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202 *Life, nature of, 3, 25


 * Magellan, reference to, 50
 * Malapterurus, 187
 * Man-current, 176
 * Marey, reference to, 50
 * Matteucci, reference to, 173
 * Milk, 137, 140
 * Movements, chemical, 7; molecular, 4; physical, 4; reflex, 195; voluntary, 194
 * Muscle, breathing of, 122; chemical changes in, 121; chemical substances in, 141; elasticity of, 83; electric currents in, 167, 168; energy liberated by, 146; as an engine, 142; effects of exercise on, 158; extensibility of, 82; fatigue of, 152; irritability of, 86; respiratory exchanges in, 127; rhythmic movements of, 132; sound of, 80; structure of, 192; tetanus of, 71, 73; twitch of, 29, 67, 75; wear and tear of, 144; action of, in gases, 128; work done by, 149
 * Muscle-bell, the, 27, 28
 * Muscles of arm, 16
 * Myograph of Fick, 34; the railway, 61; the spring, 106

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 * , 169, 172
 * Nerve-cells, 97, 188
 * Nerve-current, nature of, 110; measurement of rapidity of,
 * Nerve-muscle preparation, 28
 * Nerve, structure of, 96
 * Nobili, reference to, 179


 * Oersted, reference to, 179


 * , the, 54


 * Rutherford, thermometer of, 50


 * Sanderson, Burdon, reference to, 112
 * Schäfer, reference to, 94
 * Sclater, P. L., reference to, 192
 * Spring, vibrating, for tetanus, 69
 * Steel cylinders, 11
 * Sugar in milk, 138


 * , effects of, on life of tissues, 24
 * Tetanus, 71, 73
 * Thermal junctions, 114; pile, 115
 * Thunderer fish, 187
 * Time, measurement of, 51
 * Tissues, breathing of, 124
 * Torpedo, the, 181
 * Torula cerevisiæ, 8
 * Tuning-forks, 10, 58


 * , 45
 * Volla, reference to, 178
 * Voluntary motions, time in, 79
 * Vril, 180


 * Waller, Augustus, reference to, 171
 * Warm-blooded animals, 24
 * Watt, James, reference to, 87
 * Wiedemann, galvanometer of, 162
 * Wimshurst, machine of, 45
 * Wollaston, reference to, 80
 * , 8
 * Young, Thomas, reference to, 55
 * Young, Thomas, reference to, 55

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