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Parlour magic. (1838)

Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889, publisher., Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, printer., McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Philadelphia : H. Perkins, 134 Chestnut Street, MDCCCXXXVIII [1838] · leaf 175

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ILLUSIONS OF TOUCH. … sense of touch in these parts, It is a general law, that in the more sensitive portions of the skin, any two points appear to be further asunder from each other, than points of equal distance appear to be to a less sensitive portion. The same experiments may be made by holding together the…

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