Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1843 - Heat |
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Page 513
... hydrogen , nitrogen , carbon , phosphorus , sulphur , chlorine , iodine , bromine , fluorine , potassium , sodium , cal- cium , magnesium , silicium , aluminum , with the more ponderous metals , iron , manganese , and copper . But the ...
... hydrogen , nitrogen , carbon , phosphorus , sulphur , chlorine , iodine , bromine , fluorine , potassium , sodium , cal- cium , magnesium , silicium , aluminum , with the more ponderous metals , iron , manganese , and copper . But the ...
Page 515
... hydrogen , carbon , and nitrogen , all the other elements of ponderable matter are capable of entering into simple binary combinations only ; whereas the ultimate principles of organic bodies possess the additional power of forming ...
... hydrogen , carbon , and nitrogen , all the other elements of ponderable matter are capable of entering into simple binary combinations only ; whereas the ultimate principles of organic bodies possess the additional power of forming ...
Page 516
... hydrogen , and carbon , are united together in a direct manner , without any pre- vious binary combination ; and that the various tissues of all animals ( if we except the very lowest species of zoophytes , the real character of which ...
... hydrogen , and carbon , are united together in a direct manner , without any pre- vious binary combination ; and that the various tissues of all animals ( if we except the very lowest species of zoophytes , the real character of which ...
Page 517
... hydrogen ; carbonic acid , of carbon one atom to two of oxygen ; so of innumerable other binary compounds ; whereas ... hydrogen , and car- bon atoms . Starch is composed of seven atoms carbon , six of oxygen , and six of hydrogen ...
... hydrogen ; carbonic acid , of carbon one atom to two of oxygen ; so of innumerable other binary compounds ; whereas ... hydrogen , and car- bon atoms . Starch is composed of seven atoms carbon , six of oxygen , and six of hydrogen ...
Page 518
... hydrogen ; carburetted hydrogen , than bicarburetted hydrogen ; and the latter than ætherine . In like manner , the protoxide of nitrogen is more difficult to resolve * It may here be observed that saccharine bodies , including gum ...
... hydrogen ; carburetted hydrogen , than bicarburetted hydrogen ; and the latter than ætherine . In like manner , the protoxide of nitrogen is more difficult to resolve * It may here be observed that saccharine bodies , including gum ...
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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 466 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
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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.