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Pagina 16
The principle thus applied in the construction of achromatic telescopes , has
been since carried still farther , and in its new application , illustrates more
strongly , if possible , the point so well insisted on by Dr. Paley , namely , the
resemblance ...
The principle thus applied in the construction of achromatic telescopes , has
been since carried still farther , and in its new application , illustrates more
strongly , if possible , the point so well insisted on by Dr. Paley , namely , the
resemblance ...
Pagina 21
... passing through a lens , will be refracted to a point or focus beyond the lens ,
and this focus will be less distant in proportion as the lens approaches to a
sphere in shape . This principle is very naturally applied to the explanation of the
use of ...
... passing through a lens , will be refracted to a point or focus beyond the lens ,
and this focus will be less distant in proportion as the lens approaches to a
sphere in shape . This principle is very naturally applied to the explanation of the
use of ...
Pagina 22
Thus , in comparing the eyes of different kinds of animals , we see , in their
resemblances and distinctions , one general plan laid down , and that plan varied
with the varying exigencies to which it is to be applied . There is one property ...
Thus , in comparing the eyes of different kinds of animals , we see , in their
resemblances and distinctions , one general plan laid down , and that plan varied
with the varying exigencies to which it is to be applied . There is one property ...
Pagina 28
... how the sensation of sound will be excited by anything which communicates a
vibratory motion to the stapes , though not , as in all ordinary cases , through the
intervention of the membrana tympani . This is done by solid bodies applied to ...
... how the sensation of sound will be excited by anything which communicates a
vibratory motion to the stapes , though not , as in all ordinary cases , through the
intervention of the membrana tympani . This is done by solid bodies applied to ...
Pagina 37
But to this case , even were it fully made out , may be applied the consideration
which we suggested concerning the watch , viz . that these superfluous parts do
not negative the reasoning which we instituted concerning those parts which are
...
But to this case , even were it fully made out , may be applied the consideration
which we suggested concerning the watch , viz . that these superfluous parts do
not negative the reasoning which we instituted concerning those parts which are
...
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