The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 50
... appears greenish on a red ground will appear of an orange tint on a ground of blue ; but this contrast is only possible within certain very narrow limits . In fact , the phenomena of colour - contrast , so far from proving , dis ...
... appears greenish on a red ground will appear of an orange tint on a ground of blue ; but this contrast is only possible within certain very narrow limits . In fact , the phenomena of colour - contrast , so far from proving , dis ...
Page 51
... appears not of seven colours but of two only of his body and limbs . It is owing to the absence of these faintly red ... appear as colour- position his limbs have been placed by movements from less if of less than a certain size , the ...
... appears not of seven colours but of two only of his body and limbs . It is owing to the absence of these faintly red ... appear as colour- position his limbs have been placed by movements from less if of less than a certain size , the ...
Page 59
... appears , when I chance to close them for a moment , the black after - image of the white bed immediately before me and the white after - image of the black stove - pipe some distance away against the opposite wall . . . . Both [ after ...
... appears , when I chance to close them for a moment , the black after - image of the white bed immediately before me and the white after - image of the black stove - pipe some distance away against the opposite wall . . . . Both [ after ...
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... appears that the ordinary memory- image is a joint effect ; it is not the mere residuum of changes in the ... appear to differ from that operative when one “ contiguous " presentation revives another . In the one case we have , say , abx ...
... appears that the ordinary memory- image is a joint effect ; it is not the mere residuum of changes in the ... appear to differ from that operative when one “ contiguous " presentation revives another . In the one case we have , say , abx ...
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... appears in Domesday as " Podechesaie . " It was sold by Edward II . to the Calverley family , from whom it passed to an ancestor of the Milners . By the Bradford Water and Improvement Act of 1881 part ( 37 acres ) of the urban sanitary ...
... appears in Domesday as " Podechesaie . " It was sold by Edward II . to the Calverley family , from whom it passed to an ancestor of the Milners . By the Bradford Water and Improvement Act of 1881 part ( 37 acres ) of the urban sanitary ...
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