Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity: Collected from the Appearances of NatureR. Faulder, 1803 - 586 pagina's |
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... distance from the lense ; namely , in the eye , at the exact place where the mem- brane is spread to receive it . How is it poffi- ble , under circumftances of fuch clofe affinity , and under the operation of equal evidence , to exclude ...
... distance from the lense ; namely , in the eye , at the exact place where the mem- brane is spread to receive it . How is it poffi- ble , under circumftances of fuch clofe affinity , and under the operation of equal evidence , to exclude ...
Pagina 24
... ; and , fecondly , to the vaft diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . Thefe difficulties prefent not them- felves to the miles . 24 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT .
... ; and , fecondly , to the vaft diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . Thefe difficulties prefent not them- felves to the miles . 24 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT .
Pagina 26
... distance at which diftinct vifion can be exercised ) . Now , this , according to the prin- ciples of optics , that is , according to the laws by which the tranfmiffion of light is regulated , ( and thefe laws are fixed , ) could not be ...
... distance at which diftinct vifion can be exercised ) . Now , this , according to the prin- ciples of optics , that is , according to the laws by which the tranfmiffion of light is regulated , ( and thefe laws are fixed , ) could not be ...
Pagina 27
... distance of his glaffes with his hand or his fcrew : but how is it to be managed in the eye ? What the alteration was , or in what part of the eye it took place , or by what means it was effected ( for , if the known laws which govern ...
... distance of his glaffes with his hand or his fcrew : but how is it to be managed in the eye ? What the alteration was , or in what part of the eye it took place , or by what means it was effected ( for , if the known laws which govern ...
Pagina 29
... distance . Can any thing be more decifive of contrivance than this is ? The most secret laws of optics must have been known to the author of a structure endowed with fuch a ca- pacity of change . It is , as though an optician , when he ...
... distance . Can any thing be more decifive of contrivance than this is ? The most secret laws of optics must have been known to the author of a structure endowed with fuch a ca- pacity of change . It is , as though an optician , when he ...
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