The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 стор. |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 31
Сторінка xvii
... increase in width of the arch of the Fibres of Corti . 79. Monochord • 222 · 233 80. Nodal Points 81. Siren 82. Savart's experiment for finding the Lowest Perceptible Tone 83. Savart's experiment for finding the Highest Perceptible Tone ...
... increase in width of the arch of the Fibres of Corti . 79. Monochord • 222 · 233 80. Nodal Points 81. Siren 82. Savart's experiment for finding the Lowest Perceptible Tone 83. Savart's experiment for finding the Highest Perceptible Tone ...
Сторінка 25
... increases in an equal degree , they are able to write and execute many kinds of work . The delicacy of the sense of touch , or , more exactly , the sense of locality in different parts of the skin , has been measured by Ernst Heinrich ...
... increases in an equal degree , they are able to write and execute many kinds of work . The delicacy of the sense of touch , or , more exactly , the sense of locality in different parts of the skin , has been measured by Ernst Heinrich ...
Сторінка 27
... increases , therefore , as we approach the mouth ; and while the distinction between the two points becomes more clear , it seems as if they were being separated also . The sensation is precisely similar if the points are placed across ...
... increases , therefore , as we approach the mouth ; and while the distinction between the two points becomes more clear , it seems as if they were being separated also . The sensation is precisely similar if the points are placed across ...
Сторінка 39
... increases with an increase of action in the muscles , we are thus able to determine the difference between different weights . But in such an experiment the weight laid upon the hand acts not only by the tension of the muscles , which ...
... increases with an increase of action in the muscles , we are thus able to determine the difference between different weights . But in such an experiment the weight laid upon the hand acts not only by the tension of the muscles , which ...
Сторінка 58
... increases the distinctness of the image . It serves as a kind of screen to the eye , 1 In order to trace exactly the path of a ray in the eye , two optical centres must be found by calculation , a line must then be drawn from the ...
... increases the distinctness of the image . It serves as a kind of screen to the eye , 1 In order to trace exactly the path of a ray in the eye , two optical centres must be found by calculation , a line must then be drawn from the ...
Інші видання - Показати все
Загальні терміни та фрази
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
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 30 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.). An Essay on the Culture of the Observing Powers of Children, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of " Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Сторінка 29 - WARTENSLEBEN (Count H. von). The Operations of the South Army in January and February, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. Translated by Colonel CH von Wright. With Maps. Demy 8vo.
Сторінка 4 - The Principles of Mental Physiology. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Сторінка 7 - Mountain, Meadow, and Mere: a Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History.
Сторінка 30 - William Harvey. A History of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood. With a Portrait of Harvey, after Faithorne. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price i4*.
Сторінка 17 - Rev. John.— Ccena Domini : An Essay on the Lord's Supper, its Primitive Institution, Apostolic Uses, and Subsequent History. Demy 8vo, 14*.
Сторінка 10 - GODWIN (William). William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries. With Portraits and Facsimiles of the handwriting of Godwin and his Wife. By C. Kegan Paul. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 28*.
Сторінка 22 - RINK (Chevalier Dr. Henry). Greenland : Its People and its Products. By the Chevalier Dr. HENRY RINK, President of the Greenland Board of Trade.
Сторінка 20 - NOTREGE (John), AM The Spiritual Function of a Presbyter in the Church of England. Crown 8vo. Cloth, red edges, price 3$. 6d. Oriental Sporting Magazine (The). A Reprint of the first 5 Volumes, in 2 Volumes. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 28$.
Сторінка 25 - SMITH (Edward), MD, LL.B., FRS Health and Disease, as Influenced by the Daily, Seasonal, and other Cyclical Changes in the Human System.