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 24
... nictitating membrane , which is found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . [ Plate IV . fig . 2. ] Its use is to sweep the eye , which it does in an in- stant ; to spread over it the lachrymal humour ; to defend it also from ...
... nictitating membrane , which is found in the eyes of birds and of many quadrupeds . [ Plate IV . fig . 2. ] Its use is to sweep the eye , which it does in an in- stant ; to spread over it the lachrymal humour ; to defend it also from ...
Pagina 25
... nictitating membrane over the eye , there is , what the authors just now quoted , deserved- ly call a marvellous mechanism . I suppose this structure to be found in other animals ; but , in the memoirs from which this account is taken ...
... nictitating membrane over the eye , there is , what the authors just now quoted , deserved- ly call a marvellous mechanism . I suppose this structure to be found in other animals ; but , in the memoirs from which this account is taken ...
Pagina 78
... nictitating membrane over the eye . Its office is in the front of the eye ; but its body is lodged in the back part of the globe , where it lies safe , [ Pl . IV . fig . 2 , 3 , ] and where it encumbers nothing . * V. The great ...
... nictitating membrane over the eye . Its office is in the front of the eye ; but its body is lodged in the back part of the globe , where it lies safe , [ Pl . IV . fig . 2 , 3 , ] and where it encumbers nothing . * V. The great ...
Pagina 302
... membrane lining the chest , by which it is divided into two cavities ... Nictitating , winking . Applied generally to the third eyelid of birds and ... membrane which hangs down and covers the intestines within the abdomen . Os hyoides ...
... membrane lining the chest , by which it is divided into two cavities ... Nictitating , winking . Applied generally to the third eyelid of birds and ... membrane which hangs down and covers the intestines within the abdomen . Os hyoides ...
Pagina 305
... nictitating membrane . 5. The human ear , and tympa- num of the elephant 310 28 . Vertebræ of the human neck 312 8. Bones of the arm . 332 333 331 13. The muscles of the arm . . 318 31. The chameleon , and intes- 335 336 . 319 337 338 ...
... nictitating membrane . 5. The human ear , and tympa- num of the elephant 310 28 . Vertebræ of the human neck 312 8. Bones of the arm . 332 333 331 13. The muscles of the arm . . 318 31. The chameleon , and intes- 335 336 . 319 337 338 ...
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