Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... sufficient to destroy all similitude between the eye and the telescope , that the one is a perceiving organ , the other an unperceiving instru- ment . The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least ...
... sufficient to destroy all similitude between the eye and the telescope , that the one is a perceiving organ , the other an unperceiving instru- ment . The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least ...
Pagina 19
... sufficient for the purpose , is so minute as to elude ordinary observation . Some very late discove- ries , deduced from a iaborious and most accurate inspection of the structure and operation of the organ , seem at length to have ...
... sufficient for the purpose , is so minute as to elude ordinary observation . Some very late discove- ries , deduced from a iaborious and most accurate inspection of the structure and operation of the organ , seem at length to have ...
Pagina 25
... sufficient , if it had had power to draw far enough . But the contraction , necessary to draw the mem- brane over the whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a ...
... sufficient , if it had had power to draw far enough . But the contraction , necessary to draw the mem- brane over the whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a ...
Pagina 27
... sufficient to show that it is an instrument adapted to the reception of sound ; that is to say , already knowing that sound consists in pulses of the air , we per- ceive , in the structure of the ear , a suitableness to receive im ...
... sufficient to show that it is an instrument adapted to the reception of sound ; that is to say , already knowing that sound consists in pulses of the air , we per- ceive , in the structure of the ear , a suitableness to receive im ...
Pagina 29
... sufficient for the passage of air , leading from this cavity into the back part of the mouth . Now , it would not have done to have had a vacuum in this cavity ; for , in that case , the pressure of the atmosphere from without would ...
... sufficient for the passage of air , leading from this cavity into the back part of the mouth . Now , it would not have done to have had a vacuum in this cavity ; for , in that case , the pressure of the atmosphere from without would ...
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