AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. 
[THIRD SERIES] 
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Art. LX.— On the Transmission of Sensation and Volition 
through the Nerves.* Contribution from the Physical Labora- 
tory of the Cornell University; by M. M. Garver, B.S., Pro- 
fessor of Natural Science in Mercersburg College, Pa. 
_ During the winter of 1875-6 some experiments were made 
in the Physical Laboratory of the Cornell University, under the 
direction of Professor Wm. A. Anthony, to determine the rate 
of transmission through the nerves. The experiments were 
continued for a period of several months, during which some 
interesting and, as far as the writer’s knowledge goes, new 
results were obtained. 
screw and worked in a fixed nut; consequently when the 
handle was turned the cylinder gradually advanced in the 
direction of its axis. The tuning-fork, which was kept in 
vibration and regulated by one of Kénig’s automatic break- 
Pieces, bore upon one of its prongs a flexible style of brass 
which was placed in contact with the blackened paper. Then 
when the tuning-fork was set to vibrating and the cylinder 
*This arti inci of extracts from a presented by the 
author for eheatunc bt ctisk dacleanh commencement of the Cornell Univer- 
