Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureJoseph Graham, 1839 - 375 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... whole : by differ- ent species of animals the faculty we are describing is possessed , in degrees suited to the different range of vision which their mode of life , and of procuring their food , requires . Birds , for instance , in ...
... whole : by differ- ent species of animals the faculty we are describing is possessed , in degrees suited to the different range of vision which their mode of life , and of procuring their food , requires . Birds , for instance , in ...
Pagina 22
... whole progress ; for it is only by means of that perception that the motion of the coach itself is made sensible to the eye . If any thing can abate our admiration of the smallness of the visual tablet compared with the extent of vision ...
... whole progress ; for it is only by means of that perception that the motion of the coach itself is made sensible to the eye . If any thing can abate our admiration of the smallness of the visual tablet compared with the extent of vision ...
Pagina 26
... whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a greater length in a less compass , the cord of the main muscle makes an angle . This , so far , an- swers the end ...
... whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a greater length in a less compass , the cord of the main muscle makes an angle . This , so far , an- swers the end ...
Pagina 30
... whole labyrinth hewn out of a rock ; that is , wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the body . This assemblage of connected parts constitutes together an apparatus , plainly enough relative to the transmission of sound , or ...
... whole labyrinth hewn out of a rock ; that is , wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the body . This assemblage of connected parts constitutes together an apparatus , plainly enough relative to the transmission of sound , or ...
Pagina 37
... whole scale ) a bird than a plant ; nor a plant than a watch , a piece of dead mechanism , would do , upon the supposition which has already so often been repeated . Rationality , therefore , has nothing to do in the business . If an ...
... whole scale ) a bird than a plant ; nor a plant than a watch , a piece of dead mechanism , would do , upon the supposition which has already so often been repeated . Rationality , therefore , has nothing to do in the business . If an ...
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