 | John Read - 1793 - 196 pages
...obfervation on the nerves of the Torpedo, by Mr. John Hunter, FRS read at the Royal Society July i, 1773. " The magnitude and the number of the nerves beftowed...thefe organs, in proportion to their fize, muft on F 3 reflection reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena they afford. Nerves are given to... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must on reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting,... | |
 | Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1836 - 148 pages
...magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must on reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting,... | |
 | William Leithead - 1837 - 444 pages
...magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection, appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting,... | |
 | William Swainson - 1838 - 390 pages
...number and magnitude of the nerves, bestowed upon these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action : if we except the more important senses of hearing, seeing, tasting, and smelling,... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1844 - 512 pages
...The magnitude* and number of the nerves bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection, appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or for action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
..."The magnitude and the number of the nerves bestowed on these organs in proportion to their size, must on reflection appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting,... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 570 pages
...The magnitude and number of the nerves bestowed on these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection, appear as extraordinary as the phenomena...they afford. Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or for action. Now, if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1805 - 910 pages
...The magnitude and number of the nerves bestowed •n these organs, in proportion to their size, must, on reflection, appear as extraordinary as the phenomena they afford. Nerves are given to parts either lor sensation or action. If we except the more important lenses of hearing, seeing, tasting, and smelling,... | |
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Nerves are given to parts either for sensation or action. Now if we except the more important senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting, which do not belong to the electric organs, there is no part, even of the most perfect animal, which, in proportion... 