The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing DesignBell & Daldy, 1865 - 260 pages |
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Page xxiii
... organised body , de- pendent for its subsistence on nourishment which it must pro- cure by voluntarily going in quest of it ... organisation . Each also may be conceived to exist as an independent structure . But owing to the variety of ...
... organised body , de- pendent for its subsistence on nourishment which it must pro- cure by voluntarily going in quest of it ... organisation . Each also may be conceived to exist as an independent structure . But owing to the variety of ...
Page xxiv
... organisation has reached its highest point of development in Man , we find Locomotion executed exclusively by its appropriate members- the Lower Extremities : Prehension executed exclusively by its appropriate members - the Upper ...
... organisation has reached its highest point of development in Man , we find Locomotion executed exclusively by its appropriate members- the Lower Extremities : Prehension executed exclusively by its appropriate members - the Upper ...
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... organised matter to these suc- cessive changes in the surface of the earth , that we shall have the best proofs of the continuance of that Power which first created . Such is the course of reasoning which I propose to follow in giving ...
... organised matter to these suc- cessive changes in the surface of the earth , that we shall have the best proofs of the continuance of that Power which first created . Such is the course of reasoning which I propose to follow in giving ...
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... organisation of animals have been often brought forward for a different purpose from that for which I The matter of Jupiter is as 330,600 to 1000 of our Earth . The diameter of Pallas is 80 miles ; that of the Earth is 7911 miles ...
... organisation of animals have been often brought forward for a different purpose from that for which I The matter of Jupiter is as 330,600 to 1000 of our Earth . The diameter of Pallas is 80 miles ; that of the Earth is 7911 miles ...
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... organisation , and the vital pro- perties , could arise from the influence of the surrounding ele- ments , or out of matter spontaneously ; they are created in ac- cordance with the condition of the globe , and are systematic parts of a ...
... organisation , and the vital pro- perties , could arise from the influence of the surrounding ele- ments , or out of matter spontaneously ; they are created in ac- cordance with the condition of the globe , and are systematic parts of a ...
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