Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. Being the Substance of Sixteen Sermons Preached in St. Mary-le-Bow-church, London; at the Honourable Mr. Boyle's Lectures, in the Years 1711, and 1712. With Large Notes, and Many Curious Observations |
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Page 88
... Retina , and e- very other Part of that little darkned Cell , is neatly adapted regularly to receive the Images from with- out , and to convey them accordingly to the com- mon Sensory in the Brain . ( b ) It is a good Reafon Frier Bacon ...
... Retina , and e- very other Part of that little darkned Cell , is neatly adapted regularly to receive the Images from with- out , and to convey them accordingly to the com- mon Sensory in the Brain . ( b ) It is a good Reafon Frier Bacon ...
Page 94
... Retina of each Eye , have each of them correfponding Parts in the Brain ; fo that when any of thofe Fibrilla are ... Retina , which are made of them ; And farther , that those Fibrilla have the fame Parallelifm , Tenfion , & c in both ...
... Retina of each Eye , have each of them correfponding Parts in the Brain ; fo that when any of thofe Fibrilla are ... Retina , which are made of them ; And farther , that those Fibrilla have the fame Parallelifm , Tenfion , & c in both ...
Page 95
... Retina , & c . he makes very probable from the enfuing of double Vifion upon the Interruption of the Parallelifm of the Eyes ; as when one Eye is depreffed with the Finger , or their Symphony interrupted by Difeafe , Drunkenness , & c ...
... Retina , & c . he makes very probable from the enfuing of double Vifion upon the Interruption of the Parallelifm of the Eyes ; as when one Eye is depreffed with the Finger , or their Symphony interrupted by Difeafe , Drunkenness , & c ...
Page 99
... Retina , the delicate Transparency of the Cornea ( w ) , and the firm and ftrong Texture of that and the Sclerotica too ; and each of them , in thefe and every other respect , in the most accurate manner adapted to the Place in which it ...
... Retina , the delicate Transparency of the Cornea ( w ) , and the firm and ftrong Texture of that and the Sclerotica too ; and each of them , in thefe and every other respect , in the most accurate manner adapted to the Place in which it ...
Page 101
... Retina , round the optick Nerve . Befides which , he faith , the Iris hath a Faculty alfo , in fome , of darting out Rays of Light , fo as to enable them to fee in the Dark : Of which he tells this Story ; Novi quendam cerebro calidiori ...
... Retina , round the optick Nerve . Befides which , he faith , the Iris hath a Faculty alfo , in fome , of darting out Rays of Light , fo as to enable them to fee in the Dark : Of which he tells this Story ; Novi quendam cerebro calidiori ...
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