Lectures on the physical phenomena of living beings. Translated under the superintendence of J. Pereira1847 |
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... circuit in which the nerve forms a part . If you have any doubt that the contractions of the frog are really excited by a current due to the different parts of the muscle of the animal , you will soon be convinced , by finding that no ...
... circuit in which the nerve forms a part . If you have any doubt that the contractions of the frog are really excited by a current due to the different parts of the muscle of the animal , you will soon be convinced , by finding that no ...
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... circuit with the single nerve of the galvanoscopic frog , and by its contractions infer the existence of the electric current . - -I Currents in other Tissues . I wished to ascertain whether the other tissues and organs of animals , the ...
... circuit with the single nerve of the galvanoscopic frog , and by its contractions infer the existence of the electric current . - -I Currents in other Tissues . I wished to ascertain whether the other tissues and organs of animals , the ...
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... circuit is much more considerable than in that of frogs . I have proved that the mus- cular current always becomes more rapidly weak , and ceases sooner , with pigeons than with frogs . Muscular Piles in Gases . - Lastly , I have to ...
... circuit is much more considerable than in that of frogs . I have proved that the mus- cular current always becomes more rapidly weak , and ceases sooner , with pigeons than with frogs . Muscular Piles in Gases . - Lastly , I have to ...
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... circuit is completed through the ground and the body of the observer . If , however , the torpedo be insulated by placing it , with one of its surfaces , on a resinous plate , a slight shock is obtained when we touch the other surface ...
... circuit is completed through the ground and the body of the observer . If , however , the torpedo be insulated by placing it , with one of its surfaces , on a resinous plate , a slight shock is obtained when we touch the other surface ...
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... circuit closed . When a fresh discharge from the fish occurs , the same pheno- menon is repeated . By the aid of this instrument we are enabled to prove that , in the discharge of the tor- pedo , the current is directed in the ...
... circuit closed . When a fresh discharge from the fish occurs , the same pheno- menon is repeated . By the aid of this instrument we are enabled to prove that , in the discharge of the tor- pedo , the current is directed in the ...
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