Psychology proved by physical science / abstracted from a paper by James Croll ; read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain, Thursday, March 15, 1877, by the President.

  • Croll, James, 1821-1890.
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[1877]
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Credit: Psychology proved by physical science / abstracted from a paper by James Croll ; read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain, Thursday, March 15, 1877, by the President. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PSYCHOLOGY PROVED BY PHYSICAL SCIENCE. {Abstracted from a Paper by James Croll, Esq., F.R.S., President of the Geological Surrey of Scotland. Read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain, Thursday, March 15, 1877, by the President.) Mr. James Croll, of Edinburgh, one of our distinguished Honorary Members, is desirous to submit to the considera- tion of the Psychological Society his theory of ff What determines Molecular Motion,” so far as it bears upon the great Science to the advancement of which this Society is devoted. But I regret to say that he is labouring under a physical infirmity of sight, which prevents him from writing, as otherwise he would have preferred to do. In these circumstances he has supplied me with materials for present- ing m a condensed form the very important conclusions at which he has arrived and the clear and sustained argument by which he supports them. His profound and original views were originally given to the world in a paper which [177]