The Right Hand: Left-handednessMacmillan, 1891 - 215 páginas |
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... human hand to the fore - limb of other animals ; for if the final results here set forth are correct , the preferential and instinctive employment of one limb and ex- tremity is not an exclusive attribute of man Nevertheless the hand is ...
... human hand to the fore - limb of other animals ; for if the final results here set forth are correct , the preferential and instinctive employment of one limb and ex- tremity is not an exclusive attribute of man Nevertheless the hand is ...
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... human hand is an organ so delicately fashioned that the biologist has , not unnaturally , turned to it in search of a typical structural significance . By reason of its mobility and its articulated structure , it is specially adapted to ...
... human hand is an organ so delicately fashioned that the biologist has , not unnaturally , turned to it in search of a typical structural significance . By reason of its mobility and its articulated structure , it is specially adapted to ...
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... human foot than the hand ; while the fore - limb is a true though inferior hand . The ape's hind - limb is indeed prehensile , as is the foot of man in some degree ; but alike anatomically and physiologically the fore - limb of the ape ...
... human foot than the hand ; while the fore - limb is a true though inferior hand . The ape's hind - limb is indeed prehensile , as is the foot of man in some degree ; but alike anatomically and physiologically the fore - limb of the ape ...
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... human foot , in its perfect natural development , is not a hand . The small size of the toes as compared with the fingers , and the position and movements of the great toe , alike point to diverse functions and a greatly more limited ...
... human foot , in its perfect natural development , is not a hand . The small size of the toes as compared with the fingers , and the position and movements of the great toe , alike point to diverse functions and a greatly more limited ...
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... human hand secures its permanent delicacy of touch , and its general adaptation for many manipulative purposes . The hand of man is thus eminently adapted to be the instrument for translating the conceptions of intelligent volition into ...
... human hand secures its permanent delicacy of touch , and its general adaptation for many manipulative purposes . The hand of man is thus eminently adapted to be the instrument for translating the conceptions of intelligent volition into ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. S. WALPOLE A. W. VERRALL action adapted ALFRED AINGER ambidextrous ancient ARCHIBALD GEIKIE ARITHMETIC arrow-head arrow-maker BEGINNERS Book brain cerebral hemisphere CHARLES CHEMISTRY CHURCH civilised COLLEGE Crown 8vo dexterity Edited by Prof Edited by Rev ENGLISH ESSAYS evidence example Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE FASNACHT flint G. E. FASNACHT GALLIC WAR Globe 8vo GRAMMAR GREEK habit HISTORY Illustrated implements instinctive Introduction JAMES JOHN Large Paper Edition LATIN Lectures left hand left hemisphere left side left-handed persons left-handedness LESSONS LETTERS limbs Livy LL.D LYRICAL M.A. Crown 8vo MACMILLAN'S manifest Maps Medium 8vo MODERN natural Notes observation obsidian organ PALGRAVE POEMS Portrait practice preference preferential PRIMER primitive Professor PROSE result revised right hand right side ROMAN SCHOOLS Selected Series SERMONS sewed stone STORIES T. H. HUXLEY Text THEORY tion Translated TRIGONOMETRY usage viscera vols writing
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