History of the Royal Society: From Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth CenturyAbridgement of the philosophical transactions from 1665 to the end of the year 1800. |
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... motion of the sap , were not quite correct . Besides his Stutical Essays , he was the author of several other celebrated performances ; the most remarkable of which were his Essay against the Use of Spirits ; his experi- ments on ...
... motion of the sap , were not quite correct . Besides his Stutical Essays , he was the author of several other celebrated performances ; the most remarkable of which were his Essay against the Use of Spirits ; his experi- ments on ...
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... motion . It obviously depends upon the life of the plant , because , when the plant dies , the ascent of the sap en- tirely ceases ; but in what way does the living plant exert a force which causes the sap to ascend ? We are afraid that ...
... motion . It obviously depends upon the life of the plant , because , when the plant dies , the ascent of the sap en- tirely ceases ; but in what way does the living plant exert a force which causes the sap to ascend ? We are afraid that ...
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... motion is confined to the living vegetable , and ceases entirely after death , it is difficult to avoid ascribing it to the same cause which occasions the motion of blood in animals , we mean irritability . By irri- Irritability ...
... motion is confined to the living vegetable , and ceases entirely after death , it is difficult to avoid ascribing it to the same cause which occasions the motion of blood in animals , we mean irritability . By irri- Irritability ...
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... motion , and which in some measure fill up and give shape to the human figure , obviously claim the next attention of the anatomist . They are very numerous and complicated , and of course could not have been fully known to the ancients ...
... motion , and which in some measure fill up and give shape to the human figure , obviously claim the next attention of the anatomist . They are very numerous and complicated , and of course could not have been fully known to the ancients ...
Page 104
... motions of the human body . Anatomists content themselves with describing the action of each muscle separately , or ... motion of the blood ; and though what is called the lesser circulation , or the circulation of the blood through the ...
... motions of the human body . Anatomists content themselves with describing the action of each muscle separately , or ... motion of the blood ; and though what is called the lesser circulation , or the circulation of the blood through the ...
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