On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man [etc.]: 2W. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 61
... comparatively weak ; or , if it do not supply the nerves of sight and smell , there is no part of the body which it does apparently sup- ply with nerves : and then the conclusion presses upon us with peculiar force , that the brain is ...
... comparatively weak ; or , if it do not supply the nerves of sight and smell , there is no part of the body which it does apparently sup- ply with nerves : and then the conclusion presses upon us with peculiar force , that the brain is ...
الصفحة 74
... comparatively greater degree of intel- ligence manifested by the young of other ani- mals , of the higher orders at least , than by the human infant . But it is very worthy of observation , that those parts of the human brain , which ...
... comparatively greater degree of intel- ligence manifested by the young of other ani- mals , of the higher orders at least , than by the human infant . But it is very worthy of observation , that those parts of the human brain , which ...
الصفحة 86
... and the nervous system remains comparatively in- active ; the whole body acquiring by this tem- porary cessation of its energies a renovated ac- cumulation of those powers , which are necessary for the 86 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
... and the nervous system remains comparatively in- active ; the whole body acquiring by this tem- porary cessation of its energies a renovated ac- cumulation of those powers , which are necessary for the 86 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
الصفحة 89
... nearly equal proportion between day and night , there are comparatively few nights in which there is not diffused through the air a sufficient quantity of light for many of the purposes of life TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN . 89.
... nearly equal proportion between day and night , there are comparatively few nights in which there is not diffused through the air a sufficient quantity of light for many of the purposes of life TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN . 89.
الصفحة 103
... comparatively early period of his life , to deliver a letter of introduction to Dr. Wollaston at a moment when that philosopher was engaged in conducting an electric current , by means of the Voltaic apparatus , through three portions ...
... comparatively early period of his life , to deliver a letter of introduction to Dr. Wollaston at a moment when that philosopher was engaged in conducting an electric current , by means of the Voltaic apparatus , through three portions ...
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