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 8
... properties which he had hitherto observed in it , it possessed the unexpected property of producing , in the course of its movement , another watch like itself , ( the thing is conceivable ; ) that it contained within it a mechanism , a ...
... properties which he had hitherto observed in it , it possessed the unexpected property of producing , in the course of its movement , another watch like itself , ( the thing is conceivable ; ) that it contained within it a mechanism , a ...
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... properties . We may ask for the cause of the color of a body , of its hardness , of its heat ; and these causes may be all different . We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an end , which we ...
... properties . We may ask for the cause of the color of a body , of its hardness , of its heat ; and these causes may be all different . We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an end , which we ...
Pagina 12
... properties ; nor the more , by in- creasing that number to infinity . If it be said , that , upon the supposition of one watch being produced from another in the course of that other's movements , and by means of the mechanism within it ...
... properties ; nor the more , by in- creasing that number to infinity . If it be said , that , upon the supposition of one watch being produced from another in the course of that other's movements , and by means of the mechanism within it ...
Pagina 18
... properties of light , is carried farther back when the rays proceed from a near object than when they are sent from one that is remote . A person who was using an optical instrument , would manage this matter by changing , as the ...
... properties of light , is carried farther back when the rays proceed from a near object than when they are sent from one that is remote . A person who was using an optical instrument , would manage this matter by changing , as the ...
Pagina 24
... properties known and obvious to every observer : but what is equally admirable , though not quite so obvious , is the combination of two different kinds of substance , muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by ...
... properties known and obvious to every observer : but what is equally admirable , though not quite so obvious , is the combination of two different kinds of substance , muscular and elastic , and of two different kinds of action , by ...
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