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... proportion in the different figures ; but it is not such as enables me to exhibit a scale . Two subjects treated of in the second are omitted in this edition , 1st , “ On the Harmony of the Mental Faculties with each other , and with ...
... proportion in the different figures ; but it is not such as enables me to exhibit a scale . Two subjects treated of in the second are omitted in this edition , 1st , “ On the Harmony of the Mental Faculties with each other , and with ...
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... proportion to the number of fibres which enter into its composition . If nerves be composed of parts , a nerve which is composed of twenty parts must be more vigorous than one which is constituted of only one . To render this princi ...
... proportion to the number of fibres which enter into its composition . If nerves be composed of parts , a nerve which is composed of twenty parts must be more vigorous than one which is constituted of only one . To render this princi ...
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... proportion to its greater size . If this law did not hold true , What would be the advantage of large and capacious , There could be none . over small and confined lungs ? Speaking , generally , there are two classes of nerves ...
... proportion to its greater size . If this law did not hold true , What would be the advantage of large and capacious , There could be none . over small and confined lungs ? Speaking , generally , there are two classes of nerves ...
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... proportion to the increased function . Birds require to rise in the air , which is a medium much lighter than their own bodies . To have enlarged the size of their muscles would have added to their weight , and increased their ...
... proportion to the increased function . Birds require to rise in the air , which is a medium much lighter than their own bodies . To have enlarged the size of their muscles would have added to their weight , and increased their ...
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... proportion to the surface ; and this will also be found to take place in all the other senses . " The same author states , " that the external ear in different quadrupeds is differently framed , but always calculated to the creature's ...
... proportion to the surface ; and this will also be found to take place in all the other senses . " The same author states , " that the external ear in different quadrupeds is differently framed , but always calculated to the creature's ...
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