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 12
... there is a tendency , or , as we increase the number of terms , a continual approach towards a limit , there , by supposing the number of terms to be what is called infinite , we may conceive the limit to be 12 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
... there is a tendency , or , as we increase the number of terms , a continual approach towards a limit , there , by supposing the number of terms to be what is called infinite , we may conceive the limit to be 12 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
Pagina 13
... called infinite , we may conceive the limit to be at- tained : but where there is no such tendency or ap- proach , nothing is effected by lengthening the series . There is no difference as to the point in question , ( whatever there may ...
... called infinite , we may conceive the limit to be at- tained : but where there is no such tendency or ap- proach , nothing is effected by lengthening the series . There is no difference as to the point in question , ( whatever there may ...
Pagina 16
... eye of a fish , in that part of it called the crystalline lense , is much rounder than the eye of ter- restrial animals . What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a Application of the Argument.
... eye of a fish , in that part of it called the crystalline lense , is much rounder than the eye of ter- restrial animals . What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a Application of the Argument.
Pagina 21
... called , is elongated . These changes in the eye vary its power over the rays of light in such a manner and degree as to produce exactly the effect which is wanted , viz . the formation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays ...
... called , is elongated . These changes in the eye vary its power over the rays of light in such a manner and degree as to produce exactly the effect which is wanted , viz . the formation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays ...
Pagina 23
... called the marsupium , to draw , upon occasion , the crystalline lense back , and so fit the same eye for the viewing of very distant objects . By these means the eyes of birds can pass from one extreme to another of their scale of ...
... called the marsupium , to draw , upon occasion , the crystalline lense back , and so fit the same eye for the viewing of very distant objects . By these means the eyes of birds can pass from one extreme to another of their scale of ...
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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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