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Page 121
... pressure of blood upon this nerve will often produce apparent flashes of light , or objects apparently floating in the air . These appearances are indications of disease in the nerve . 7. When , in addition to the optic nerve , portions ...
... pressure of blood upon this nerve will often produce apparent flashes of light , or objects apparently floating in the air . These appearances are indications of disease in the nerve . 7. When , in addition to the optic nerve , portions ...
Page 318
... pressure ; as steam , which may be condensed into water or frozen into ice . Even metals may be melted , and then converted into vapor . 8. " There are two conditions or aspects in which all these forms of matter should be considered ...
... pressure ; as steam , which may be condensed into water or frozen into ice . Even metals may be melted , and then converted into vapor . 8. " There are two conditions or aspects in which all these forms of matter should be considered ...
Page 319
... position without separation , and which yields to the slightest pressure . " 3. John . Is not every thing fluid that is not solid ? Mr. M. Yes , every thing is either solid or 2d DIV . OF 319 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . Adapted.
... position without separation , and which yields to the slightest pressure . " 3. John . Is not every thing fluid that is not solid ? Mr. M. Yes , every thing is either solid or 2d DIV . OF 319 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . Adapted.
Page 320
... pressure , and which flows on an inclined plane . " I can not understand from this the difference be- tween a fluid and a liquid . 5. Mr. M. All liquids are fluids , but all fluids are not liq- uids . Those fluids which tend to expand ...
... pressure , and which flows on an inclined plane . " I can not understand from this the difference be- tween a fluid and a liquid . 5. Mr. M. All liquids are fluids , but all fluids are not liq- uids . Those fluids which tend to expand ...
Page 323
... pressure in B is equal to that in A , the pressure of water is by no means as the mass , but as the vertical height of the fluid . a George . I have been reading about this hy- drostatic paradox - how any quantity of water , however ...
... pressure in B is equal to that in A , the pressure of water is by no means as the mass , but as the vertical height of the fluid . a George . I have been reading about this hy- drostatic paradox - how any quantity of water , however ...
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Page 275 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 488 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
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Page 487 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of, forgotten lore, — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. '"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door: Only this and nothing more.