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in the course of its movement, another watch like itself, (the thing is conceivable;)
that it eontained within it a mechanism, a system of parts, a mould for instance, or
a complex adjustment of lathes, files, and other tools, evidently and separately ...
in the course of its movement, another watch like itself, (the thing is conceivable;)
that it eontained within it a mechanism, a system of parts, a mould for instance, or
a complex adjustment of lathes, files, and other tools, evidently and separately ...
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He would reflect, that though the watch before him were, in same sense, the
maker of the watch which was fabricated in the course of its movements, yet it
was in a ve r instance, is the maker of a chair; the author of its contrivance, the
cause of ...
He would reflect, that though the watch before him were, in same sense, the
maker of the watch which was fabricated in the course of its movements, yet it
was in a ve r instance, is the maker of a chair; the author of its contrivance, the
cause of ...
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And of this we are assured, (though we never can have tried the experiment,)
because, by inci easing the number of links, from ten, for instance, to a hundred,
from a hundred to a thousand, &c. we make not the smallest approach, we
observe ...
And of this we are assured, (though we never can have tried the experiment,)
because, by inci easing the number of links, from ten, for instance, to a hundred,
from a hundred to a thousand, &c. we make not the smallest approach, we
observe ...
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... y laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays of T light are regulated. I
speak not of the origin of the laws themselves; but such laws being fixed, the
construction, , ... in both cases, is adapted to them. For instance; these laws
require, ...
... y laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays of T light are regulated. I
speak not of the origin of the laws themselves; but such laws being fixed, the
construction, , ... in both cases, is adapted to them. For instance; these laws
require, ...
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Birds, for instance, in general, procure their food by means of their beak; and, the
distance between the eye and the point of the beak being small, it becomes
necessary that they should have the power of seeing very near objects distinctly.
Birds, for instance, in general, procure their food by means of their beak; and, the
distance between the eye and the point of the beak being small, it becomes
necessary that they should have the power of seeing very near objects distinctly.
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity |
| Auteur | William Paley |
| geïllustreerd door | James Paxton |
| Uitgever | Gould and Lincoln, 1855 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 24 jan 2017 |
| Lengte | 420 pagina's |
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