Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 117
... insects which feed upon particular plants , will rather die than change their appropriate leaf . All this looks like a determination in the sense itself to particular tastes . In like manner , smells affect the nose with sensations ...
... insects which feed upon particular plants , will rather die than change their appropriate leaf . All this looks like a determination in the sense itself to particular tastes . In like manner , smells affect the nose with sensations ...
Pagina 130
... insects , the mouth is converted into a pump or sucker , fitted at the end sometimes with a wimble , sometimes with a forceps ; by which double provisions , viz . of the tube and the penetrating form of the point , the insect first ...
... insects , the mouth is converted into a pump or sucker , fitted at the end sometimes with a wimble , sometimes with a forceps ; by which double provisions , viz . of the tube and the penetrating form of the point , the insect first ...
Pagina 143
... insects , lodged in the bodies of decayed or de- caying trees . For the purpose of boring into the wood , it is furnished with a bill , straight , hard , angular , and sharp . When , by means of this piercer , it has reached the cells ...
... insects , lodged in the bodies of decayed or de- caying trees . For the purpose of boring into the wood , it is furnished with a bill , straight , hard , angular , and sharp . When , by means of this piercer , it has reached the cells ...
Pagina 146
... insect begins to gnaw as soon as it escapes from the shell , though its other parts be only gradually advancing to their maturity . What has been observed of the teeth , is true of the horns of animals , and for the same reason . The ...
... insect begins to gnaw as soon as it escapes from the shell , though its other parts be only gradually advancing to their maturity . What has been observed of the teeth , is true of the horns of animals , and for the same reason . The ...
Pagina 160
... insects , the eye is fixed ; and consequently without the power of turning the pupil to the object . This great defect is , however , perfectly compensat- ed ; and by a mechanism which we should not suspect . The eye is a multiplying ...
... insects , the eye is fixed ; and consequently without the power of turning the pupil to the object . This great defect is , however , perfectly compensat- ed ; and by a mechanism which we should not suspect . The eye is a multiplying ...
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