Nature, 第 12 卷Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1875 |
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第 69 頁 - If we now turn to thought, we find that, inasmuch as it affects the substance of the present visible universe, it produces a material organ of memory. But the motions which accompany thought will also affect the invisible order of things, and thus it follows, that ' Thought conceived to affect the matter of another universe simultaneously with
第 257 頁 - The Life and Growth of Language. By William Dwight Whitney, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in Yale College. The
第 92 頁 - among dogs save this one, and here the signs of dislike were unequivocal. To give one instance. He used to be very fond of catching flies upon the window-panes, and if ridiculed when unsuccessful, was evidently much annoyed. On one occasion, in order to see what he would do, I purposely laughed immoderately
第 292 頁 - The resistance of each element is directly proportional to the distances of the plates from each other in the liquid, and to the specific resistance of the liquid ; and is also inversely proportional to the surface of the plates in contact with the liquids.
第 305 頁 - is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external co-existences and sequences.
第 92 頁 - mouth. Under such circumstances nothing pleased him so much as having his joke duly appreciated, while if no notice was taken of him he would become sulky. On the other hand, nothing that could happen displeased him so much as being laughed at when he did not intend to be ridiculous. Mr.
第 177 頁 - thus expressed. Prof. Tyndall says : "The length of a stopped pipe is one-fourth that of the sonorous wave which it produces, whilst the length of an open pipe is one-half that of the sonorous wave.
第 239 頁 - it is extremely doubtful whether any nerve in the human body, even if in an inflamed condition, would be in any way affected by such a particle supported in a dense fluid, and slowly brought into contact with the nerve ; yet the cells of the glands of Drosera are thus excited to transmit a motor impulse to a distant point, inducing movement
第 69 頁 - Thus we are led to believe that there exists now an invisible order of things intimately connected with the present, and capable of acting energetically upon it—for, in truth, the energy of the present system is to be looked upon as originally derived from the invisible universe.