Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836 - Biology |
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... joints , that admit no other motion than that of striking against the water , and of thus urging forwards the animal in its passage through that dense and resisting medium ? Many aquatic animals are furnished with tails which evidently ...
... joints , that admit no other motion than that of striking against the water , and of thus urging forwards the animal in its passage through that dense and resisting medium ? Many aquatic animals are furnished with tails which evidently ...
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... joints , and all other parts concerned in extensive action , has a looser texture , being formed of broad and extensible plates , with few lateral ad- hesions , and leaving large interstices ; while the more quies- cent organs , the ...
... joints , and all other parts concerned in extensive action , has a looser texture , being formed of broad and extensible plates , with few lateral ad- hesions , and leaving large interstices ; while the more quies- cent organs , the ...
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... joints , closed cavities of the same description , but of smaller size , are met with , for the obvious purpose of facilitating motion ; and here also friction is prevented by a highly lubricating fluid , termed synovia , which is ...
... joints , closed cavities of the same description , but of smaller size , are met with , for the obvious purpose of facilitating motion ; and here also friction is prevented by a highly lubricating fluid , termed synovia , which is ...
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... joints are sur- rounded by similar bandages , known by the name of Cap- sular Ligaments . In following the series of animal structures in the order of their increasing density , we find the proportion of albu- men which enters into ...
... joints are sur- rounded by similar bandages , known by the name of Cap- sular Ligaments . In following the series of animal structures in the order of their increasing density , we find the proportion of albu- men which enters into ...
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... joints , is often highly polished . In all the inferior tribes of animals Nature employs car- tilage to supply the place of bone when ridigity is required to be given to the fabric . In an extensive order of fishes , including the shark ...
... joints , is often highly polished . In all the inferior tribes of animals Nature employs car- tilage to supply the place of bone when ridigity is required to be given to the fabric . In an extensive order of fishes , including the shark ...
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Page xiii - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
Page 44 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 114 - ... around. The beauty and novelty of such a scene in the animal kingdom, long arrested my attention, but, after twenty-five minutes of constant observation^ I was obliged to withdraw my eye from fatigue, without having seen the torrent for one instant change its direction, or diminish, in the slightest degree, the rapidity of its course. I continued to watch the same orifice, at short intervals, for five hours, sometimes observing it for a quarter of an hour at a time, but still the stream rolled...
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Page 259 - Where the principal object is either extensive protection, or the provision of broad surfaces for the attachment of muscles, we find the osseous structure expanded into flat plates; as is exemplified in the bones of the skull, in the shoulder blade, and still more remarkably in the bony shield which surrounds the body of the tortoise. On the other hand, where a system of levers is wanted, as in the limbs, which have to sustain the weight of the trunk, and to confer extensive powers of locomotion,...
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Page 36 - By rendering ourselves familiar with the handwriting, where the characters are clearly legible, we gradually learn to decipher the more obscure passages, and are enabled to follow the continuity of the narrative through chapters that would otherwise appear mutilated and defaced. Hence the utility of comprehending in our studies the whole range of the organized creation, with a view to the discovery of final causes, and obtaining adequate ideas of the power, the wisdom, and the goodness of God.
Page 206 - The process by which this periodical casting and renewal of the shell are effected, has been very satisfactorily investigated by Reaumur. The tendency in the body and in the limbs to expand during growth is restrained by the limited dimensions of the shell, which resists the efforts to enlarge its diameter. But this force of expansion goes on increasing, till at length it is productive of much uneasiness to the animal, which is, in consequence, prompted to make a violent effort to relieve itself;...