A New Family Encyclopedia, Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge: Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects Most Interesting to Persons in the Ordinary Professions of Life : Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsCharles Augustus Goodrich T. Belknap, 1833 - 468 halaman |
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... HEATING , VENTILATION , & c . p . 414-438 . Motion of Animals ; Human Strength ; Aids to Locomotion ; Wheels ; Broad Wheels ; Form of Wheels ; Mode of attaching a Horse ; Rail Roads . Of Steam Engines ; Of Canals ; Canals of Egypt ...
... HEATING , VENTILATION , & c . p . 414-438 . Motion of Animals ; Human Strength ; Aids to Locomotion ; Wheels ; Broad Wheels ; Form of Wheels ; Mode of attaching a Horse ; Rail Roads . Of Steam Engines ; Of Canals ; Canals of Egypt ...
Halaman 15
... heat of the climate is the chief cause of blackness among the 1 human species . When this heat is excessive , as in Guinea , we find the people are perfectly black ; when a little less severe , the blackness is not so deep ; when it ...
... heat of the climate is the chief cause of blackness among the 1 human species . When this heat is excessive , as in Guinea , we find the people are perfectly black ; when a little less severe , the blackness is not so deep ; when it ...
Halaman 16
... heat . Both cold and heat dry the skin , and give it that tawny hue which we find in so many different nations . Cold contracts all the productions of nature ; the Laplanders , accordingly , who are perpetually exposed to the rigors of ...
... heat . Both cold and heat dry the skin , and give it that tawny hue which we find in so many different nations . Cold contracts all the productions of nature ; the Laplanders , accordingly , who are perpetually exposed to the rigors of ...
Halaman 19
... heat ; to join one part to another ; to sustain small vessels , & c . : A GLAND is an organic part of the body , destined for the secretion or alteration of some peculiar fluid , and composed of blood vessels , nerves , and absorbents ...
... heat ; to join one part to another ; to sustain small vessels , & c . : A GLAND is an organic part of the body , destined for the secretion or alteration of some peculiar fluid , and composed of blood vessels , nerves , and absorbents ...
Halaman 24
... heat , and the secretion of different fluids . The motion of the blood in the arte- ries is called the pulse : it corresponds with that of the heart . The pulse may be felt in various parts of the body , but the most usual place of ...
... heat , and the secretion of different fluids . The motion of the blood in the arte- ries is called the pulse : it corresponds with that of the heart . The pulse may be felt in various parts of the body , but the most usual place of ...
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