The Five Senses of ManH. S. King, 1876 - 304 стор. |
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... experience of daily life is made to furnish a key to some of the most recondite problems of physiology . In a concluding chapter , of eloquence and dignity worthy of its subject , Dr. Carpenter grapples boldly with the attitude of ...
... experience of daily life is made to furnish a key to some of the most recondite problems of physiology . In a concluding chapter , of eloquence and dignity worthy of its subject , Dr. Carpenter grapples boldly with the attitude of ...
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... experience . We may well thank Mr. Wyld for reminding us again that the question of our perception of the external world is not yet closed ; and to anyone who is interested in a careful , clear , scientific ex- position of the functions ...
... experience . We may well thank Mr. Wyld for reminding us again that the question of our perception of the external world is not yet closed ; and to anyone who is interested in a careful , clear , scientific ex- position of the functions ...
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... experience how to explain the sensations of our senses ; and by a thousand experiments , which we make with eye ... experiences sensations . The light which enters its eye acts indisputably on its brain , for the pupil contracts under ...
... experience how to explain the sensations of our senses ; and by a thousand experiments , which we make with eye ... experiences sensations . The light which enters its eye acts indisputably on its brain , for the pupil contracts under ...
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... experience that every part of our skin possesses a certain sensibility , and that this sensi- bility varies in different parts . This property is given to the skin by a great number of nerves which originate in the brain and spinal cord ...
... experience that every part of our skin possesses a certain sensibility , and that this sensi- bility varies in different parts . This property is given to the skin by a great number of nerves which originate in the brain and spinal cord ...
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... experienced the force which caused it . These properties , however , by no means exhaust the power of discernment ... experience , is often able to tell whether a body is hot— when , for instance , it is glowing or steaming - but a ...
... experienced the force which caused it . These properties , however , by no means exhaust the power of discernment ... experience , is often able to tell whether a body is hot— when , for instance , it is glowing or steaming - but a ...
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action apparatus appear auditory nerve basilar membrane blue body brain called camera obscura cause centimetres cochlea complementary colours consists convex lens distance distinct distinguish double impression ear-bones edge Ernst Heinrich Weber Eustachian tube exactly excited experience fact fenestra ovalis field of vision figure fingers fixed follows fundamental tone greater green hand harmonics Helmholtz illusion imagine incidental images instance irritation layer look manner means motion move muscles number of vibrations observed octave optic nerve outer passes peculiar perceive a double perception phenomena picture position primary colours produced rays of light recognise refraction retina seen sensation of light sense of locality sense of touch sensitive to red sensory circle sensory nerves sensory organs separate points side simultaneously single nerve-fibre skin sound sound-waves spectrum stereoscopic string surface tactile takes place terminal boundaries terminal limits tion tube tuning-fork tympanic cavity tympanic membrane violet vitreous humour whilst
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