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... bellows together by the handles , as represented in Fig . 18 , you contract the bellows- FIG . 18 . that is , you make the room in it smaller . A part of What are the capillaries ? Like what does the heart act ? How does it force out ...
... bellows together by the handles , as represented in Fig . 18 , you contract the bellows- FIG . 18 . that is , you make the room in it smaller . A part of What are the capillaries ? Like what does the heart act ? How does it force out ...
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... bellows , by hands and handles . Again , when you move the handles of the bellows apart , as represented in Fig . 19 , you FIG . 19 . enlarge the room in the bellows , and so the air rushes in to fill the vacant space . In like manner ...
... bellows , by hands and handles . Again , when you move the handles of the bellows apart , as represented in Fig . 19 , you FIG . 19 . enlarge the room in the bellows , and so the air rushes in to fill the vacant space . In like manner ...
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... bellows . In c and d you see the same thing represented when several fibres are together . If the fibres in c become shorter , so as to be as in d , the space they inclose is smaller . You readily see from this , that when all the ...
... bellows . In c and d you see the same thing represented when several fibres are together . If the fibres in c become shorter , so as to be as in d , the space they inclose is smaller . You readily see from this , that when all the ...
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... bellows in working them , as you blow the fire . Is the heart in action , or is it at rest , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the heart arranged ? Give the comparison made in §10 be- tween the action of these fibres and the ...
... bellows in working them , as you blow the fire . Is the heart in action , or is it at rest , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the heart arranged ? Give the comparison made in §10 be- tween the action of these fibres and the ...
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... bellows . Here the valve is open and the air is rushing in , just as the valves of the ventricle open and the blood rushes in when the ventricle dilates or enlarges . In Fig . 18 How are the valves between these apartments arranged ...
... bellows . Here the valve is open and the air is rushing in , just as the valves of the ventricle open and the blood rushes in when the ventricle dilates or enlarges . In Fig . 18 How are the valves between these apartments arranged ...
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Page 112 - This is one reason also why it is made up of so many different bones, instead of being one solid, tight box. If a blow be received on the head, these bones give a little upon each other, as it is expressed, and so they are not often broken. They give more in the child than in the adult, because, besides being less brittle, they are less tightly put together. It is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the skull would often be fractured, in the frequent falls which the child has. 9. The bones on...
Page 169 - It is often produced by the vibration of the air. This is the case in whistling. In the flute it is the vibration of the air in the instrument that produces the sound. And so of other similar instruments. 3. When the vibrations are equal, the sound is a musical one. But when they are irregular, the sound is a noise, that is, a confused sound. 4. Sound passes through the air by vibrations. It may be said to pass by waves in all directions, just as waves go in all directions on the surface of water...
Page 54 - ... supply of impure air afforded by the Yoga exercises, we should aim at a large supply of pure air. How is this to be secured ? The air we breathe goes down into the lungs, which are full of small air cells, somewhat like a sponge. As a sponge is much larger when its cells are filled with water than when dry, so the lungs swell out when their cells are filled with air. How many little air cells are there in the lungs ? About sixty lakhs ! The air after staying a little time in the air cells, goes...