CARPENTER, WILLIAM B[ENJAMIN] (1813-1885), - On the Mutual Relations of the Vital and Physical Forces.
Extracted from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1850. London: 1850. Pp. 727-757+[1]. 4to. Extracted from a bound volume. A very good copy. Uncommon. Carpenter here argues that heat and light suffice to explain the vitality of living forms and that no additional "vital" principle is required. 4.0 ounces = 114 grams. 12.0 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches = 30 x 23 x 2cm. At the time of writing, Examiner in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of London, Carpenter is most famous in the history of psychology & science for being one of the first (along with Thomas Laycock) to articulate the idea of unconscious cerebration (in his 1874 Principles of Mental Physiology, but first introduced in the outline of psychology section of the 1852 4th edition of his Principles of Human Physiology). Binding: PB.
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