Orr's Circle of the Sciences: Organic nature, v.1] The principles of physiologyWilliam Somerville Orr W.S. Orr and Company, 1854 |
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Side vi
... important results that have been attained by its latest cultivator : -such exposition being succinct without any important omission , and as clear and comprehensible as is consistent with the inevitable use of technical terms . New and ...
... important results that have been attained by its latest cultivator : -such exposition being succinct without any important omission , and as clear and comprehensible as is consistent with the inevitable use of technical terms . New and ...
Side 6
... important proposition , for if a person supposed that the areas of circles are simply proportionate to their diame- ters , he might commit many serious errors . For example , if he wished a tube , as a gas - tube , twice the capacity of ...
... important proposition , for if a person supposed that the areas of circles are simply proportionate to their diame- ters , he might commit many serious errors . For example , if he wished a tube , as a gas - tube , twice the capacity of ...
Side 7
... important sciences , is the measurement of quantities before unknown . The great instrument in all the departments of abstract science is proportion ; thoroughly to understand which is to possess an instrument of knowledge applicable to ...
... important sciences , is the measurement of quantities before unknown . The great instrument in all the departments of abstract science is proportion ; thoroughly to understand which is to possess an instrument of knowledge applicable to ...
Side 9
... important a part of Natural Philosophy , stand at once on a different footing from mathematical truth , and from the principle of gravitation . It is common to enumerate three laws of motion . The first is , that a body under the action ...
... important a part of Natural Philosophy , stand at once on a different footing from mathematical truth , and from the principle of gravitation . It is common to enumerate three laws of motion . The first is , that a body under the action ...
Side 14
... importance of a knowledge of its various sub- divisions to men , particularly to those living in countries newly settled , and where the division of labour has not yet been carried sufficiently far to save every man from the necessity ...
... importance of a knowledge of its various sub- divisions to men , particularly to those living in countries newly settled , and where the division of labour has not yet been carried sufficiently far to save every man from the necessity ...
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animals appendage artery articular articulated attached birds blood body bones bony branchial called canal carbon carbonic acid cartilage cartilaginous Caucasian caudal cavity centrum character chyle coalesced consists convex coracoid crocodile crocodilia dentine developed diapophyses digits divisions dorsal elements enamel expanded extends extremity fins fishes frontal glottis hæmal arch hæmapophyses head human humerus hyoid bone incisors inferior Kafir lacteal language larynx limbs lower jaw lungs mammals matter maxillary membrane modifications molar mouth muscles muscular nasal nature neural arch neural spine neurapophyses occipital organs osseous ossified outer pair parietal pectoral pectoral fin peculiar phalanges physiology plates pleurapophysis populations posterior premolars present produced proportion quadrupeds remarkable reptiles ribs scapula segment serpents side skeleton skull slender sound species sternum structure substance surface teeth termed tissue toes tongue tooth transverse tribes trunk tube Ugrian ulna upper vegetable vertebræ vibrations vocal cords vocal ligaments voice windpipe
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Side 200 - It is true that the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils of its crouching spiral, it can spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing: all these creatures have been observed to fall its prey.
Side 34 - Again, the mathematical postulate that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another, is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Side 303 - ... as is also that tooth in the lower jaw which, in opposing it, passes in front of its crown when the mouth is closed. The other teeth of the first set are the ' deciduous molars ; ' the teeth which displace and succeed them vertically are the ' premolars ; ' the more posterior teeth, which are not displaced by vertical successors, are the ' molars,
Side 34 - ... truth of a proposition postulated, by showing that the deductions from it are true, requires that the truth of the deductions shall be shown in some way that does not directly or indirectly assume the truth of the proposition postulated. If, setting out with the axioms of Euclid, we deduce the truths that " the angle in a semicircle is a right angle...
Side 312 - Beyond these two islands lies the sea of Andaman ; the people on this coast eat human flesh quite raw; their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, and almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked.
Side 266 - ... instruments for uprooting or cutting down trees, or for transport and working of building materials ; they are characteristic of age and sex ; and in man they have secondary relations subservient to beauty and to speech. Teeth are always intimately related to the food and habits of the animal, and are therefore highly interesting to the physiologist : they form for the same reason important guides to the naturalist in the classification of animals...
Side 200 - ... fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger in the embrace of its ponderous overlapping folds.
Side 319 - Besides these cars they have a superior kind of vehicle upon two wheels, covered likewise with black felt, and so effectually as to protect those within it from wet, during a whole day of rain.
Side 188 - ... to the bottom ; if the right pectoral fin only be cut off, the fish leans to that side ; if the ventral fin on...
Side 211 - Those who have witnessed the shock given to the head of a crocodile by the act of snapping together its thin long jaws, must have seen how liable to fracture the lower jaw would be, were it composed of one bone only on each side.