... viz : twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen of New Holland, fifty-six of the island of Timor, seventeen Frenchmen belonging to the expedition, and fourteen Englishmen in the colony of New South Wales. The following numbers express the mean... Walker's Manly exercises. Revised by 'Craven'. - Page 17by Donald Walker - 1840Full view - About this book
| Sir William Lawrence - Anatomy, Comparative - 1819 - 646 pages
...attention to the strength of the arms and of the loins, making trial with several individuals of each kind; viz. twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen...numbers express the mean result in each case; but the details are all given in a tabular form in the original. 1TREXOTH of the Anns. of the Loin*. Kilogramme!.... | |
| Sir William Lawrence - Anthropology - 1823 - 546 pages
...natives of Van Dieman's » HERRERA, Dec. I. lib. ix. cap. 5. + VOLNEY, Tableau del Elati-uni>; tip 447. Land, seventeen of New Holland, fifty-six of the island...numbers express the mean result in each case ; but the details are all given in a tabular form in the original. STRKNGTH of (be Anns. of the Loins. Kilogrammes.... | |
| Sir William Lawrence - Anatomy, Comparative - 1828 - 526 pages
...to the strength of the arm« and of the loins, mak9 ing trial with several individualsofeach kind ; viz. twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen...fourteen Englishmen in the colony of New South Wales. * HERRKRA, Dec. I. lib. ix. cap. 5. 1 VOLNF.V, Taljleaud.es Etuts-unis ; t. 1. p. 447. The following... | |
| Natural history - 1831 - 420 pages
...attention to the strength of the arms and of the loins, making trial with several individuals of each kind, viz : twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen...numbers express the mean result in each case ; but the details are all given in a tabular form in the original. STRENGTH of the Arms. of the Loins. Kilogrammes.... | |
| Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - Physiology - 1838 - 558 pages
...the strength of the arms and of the loins, making trials on several individuals of various nations, viz. twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen...fourteen Englishmen in the colony of New South Wales. The results are stated in the following table. It may be observed that the value of the kilogramme is about... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animals - 1845 - 510 pages
...southern hemisphere a dynamometer, with which he experimented on the following number of individuals : twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen of New Holland, fifty-six of the island of Timor, — a fine race of men, — seventeen Frenchmen, and fourteen Englishmen. The following numbers express... | |
| Sir William Lawrence - Anatomy, Comparative - 1848 - 502 pages
...to the strength of the arms and of the loins, making trial with several individuals of each kind ; viz. twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land, seventeen...numbers express the mean result in each case ; but the details are all given in a tabular form in the original. STRENGTH. ' of the Arms. of the Loins.... | |
| Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...and loins, he made trial on individuals of different nations, viz. : twelve natives of Van Djemen's Land, seventeen of New Holland, fifty-six of the island of Timor, seventeen Frenchmen, aud fourteen Englishmen. Tho following was the mean result : — STREKGTR Of the Arms. Of the Loins.... | |
| Robley Dunglison - Human physiology - 1850 - 736 pages
...attention to the strength of the arms and loins, making trial on several individuals of different nations ; twelve natives of Van Diemen's Land ; seventeen of...Englishmen in the colony of New South Wales. The following was the mean, result : — DURATION OF MUSCULAR CONTRACTION. 1. Van Diemen's Land, ... 2. New Holland,... | |
| Donald Walker - Athletics - 1856 - 438 pages
...that he has derived all the advantages which can possibly result from the training process. structed as to indicate on a dial-plate the relative force...tabular form in the original : — Strength of the Arms. Strength of the Loins. Kilogrammes. Myriagrammes. 1. Van Diemen's Land .... 50.6 2. New Holland... | |
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