The Physiology of the SensesC. Scribner's sons, 1893 - 318 Seiten |
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action animals auditory nerve axis basilar membrane body bone brain canal cause cavity cerebellum cerebral changes chemical ciliary cochlea cold spots colour cones connective tissue consciousness convolutions cornea corpora quadrigemina corpuscles cortex distance drum-head effect efferent nerves epidermis epithelium excited external fibres pass filaments finger fissure ganglionic give rise gray matter green gyrus hair-cells hairs Helmholtz impressions impulses inner internal ear known layer lens lobes malleus meatus molecular move movement mucous muscles muscular musical nerve cells nerve centres nerve current nerve fibres nervous object odour olfactory optic nerve outer outwards Pacinian corpuscle pain papillæ pitch plane posterior pressure rays of light refractive retina rods rotation seen sensation sense of touch sensory fibres sensory nerves side skin sound spiral stapes stimulation structure substance surface tactile taste terminal organ tion tones tympanic membrane upper variation varying vibrations vision waves yellow spot
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Seite 195 - Is this a dagger, which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee : — I ha-ye thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling, as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.
Seite 196 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There's no such thing: It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes.
Seite ii - This movement, however, can only reach those resident in the larger centres of population, while all over the country there are thoughtful persons who desire the same kind of teaching. It is for them also that this Series is designed. Its aim is to supply the general reader with the same kind of teaching as is given in the Lectures, and to reflect the spirit which has characterised the movement, viz. the combination of principles with facts, and of methods with results. The Manuals are also intended...
Seite ii - England has been largely due to the union of scientific with popular treatment, and of simplicity with thoroughness. This movement, however, can only reach those resident in the larger centres of population, while all over the country there are thoughtful persons who desire the same kind of teaching. It is for them also that this Series is designed. Its aim is to supply the general reader with the same kind of teaching as is given in...
Seite ii - In their preparation, details will be avoided except when they illustrate the working of general laws and the development of principles ; while the historical evolution of both the literary and scientific subjects, as well as their philosophical significance, will be kept in view.
Seite 297 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Seite 117 - I. Whatever the obliquity of the incident ray, the ratio which the sine of the incident angle bears to the sine of the angle of refraction, is constant for the same two media, but varies with different media.
Seite 256 - Musical Tones, which are accompanied by a moderately loud series of the lower upper partial tones, up to about the sixth partial, are more harmonious and musical. Compared with simple tones they are rich and splendid, while they are at the same time perfectly sweet and soft if the higher upper partials are absent.
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