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CHAPTER XI THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL

predecessor, as is the case in Nautilus,

A mathematical diagram of a logarithmic spiral, showing a rotational angle of 80 degrees relative to the axes.

the constant angle is in the neighbourhood of 80ô¯; and hence also that, in all the ordinary Ammonitoid shells, and in all the typically spiral shells of the Gastropods20, the constant angle is also a large one, being very seldom less than 80ô¯, and usually between 80ô¯ and 85ô¯. In the next place, we see that with smaller angles the apparent form of the spiral is greatly altered, and the

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