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Philosophical Observations on the Senses of Vision and Hearing: To Which Are Added, a Treatise on Harmonic Sounds, and an Essay on Combustion and Animal Heat: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine

Autor John Elliott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iul 2013
Although first to suggest the possibility of light frequencies beyond the visible spectrum, the natural philosopher John Elliott (1747–87) was better known at his death for his failed suicide in front of the woman he loved. Tried for attempting to shoot her, he was acquitted but died in prison awaiting trial on the lesser charge of assault. First published in 1780, this work was his most important. Contemporary science held that vibrations of the air were directly communicated to the optic and auditory nerves and passed on to the sensorium, while Elliot proposed, through experimentation upon himself, the existence of sensory receptors, each tuned to only a limited part of the spectrum of physical frequencies. This insight led him to postulate the existence of what we now know to be ultraviolet and infrared radiation, thus paving the way for further discoveries in human sensory perception.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108061711
ISBN-10: 1108061710
Pagini: 236
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Part I. Observations on the Senses: 1. Of vision; 2. Of taste, smell and feeling; 3. Of hearing; 4. Other phenomena of hearing; 5. An appendix to the foregoing essay; Part II. A Treatise on Harmonic Sounds: Introduction; The theory of harmonic sounds; Part III. An Inquiry into Combustion: 1. The principal phenomena of incombustible bodies; 2. The phenomena of combustible bodies; 3. Of the principle on which combustion depends; 4. Of the phlogiston; 5. Of the heat and light attending combustion; 6. Of the continuance of combustion; 7. A speculation; 8. Of the origin of heat in combustion; 9. Of the light and colours which arise on the ignition, and combustion of bodies; 10. Of respiration, and animal heat; 11. Of the vital and other motions of the body; 12. Of the action of the fibres, or muscular motion; Appendix.

Descriere

Published in 1780, this was the first work to suggest that specific receptors were responsible for communicating auditory and optical sensation.