Natural Theology, Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity: Collected from the Appearances of NatureWilks and Taylor, 1803 - 586 pagina's |
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Pagina 31
... living in air , and moving through it with great velocity , they require , for their safety , as well as for affifting them in defcrying their prey , a power of seeing at a great distance ; a power , of which , in birds of rapine ...
... living in air , and moving through it with great velocity , they require , for their safety , as well as for affifting them in defcrying their prey , a power of seeing at a great distance ; a power , of which , in birds of rapine ...
Pagina 164
... living mufcular fibre , reci- procal contraction and relaxation . This is the power we have to work with : and the en- quiry is , how this power is applied in the in- ftance before us . There is provided in the central part of the body ...
... living mufcular fibre , reci- procal contraction and relaxation . This is the power we have to work with : and the en- quiry is , how this power is applied in the in- ftance before us . There is provided in the central part of the body ...
Pagina 186
... living fibre fuffers no injury from lying in contact with it . Worms and infects are found alive in the ftomachs of fuch animals . The coats of the human ftomach , in a healthy ftate , are infenfible to its prefence : yet , in cases 8 ...
... living fibre fuffers no injury from lying in contact with it . Worms and infects are found alive in the ftomachs of fuch animals . The coats of the human ftomach , in a healthy ftate , are infenfible to its prefence : yet , in cases 8 ...
Pagina 195
... living animal was capable . It can be founded , juft as a pipe or flute is founded . Birds , fays Bonnet , have , at the lower end of the windpipe , a conformation like the reed of a hautboy for the modulation of their notes . A tuneful ...
... living animal was capable . It can be founded , juft as a pipe or flute is founded . Birds , fays Bonnet , have , at the lower end of the windpipe , a conformation like the reed of a hautboy for the modulation of their notes . A tuneful ...
Pagina 209
... living body . 8. The omentum , epiploon , or cawl , is an apron tucked up , or doubling upon itself , at its lowest part . The upper edge is tied to the bottom of the ftomach , to the spleen , as hath already been obferved , and to part ...
... living body . 8. The omentum , epiploon , or cawl , is an apron tucked up , or doubling upon itself , at its lowest part . The upper edge is tied to the bottom of the ftomach , to the spleen , as hath already been obferved , and to part ...
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