Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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Pàgina 115
... animal's will , together with the fact that destruction of the brain on one side destroyed the electrical power on that side , —an effect also produced by merely dividing the nerves , so as to cut off the communication with the brain ...
... animal's will , together with the fact that destruction of the brain on one side destroyed the electrical power on that side , —an effect also produced by merely dividing the nerves , so as to cut off the communication with the brain ...
Pàgina 151
... animal , on the contrary , as always maintaining a temperature of its own , and as constantly resisting cooling agencies , is not to be considered as passively submitting , like the fluid of the thermometer in its ordinary state . When ...
... animal , on the contrary , as always maintaining a temperature of its own , and as constantly resisting cooling agencies , is not to be considered as passively submitting , like the fluid of the thermometer in its ordinary state . When ...
Pàgina 163
... animal economy , the former giving oxygen to the products of decomposition and putrefac- tion , and rendering them innocuous ... animals floating on its surface was noticed . Many phosphorescent minerals were named ; the fluor spar being ...
... animal economy , the former giving oxygen to the products of decomposition and putrefac- tion , and rendering them innocuous ... animals floating on its surface was noticed . Many phosphorescent minerals were named ; the fluor spar being ...
Pàgina 188
... animal on two occasions , and find it exactly the same weight . In the interim the animal must have taken in food and oxygen , and have given out carbon , nitrogen and urea ; therefore , certain quantities of materials have been ...
... animal on two occasions , and find it exactly the same weight . In the interim the animal must have taken in food and oxygen , and have given out carbon , nitrogen and urea ; therefore , certain quantities of materials have been ...
Pàgina 201
... animal char- coal . In this manner he obtained small portions of melted alumina , having the color and hardness of ... animal charcoal , are placed equal parts of alum and sulphate of potash , previously calcined to expel the water ...
... animal char- coal . In this manner he obtained small portions of melted alumina , having the color and hardness of ... animal charcoal , are placed equal parts of alum and sulphate of potash , previously calcined to expel the water ...
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Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art Visualització completa - 1850 |
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Pàgina 140 - In this ascension, six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles ; it extended its wings and dropped...
Pàgina 171 - In order to explain,' he says, ' the occurrence of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, we must assume that the solar atmosphere encloses a luminous nucleus, producing a continuous spectrum, the brightness of which exceeds a certain limit. The most probable supposition which can be made respecting the sun's constitution is, that it consists of a solid or liquid nucleus, heated to a temperature of the brightest whiteness, surrounded by an atmosphere of somewhat lower temperature. This supposition...