Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy, General and MedicalLea and Blanchard, 1841 - 520 Seiten |
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Seite 13 - President, should be appointed to write, print and publish one thousand copies of a work, on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work, by all reasonable arguments, as, for instance, the variety and formation of God's creatures in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and, thereby, of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries, ancient and...
Seite 521 - THE MEDICAL FORMULARY: being a Collection of Prescriptions, derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians of America and Europe. Together with the usual Dietetic Preparations and Antidotes for Poisons. To which is added an Appendix, on the Endermic u-se of Medicines, and on the use of Ether and Chloroform.
Seite 16 - A COLLECTION OF COLLOQUIAL PHRASES, ON EVERY TOPIC NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CONVERSATION, Arranged under different heads, with numerous remarks on the peculiar pronunciation and...
Seite 13 - Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, considered with reference to Natural Theology.
Seite 521 - Pathological and Practical Researches on the Diseases of the Stomach, the Intestinal Canal, the Liver, and other Viscera of the Abdomen.
Seite 208 - ... records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work; the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler; the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute precision as to time and manner; it oils its joints; it takes out any air which may accidentally enter into parts...
Seite 16 - FABLES, accompanied by a Key, containing the text, a literal and free translation, arranged in such a manner as to point out the difference between the French and English idiom, &c., in 1 vol., 12mo.
Seite 82 - A man in a boat pulling a rope attached to a large ship, seems only to move the boat: but he really moves the ship a little, for...
Seite 269 - The labyrinth, or complex inner compartment of the ear, over which the nerve of hearing is spread as a lining, is full of water ; and therefore by the law of fluid pressure...
Seite 268 - Months afterwards it was ascertained, that at the time of observation the bells of the city of St Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival.