American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... cranium is completely filled circulation ; and breathe by means of by the brain . The eyes are closed by eye- ed out of the cranium , and the labyrinth lids . The tympanum of the ear is hollow- is excavated in the bone . Besides the ...
... cranium is completely filled circulation ; and breathe by means of by the brain . The eyes are closed by eye- ed out of the cranium , and the labyrinth lids . The tympanum of the ear is hollow- is excavated in the bone . Besides the ...
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... cranium are much more completely ossified at the time of birth , in the mammalia , than in man . In the former the fontanells are hardly dis- cernible . When we compare the pelvis , and the whole mechanism of parturition in the woman ...
... cranium are much more completely ossified at the time of birth , in the mammalia , than in man . In the former the fontanells are hardly dis- cernible . When we compare the pelvis , and the whole mechanism of parturition in the woman ...
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... cranium presents a very remarkable singularity in the elephant . Its two tables are separated from each other , to a considerable extent , by numerous bony processes ; between The variations in the situations of the occipital foramen ...
... cranium presents a very remarkable singularity in the elephant . Its two tables are separated from each other , to a considerable extent , by numerous bony processes ; between The variations in the situations of the occipital foramen ...
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... cranium in the ostrich , eagle , and owl , present examples of a similar for- mation , attended with the same uses ; viz . those of increasing the bulk and strength of the bone , and diminishing its weight . A comparison of the human ...
... cranium in the ostrich , eagle , and owl , present examples of a similar for- mation , attended with the same uses ; viz . those of increasing the bulk and strength of the bone , and diminishing its weight . A comparison of the human ...
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... cranium , is augmented . On the contrary , when the brain is large , the volume of the cranium is increased in proportion to that of the face . A large cranium and small face indicate therefore a large brain , with inconsiderable organs ...
... cranium , is augmented . On the contrary , when the brain is large , the volume of the cranium is increased in proportion to that of the face . A large cranium and small face indicate therefore a large brain , with inconsiderable organs ...
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