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
... organ , the other an unperceiving instrument . The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circum- stance varies not the ...
... organ , the other an unperceiving instrument . The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circum- stance varies not the ...
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... organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . These difficulties present not themselves to the ...
... organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . These difficulties present not themselves to the ...
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... organ to the percep tion of objects that lie near at hand , within a few inches , we will suppose , of the eye , and of objects which are placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for example , of as many furlongs ( I speak in ...
... organ to the percep tion of objects that lie near at hand , within a few inches , we will suppose , of the eye , and of objects which are placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for example , of as many furlongs ( I speak in ...
Pagina 17
... organ itself undergoing an alteration , and receiving an adjustment , that might corre- spond with the exigency of the case , that is to say , with the different inclination to one another under which the rays of light reached it . Rays ...
... organ itself undergoing an alteration , and receiving an adjustment , that might corre- spond with the exigency of the case , that is to say , with the different inclination to one another under which the rays of light reached it . Rays ...
Pagina 19
... organ would have to operate under different circumstances , with strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects and upon remote ones , and these differences de- manded , according to the laws by which the trans ...
... organ would have to operate under different circumstances , with strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects and upon remote ones , and these differences de- manded , according to the laws by which the trans ...
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