 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London-Bridge; and the water...in impetus and velocity, to the blood gushing from tlic whale's heart. Hear Dr. Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale : — " The aorta measured... | |
 | 1824 - 528 pages
...larger in the bore {han the main pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaringin its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus...velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart." According to Dr. Hunter, ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart of a whale at... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London-Bridge ; and the water...roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in unpetus and velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. Hear Dr. Hunter's account of the... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 424 pages
...is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London-Bridge ; and the water...measured a foot diameter. Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a stroke with an immense velocity, through a tube of a foot diameter.... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 440 pages
...The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...measured a foot diameter. Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a stroke, with an immense velocity, through a tube of a foot diameter.... | |
 | Thomas Sandwith - Human anatomy - 1825 - 244 pages
...The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main-pipe of the water-works at London bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart." Generally speaking, the circulation in the warm-blooded vertebral animals resembles the same process... | |
 | Technology - 1825 - 428 pages
...animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than a main pipe of the water works at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and veloi ity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart." According to Dr. Hunter, ten or fifteen gallons... | |
 | Legacy - Women - 1827 - 332 pages
...The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water- works at London bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...the dissection of a whale: — "The aorta measured afoot diameter. Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a stroke with an immense... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge; and the water roaring in its passage through that...measured a foot diameter. Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a stroke, with an immense velocity, through a tube of a foot diameter.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 646 pages
...larger in the bore than the main-pipe of the water-works at London Bridge ; and the roaring in the passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus...velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart.' He cares not whence he fetches his illustrations, provided they are to the purpose. The laminae of... | |
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Consider what an affair this is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus and... 
