 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1810 - 414 σελίδες
...result of the observations T ha\e been able to make upon the phenomena of animal light* Tha properly of emitting light is confined to animals of "the"...animal. In the second case, the luminous appearance is nsually permanent until it becomes extinct, after which it may be restored directly by friction, concussion,... | |
 | 1811 - 544 σελίδες
...darkness ; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort ; and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case, the...the luminous matter (while in the living body) only indirectly,by exciting theanimal — The luminous matter, in all situations, so far from possessing... | |
 | 1811 - 718 σελίδες
...increased by a muscular effort, and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. Jn i he second case, the luminous appearance is usually permanent, until it becomes extinct, alter which it may be restored directly by friction, concussion, and the application of warmth, u hu... | |
 | 1812 - 822 σελίδες
...darkness ; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort ; and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case, the luminous арреаг.шсс is usually permanent until. .-it' becomes extinct, after which it may be restored... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - 1815 - 580 σελίδες
...commonly produced or increased by a muscular exertion, and is sometimes absolutely dependant on the wilt of the animal. In the second case the luminous appearance...friction, concussion, and the application of warmth, which las* causes operate on the luminous matter (while in the living body^ only indirectly by exciting the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 σελίδες
...darkness ; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort ; and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case, the...; which last causes operate on the luminous matter (white in the living body,) only indirectly by exciting the animal. — The lummous matter, in all... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 σελίδες
...darkness, is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort, and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case, the...warmth, which last causes operate on the luminous matter only indirectly by exciting the animal. The luminous matter, in all situations, is incombustible, and... | |
 | 1868 - 746 σελίδες
...darkness ; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort, and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case the...it becomes extinct, after which it may be restored by friction, concussion, and the application of warmth, which last cause, operates on the luminous... | |
 | 1842 - 496 σελίδες
...darkness ; is commonly produced, or increased, by a muscular effort, and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case the...it becomes extinct, after which it may be restored by friction, concussion, and the application of warmth, which last cause operates on the luminous matter... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1870 - 326 σελίδες
...darkness; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular effort, and is sometimes absolutely dependent upon the will of the animal. In the second case the...it becomes extinct, after which it may be restored by friction, concussion, and the application of warmth, which last cause operates on the luminous matter... | |
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... The light is differently regulated, when the luminous matter exists in the living body, and when it is abstracted from it. In the first case, it is intermitting, or alternated with periods of darkness ; is commonly produced or increased by a muscular... 
