Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityJ. Faulder, 1809 - 548 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... Birds , for instance , in general , pro- cure their food by means of their beak ; and , the distance between the eye and the point of the beak being small , it becomes necessary that they should have the power of seeing very near ...
... Birds , for instance , in general , pro- cure their food by means of their beak ; and , the distance between the eye and the point of the beak being small , it becomes necessary that they should have the power of seeing very near ...
Pagina 30
... birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjust- ment of the eye to different distances de- pends . The one is a bony , yet , in most spe- cies , a flexible rim or hoop , surrounding the broadest part of the eye ...
... birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjust- ment of the eye to different distances de- pends . The one is a bony , yet , in most spe- cies , a flexible rim or hoop , surrounding the broadest part of the eye ...
Pagina 31
... birds . The or- dinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher degree convex than that of land - ani- mals , a corresponding difference attends its muscular conformation , viz . that it is through out calculated for flattening ...
... birds . The or- dinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher degree convex than that of land - ani- mals , a corresponding difference attends its muscular conformation , viz . that it is through out calculated for flattening ...
Pagina 35
... found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . Its use is to sweep the eye , which it does in an instant , to spread over it the lachrymal hu- mour ; to defend it also from sudden injuries ; D 2 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 35.
... found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . Its use is to sweep the eye , which it does in an instant , to spread over it the lachrymal hu- mour ; to defend it also from sudden injuries ; D 2 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 35.
Pagina 51
... bird has the same concern in say , the formation of the egg which she lays , as the plant has in that of the seed which it drops ; and no other , nor greater . The in- ternal constitution of the egg is as much a secret to the hen , as ...
... bird has the same concern in say , the formation of the egg which she lays , as the plant has in that of the seed which it drops ; and no other , nor greater . The in- ternal constitution of the egg is as much a secret to the hen , as ...
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