The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 páginas |
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... facts . Such a work as Mr. Wyld's is a favourable specimen of the combinations of the two methods . The scientific expositions are clear and intelligible ; the phenomenon of Sound and Light , the special senses and the general ...
... facts . Such a work as Mr. Wyld's is a favourable specimen of the combinations of the two methods . The scientific expositions are clear and intelligible ; the phenomenon of Sound and Light , the special senses and the general ...
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... fact of the existence of the irritation to the brain . The sensation of light , a process to us most obscure , begins rather in the brain , which is I , where newe is in wrenschon with orgleen irritated by the excited nerve ; and since ...
... fact of the existence of the irritation to the brain . The sensation of light , a process to us most obscure , begins rather in the brain , which is I , where newe is in wrenschon with orgleen irritated by the excited nerve ; and since ...
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... fact that in ordinary vision no trace of the light which enters the eye finds its way to the brain , but only a process of irritation peculiar to the nerve , and which can be produced in the nerve - trunk by pressure , elec- tricity ...
... fact that in ordinary vision no trace of the light which enters the eye finds its way to the brain , but only a process of irritation peculiar to the nerve , and which can be produced in the nerve - trunk by pressure , elec- tricity ...
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... fact of an excitement of the nerve from the terminations of the nerves to their centre in the brain - the sensorium . This irritation of the nerve is by no means similar to the first irritation . It is neither light nor sound , nor is ...
... fact of an excitement of the nerve from the terminations of the nerves to their centre in the brain - the sensorium . This irritation of the nerve is by no means similar to the first irritation . It is neither light nor sound , nor is ...
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... fact which corresponds to a sensation ; and it is un- necessary that the sensory nerve concerned should have caused the irritation ; for in dreams we have distinct sensations which are not caused by the specific excite- ment of the ...
... fact which corresponds to a sensation ; and it is un- necessary that the sensory nerve concerned should have caused the irritation ; for in dreams we have distinct sensations which are not caused by the specific excite- ment of the ...
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action apparatus appear auditory canal auditory nerve basilar membrane binocular vision body brain cause centre Cloth cochlea colours consonance Demy 8vo direction dissonance distance distinctly ear-bones Eustachian tube excitement experience external ear Fcap fenestra ovalis fibres of Corti field of vision finger fixed fundamental tone harmonics Helmholtz Illustrations imagine impression instance instrument International Scientific Series inwards irritation labyrinth labyrinthine fluid lens light manner minor third motion muscles musical nerve-fibres number of vibrations objects observed octave olfactory olfactory nerve optic nerve organs of Corti papillæ peculiar perceive perception picture pitch Poems position possess post 8vo produced rays recognise resonator retina Second Edition seen sensation sense of touch sensitive fields sensory circle sensory organs skin Small crown 8vo smell sound sound-waves stereoscopic string substances suppose surface sympathetic vibrations takes place taste terminal tion tongue tube tuning-fork tympanic cavity tympanic membrane vols waves whilst
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