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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... wanted to make up my works into a system : in which works , fuch as they are , the public have now before them , the evidences of natural reli- gion , the evidences of revealed religion , and an account of the duties that refult from ...
... wanted to make up my works into a system : in which works , fuch as they are , the public have now before them , the evidences of natural reli- gion , the evidences of revealed religion , and an account of the duties that refult from ...
Pagina 24
... wanted to the eye , which were not wanted , at least in the same degree , to the telescope ; and these were , the adapta- tion of the organ , firft , to different degrees of light ; and , fecondly , to the vaft diversity of distance at ...
... wanted to the eye , which were not wanted , at least in the same degree , to the telescope ; and these were , the adapta- tion of the organ , firft , to different degrees of light ; and , fecondly , to the vaft diversity of distance at ...
Pagina 28
... wanted , viz . the for- mation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays come to the eye in a state of divergen- cy , which is the cafe when the object is near to the eye , or come parallel to one another , which is the case when ...
... wanted , viz . the for- mation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays come to the eye in a state of divergen- cy , which is the cafe when the object is near to the eye , or come parallel to one another , which is the case when ...
Pagina 30
... wanted . And forafmuch as this organ would have to operate under different circumstances , with ftrong degrees of light , and with weak degrees , upon near objects , and upon remote ones , and these differences de- manded , according to ...
... wanted . And forafmuch as this organ would have to operate under different circumstances , with ftrong degrees of light , and with weak degrees , upon near objects , and upon remote ones , and these differences de- manded , according to ...
Pagina 33
... wanted , or more ufeful ? Thus , in comparing together the eyes of different kinds of animals , we fee , in their re- femblances and diftinctions , one general plan laid down , and that plan varied with the va- rying exigences to which ...
... wanted , or more ufeful ? Thus , in comparing together the eyes of different kinds of animals , we fee , in their re- femblances and diftinctions , one general plan laid down , and that plan varied with the va- rying exigences to which ...
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