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Show CONTENTS OF TilE ADDITIONAL NOTES. NOTC: IV. MUSQUITO. · b Tll e lnrva lives chi efly in water; 1t may e u·1 n• vcn away I> y stn oJ ·c ,· gn""'· ts ,· li l> ~1 - lula; a.•stros bovis ; botts ; musca cha01 <el on; vomitori a. • OTE V. AMPH rBIO\JS ANIMALS. Diticlon ha both lung· and gills; some amphibio us 'quadru peds have th foram en. ovalc open ; p ·rhap it !llay h • kept open in c.! g by frequent immcr:;ioll so as to r •ncl r tli ent amphibiou ·; pearl divers; , di tinctions of amphibious animals; lampr ·y ; leech; r 'lnora ; whale. NOTE VI. IIIEROGLYPHIC CHARACTE RS. Used by the magi of Egypt tor cord di coveries in sc ience, and hi storical cv nts ; as trology an early super tition; uuivcr al characte r de irablc ; Grey's Memoria Tcchnica; B ·rgeret 's .Botanical Nomenclature ; Bishop W ilkin 's Real Character' and Ph' losophieal Langl.lagc. NOTE VII. OLD AGE AND DEATH. I. Immediat cause of th ' infirmi ties of age not y t v 11 a ee rtaincd; innsl b sought in th laws of animal exci tability ; debil ity induced by ina ·tivity of many pans of the syst m; organs of sense be ·omc k s xcit n.blc ; this ascribtd to habit ; l1lay arise from dcficil'llt Recr tion of sen orial pow ·r; all parls of the ys tcm not ch.mgcd as we ad\'aucc in life. H. M 'an of' preventin g old age; warm ba tll ; fi shes; cold -blooded arnphibion · animals ; f<Tm entcd liquoJ'S injurious; algo want of heat, food, and fn·sh a.ir; variati ou of stimuli; voli tion ·; a :1.i vity. 11 r. Theory of th approach of age; smpri · ; novelty ; why con tagious diseases a.lli ct a person bnt one ; debility; death. NOTJ;: Vlll. REPH.OD UCTrON. l. Di otiugni sltc · animation from mechanism; solitary and sex ual; buds and bulbs; :tph ises ; teni a; vc1lvox; polypus; oy ster; cl; hermaphrodites. H. Sex ual. Ill. Inferior vcgctaule · auc.l anilll als propagatc by solitary generation only; next order by botl1 ; superior by sexual generation a.loue. IV. Animals arc improved by r production ; contagious diseases ; reproduction a mystery. ' • CONTE T'J'S CH Tlp~ ADDITION L TQTI•.S. NO'J E I. . STOI1 i l ~ . P{:l icans ; r 'g~.:ons ; iu;;ti ll ct,; of ~lllim al s :lC''!Uircd hy < prc \' i t)ll ~ :-.l;il<', and l f <l lh ... lllitlcd by Lradiu 11; p:m ntal love ori giuates ~-rom pl ensme. N<rn: X. EVJ•: FHO.l\{ ./\DAM'S RIB . Mosaic hi story of Paradi se supposed by some lo be ~lit all egory; J•:gyptian p\,do;-;u. pher: , and ollH: rs, suppo:,;cd manki11 I Lo have been originally of' both sexes u11 itr·J. NOTE. XI. JJERE.D.LTAHY DTSI•:ASES. Mo t affl!ct the offspring of :;;olitary reprodu ction; grafted trees) sl raw bcrrie ~ , potatoes ; changing seed; intermarriage ; ln;rcc.li tal")' di sca cs owing to indn lgc11ce io fe rm ented licluors; inunodc:rale use of common salt; improvement ofprogeny; ha zardous to marry an heiress. NOTE XII . CHEMfCAL TUEOHY Of ELf..:CTHIC lTY AND MAGNE:TJSM. [. Attrac tion and repul sion . . T f. Two kinds of' electric · ether; atmospheres of electricity surround all scparal · bod ies ; atmo phcn:s of ·imi lar k ind~ repel, of different kinds attrac t c:u:h other strongly; explode on uni ting ; noncundliClors; imperfect conductors ; perfect conductors ; torpedo, gymnoluR, galvani Ill . 11 L Effect of metallic point :; . IV. A ·cumulation of c:lcc1r1c <.'I hers by con tacl. V. By vicinity; Volta's tl cc1 roplwn1· and Bcn twL's do ubler. VI. I y heat and by decompo ilion ; the tou rmalin; cats ; ga lvanic pile ; <.'V~l p ration of water. V lT. The spark from the cond uctor ; elt <: trit: light ; not accou nted for by Franklin's theory. Vfl f. Shock from a. coated ja r; perh aps <Ill un rcstrain::~bl e ·ethereal fluid yet unobserved; t:lcctric t.:ondll1 ation. rX. G·1lvanic electri city. X. Two magn tic ethers; analogy between magneti ·m and , lcc trici ty; di ffcren <'ci:i between them. X r. Conclusion. NOTE XlJl. ANALYSIS OF TASTE. Taste may sigll if'y the pk:umrcs received by an~ ofy1e sense , but not ~h~sc v.hich :-ilmply all nd p rceptiou ; fow sources of pleasure m VISion . I. Novelty ~~r 111frcqu~: uc r of visi ble object :- ; surprise. 11. Rcpdi tion; beat ing of a dru:n; dancmg; arch1tec-. tmc ; landscapes ; pi ctnrcsquc; beautiful; romantic; sublnnc. IT f. Melody ot t ' !oms. IV. A sociatiou of agreeable sentiment with visible objects ; vi sion the language of tou ch ; sentiment of hea uty. • |