The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 29Henry Colburn, 1830 |
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... Glass jars were inverted upon the shelf of a water - bath , and on this a raised platform supported the animal above the level of the surrounding water . During the severe frosty weather , the bath was kept close to a large fire , and ...
... Glass jars were inverted upon the shelf of a water - bath , and on this a raised platform supported the animal above the level of the surrounding water . During the severe frosty weather , the bath was kept close to a large fire , and ...
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... apparently lively and unaf fected , and it ate some oats and cabbage , introduced through the water under the glass . At seven , the animal's breathing was quickened , but it showed no signs of insensibility upon the Animal System . 5.
... apparently lively and unaf fected , and it ate some oats and cabbage , introduced through the water under the glass . At seven , the animal's breathing was quickened , but it showed no signs of insensibility upon the Animal System . 5.
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... glass than on the first , from the greater vigour of the former coming fresh out of the atmospheric air . But upon reference to my expe- riments , this does not appear , no appreciable difference being noticed . Lavoisier observed , in ...
... glass than on the first , from the greater vigour of the former coming fresh out of the atmospheric air . But upon reference to my expe- riments , this does not appear , no appreciable difference being noticed . Lavoisier observed , in ...
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... glass vessel containing the gas , the animal being raised above the water , and with other precautions , as practised in the experiments with oxygen . The effects of the gas were soon apparent , and in a little more than a quarter of an ...
... glass vessel containing the gas , the animal being raised above the water , and with other precautions , as practised in the experiments with oxygen . The effects of the gas were soon apparent , and in a little more than a quarter of an ...
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... glass in a state of stupor . The respira- tions became weaker and slower , and the nostrils ceased to move . In about two hours and a quarter the diaphragm was perfectly inactive . The animal was then removed and opened , when the ...
... glass in a state of stupor . The respira- tions became weaker and slower , and the nostrils ceased to move . In about two hours and a quarter the diaphragm was perfectly inactive . The animal was then removed and opened , when the ...
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