ANALOGUE

a term used in anatomy to dicate an organ which performs the same |; ynction as another, though it differs from | « fa structure. In fish, the blood is puriged | | y means — os gins, — have their}; nalogue © fungs more hi fganised creatures. The wings of Hed nd butter flics are also analogous, per-/{ ming similar functions, but havrinog/{ en in their structure. AN is the eeparation of a}; sbstance or an idea into its component); arts, and is the opposite of weet,; hich is the putting together of constituent | | arts to form a whole. Thus, by means of}: n electric current, pure water may be yparated into ita constituent gases, xygen and hydrozon, or, by pa ing an} spark through a mixture of the |: TO gases, they may be mado to combine | ANG, ov lo form water. Chemical analysis is ron cerned in discovering the elementary ponstituente which enter into the formation of various compounds, and the proportion in which rd are combined. ANALYST, [s. 44]