Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 24
... muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by which the motion of this membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cases , by the action of two antagonist muscles , one pulling for- ward and the other backward ...
... muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by which the motion of this membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cases , by the action of two antagonist muscles , one pulling for- ward and the other backward ...
Pagina 25
... muscle is passed through a loop formed by another muscle ; and is there inflected , as if it were round a pulley . This is a peculiarity ; and observe the advantage of it . A single muscle with a straight tendon , which is the common ...
... muscle is passed through a loop formed by another muscle ; and is there inflected , as if it were round a pulley . This is a peculiarity ; and observe the advantage of it . A single muscle with a straight tendon , which is the common ...
Pagina 30
... muscle itself cannot act , unless the membrane be drawn to a stretch , and kept in a due state of tightness , by what may be called a foreign force , viz . the action of the muscles of the malleus . Our author , supposing his ex ...
... muscle itself cannot act , unless the membrane be drawn to a stretch , and kept in a due state of tightness , by what may be called a foreign force , viz . the action of the muscles of the malleus . Our author , supposing his ex ...
Pagina 31
... muscles of the outward ear . The external car , " we are told , " had acquired a distinct motion upward and backward , which was observable whenever the patient istened to anything which he did not distinctly hear ; when he was ...
... muscles of the outward ear . The external car , " we are told , " had acquired a distinct motion upward and backward , which was observable whenever the patient istened to anything which he did not distinctly hear ; when he was ...
Pagina 43
... muscles , for in- stance , or nerves in the same eye , of the agency or effect of which we can give no account ; any more than we should be inclined to doubt , or ought to doubt , about the construction of a telescope , viz . for what ...
... muscles , for in- stance , or nerves in the same eye , of the agency or effect of which we can give no account ; any more than we should be inclined to doubt , or ought to doubt , about the construction of a telescope , viz . for what ...
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