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... less affected . If we take a piece of marble , which is composed of carbonic acid and lime , and break it into a thousand fragments , each portion will be found to consist of carbonic acid and lime . The mass will be destroyed ; but the ...
... less affected . If we take a piece of marble , which is composed of carbonic acid and lime , and break it into a thousand fragments , each portion will be found to consist of carbonic acid and lime . The mass will be destroyed ; but the ...
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... less and less in the progress of life . During the whole of existence , too , the quantity of fluids in the body fluctuates . At times , there is plethora or unusual fulness of bloodvessels ; at others , the blood is less in quantity ...
... less and less in the progress of life . During the whole of existence , too , the quantity of fluids in the body fluctuates . At times , there is plethora or unusual fulness of bloodvessels ; at others , the blood is less in quantity ...
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... less extent in every tissue . Elasticity is only exerted under particular circumstances : when the part , for example , is put upon the stretch or compressed , the force of elasticity restores it to its primitive state , as soon as the ...
... less extent in every tissue . Elasticity is only exerted under particular circumstances : when the part , for example , is put upon the stretch or compressed , the force of elasticity restores it to its primitive state , as soon as the ...
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... less , by the evaporation of moist- ure , and to expand again by its reabsorption ; hence the employment of such substances as hygrometers . According to M. Chevreul , 2 many of the tissues are indebted for their physical properties to ...
... less , by the evaporation of moist- ure , and to expand again by its reabsorption ; hence the employment of such substances as hygrometers . According to M. Chevreul , 2 many of the tissues are indebted for their physical properties to ...
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... less dense than that which is in the cavity , there is a tendency in the cavity to expel the denser and absorb the rarer fluid . This M. Dutrochet termed endos mose or " inward impulsion ; " and he conceived it to be a new power , a ...
... less dense than that which is in the cavity , there is a tendency in the cavity to expel the denser and absorb the rarer fluid . This M. Dutrochet termed endos mose or " inward impulsion ; " and he conceived it to be a new power , a ...
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