet with no interruption." These calculations will serve to show the elaborate nature of the webs which we see constantly in our gardens, as well as their value to the architect. The secretion of the liquid from which the lines proceed is a work of tim...
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