 | Bibliography - 1722 - 494 pages
...others: Of which many Iniiatices might be given in the Vora'cious Beafts and Birds. Thus the Balance<oŁ the Animal World is throughout all Ages kept even, and by a Curious Harmony, andajuilProportion between thelncreafeofallAnimals, and the Length of their Lives, the World is never... | |
 | William Derham - God - 1754 - 506 pages
...moft rare, being feldom feen, of only one, or a few in large Countries; enough to keep up the Species, but not to over-charge the World. Thus the Balance...of their Lives, the World is through all Ages well, but not overfl ored : One Generation paflctb away, and another Genet-alien cometh (c); fo equally in... | |
 | William Derham - Astronomy - 1786 - 482 pages
...have on the fore part • of their heads, a comb, not pointed like that of a cock ; but J * rather Thus the balance of the animal world, is, throughout...a curious harmony, and juft proportion between the inereafe of all animals and the length of their lives, the world is through all ages well, but not... | |
 | Robert Miln - Bible and science - 1786 - 434 pages
...afe of the ravenous kind, they would foon annihilate and deftroy the breed of the weaker. But by a juft proportion between the increafe of all animals, and the length of their lives, the world is kept abundantly furniftied with inhabitants, but not overftocked. Which verifies our Saviour's declaration,... | |
 | 1789 - 398 pages
...,пч'. the moil pernicious of Birds, fo they are the moil rare, juft enow to keep up the Species, but not to overcharge the World. Thus, the Balance of the Animal World is continually kept even, and by a curious Harmony, and juft Proportion between the Im r „if of all... | |
 | James Robert Page - 1863 - 198 pages
...commonly fewer young, or do seldomer bring forth enough, and then only enough, to keep up the species, but not to overcharge the world. "Thus the balance...all ages, kept even; and by a curious harmony, and just proportion between the increase of all animals, and the length of their lives, the world is through... | |
 | Peter J. Bowler - Nature - 1993 - 676 pages
...were exactly in balance with its lifespan and the threats from predators and other natural hazards 6 : The Balance of the Animal World is, throughout all Ages, kept even, and by a curious Harmony and just Proportion between the increase of all Animals, and the length of their Lives, the World is, through... | |
 | David B. Ruderman - Medical - 1995 - 424 pages
..."enough to keep up the species, but not to overcharge the world," as Derham put it. Thus, he adds, "the balance of the animal world is throughout all ages kept even, and by a curious harmony, and just proportion between the increase of all animals, and the length of their lives, the world is through... | |
 | Willis Conner Sorensen - Science - 1995 - 388 pages
...the Animal World is. . . kept even, and by a curious Harmony and just Proportion between the increase of all Animals, and the length of their lives, the World is through all ages well, but not overstored.” 4 The concept was employed widely by naturalists in the eighteenth century,... | |
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but not to over-charge the World. Thus the Balance of the animal World, is, throughout all Ages, kept even} and by a curious Harmony, and juft Proportion between the Increafe of all Animals, and the Length of their Lives, the World is through all Ages... 
