The Works of William Paley: With a Life, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page 47
... cartilage , & c . But that it should have been an eye , knowing as we do what an eye comprehends , -viz . that it should have consisted , first , of a series of transpa- rent lenses ( very different , by - the - by , even in their ...
... cartilage , & c . But that it should have been an eye , knowing as we do what an eye comprehends , -viz . that it should have consisted , first , of a series of transpa- rent lenses ( very different , by - the - by , even in their ...
Page 78
... cartilages , the springiness and yielding nature of whose substance admits of all the mo- tion which is necessary to be performed upon them , without any chasm being produced by a separation of the parts . I say , of all the motion ...
... cartilages , the springiness and yielding nature of whose substance admits of all the mo- tion which is necessary to be performed upon them , without any chasm being produced by a separation of the parts . I say , of all the motion ...
Page 79
... cartilages are gristles ; and he may see them in perfection in a loin of veal . Their form also favours the same intention . They are thicker before than behind ; so that , when we stoop forward , the compressible substance of the cartilage ...
... cartilages are gristles ; and he may see them in perfection in a loin of veal . Their form also favours the same intention . They are thicker before than behind ; so that , when we stoop forward , the compressible substance of the cartilage ...
Page 81
... cartilage . Now this is the very contrivance which is employed in the famous iron - bridge at my door at Bishop - Wearmouth and for the same purpose of stability ; viz . the cheeks of the bars , which pass between the arches , ride ...
... cartilage . Now this is the very contrivance which is employed in the famous iron - bridge at my door at Bishop - Wearmouth and for the same purpose of stability ; viz . the cheeks of the bars , which pass between the arches , ride ...
Page 84
... cartilage . It lies upon the front of the knee : and the power- ful tendons , by which the leg is brought forward , pass through it ( or rather it makes a part of their continuation ) , from their origin in the thigh to * Anat . p . 229 ...
... cartilage . It lies upon the front of the knee : and the power- ful tendons , by which the leg is brought forward , pass through it ( or rather it makes a part of their continuation ) , from their origin in the thigh to * Anat . p . 229 ...
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