"Parrish" Quotes from Famous Books
... when held against the skin.' He then remarks, 'the skin seems to obey a different law here from the eye.' This experiment has often been repeated and verified. The most extensive work on the problem, however, is that by Parrish.[2] It is doubtless principally on the results of Parrish's experiments that several authors of text-books in psychology have based their assertions that a filled space is underestimated by the skin. The opposite conclusion, namely, that the ... — Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various
... "Parrish," he said. "Bather a curious name," and then he went on talking about illuminating, evidently convinced that I was intensely interested. It was the man who interested me, not his work, and the interest was heightened when ... — The Master Detective - Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles • Percy James Brebner |