The North American Review, Volume 140Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1885 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 91
... hand . Aristotle and , after him , Galen , termed the human hand the " instrument of instruments . " Later , Helvetius revived the idea , " that man is the wisest of animals because he possesses hands . " The notion has been expanded by ...
... hand . Aristotle and , after him , Galen , termed the human hand the " instrument of instruments . " Later , Helvetius revived the idea , " that man is the wisest of animals because he possesses hands . " The notion has been expanded by ...
Page 93
... hand , the sensation experienced is not so much influenced by the absolute amount of free heat possessed by each , as by its relative power of abstracting or im- parting heat to the skin . When bodies are colder than the hand ...
... hand , the sensation experienced is not so much influenced by the absolute amount of free heat possessed by each , as by its relative power of abstracting or im- parting heat to the skin . When bodies are colder than the hand ...
Page 94
... hand is im- mersed in it . It has been shown by Professor E. H. Weber that if one vessel of water be heated to ninety - eight degrees ( F. ) , and another to one hundred and four degrees ( F. ) , and the whole hand be immersed in the ...
... hand is im- mersed in it . It has been shown by Professor E. H. Weber that if one vessel of water be heated to ninety - eight degrees ( F. ) , and another to one hundred and four degrees ( F. ) , and the whole hand be immersed in the ...
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