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The author was in doubt, whether he should rather have substituted new words
instead of them; but was at length of opinion, that new definitions of words
already in use would be less burthensome to the memory of the reader. A great
part of ...
The author was in doubt, whether he should rather have substituted new words
instead of them; but was at length of opinion, that new definitions of words
already in use would be less burthensome to the memory of the reader. A great
part of ...
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On looking long on an area of scarlet filk of about an inch in diameter laidon
whitepaper, as in Plate I, the scarlet colour becomes fainter, till at length it entirely
vanishes, though the eye is kept uniformly and steadily upon it. Now if the change
or ...
On looking long on an area of scarlet filk of about an inch in diameter laidon
whitepaper, as in Plate I, the scarlet colour becomes fainter, till at length it entirely
vanishes, though the eye is kept uniformly and steadily upon it. Now if the change
or ...
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Make with ink on white paper a very black spot about half an inch in diameter,
with a tail about an inch in length, so as to resemble a tadpole, as in Plate II. :
look steadfastly for a minute on the centre of this spot, and, on moving the eye a
little, ...
Make with ink on white paper a very black spot about half an inch in diameter,
with a tail about an inch in length, so as to resemble a tadpole, as in Plate II. :
look steadfastly for a minute on the centre of this spot, and, on moving the eye a
little, ...
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After some seconds of time the spectrum will disappear, and in a few more
seconds will reappear; and thus alternately three or four times, if the experiment
be well made, till at length it vanishes entirely. 6. Place on a sheet of white paper
a ...
After some seconds of time the spectrum will disappear, and in a few more
seconds will reappear; and thus alternately three or four times, if the experiment
be well made, till at length it vanishes entirely. 6. Place on a sheet of white paper
a ...
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... up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that the observer uses in
changing his ideas: thus the oxozov syxos of Homer, the long shadow of the
flying javelin, is elegantly designed to give us an idea of its velocity, and not of its
length. 4.
... up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that the observer uses in
changing his ideas: thus the oxozov syxos of Homer, the long shadow of the
flying javelin, is elegantly designed to give us an idea of its velocity, and not of its
length. 4.
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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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