Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureR. Faulder, 1803 - 586 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... reason , and for no other , viz . that , when we come to inspect the watch , we perceive ( what we could not difcover in the ftone ) that its feveral parts- are framed and put together for a purpose , e . g . that they are so formed and ...
... reason , and for no other , viz . that , when we come to inspect the watch , we perceive ( what we could not difcover in the ftone ) that its feveral parts- are framed and put together for a purpose , e . g . that they are so formed and ...
Pagina 29
... reason is , that the diminished light in water is never too strong for the retina . In the eel , which has to work its head through fand and gravel , the roughest and har fheft fubftances , there is placed before the eye , and at fome ...
... reason is , that the diminished light in water is never too strong for the retina . In the eel , which has to work its head through fand and gravel , the roughest and har fheft fubftances , there is placed before the eye , and at fome ...
Pagina 35
... reasons of which probably we are ignorant , one anfwer is this . It is only by the difplay of contriv- ance , that the exiftence , the agency , the wifdom of the Deity , could be teftified to his rational creatures . This is the scale ...
... reasons of which probably we are ignorant , one anfwer is this . It is only by the difplay of contriv- ance , that the exiftence , the agency , the wifdom of the Deity , could be teftified to his rational creatures . This is the scale ...
Pagina 87
... reason why we find them in the knees rather than in other joints . It is an expedient , we have feen , which a mechanic reforts to , only when fome ftrong and heavy work is to be done . So here ' the thigh bone has to achieve its motion ...
... reason why we find them in the knees rather than in other joints . It is an expedient , we have feen , which a mechanic reforts to , only when fome ftrong and heavy work is to be done . So here ' the thigh bone has to achieve its motion ...
Pagina 105
... reason of the difference may be , that animal bodies are , in a great measure , made up of foft , flabby , fubftances , fuch as mufcles and membranes ; whereas we have been accustomed to trace mechanifm in fharp lines , in the ...
... reason of the difference may be , that animal bodies are , in a great measure , made up of foft , flabby , fubftances , fuch as mufcles and membranes ; whereas we have been accustomed to trace mechanifm in fharp lines , in the ...
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