James Hamilton, the younger (1767–1839).

Fraud And Illusion In The Anti-newtonian Rear Guard - The Coultaud-mercier Affair And Bertier's Experiments, 1767-1777

G. F. Parrot and the theory of unconscious inferences.

In 1839, Georg Friedrich Parrot (1767-1852) published a short note about a peculiar visual phenomenon--the diminishing of the size of external objects situated at a relatively small distance from the window of a fast-moving train. For the explanation of this illusion, Parrot proposed a concept of unconscious inferences, a very rapid syllogistic conclusion from two premises, which anticipated th...

Description of adult and third instar larva of Trichostetha curlei sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the Cape region of South Africa

A new high altitude montane species of Trichostetha Burmeister, 1842 is described from the Elandsberg range of the Western Cape interior. This represents the 14(th) species of the genus and the first to be reported with a description of its larva. It is a significant addition to the growing number of species that exhibit no adult feeding behaviour and a short period of activity restricted to th...

Inhibitors of Stat3 (US)

Rigid Body Vibrations of Compressors