 | 1839 - 502 стор.
...faculty of opposing the thumb to the oib r fingers to seize the most minute objects, a faculty vrhich is carried to its highest degree of perfection in man, in whom the whole anterior extremity ш free, and can be employ i in prehension.' Hands thus defined occur only in man u;.-i in monkeys... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 608 стор.
...is the most appropriate that could be found for an order constituted by the human species only ; for Man alone is two-handed. " That," says Cuvier, " which...graspers; for it is certainly true that, although most of them possess an opposable thumb, yet they are destitute of the power of performing many of... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 600 стор.
...is the most appropriate that could be fonnd for an order constituted by the human species only ; for Man alone is two-handed. " That," says Cuvier, " which...graspers; for it is certainly true that, although most of them possess an opposable thumb, yet they are destitute of the power of performing many of... | |
 | 1844 - 498 стор.
...Bell, KGH, FRS, L. & E. tion. " That which constitutes the hand, properly so called," says Cuvier, " is the faculty of opposing the thumb to the other...extremity is free, and can be employed in prehension." Now the quadruroana are distinguished from other viviparous mammalia, with the exception of opossums,... | |
 | 1844 - 1022 стор.
...which constitutes the hand, properly so called," says Cuvier, " is the faculty of opposing the thuinb to the other 'fingers, so as to seize the most minute...extremity is free, and can be employed in "prehension." Now the quadrumana are distinguished from other viviparous mammalia, with the exception of opossums,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1848 - 596 стор.
...is the most appropriate that could be found for an order constituted by the human species only ; for Man alone is two-handed. " That," says Cuvier, " which...extremities of the Monkey tribe, preferring to call them gratpert; for it is certainly true that, although most of them possess an wpposable thumb, yet they... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1857 - 608 стор.
...is the most appropriate that could be found for an order constituted by the human species only ; for Man alone is two-handed. " That," says Cuvier, " which...graspers; for it is certainly true that, although most of them possess an opposable thumb, yet they are destitute of the power of performing many of... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1861 - 904 стор.
...the faculty of opposing the thumb to the other fingers, so as to seize upon the most minute objecte ; a faculty which is carried to its highest degree of perfection in man." The next series of characters are those by which he is by nature adapted to the erect posture, the... | |
 | 1863 - 852 стор.
...properly so called, is the faculty of opposing the thumb to the other fingers, so as to seize upon the most minute objects — a faculty which is carried...extremity is free, and can be employed in prehension.' The peculiar prehensile power of the human hand is chiefly dependent upon the length, power, and mobility... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1866 - 606 стор.
...the faculty of opposing the thumb to the other fingers, so as to seize the most minute objects,—a faculty which is carried to its highest degree of...graspers; for it is certainly true that, although most of them possess an opposable thumb, yet they are destitute of the power of performing many of... | |
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which constitutes the hand, properly so called, is the faculty of opposing the thumb to the other fingers, so as to seize upon the most minute objects — a faculty which is carried to its highest degree of perfection in man, in whom the whole anterior... 
