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 24
... quadrupeds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher degree convex than that of land animals , a corresponding difference attends its muscular conformation , viz . that it is throughout calculated for ...
... quadrupeds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much higher degree convex than that of land animals , a corresponding difference attends its muscular conformation , viz . that it is throughout calculated for ...
Pagina 31
... quadrupeds , turning to the sound , and possessing a configuration , as well as motion , evidently fitted for the office : of a tube which leads into the head , laying at the root of this outward ear , the folds and sinues thereof ...
... quadrupeds , turning to the sound , and possessing a configuration , as well as motion , evidently fitted for the office : of a tube which leads into the head , laying at the root of this outward ear , the folds and sinues thereof ...
Pagina 38
... quadruped , a quadruped than a bird ; nor ( for we may follow the gradation through its whole scale ) a bird than a plant ; nor a plant than a watch , a piece of dead mechanism , would do , upon the supposition which has already so ...
... quadruped , a quadruped than a bird ; nor ( for we may follow the gradation through its whole scale ) a bird than a plant ; nor a plant than a watch , a piece of dead mechanism , would do , upon the supposition which has already so ...
Pagina 71
... quadrupeds the number of vertebræ is from thirty to forty , in the serpent it is nearly one hundred and fifty : whereas in men and quadrupeds the surfaces of the bones are flat , and these flat surfaces laid one against the other , and ...
... quadrupeds the number of vertebræ is from thirty to forty , in the serpent it is nearly one hundred and fifty : whereas in men and quadrupeds the surfaces of the bones are flat , and these flat surfaces laid one against the other , and ...
Pagina 73
... quadrupeds as have no collar bones , which are by far the greater number , the shoulder - blade has no bony communication with the trunk , either by a joint , or process , or in any other way . It does not grow to , or out of , any ...
... quadrupeds as have no collar bones , which are by far the greater number , the shoulder - blade has no bony communication with the trunk , either by a joint , or process , or in any other way . It does not grow to , or out of , any ...
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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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