The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 pagini |
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... whilst by the former we only feel conditions of our own body . The limit between the sensations of touch and pain may be illustrated by the following example given by Ernst Heinrich Weber . If we place the edge of a sharp knife on the ...
... whilst by the former we only feel conditions of our own body . The limit between the sensations of touch and pain may be illustrated by the following example given by Ernst Heinrich Weber . If we place the edge of a sharp knife on the ...
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... whilst a great part of the objects and occurrences in nature would re- main a secret to us . By handling a body we could learn its shape and form just as thoroughly as by the eye , especially when we remember that the attention of the ...
... whilst a great part of the objects and occurrences in nature would re- main a secret to us . By handling a body we could learn its shape and form just as thoroughly as by the eye , especially when we remember that the attention of the ...
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... Whilst we can estimate the form of a body much better by the eye than by the touch , and by the latter . can only complete the knowledge obtained by the eye ; further , whilst by the aid of our muscles we estimate a force which produces ...
... Whilst we can estimate the form of a body much better by the eye than by the touch , and by the latter . can only complete the knowledge obtained by the eye ; further , whilst by the aid of our muscles we estimate a force which produces ...
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... whilst , by experience , we can tell the position of the hand at the same time . We can however only recog- nise all these positions and movements of our tactual limbs correctly after sufficient practice and experience . But as soon as ...
... whilst , by experience , we can tell the position of the hand at the same time . We can however only recog- nise all these positions and movements of our tactual limbs correctly after sufficient practice and experience . But as soon as ...
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... whilst the other , the sense of pressure , is much less so . In reality , we use both these means simultaneously in determining the weight of an object . Many interesting discoveries have been made by these experiments upon the sense of ...
... whilst the other , the sense of pressure , is much less so . In reality , we use both these means simultaneously in determining the weight of an object . Many interesting discoveries have been made by these experiments upon the sense of ...
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