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Page 22
Place on a sheet of white paper a circular piece of blue silk, about four inches in
diameter, in the sunshine; cover the centre of this with a circular piece of yellow
silk, about three inches in diameter; and the centre of the yellow silk with a circle
...
Place on a sheet of white paper a circular piece of blue silk, about four inches in
diameter, in the sunshine; cover the centre of this with a circular piece of yellow
silk, about three inches in diameter; and the centre of the yellow silk with a circle
...
Page 30
So if a firestick be whirled round in the dark, a luminous circle appears to the
observer; if it be whirled somewhat slower, this circle becomes interrupted in one
part; and then the time taken up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that
the ...
So if a firestick be whirled round in the dark, a luminous circle appears to the
observer; if it be whirled somewhat slower, this circle becomes interrupted in one
part; and then the time taken up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that
the ...
Page 87
... and in a fever with great debility only two lines. It follows that the arterial fibres
contračt in health from a circle of twelve lines in circumference to a circle of three
lines in cirG 4 cumference, - | 83 OF STIMULUS Secr. XII. I.4. cumference, that.
... and in a fever with great debility only two lines. It follows that the arterial fibres
contračt in health from a circle of twelve lines in circumference to a circle of three
lines in cirG 4 cumference, - | 83 OF STIMULUS Secr. XII. I.4. cumference, that.
Page 88
While the arterial fibres in the fever with debility would twice contračt from a circle
of six lines to a circle of three lines; that is while they move through a space equal
to six lines. Hence though the frequency of pulsation in sever be greater as two ...
While the arterial fibres in the fever with debility would twice contračt from a circle
of six lines to a circle of three lines; that is while they move through a space equal
to six lines. Hence though the frequency of pulsation in sever be greater as two ...
Page 89
... at bright objećts; thus when a fire-stick is whirled round in the night, there
appears in the eye a complete circle of fire; the a๋tion or configuration of one part
of of the retina not ceasing before the return of the. Sect, XII. I. 5. AND EXERTION.
... at bright objećts; thus when a fire-stick is whirled round in the night, there
appears in the eye a complete circle of fire; the a๋tion or configuration of one part
of of the retina not ceasing before the return of the. Sect, XII. I. 5. AND EXERTION.
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| Title | Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... Volume 1 of Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin |
| Author | Erasmus Darwin |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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