 | William Paley - 1810 - 498 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...laws themselves ; but, such laws being fixed, the construe" tion, in both cases, is adapted to them. For instance ; these laws require, in order to produce... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 574 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...into the eye, should be refracted by a more convex sqrface, than \whep it passes out of air into the eye. Apr cqrdingly we find that the eye of a fish,... | |
 | 1815 - 880 pagina’s
...refraction of the rays of light are regulated. By the laws of optics, in Order to produce the same effect, the rays of light, in passing from water into the eye, should be refracted by a fnore convex surface than when it passes out of air into the eye. Now {lie crystalline lens of a fish's... | |
 | William Paley - 1819 - 302 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...not of the origin of the laws themselves; but, such Jaws being fixed, the construction, in both cases, is adapted to them. For instance; these laws require,... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 324 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are matle upon the same principle ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...light, in passing from water into the eye, should APPLICATION &C. S3 be refracted by a more convex surface, than when it passes out of air into the eye.... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...light are regulated. I speak not of the origin of the Taws themselves ; but such laws being fixed, the construction, in both cases, is adapted to them. For... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1831 - 458 pagina’s
...telescoj« was made lor assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which .the transmission and refraction of...order to produce the same effect, that the rays of fight, in passing from water into the eye, should be refracted by a more convex surface than when it... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles; both being adjusted to the ing, is now, and ever shall be, world without end....hast redeemed us, save us, and help u - we humbly b coses, is adapted to them. For instance ; these laws require, in order to produce the same effect,... | |
 | William Paley - 1833 - 356 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays...light, in passing from water into the eye, should be B refracted by a more convex surface than when it passes out of air into the eye. Accordingly we find,... | |
 | Ralph Wardle - 1833 - 262 pagina’s
...telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles, both being adjusted to the laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays of light are regulated.' Again ' The chamber of the eye is a camera obscura, which, when the light is too small, can enlarge... | |
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As far as the examination of the instrument goes, there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision, as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it. They are made upon the same principles ; both being adjusted to the laws by... 
