Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1843 - Heat |
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Page 458
... contained in his Philosophical Dictionary , Voltaire , a professed champion of free inquiry , asserts , that " the cause of animal mo- tion , like that which determines all things to a common centre , and the needle to the pole , is the ...
... contained in his Philosophical Dictionary , Voltaire , a professed champion of free inquiry , asserts , that " the cause of animal mo- tion , like that which determines all things to a common centre , and the needle to the pole , is the ...
Page 460
... contains the germ of what is called the oriental theory of emanations , referred to in a note to page 105 , b . i .: " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun , the god - head who illuminates all , from whom all proceed , to whom ...
... contains the germ of what is called the oriental theory of emanations , referred to in a note to page 105 , b . i .: " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun , the god - head who illuminates all , from whom all proceed , to whom ...
Page 467
... contains at least a nucleus of truth ; for it is certain , that all the forms of nature with which we are acquainted , have actually emerged from a fluid state . The primitive mountains of the globe have been formed from a state of ...
... contains at least a nucleus of truth ; for it is certain , that all the forms of nature with which we are acquainted , have actually emerged from a fluid state . The primitive mountains of the globe have been formed from a state of ...
Page 514
... contain a larger amount of caloric around their particles than an equal weight of any other known bodies , might naturally be inferred from their tendency to assume the fluid state , their highly inflammable properties , their ge- neral ...
... contain a larger amount of caloric around their particles than an equal weight of any other known bodies , might naturally be inferred from their tendency to assume the fluid state , their highly inflammable properties , their ge- neral ...
Page 517
... contain still higher numbers of the same atoms , as may be seen by referring to p . 146 of the First Book , where it has been shewn that this constitutes the principal difference between the volatile and more tenacious com- pounds of ...
... contain still higher numbers of the same atoms , as may be seen by referring to p . 146 of the First Book , where it has been shewn that this constitutes the principal difference between the volatile and more tenacious com- pounds of ...
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according action active æther Africa aliment amount of caloric ancient animal heat apoplexy arterial blood Asia atmosphere augmented birds blooded animals body bowels brain caloric capillaries carbon and hydrogen carbonic acid cause cent ceteris paribus chemical chiefly cholera chyle chyme circulation climates coagulation cold stage colour Cullen Davy death deranged diminished disease Europe exertion experiments exposure fact fever fibrin fluid functions greater greatly heart Hippocrates hydrogen hydrophobia impaired inflammation influence less Liebig living lungs maintained mammalia matter minutes motion muscles muscular natural standard nearly nerves nervous system nitrogen nourishment observed organs owing oxygen perature physiologists pleurisy portion principle produced proportion quantity reason regard respiration sanguification secretion shewn sleep solids spasmodic species stomach summer symptoms temperament temperature tetanus theory thorax tion tissues tropical typhus vegetable venous blood vessels vital energy vital properties warm bath winter yellow fever
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Page 472 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 460 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun, the Godhead, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Page 452 - An active Principle : — howe'er removed From sense and observation, it subsists In all things, in all natures; in the stars Of azure heaven, the unenduring clouds, In flower and tree, in every pebbly stone That paves the brooks, the stationary rocks, The moving waters, and the invisible air. Whate'er exists hath properties that spread Beyond itself, communicating good, A simple blessing, or with evil mixed; Spirit that knows no insulated spot, No chasm, no solitude; from link to link It circulates,...
Page 466 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
Page 613 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 467 - Ante mare et terras et quod tegit omnia caelum 5 unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, quem dixere chaos : rudis indigestaque moles nee quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum.
Page 1080 - Hail, great physician of the world, all hail; Hail, mighty infant, who in years to come Shalt heal the nations and defraud the tomb; Swift be thy growth! thy triumphs unconfined!
Page 904 - Consequently, if in consequence of a diseased transformation of living tissues, a greater amount of force be generated than is required for the production of the normal motions, it is seen in an acceleration of all or some of the involuntary motions, as well as in a higher temperature of the diseased part.
Page 1037 - Such, however, is, at the same time, the nature of the animal economy, that this debility proves an indirect stimulus to the sanguiferous system ; whence, by the intervention of the cold stage and spasm connected with it, the action of the heart and larger arteries is increased, and continues so till it has had the effect of restoring the energy of the brain, of extending this energy to the extreme vessels, of restoring...
Page 529 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving, vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die,) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.