Natural Theology; Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 13
... fish , in that part of it called the crystalline lens , is much rounder than the eye of terrestrial animals . What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a mathematical in- strument - maker have ...
... fish , in that part of it called the crystalline lens , is much rounder than the eye of terrestrial animals . What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference ? What could a mathematical in- strument - maker have ...
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... fish , in their natural and indolent state , appear to be ad- justed to near objects , in this respect differing from the human eye , as well as those of quadru peds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much ...
... fish , in their natural and indolent state , appear to be ad- justed to near objects , in this respect differing from the human eye , as well as those of quadru peds and birds . The ordinary shape of the fish's eye being in a much ...
Pagina 21
... fish does not admit of contraction . This is a great difference , of which the probable reason is , that the diminished light in water is never too strong for the retina . In the eel , which has to work its head through sand and gravel ...
... fish does not admit of contraction . This is a great difference , of which the probable reason is , that the diminished light in water is never too strong for the retina . In the eel , which has to work its head through sand and gravel ...
Pagina 23
... gland which produces the tear , or bore the hole by which it is discharged , a hole through a bone ? It is observable , that this provision is not found H in fish , the element in which they live supplying NATURAL THEOLOGY . 23.
... gland which produces the tear , or bore the hole by which it is discharged , a hole through a bone ? It is observable , that this provision is not found H in fish , the element in which they live supplying NATURAL THEOLOGY . 23.
Pagina 24
William Paley. in fish , the element in which they live supplying a constant lotion to the eye . It were , however , injustice to dismiss the eye as a piece of mechanism , without noticing that most exquisite of all contrivances , the ...
William Paley. in fish , the element in which they live supplying a constant lotion to the eye . It were , however , injustice to dismiss the eye as a piece of mechanism , without noticing that most exquisite of all contrivances , the ...
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