 Suppose a human mason to be put down by the side of a pile of stones of various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a dome of these, smooth on both surfaces, without using more than the least possible quantity of a very tenacious, but very costly,...  The Microscope and Its Revelations - Page 541by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1875 - 848 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1873 - 866 pages
...casings, of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the side of a great pile of stones of various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a dome of these, smooth on... | |
 | 1873 - 896 pages
...casings, of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the side of a great pile of stones of various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a dome of fhese, smooth on... | |
 | Great Britain - 1873 - 966 pages
...casings, of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the side of a great pile of stones of various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a dome of these, smooth on... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Mind and body - 1874 - 774 pages
...casings of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. a. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the side of...pile of stones of various shapes and sizes, and to bo told to build a dome of these, smooth on both surfaces, without using more than the least possible... | |
 | 1878 - 794 pages
...projection of its protoplasmic substance. Dr. Carpenter observes as cited in the work before us : " Suppose a human mason to be put down by the side of...he accomplished this well, he would receive credit fir great intelligence and skill. Yet this is exactly what these little ' jelly specks ' do on a most... | |
 | Joseph John Murphy - Biology - 1879 - 650 pages
...casings of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. Suppose a human mason to be put down by the side of...possible quantity of a very tenacious but very costly element in holding the stones together. 1 See p. 86. If he accomplished this well, he would receive... | |
 | Joseph John Murphy - 1879 - 636 pages
...casings of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. Suppose a human mason to be put down by the side of...possible quantity of a very tenacious but very costly element in holding the stones together. 1 See p. 86. If he accomplished this well, he would receive... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Psychology - 1883 - 848 pages
...most artificial construction. a. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the aide of a pile of atones of various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a 43 dome of these, smooth on both surfaces, without using more than the least possible quantity of a... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Human information processing - 1894 - 824 pages
...casings of the most regular geometrical symmetry of form, and of the most artificial construction. ,i. Suppose a Human mason to be put down by the side of...various shapes and sizes, and to be told to build a J«me of these, smooth on both surfaces, without using more than the least possible quantity of a very... | |
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