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Here the blood changes its colour from a dark red to a bright scarlet. It is then
collected by the branches of the pulmonary vein, and conveyed to the left
chamber of the heart. 6. The aorta is another large artery, which receives the
blood from the ...
Here the blood changes its colour from a dark red to a bright scarlet. It is then
collected by the branches of the pulmonary vein, and conveyed to the left
chamber of the heart. 6. The aorta is another large artery, which receives the
blood from the ...
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From long inspecion of various colours. IV. Motions of the organs of sense
onstitute ideas. I. Light from pressing the eye-ball, and sound from the pulsation
of the carotid artery. 2. Ideas in sleep mistaken for perceptions. 3. Ideas of
imagination ...
From long inspecion of various colours. IV. Motions of the organs of sense
onstitute ideas. I. Light from pressing the eye-ball, and sound from the pulsation
of the carotid artery. 2. Ideas in sleep mistaken for perceptions. 3. Ideas of
imagination ...
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This green area is the colour reverse to the red area, which had been previously
inspected, as explained in the experiments on ocular spectra at the end of the
work, and in Botanical Garden, P. I. additional note, No. 1. Hence it appears, that
a ...
This green area is the colour reverse to the red area, which had been previously
inspected, as explained in the experiments on ocular spectra at the end of the
work, and in Botanical Garden, P. I. additional note, No. 1. Hence it appears, that
a ...
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... we may conclude, that it must resemble them in possessing a power of being
excited into animal motion.—The subsequent experiments on the optic nerve,
and on the colours C 2 remaining remaining in the eye, are copied from a Paper "
.
... we may conclude, that it must resemble them in possessing a power of being
excited into animal motion.—The subsequent experiments on the optic nerve,
and on the colours C 2 remaining remaining in the eye, are copied from a Paper "
.
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... the rays of light; to subjećt this to experiment a very light horizontal balance
was constructed by Mr. Michel, with about an inch square of thin leaf-copper
suspended at each end of it, as described in Dr. Priestley's History of Light and
Colours.
... the rays of light; to subjećt this to experiment a very light horizontal balance
was constructed by Mr. Michel, with about an inch square of thin leaf-copper
suspended at each end of it, as described in Dr. Priestley's History of Light and
Colours.
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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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