Physiological fragments : to which are added supplementary observations to shew that vital and chemical energies are of the same nature, and both derived from solar light / by John Bywater.

  • Bywater, John.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Physiological fragments : to which are added supplementary observations to shew that vital and chemical energies are of the same nature, and both derived from solar light / by John Bywater. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REMARKS ON MATTER IN GENERAL. The term Matter, in its most extensive acceptation, is generally applied to those bodies which have length, breadth, and thick- ness, and which impart to us an idea of tan- gibility. These are well known properties, which most bodies possess that are cognizable to our senses ; but in taking a more particular view of some branches of physiology, we shall have to consider matter or agencies which have none of these tangible qualities, and can only be analogically detected by the nicest experiments and observations.