Volume 1

Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

  • Paley, William, 1743-1805.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS OF VOL. I. CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. Watch, page 2; eight cases, 4-10. Note 1, Referring to the Appendix for a description of the me- chanism of the watch, page 1; 2, on how the stone came to be there, 1; 3, on the turning of oval frames, 5 ; 4, on laws of nature, &c, 9. CHAPTER II. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED. fiote b, on the management and tendency of the argument ia Chapter II., 19. CHAPTER III. APPLICATION OK THE ARGUMENT. Eye and telescope, 22; light—distance, 31 ; eyes of birds, 3G; eyes of fish, 37; minuteness of picture, 41; socket—eye- brow—eye-lid—tears, 42; nictitating membrane—muscle, 44; expedients, 48 ; why means used, 50 ; ear, 52. Nute G, referring to Appendix, 21 ; 7, referring to Appendix, and on the adaptation of the eyes of fish to the medium in which they live, 23; 8, referring to Appendix, and on refraction, 27 ; 9, ou the adjustment of the eye to different distances,