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... the lungs ? What is the difference between the air that you breathe in , and that which you breathe out ? Explain the experiment with the bird . united with a gas called oxygen . The amount of 68 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
... the lungs ? What is the difference between the air that you breathe in , and that which you breathe out ? Explain the experiment with the bird . united with a gas called oxygen . The amount of 68 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
Page 69
... oxygen and nitrogen . It is the oxygen that unites with the blood . 31. You see , then , that a sort of exchange is made in the lungs . The blood comes there from all parts of the body full of carbonic acid gas . This it lets out in all ...
... oxygen and nitrogen . It is the oxygen that unites with the blood . 31. You see , then , that a sort of exchange is made in the lungs . The blood comes there from all parts of the body full of carbonic acid gas . This it lets out in all ...
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For the Use of Schools Worthington Hooker. acid gas and take in oxygen . An exchange , then , is constantly going on between our lungs and the leaves . Our lungs give them carbonic acid gas , and they give our lungs oxygen . his lungs ...
For the Use of Schools Worthington Hooker. acid gas and take in oxygen . An exchange , then , is constantly going on between our lungs and the leaves . Our lungs give them carbonic acid gas , and they give our lungs oxygen . his lungs ...
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... oxygen also unites in the capillaries with another substance , a gas called hydro- gen . It is this union of the oxygen with the carbon and the hydrogen that makes the heat of the body . 33. Now this is very much like what takes place ...
... oxygen also unites in the capillaries with another substance , a gas called hydro- gen . It is this union of the oxygen with the carbon and the hydrogen that makes the heat of the body . 33. Now this is very much like what takes place ...
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... oxygen of the air ; and it is this union that makes the heat that is given out . So too , when the chemist burns oxygen and hydrogen gas together , it is their union that produces the heat . So it is in the capillaries of the body . The ...
... oxygen of the air ; and it is this union that makes the heat that is given out . So too , when the chemist burns oxygen and hydrogen gas together , it is their union that produces the heat . So it is in the capillaries of the body . The ...
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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...