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Pagina 20
But this, though much, is not the whole: by different species of animals the faculty
we are describing is possessed, in degrees suited to the different range of vision
which their mode of life, and of procuring their food, requires. Birds, for instance ...
But this, though much, is not the whole: by different species of animals the faculty
we are describing is possessed, in degrees suited to the different range of vision
which their mode of life, and of procuring their food, requires. Birds, for instance ...
Pagina 22
A stage-coach, travelling at its ordinary speed for half an hour, passes, in the eye,
only over one-twelfth of an inch, yet is this change of place in the image distinctly
perceived throughout its whole progress; for it is only by means of that ...
A stage-coach, travelling at its ordinary speed for half an hour, passes, in the eye,
only over one-twelfth of an inch, yet is this change of place in the image distinctly
perceived throughout its whole progress; for it is only by means of that ...
Pagina 25
But the contraction, necessary to draw the membrane over the whole eye,
required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye.
Therefore, in order to have a greater length in a less compass, the cord of the
main muscle ...
But the contraction, necessary to draw the membrane over the whole eye,
required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye.
Therefore, in order to have a greater length in a less compass, the cord of the
main muscle ...
Pagina 28
... to let the air pass freely into and out of the barrel of the ear, as the covering
membrane vibrates, or as the temperature may be altered: the whole labyrinth
hewn out of a rock; that is, wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the
body.
... to let the air pass freely into and out of the barrel of the ear, as the covering
membrane vibrates, or as the temperature may be altered: the whole labyrinth
hewn out of a rock; that is, wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the
body.
Pagina 33
In this case, we find a contrivance existing in a whole race of animals, for the
accomplishment of a purpose which it is not called upon to accomplish in one
instance out of a thousand. If the reader will examine the several atheistical
modes of ...
In this case, we find a contrivance existing in a whole race of animals, for the
accomplishment of a purpose which it is not called upon to accomplish in one
instance out of a thousand. If the reader will examine the several atheistical
modes of ...
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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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