Open AccessXII. A historical and anatomical description of a doubtful amphibious animal of Germany, called, by Laurenti, Proteus Anguinus
Publication year - 1801
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9223
pISSN - 0261-0523
DOI - 10.1098/rstl.1801.0014
Subject(s) - honour , connection (principal bundle) , spring (device) , reciprocal , proteus , geology , history , philosophy , archaeology , biology , mathematics , engineering , geometry , linguistics , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
The singular and ambiguous animal of which I have the honour to give the following description, lives in a small lake in Carniolia, called,Sitticher See . This country is celebrated for its lakes, and subterraneous caverns filled with water. One of its largest lakes is the famous lake of Czirknitz, which seems to be the source of all the others; at least there is no doubt that all of them have some connection with each other, by subterraneous, though still unexplored communications : this is ascertained by the repeated and reciprocal risings, and corresponding depressions of the water, in spring and autumn.