Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... fish , in that part of it 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 ...
... fish , in that part of it 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 ...
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... fish , in their natural and indolent state , appear to be adjusted to near objects , in this respect differing from the human eye , as well as those of quadrupeds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher ...
... fish , in their natural and indolent state , appear to be adjusted to near objects , in this respect differing from the human eye , as well as those of quadrupeds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher ...
Pagina 24
... fish ; the element in which they live supplying a constant lotion to the eye . It were , however , injustice to dismiss the eye as a piece of mechanism , without noticing that most exquisite of all contrivances , the nictitating ...
... fish ; the element in which they live supplying a constant lotion to the eye . It were , however , injustice to dismiss the eye as a piece of mechanism , without noticing that most exquisite of all contrivances , the nictitating ...
Pagina 29
... fish ; which furnishes an additional proof of what indeed is indicated by everything about it , that it is appropriated to the action of air , or of an elastic medium . - It bears an obvious resemblance to the pelt or head of a drum ...
... fish ; which furnishes an additional proof of what indeed is indicated by everything about it , that it is appropriated to the action of air , or of an elastic medium . - It bears an obvious resemblance to the pelt or head of a drum ...
Pagina 30
... fish has been described , it may not be im- proper in this place to state , that the other classes of animals are no less admirably provided with an ear , adapted to their peculiar habits and economy . In amphibious animals the organ of ...
... fish has been described , it may not be im- proper in this place to state , that the other classes of animals are no less admirably provided with an ear , adapted to their peculiar habits and economy . In amphibious animals the organ of ...
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