Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Issue 291881 |
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... Energy . Whether it be plant or animal , the whole of its energy must come from without itself , being either absorbed di- rectly or stored up in the food.5 An animal like a machine , only transforms its energy . Lavoisier's guinea ...
... Energy . Whether it be plant or animal , the whole of its energy must come from without itself , being either absorbed di- rectly or stored up in the food.5 An animal like a machine , only transforms its energy . Lavoisier's guinea ...
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... energy evolved daily by the human body would raise it to a height of about six miles.8 But beside heat , work may be the outcome of the organism ; and this through the agency of the muscles . Their absolute obedience to mechanical law ...
... energy evolved daily by the human body would raise it to a height of about six miles.8 But beside heat , work may be the outcome of the organism ; and this through the agency of the muscles . Their absolute obedience to mechanical law ...
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... energy elsewhere . In the opinion of Cumming , it is the loss of energy which is owing to the unsymmetrical swinging of the molecules on the two sides of the surfaces of contact , which reappears as difference of potential be- tween the ...
... energy elsewhere . In the opinion of Cumming , it is the loss of energy which is owing to the unsymmetrical swinging of the molecules on the two sides of the surfaces of contact , which reappears as difference of potential be- tween the ...
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... energy , which is believed to be electrical . There is evidently a close analogy between the nerve and the muscle , the nerve - fibre like the fibrilla being composed of cells , and having a positive electric charge upon the exterior ...
... energy , which is believed to be electrical . There is evidently a close analogy between the nerve and the muscle , the nerve - fibre like the fibrilla being composed of cells , and having a positive electric charge upon the exterior ...
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... energy of nerve moves at the rate of only 28 metres per second is really no proof that it is not electricity.55 But even if it shall appear that the nervous energy is not elec- trical , the argument is not weakened , since on no theory ...
... energy of nerve moves at the rate of only 28 metres per second is really no proof that it is not electricity.55 But even if it shall appear that the nervous energy is not elec- trical , the argument is not weakened , since on no theory ...
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