Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... |
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... animal motions . All thefe connexions are faid to be produced by habit ; that is , by frequent repetition . 12. It may be proper to obferve , that by the unavoidable idiom of our language the ideas of perception , of recollection , or ...
... animal motions . All thefe connexions are faid to be produced by habit ; that is , by frequent repetition . 12. It may be proper to obferve , that by the unavoidable idiom of our language the ideas of perception , of recollection , or ...
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... animal motions ? BEFORE the great variety of animal motions can be duly arranged into natural claffes and or- ders , it is neceffary to fmooth the way to this yet unconquered unconquered field of fcience , by removing fome obftacles ...
... animal motions ? BEFORE the great variety of animal motions can be duly arranged into natural claffes and or- ders , it is neceffary to fmooth the way to this yet unconquered unconquered field of fcience , by removing fome obftacles ...
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... Animal motions are diftinguished from the communicated motions , mentioned in the firft fection , as they have no mechanical proportion to their caufe ; for the goad of a spur on the fkin of a horfe fhall induce him to move a load of ...
... Animal motions are diftinguished from the communicated motions , mentioned in the firft fection , as they have no mechanical proportion to their caufe ; for the goad of a spur on the fkin of a horfe fhall induce him to move a load of ...
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... animal action ; while it is probable that the tympanum of the ear at the fame time undergoes a mechanical vibration . To render this circumftance more eafy to be comprehended , motion may be defined to be a varia- tion of figure ; for ...
... animal action ; while it is probable that the tympanum of the ear at the fame time undergoes a mechanical vibration . To render this circumftance more eafy to be comprehended , motion may be defined to be a varia- tion of figure ; for ...
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... resemble them in poffeffing a power of being excited into animal motion . The fubfequent ex- periments on the optic nerve , and on the colours remaining C 2 remaining in the eye , are copied from a paper. SECT . III . 2. 1 . THE RETINA .
... resemble them in poffeffing a power of being excited into animal motion . The fubfequent ex- periments on the optic nerve , and on the colours remaining C 2 remaining in the eye , are copied from a paper. SECT . III . 2. 1 . THE RETINA .
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abforbent action affociation alfo animal motions appears arteries attended averfion becauſe become birds blood body cafes catenations caufe ceafes chyle circumftance clofed cold colour confequence confifts conftitute defcribed defire difagreeable difeafes diftinguish excited exertion exift external eyes faid fame fecond fecreted feem feen fenfation fenfe of touch fenfibility fenforial power fenforium fenfual motions fevers fhould fibres filk fimilar firft fituation fkin fleep fluid fmall fmell folidity fome fometimes foon fpirit of animation frequently ftate ftill ftimulus ftomach fubject fucceeded fucceeds fuch fuppofed fyftem glands heat hence increaſed inftances inteftines irritative ideas irritative motions lacteals lefs librate lymphatics moft mouth mufcles mufcular motions muft muſcles neceffary neft nerves obferved objects occafioned opium organs of fenfe paffing paffion perception perfon pleaſure or pain poffefs prefent produced reafon refemble refpect retina retrograde motions reverie Sect thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion torpor ufual veffels vertigo vifion volition voluntary whilft