Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 468
... subject , per- ceived the defects ; and his hopes being awakened , he felt an irresistible impulfe to explore that hitherto un- trodden path which had been pointed out to him , and fill up the chaẩm which still remained . Thus were the ...
... subject , per- ceived the defects ; and his hopes being awakened , he felt an irresistible impulfe to explore that hitherto un- trodden path which had been pointed out to him , and fill up the chaẩm which still remained . Thus were the ...
Page 677
... subject . Lay bare about an inch of a great nerve , leading to any limb or mufcle . Let that end of the bared part which is fartheft from the limb be in close contact with a bit of zinc . Touch the zinc with a bit of filver , while ...
... subject . Lay bare about an inch of a great nerve , leading to any limb or mufcle . Let that end of the bared part which is fartheft from the limb be in close contact with a bit of zinc . Touch the zinc with a bit of filver , while ...
Page 690
... subject . ed to the action of galvanifm , the effect produced is motion in the muscles on which they are diftributed , If this view of the matter be juft , it will explain why no fhock is felt when the human body is made a part of the ...
... subject . ed to the action of galvanifm , the effect produced is motion in the muscles on which they are diftributed , If this view of the matter be juft , it will explain why no fhock is felt when the human body is made a part of the ...
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