Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureGregg, 1802 - 586 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... itself , the law does nothing ; is nothing . The expreffion , " the law of metallic nature , " may found ftrange and harsh to a philosophic ear , but it seems quite as juftifiable as fome others which are more familiar to him , fuch as ...
... itself , the law does nothing ; is nothing . The expreffion , " the law of metallic nature , " may found ftrange and harsh to a philosophic ear , but it seems quite as juftifiable as fome others which are more familiar to him , fuch as ...
Pagina 14
... itself , than a chain compofed of a finite number of links . And of this we are affured , ( though we never can have tried the experiment ) because , by increasing the number of links , from ten for inftance to a hundred , from a hun ...
... itself , than a chain compofed of a finite number of links . And of this we are affured , ( though we never can have tried the experiment ) because , by increasing the number of links , from ten for inftance to a hundred , from a hun ...
Pagina 22
... itself can be fhewn . Whatever affects the diftinct- ness of the image , affects the diftin & nels of the vilion . The formation then of fuch an image being neceffary ( no matter how ) , to the sense of fight , and to the exercife of ...
... itself can be fhewn . Whatever affects the diftinct- ness of the image , affects the diftin & nels of the vilion . The formation then of fuch an image being neceffary ( no matter how ) , to the sense of fight , and to the exercife of ...
Pagina 25
... itself for the purpose of admitting a greater or less number of rays at the fame time . The chamber of the eye is a camera obfcura , which , when the light is too fmall , can enlarge its opening ; when too strong , can again contract it ...
... itself for the purpose of admitting a greater or less number of rays at the fame time . The chamber of the eye is a camera obfcura , which , when the light is too fmall , can enlarge its opening ; when too strong , can again contract it ...
Pagina 30
... itself , by inserting within it a machinery , which , by the artful use of the different expantion of metals , preferves the equability of the motion under all the va- rious temperatures of heat and cold in which the inftrument may ...
... itself , by inserting within it a machinery , which , by the artful use of the different expantion of metals , preferves the equability of the motion under all the va- rious temperatures of heat and cold in which the inftrument may ...
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