I counted the perspiratory pores on the palm of the hand, and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand,... Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine - Page 473edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
| Agriculture - 1860 - 604 pages
...and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the pslm of the hand, there exists a length of tube equsl to 882 inches, or 73J feet." " To obtain sn estimate... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows iliiit in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand there...length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet. Surely such an amount of drainage as seventy-three feet in every square inch of skin, assuming this... | |
| Veterinary medicine - 1845 - 904 pages
...and found 3528 in a square inch. Now each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square...length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet. Surely such an amount of drainage as 73 feet in every square inch of skin, assuming this to be the... | |
| Medicine - 1846 - 408 pages
...striking example of its extraordinary structure, we may mention that Mr. Wilson has counted 3528 of those pores in a square inch on the palm of the hand ; and...there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, 73 feet. In other parts of the body the pores are not so numerous. " Taking 2800 as a fair average... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1846 - 588 pages
...of human understanding." NUMBER OF PORES IN THE HUMAN FRAME.—Mr. Erasmus Wilson has counted 3,528 of these pores in a square inch on the palm of the...that, in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand,there \ exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73 feet. In other parts of the body the... | |
| Robley Dunglison - Physiology - 1846 - 704 pages
...and found 3528 in a square inch; and each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows, that in a square...length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet. To obtain an estimate of the length of tube of the perspiratory system of the whole surface of the... | |
| Medicine - 1846 - 598 pages
...found 3528 in a. square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square...there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 734 feet. Surely such an amount of drainage as 73 feet m every square inch of skin, assuming this to... | |
| 1846 - 910 pages
...found 3528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that, in a square...there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73^feet Surely such an amount of drainage as seventy-three feet in every square inch of skin, assuming... | |
| Veterinary medicine - 1846 - 424 pages
...and found 3528 in a square inch. Now each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square...there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73J feet. Surely such an amount of drainage as 73 feet in every square inch of skin, assuming this... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1846 - 610 pages
...found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about n quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square...there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or ?3j feet. Surely such an amount of drainage as seventy-three feet in every square inch of skin, assuming... | |
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