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Pagina 16
This remaining imperfection has been got rid of by the combination of solid and
fluid lenses in the object and eye - glasses of telescopes . For this beautiful
discovery science is indebted to Dr. Blair of Edinburgh , who found that by
placing a ...
This remaining imperfection has been got rid of by the combination of solid and
fluid lenses in the object and eye - glasses of telescopes . For this beautiful
discovery science is indebted to Dr. Blair of Edinburgh , who found that by
placing a ...
Pagina 23
... constantly supplied by a secretion for the purpose ; and the superfluous brine
is conveyed to the nose through a perforation in the bone as large as a goose -
quill . ( Plate IV . fig . 1. ] When once the fluid has entered the nose , it spreads
itsell ...
... constantly supplied by a secretion for the purpose ; and the superfluous brine
is conveyed to the nose through a perforation in the bone as large as a goose -
quill . ( Plate IV . fig . 1. ] When once the fluid has entered the nose , it spreads
itsell ...
Pagina 26
The general laws of matter have perhaps the nature of these limits ; its inertia , its
reaction ; the laws which govern the communication of motion , the refraction and
reflection of light , the constitution of fluids non - elastic and elastic , the ...
The general laws of matter have perhaps the nature of these limits ; its inertia , its
reaction ; the laws which govern the communication of motion , the refraction and
reflection of light , the constitution of fluids non - elastic and elastic , the ...
Pagina 46
The substance employed , whether it be fluid , gaseous , elastic , electrical , or
none of these , or nothing resembling these , is also unknown to us : of course ,
the laws belonging to that substance , and which regulate its action , are
unknown to ...
The substance employed , whether it be fluid , gaseous , elastic , electrical , or
none of these , or nothing resembling these , is also unknown to us : of course ,
the laws belonging to that substance , and which regulate its action , are
unknown to ...
Pagina 47
... do of the nervous fluid . But , magnetic attraction being assumed , ( it signifies
nothing from what cause it proceeds , ) we can trace , or there can be pointed out
to us , with perfect clearness and certainty , the mechanism , viz . the steel bars ...
... do of the nervous fluid . But , magnetic attraction being assumed , ( it signifies
nothing from what cause it proceeds , ) we can trace , or there can be pointed out
to us , with perfect clearness and certainty , the mechanism , viz . the steel bars ...
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