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The lenses of the telescopes , and the humours of the eye , bear a complete
resemblance to one another , in their figure , their position , and in their power
over the rays of light , viz . in bringing each pencil to a point at the right distance
from ...
The lenses of the telescopes , and the humours of the eye , bear a complete
resemblance to one another , in their figure , their position , and in their power
over the rays of light , viz . in bringing each pencil to a point at the right distance
from ...
Pagina 32
It bears an obvious resemblance to the pelt or head of a drum , from which it
takes its It resembles also a drum head in this principal property , that its use
depends upon its tension . Tension is the state essential to it . Now we know that ,
in a ...
It bears an obvious resemblance to the pelt or head of a drum , from which it
takes its It resembles also a drum head in this principal property , that its use
depends upon its tension . Tension is the state essential to it . Now we know that ,
in a ...
Pagina 35
She can neither foresee nor determine of which sex her brood shall be , or how
many of either : yet the thing produced shall be , from the first , very different in its
make , according to the sex which it bears . So far , therefore , from adapting the ...
She can neither foresee nor determine of which sex her brood shall be , or how
many of either : yet the thing produced shall be , from the first , very different in its
make , according to the sex which it bears . So far , therefore , from adapting the ...
Pagina 36
Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation to what proceeds from
them , which a joiner does to the chair which ... The filaments , antherę , and
stigmata of flowers , bear no more resemblance to the young plant , or even to the
seed ...
Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation to what proceeds from
them , which a joiner does to the chair which ... The filaments , antherę , and
stigmata of flowers , bear no more resemblance to the young plant , or even to the
seed ...
Pagina 42
We are not contented with this answer ; we find no satisfaction in it , by way of
accounting for appearances of organisation far short of those of the eye , such as
we observe in fossil shells , petrified bones , or other substances which bear the ...
We are not contented with this answer ; we find no satisfaction in it , by way of
accounting for appearances of organisation far short of those of the eye , such as
we observe in fossil shells , petrified bones , or other substances which bear the ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature |
| Auteur | William Paley |
| Uitgever | Joseph Graham, 1839 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | The British Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 14 maart 2017 |
| Lengte | 375 pagina's |
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