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But these circular irises of colours are not only different from the colours of the
filks above mentioned, but are at the same time perpetually changing as long as
they exist. From | From all these experiments it appears, that these spectra.
But these circular irises of colours are not only different from the colours of the
filks above mentioned, but are at the same time perpetually changing as long as
they exist. From | From all these experiments it appears, that these spectra.
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... nor the alternate presence and evanescence of them, as in the fifth experiment,
nor the perpetual change of colours of them, as in the last experiment, could exist
. IV. The subsequent articles shew, that these animal motions or configurations ...
... nor the alternate presence and evanescence of them, as in the fifth experiment,
nor the perpetual change of colours of them, as in the last experiment, could exist
. IV. The subsequent articles shew, that these animal motions or configurations ...
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Irritative ideas exist without our attention to them. I. 1. MAN y of our muscular
motions are excited by perpetual irritations, as those of the heart and arterial
system by the circumfluent blood. Many other of them are excited by intermitted
irritations ...
Irritative ideas exist without our attention to them. I. 1. MAN y of our muscular
motions are excited by perpetual irritations, as those of the heart and arterial
system by the circumfluent blood. Many other of them are excited by intermitted
irritations ...
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It may appear paradoxical, that ideas can exist, and not be attended to; but allour
perceptions are ideas excited by irritation, and succeeded by sensation. Now
when these ideas excited by irritation give us neither pleasure nor pain, we
cease ...
It may appear paradoxical, that ideas can exist, and not be attended to; but allour
perceptions are ideas excited by irritation, and succeeded by sensation. Now
when these ideas excited by irritation give us neither pleasure nor pain, we
cease ...
Page 81
... where it does not exist; for to act includes to exist; and therefore the particles of
the muscular fibre (which in its state of relaxation are supposed not to touch)
cannot affect each other without the influence of some intermediate agent; this
agent ...
... where it does not exist; for to act includes to exist; and therefore the particles of
the muscular fibre (which in its state of relaxation are supposed not to touch)
cannot affect each other without the influence of some intermediate agent; this
agent ...
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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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