 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...most perfect animal, which, in proportion to its size, is so liberally supplied with nerves; nor <lo the nerves seem necessary for any sensation which...electric organs. And with respect to action, there is «o part of any animal, with which I atn acquainted, however strong and constant *te natural actions... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...entered the organs, ramify in every direction, between the columns, and send in small branches, on each partition, where they are lost. The magnitude...action, there is no part of any animal with which I am Acquainted, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great proportion... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1834 - 826 pages
...perfeet animal, which, in proportion to its size, is so liberally supplied with nerves ; nor do these nerves seem necessary for any sensation which can...respect to action, there is no part of any animal, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great a proportion of nerves.... | |
 | William Leithead - 1837 - 444 pages
...having entered the organs, ramify in every direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition, where they are lost. " The magnitude...action, there is no part of any animal with which T am acquainted, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great a proportion... | |
 | William Swainson - 1838 - 390 pages
...smelling, which do not belong to the electric organs, there is no part, even of the most perfect animals, which, in proportion to its size, is so liberally...respect to action, there is no part of any animal, however strong and constant its natural action may be, which has so great a proportion of nerves. If... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1844 - 512 pages
...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...action, there is no part of any animal with which I am acquainted, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great a proportion... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...in every direction between the columns, and send in small branches on each partition where they arc lost. "The magnitude and the number of the nerves...1 am acquainted, however strong and. constant its uuturul »etione ш«у be, which has so great a. proportion of nerves. If it Chap. V be then probable... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 566 pages
...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...action, there is no part of any animal with which I am acquainted, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great a proportion... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 570 pages
...of the most perfect animal, which, in proportion to its size, is so liberally supplied with serves, nor do the nerves seem necessary for any sensation...action, there is no part of any animal with which I am acquainted, however strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great a proportion... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1805 - 910 pages
...size, is so liberally supplied witi nerves ; nor do the nerves seem necessary for any sensation whkh an be supposed to belong to the electric organs ; and,...respect to action, there is no part of any animal wirb which I am acquainted, howcter strong and constant its natural actions may be, which has so great... | |
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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... 