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CHAPTER XII THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA

Two views of an involute, planispiral foraminifera shell with curved, radial septa, characteristic of *Nonion* or *Polystomella*.

subtended, though of less magnitude, are still remarkably constant, as we {597} may see by Fig. 313; where the angle subtended by each chamber is made equal to 20ô¯, and this diagrammatic figure is not perceptibly different from the other. In some cases the subtended angle is less constant; and in these it would be necessary to equate the several linear dimensions with the corôÙreôÙsponôÙding vector angles, according to our equation r =ã€₤eÿ£¢ö¡ã€₤cotã€₤öÝã€₤. It is probable that, by so taking account of variations of ö¡, such variations of r as (according to Rhumbler〙s measurements) Pulvinulina and other genera appear to shew, would be found to diminish or even to disappear.

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