...fifty-one figures. In order to render these numbers more comprehensible, let us consider the volume which may result from the multiplication of a single...short cylinder having a diameter of a thousandth of a millimetre, and about one five-hundredth of a millimetre in length (that is, about 1-12,500 of an inch...

...furnished forty-seven trillions; at the end of a week, a number which can only be represented by fifty one figures. In order to render these numbers more comprehensible,...rod-bacteria present the form of a short cylinder, having the diameter of a thousandth of a millimetre, and in the vicinity of one five hundredth of a millimetre...

...furnished 47,000,000,000,000; at the end of about a week, a number which can be represented only by 51 figures. "In order to render these numbers more comprehensible,...bacterium. The individuals of the most common species of rod bacteria present the form of a short cylinder having a diameter of a thousandth of a millimeter,...

...furnished 47,000,000,000,000; at the end of about a week, a number which can be represented only by 51 figures. "In order to render these numbers more comprehensible,...bacterium. The individuals of the most common species of rod bacteria present the form of a short cylinder having a diameter of a thousandth of a millimeter,...

...281,500,000,000 ; at the end of about a week, la number that can only be represented by 51 figures." Now, in order to render these numbers more comprehensible, let us seek the volume and the weight which must result from the multiplication of a bacterium. The individuals of the most common species of rod-bacteria...