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" ... he could, however, distinguish blues when they were light. Dr. Nichols has recorded a case where a person, who was in the navy, purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue. "
The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art - Page 38
1842
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 5

Tobias Smollett - 1817 - 680 pages
...sisters, who were all, except one brother, exempt from the imperfection. He was in the navy, and once purchased " a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue." His brother " has mistaken a cucumber for a lobster, and a green leek for a stick of red sealing-wax."...
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Transactions of the Phrenological Society

1824 - 496 pages
...brother, and all the sisters, were with" out it. CHARLES was in the Navy ; and several years " ago he purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, " with red breeches, to match the blue. JOHN , the " brother of the boy's grandfather, has mistaken a cucum" ber for a lobster, and a green...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 5

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1826 - 476 pages
...person now alive, and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty only white, yellow, and gray : he could, however, distinguish" blues when they were...and another in which it descended from the mother. When the middle of thé red space was absorbed by a blue glass, he saw the black line with what he...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 5

1826 - 490 pages
...person now alive, and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty only white, yellow, and gray : he could, however, distinguish blues when they were...waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue. ; and he haa mentioned one case in which, the imperfection is derived through the father, and another in which...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 5

1826 - 488 pages
...Society of Edinburgh, and which will soon be published, the case of a person now alive, and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty only white, yellow,...where a person who was in the navy purchased a blue uniforrti coat and waiscoat, with rea? breeches to- match the blue, and he has mentioned one case in...
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Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 5

1826 - 478 pages
...person now alive, and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty nnly white, yellow, and gray : he could, however, distinguish blues when they were...coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the I'lue ; and he has mentioned one case in which the imperfection is derived through the father, and...
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The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 17

1832 - 628 pages
...and her two sons, had all the same imperfection. Dr. Nicholl recorded a case where a naval officer purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat with red breeches to match the blue, and Mr. Harvey describes the rase of a tailor at Plymouth, who on one occasion repaired an article of dress...
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Natural Philosophy: With an Explanation of Scientific Terms, and ..., Volume 1

1829 - 500 pages
...person had the same defect. Dr. Nicol has recorded a case in the Medico- Chirurgical Transactions, where a person who was in the navy, purchased a blue...breeches to match the blue ; and he has mentioned a second case, in which the defect was derived through the father ; and a third, in which it descended...
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On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental ...

William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 104 pages
...of one sense, will be equally conclusive of all. The naval officer, mentioned by Dr. Nichols, " who purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat with red breeches to match the blue," would certainly have never discovered the composition of light; nor ever have formed a Genius in Botany...
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The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 7

1832 - 700 pages
...brother and all the sisters were without it. The father himself was in the navy, and several years ago he purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue. The brother of the boy^ grandfather, it is mentioned, has mistaken a cucumber for a lobster, and a...
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