Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureM. Thomas, sold also by Isaac Peirce, M. Carey ... Johnson & Warner, 1814 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 28
... brane over the eye , there is , what the authors , just now quoted , deservedly call a marvellous mechanism . I suppose this structure to be found in other animals ; but , in the Memoirs from which this account is taken , it is ...
... brane over the eye , there is , what the authors , just now quoted , deservedly call a marvellous mechanism . I suppose this structure to be found in other animals ; but , in the Memoirs from which this account is taken , it is ...
Pagina 33
... brane which covered it . Nor would it have done to have filled the cavity with lymph or any other secre- tion ; which would necessarily have obstructed , both the vibration of the membrane , and the play of the small bones . Nor ...
... brane which covered it . Nor would it have done to have filled the cavity with lymph or any other secre- tion ; which would necessarily have obstructed , both the vibration of the membrane , and the play of the small bones . Nor ...
Pagina 34
... brane into unison with different sounds : but then he also discovered , that this muscle itself cannot act , un- less the membrane be drawn to a stretch , and kept in a due state of tightness , by what may be called a fo- reign force ...
... brane into unison with different sounds : but then he also discovered , that this muscle itself cannot act , un- less the membrane be drawn to a stretch , and kept in a due state of tightness , by what may be called a fo- reign force ...
Pagina 43
... brane of the body which is black ) spread out behind these lenses , so as to receive the image formed by pencils of light transmitted through them ; and placed at the precise geometrical distance at which , and at which alone , a ...
... brane of the body which is black ) spread out behind these lenses , so as to receive the image formed by pencils of light transmitted through them ; and placed at the precise geometrical distance at which , and at which alone , a ...
Pagina 70
... brane runs from one end of the chain to the other , sufficient to resist any force which is ever likely to act in the direction of the back , or parallel to it , and consequently to secure the whole combination in their places . The ...
... brane runs from one end of the chain to the other , sufficient to resist any force which is ever likely to act in the direction of the back , or parallel to it , and consequently to secure the whole combination in their places . The ...
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Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity ... William Paley Volledige weergave - 1820 |
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