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A. V. Hill absorbed absorption acid action adsorption alkali alterations amount animal arterial basilar membrane blood body bone calcium capillary carbohydrate carbon cartilage cause cell cent changes Chap chemical CHEMISTRY chloride CO₂ collodion colloidal colour concentration constant contraction corpuscles crystalloids decrease dialysing diffusion dispersed dissociation effect efficiency elastic electrical electrolytes emulsion emulsoid endosmosis enzyme fibres fluid force gland glass glucose gram growth haemoglobin heat hydrated hydrogen ion increase kinetic lactic acid layer light liquid litre lungs maltose material mechanism membrane mercury metres molecules movement muscle muscular negative nerve nitrogen normal organism osmotic pressure oxygen particles pass permeability phase physical physiological plasma polarisation positive Postage 9d potassium potential energy produced protein rays reaction result salts secretion soap sodium sodium chloride solution stapes stimulation substance surface tension suspensoids TABLE temperature tissue tube velocity ventricle vibrations viscosity volume wall
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Page 354 - Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.
Page 117 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony. This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass...
Page 103 - When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it is refracted so that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocities in the two media.
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