Hutton's Book of Nature Laid Open1820 - 281 Seiten |
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... bodies . A protube- rant eye would have been inconvenient , and easily injured by moving in such a dense medium ; but , to prevent this , the eyes of fishes are sunk in their heads , and the cornea made flat , while the defect of vision ...
... bodies . A protube- rant eye would have been inconvenient , and easily injured by moving in such a dense medium ; but , to prevent this , the eyes of fishes are sunk in their heads , and the cornea made flat , while the defect of vision ...
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... bodies , is also madé use of as a most powerful agent in the hand of Pro- vidence for their destruction . It is a chaos contain- ing all kinds of menstrua , and consequently possess- ing powers for dissolving all bodies , by which means ...
... bodies , is also madé use of as a most powerful agent in the hand of Pro- vidence for their destruction . It is a chaos contain- ing all kinds of menstrua , and consequently possess- ing powers for dissolving all bodies , by which means ...
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... bodies we have just been con- sidering , which , according to the appearances they put on , are denominated as stars ... bodies , that move among them ; for , in respect to these , they seem to be fixed , and , with regard to each other ...
... bodies we have just been con- sidering , which , according to the appearances they put on , are denominated as stars ... bodies , that move among them ; for , in respect to these , they seem to be fixed , and , with regard to each other ...
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Vegetables variety of | 23 |
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