 | John Gamgee - Animals - 1861 - 660 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye." When the ventricle contracts, the blood strikes against the auriculo-ventricular valves, which close... | |
 | John Gamgee - 1861 - 748 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eya" When the ventricle contracts, the blood strikes against the auriculo-ventricular valves, which... | |
 | William Senhouse Kirkes - Human physiology - 1869 - 866 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which, falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye." The ventricles contract much more slowly than the auricles, and in their contraction, probably always... | |
 | John Call Dalton - Human physiology - 1871 - 764 pages
...against the steel, elicits a spark, which falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the Same extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye." The above description indicates precisely the manner in which the contraction of the ventricle follows... | |
 | Hygiene - 1871 - 602 pages
...comes the flint, strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which falling among the powder ignites it, the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...the ball, and the mark is attained ; all of which, by reason of the celerity with which they happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye." Sounds... | |
 | William Senhouse Kirkes - 1872 - 894 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which, falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye." The ventricles contract much more slowly than the auricles, and in their contraction, probably always... | |
 | John Call Dalton - 1875 - 890 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion, propels the ball, nnd the mark is attained ; all of which incidents, by reason of the celerity with which they happen,... | |
 | 1897 - 328 pages
...strikes against the wheel, produces a spark, which falling among the powder, ignites it, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye. . . . Even so does it come to pass with the movements and action of the heart. . . . Whether or not... | |
 | Sir D'Arcy Power - Blood - 1897 - 326 pages
...strikes against the wheel, produces a spark, which falling among the powder, ignites it, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...happen, seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye. . . . Even so does it come to pass with the movements and action of the heart. . . . Whether or not... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 484 pages
...strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which, falling among the powder, it is ignited, upon which the flame extends, enters the barrel, causes the explosion,...deglutition: by the elevation of the root of the tongue, the compression of the mouth, the food or drink is pushed into the fauces, the larynx is closed by... | |
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... wheel gives motion to another, yet all the wheels seem to move simultaneously; or in that mechanical contrivance which is adapted to firearms, where the trigger being touched, down comes the flint, strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which... 
