Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 344 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... degree of satisfaction upon the subject . Contrivance is still unaccounted for . We still want a contriver . A designing mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty were diminished the farther ...
... degree of satisfaction upon the subject . Contrivance is still unaccounted for . We still want a contriver . A designing mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty were diminished the farther ...
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... degree which exceeds all computation . I mean , that the contriv- ances of nature surpass the contrivances of art , in the com- plexity , subtilty , and curiosity of the mechanism ; and still more , if possible , do they go beyond them ...
... degree which exceeds all computation . I mean , that the contriv- ances of nature surpass the contrivances of art , in the com- plexity , subtilty , and curiosity of the mechanism ; and still more , if possible , do they go beyond them ...
Pagina 16
... degree ) to the teles- cope : and these were the adaptation of the organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches ...
... degree ) to the teles- cope : and these were the adaptation of the organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches ...
Pagina 17
... degrees of it , when no more can be had , the hole or aperture in the eye , through which the light enters , is so formed , as to contract or dilate itself for the purpose of admitting a great- er or less number of rays at the same time ...
... degrees of it , when no more can be had , the hole or aperture in the eye , through which the light enters , is so formed , as to contract or dilate itself for the purpose of admitting a great- er or less number of rays at the same time ...
Pagina 19
... degree as to produce exactly the effect which is wanted , viz . the formation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays come to the eye in a state of divergency , which is the case when the object is near to the eye , or come ...
... degree as to produce exactly the effect which is wanted , viz . the formation of an image upon the retina , whether the rays come to the eye in a state of divergency , which is the case when the object is near to the eye , or come ...
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