Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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... increase the number of terms , a continual approach towards a limit , there , by supposing the number of terms to be what is called infinite , we may con- ceive the limit to be attained : but where there 10 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
... increase the number of terms , a continual approach towards a limit , there , by supposing the number of terms to be what is called infinite , we may con- ceive the limit to be attained : but where there 10 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
Pagina 14
... called the crystalline lens , is much rounder than the eye of terrestrial animals . [ Plate II . fig . 1. ] What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a mathematical instrument - maker have done ...
... called the crystalline lens , is much rounder than the eye of terrestrial animals . [ Plate II . fig . 1. ] What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a mathematical instrument - maker have done ...
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... called the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , -it is found , I say , that whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are produc- ed in it at the same ...
... called the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , -it is found , I say , that whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are produc- ed in it at the same ...
Pagina 21
... called the marsupium , [ Plate III . fig . 3 , 4 , 6. ] to draw , upon occasion , the crystalline lens back , and to fit the same eye for the viewing of very distant objects By these means , the eyes of birds can pass from one ex- treme ...
... called the marsupium , [ Plate III . fig . 3 , 4 , 6. ] to draw , upon occasion , the crystalline lens back , and to fit the same eye for the viewing of very distant objects By these means , the eyes of birds can pass from one ex- treme ...
Pagina 28
... called the stapes . The office of the drum of the ear is to spread out an ex- tended surface , capable of receiving the impressions of sound , and of being put by them into a state of vibration . The office of the stapes is to repeat ...
... called the stapes . The office of the drum of the ear is to spread out an ex- tended surface , capable of receiving the impressions of sound , and of being put by them into a state of vibration . The office of the stapes is to repeat ...
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