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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use ... - Page 549
by Denison Olmsted - 1844 - 592 pages
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book ..., Volume 2

Denison Olmsted - 1832 - 378 pages
...that it is the boast of science to have been able to trace so far the refined contrivances of tills most admirable organ; not its shame to find something...render its study an object of the deepest interest. 960. Writers on comparative anatomy express the highest admiration of the adaptation of the eyes of...
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book ..., Volume 2

Denison Olmsted - 1832 - 402 pages
...formation of the eye so similar, and yet so* infinitely superior, to a product of human ingenuity, — such thought, such care, such refinement, such advantage...render its study an object of the deepest interest. 960. Writers on comparative anatomy express the highest admiration of the adaptation of the eyes of...
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A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Adapted to the Use of the General Reader ...

Denison Olmsted - 1837 - 374 pages
...formation of the eye so similar, and yet so infinitely superior, to a product of human ingenuity, — such thought, such care, such refinement, such advantage...render its study an object of the deepest interest. 528. Writers on comparative anatomy express the highest admiration of the adaptation of the eyes of...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 1

1841 - 404 pages
...have felt, who have carefully studied the structure of this wonderful instrument. " It is the boast of science to have been able to trace so far the refined...render its study an object of the deepest interest." '• Of all the animal structures, this is, perhaps, the one which most admits of being brought into...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 1

1841 - 346 pages
...formation of the eye so similar, and yet so infinitely superior, to a product of human ingenuity — such thought, such care, such refinement, such advantage...render its study an object of the deepest interest." " Of all the animal structures, this is, perhaps, the one which most ad mits of being brought into...
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the british and foreign medical review or quarterly journal of practical ...

john forbes m.d. f.r.s .f.g.s - 1841 - 606 pages
...formation of the eye so similar and yet so infinitely superior to a product of human ingenuity ; such thought, such care, such refinement, such advantage...nature, and render its study an object of the deepest interest.i' АкT. II. — A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, and Manual of Comparative Anatomy....
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The Physiology of Vision

William Mackenzie - 1841 - 326 pages
...FORMATION OF THE EYE SO SIMILAR, AND YET SO INFINITELY SUPERIOR, TO A PRODUCT OF HUMAN INGENUITY , SUCH THOUGHT, SUCH CARE, SUCH REFINEMENT, SUCH ADVANTAGE...PERHAPS, THAN ANY SINGLE CONTRIVANCE TO BE FOUND, WHETHER IX ART OR NATURE, AND RENDER ITS STUDY AN OBJECT OF THE DEEPEST INTEREST. JFW HERSCHEL. PREFACE. THE...
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The Physiology of Vision

William Mackenzie - 1841 - 460 pages
...ADVANTAGE TAKEN OF THE PROPERTIES' OP NATURAL AGENTS USED AS MERE INSTRUMENTS, FOR ACCOMPLISHING A GITXN END, AS FORCE UPON US A CONVICTION OF DELIBERATE CHOICE...PERHAPS, THAN ANY SINGLE CONTRIVANCE TO BE FOUND, WHETHER lv ART OR NATURE, AND RENDER ITS STUDY AN OBJECT OF THE DEEPEST INTEREST. JFW HERSCHEL. PREFACE. THE...
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A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Adapted to the Use of the General Reader ...

Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 384 pages
...its scrutiny; for, however anatomists may differ on points of structure, or physiologists dis. pute on modes of action, there is that in what we do understand...render its study an object of the deepest interest. 528. Writers on comparative anatomy express the highest admiration of the adaptation of the eyes of...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge ..., Volume 4

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...formation of the eye so similar, and yet so infinitely superior, to a product of human ingenuity, — such thought, such care, such refinement, such advantage...accomplishing a given end, as force upon us a conviction of Light, deliberate choice and premeditated design, more strongly, perhaps, than any single contrivance...
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