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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Pagina 37
... membrane , which is found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . Its ufe is to sweep the eye , which it does in an inftant ; to spread over it the lachrymal humor ; to defend it allo fron D3 from fudden injuries ; yet not totally ...
... membrane , which is found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . Its ufe is to sweep the eye , which it does in an inftant ; to spread over it the lachrymal humor ; to defend it allo fron D3 from fudden injuries ; yet not totally ...
Pagina 38
... membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cafes , by the action of two antagonist muscles , one pulling forward and the other backward , that a reci- procal change is effected ; but it is thus : The membrane itself is an ...
... membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cafes , by the action of two antagonist muscles , one pulling forward and the other backward , that a reci- procal change is effected ; but it is thus : The membrane itself is an ...
Pagina 39
... membrane , by means of the communi- cating thread , is inftantly drawn over the fore- part of it . When the mufcular contraction ( which is a positive , and , most probably , a vo- luntary effort , ) ceafes to be exerted , the elafti ...
... membrane , by means of the communi- cating thread , is inftantly drawn over the fore- part of it . When the mufcular contraction ( which is a positive , and , most probably , a vo- luntary effort , ) ceafes to be exerted , the elafti ...
Pagina 40
... membrane over the eye , there is , what the authors , just now quoted , deservedly call a marvellous mechanifm . I suppose this fruc- ture to be found in other animals ; but , in the Memoirs from which this account is taken , it is ...
... membrane over the eye , there is , what the authors , just now quoted , deservedly call a marvellous mechanifm . I suppose this fruc- ture to be found in other animals ; but , in the Memoirs from which this account is taken , it is ...
Pagina 41
... membrane communicating with the brain ? Wherefore all this ? Why make the difficulty in order only to furmount it ? If to perceive objects by fome other mode than that of touch , or objects which lay out of the reach of that fenfe ...
... membrane communicating with the brain ? Wherefore all this ? Why make the difficulty in order only to furmount it ? If to perceive objects by fome other mode than that of touch , or objects which lay out of the reach of that fenfe ...
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