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 3
... Muscles • • X. Of the Vessels of Animal Bodies 54 63 82 98 XI . Of the Animal Structure regarded as a Mass 121 XII Comparative Anatomy XIII . Peculiar Organizations XIV . Prospective Contrivances . XV . Relations XVI . Compensation XVII ...
... Muscles • • X. Of the Vessels of Animal Bodies 54 63 82 98 XI . Of the Animal Structure regarded as a Mass 121 XII Comparative Anatomy XIII . Peculiar Organizations XIV . Prospective Contrivances . XV . Relations XVI . Compensation XVII ...
Pagina 21
... muscles , call- ed the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , it is found , I say , that , whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are produced in it ...
... muscles , call- ed the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , it is found , I say , that , whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are produced in it ...
Pagina 23
... muscles to that part , increases the effect of their lateral pressure upon the orb , by which pressure its axis is elongated for the purpose of looking at very near objects . The other is , an additional muscle called the marsupium , to ...
... muscles to that part , increases the effect of their lateral pressure upon the orb , by which pressure its axis is elongated for the purpose of looking at very near objects . The other is , an additional muscle called the marsupium , to ...
Pagina 24
... muscular conformation , viz . that it is throughout calculated for flattening the eye . The iris also in the eyes of fish does not admit of contraction . This is a great difference , of which the probable reason is , that the diminished ...
... muscular conformation , viz . that it is throughout calculated for flattening the eye . The iris also in the eyes of fish does not admit of contraction . This is a great difference , of which the probable reason is , that the diminished ...
Pagina 27
... muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by which the motion of this membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cases , by the ac- tion of two antagonist muscles , one pulling forward and the other backward ...
... muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by which the motion of this membrane is performed . It is not , as in ordinary cases , by the ac- tion of two antagonist muscles , one pulling forward and the other backward ...
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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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