 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1860 - 718 pages
...only ; — that it becomes charged under the influence of nervous action and discharged immediatelv that action ceases, somewhat like soft iron under...hours, or even longer. " I must here explain that in electro-physiological experiments it is highly advantageous to employ, as extremities of the galvanometer,... | |
 | 1861 - 692 pages
...may be shown by experiment that the action of that organ never ceases, and that round the body of the torpedo, and probably of every other electric fish,...angle for twenty or thirty hours, or even longer. The electric organ, or a portion of it, detached from the fish and kept at the temperature of freezing,... | |
 | Medicine - 1861 - 386 pages
...conclusively shown by experiment, that the action of that organ never ceases; and that round the body of the torpedo, and probably of every other electric fish,...from the living fish and placed between the ends of the galvanometer, the needle remains deflected at a constant angle for twenty or thirty hours, or even... | |
 | Science - 1862 - 338 pages
...case. The electric organ is always charged. It may be conclusively shown by experiment that the actiou of that organ never ceases, and that round the body...hours, or even longer. I must here explain that in electro-physiological experiments it is highly advantageous to employ, as extremities of the galvanometer,... | |
 | Henry Watts - 1864 - 1002 pages
...under the control of the will, but is always charged, and that, round the body of the torpedo, and of every other electric fish, there is a continual...the needle remains deflected at a constant angle for 20 or 30 hours, or even longer. The electric organ, or a portion of it detached from the fish and kept... | |
 | Henry Watts - Chemistry - 1870 - 1000 pages
...under the control of the will, but is always charged, and that, round the body of the torpedo, and of every other electric fish, there is a continual...needle remains deflected at a constant, angle for 20 or 30 hours, or even longer. The electric organ, or a portion of it detached from the fish and kept... | |
 | Henry Watts - 1882 - 1046 pages
...euttniy under the control of the wiU, but is always charged, and that, round the body of the torpedo, and of every other electric fish, there is a continual...the needle remains deflected at a constant angle for 20 or 30 hours, or even longer. The electric organ, or a portion of it detached from the fish and kept... | |
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Torpedo, and probably of every other electric fish, there is a continual circulation of electricity in the liquid medium in which the animal is immersed. In fact, when the electric organ, or even a fragment of it, is removed from the living fish and placed... 