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 6
... requires indeed an ex- amination of the instrument , and perhaps some pre- vious knowledge of the subject , to perceive and un- derstand it ; but being once , as we have said , observed and understood ) , the inference , we think , is ...
... requires indeed an ex- amination of the instrument , and perhaps some pre- vious knowledge of the subject , to perceive and un- derstand it ; but being once , as we have said , observed and understood ) , the inference , we think , is ...
Pagina 16
... require , in order to produce the same effect , that the rays of light , in passing from water into the eye , should be refracted by a more convex surface , than when it passes out of air into the eye . Accordingly we find , that the ...
... require , in order to produce the same effect , that the rays of light , in passing from water into the eye , should be refracted by a more convex surface , than when it passes out of air into the eye . Accordingly we find , that the ...
Pagina 20
... requires a roun- der lense to do it . The point of concourse behind the lense must fall critically upon the retina , or the vision is confused ; yet , this point , by the immutable proper- ties of light , is carried further back , when ...
... requires a roun- der lense to do it . The point of concourse behind the lense must fall critically upon the retina , or the vision is confused ; yet , this point , by the immutable proper- ties of light , is carried further back , when ...
Pagina 22
... requires the touch of a foreign hand to set it ; but is not altogether unlike Harrison's contrivance for making a watch regulate itself , by inserting within it a machinery , which , by the artful use of the different expansion of ...
... requires the touch of a foreign hand to set it ; but is not altogether unlike Harrison's contrivance for making a watch regulate itself , by inserting within it a machinery , which , by the artful use of the different expansion of ...
Pagina 23
... requires . Birds , for instance , in general , procure their food by means of their beak ; and the distance between ... require , for their safety , as well as for assisting them in descrying their prey , a power of seeing at great ...
... requires . Birds , for instance , in general , procure their food by means of their beak ; and the distance between ... require , for their safety , as well as for assisting them in descrying their prey , a power of seeing at great ...
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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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