Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol. 8: With Illustrations on Wood and Stone Figs. 6 and 7 are representations of a description of starch granule, called by physiologists compound granules. These have been variously explained by different authors, but in all cases which have come under my notice the explanation of the central part of such granules has been made dependent upon some assumption which has been irreconcilable with the principle of explanation applied to the peripheral part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.