| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 628 pages
...Muschenbroek gave Reaumer an account of the effect produced upon him by the first experiment. He states, that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders,...and breast, so that h'e lost his breath, and was two days before he rtcovered from the effects of the blow and the terror." He declared, that " be would... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1846 - 454 pages
...extravagant accounts of its effects. M. Muschenbrock, a philosopher of Leyden, of much eminence, said that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 pages
...effect produced upon him by the first experiment. He states, that " he felt himself struck in his arras, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror." He declared, that " he would... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...have been greatly exaggerated. Muschenbroek, writing an account of the experiments to Kdaumur, states that ' he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders,...and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; ' and adds, that ' he would... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1851 - 492 pages
...extravagant accounts of its effects. M. Muschenhrock a philosopher of Leyden. of much eminence. said that -; he felt himself struck in his arms shoulders and breast, so that he lost his breath ; anJ it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror. adding, that... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 606 pages
...Muscheubroeck first felt the shock, which resulted from a thin glass bowl, and very slight, he wrote to Reaumur, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so violently, that he lost his breath, and was two whole days before he recovered from the effects of... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1852 - 372 pages
...submitted to its effects. Muschenbroek, who tried the experiment with a thin glass bowl, told his friend Reaumur, that he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast ; that he lost his breath for a time, and did not feel himself well again for two days. He adds, that... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1853 - 548 pages
...but the terror was evidently increased by its coming so completely unexpected. When M. Muschenbroek first felt the shock, which was by means of a thin...before he recovered from the effects of the blow. C. Perhaps he meant the fright. T. Terror seems to have been the eflect of the shock ; for lie adds,... | |
| Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1853 - 210 pages
...accustomed calmly to investigate physical phenomena. M. Muschenbroeck, for example, says in a letter to M. Reaumur, that he felt himself struck in his...and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror. He adds, that he " would not... | |
| John Obadiah N. Rutter - 1854 - 266 pages
...When first witnessed, it occurred by what perhaps might be fairly called accident. The narrator states that, " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders,...and breast, so that he lost his breath, and was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror." Another, who made the experiment... | |
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