On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesWilliam Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 75
... spect to the rest of his body , it is certain that the hand is the instrument which gives him that decidedly physical superiority which he pos- sesses over all other animals . In all other re- spects there is no physiological difference ...
... spect to the rest of his body , it is certain that the hand is the instrument which gives him that decidedly physical superiority which he pos- sesses over all other animals . In all other re- spects there is no physiological difference ...
الصفحة 145
... spect to the process of reducing the corn itself to the state of meal , that is , in common lan- guage , of grinding it ; although many other mechanical means are capable of being applied to that purpose , who does not see the advan ...
... spect to the process of reducing the corn itself to the state of meal , that is , in common lan- guage , of grinding it ; although many other mechanical means are capable of being applied to that purpose , who does not see the advan ...
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... spect doubtful whether nature intended us to live on flesh ; yet our stomach , and the rest of our apparatus of digestion , aided moreover by culinary preparation , certainly approximate us fully as much to the carnivorous as to the her ...
... spect doubtful whether nature intended us to live on flesh ; yet our stomach , and the rest of our apparatus of digestion , aided moreover by culinary preparation , certainly approximate us fully as much to the carnivorous as to the her ...
الصفحة 236
... spect to black , which must practically be con- sidered as a distinct colour , though not ad- mitted as such theoretically , it is worthy of ob- servation , that , although scarcely any vegetable substance yields it directly ; yet , by ...
... spect to black , which must practically be con- sidered as a distinct colour , though not ad- mitted as such theoretically , it is worthy of ob- servation , that , although scarcely any vegetable substance yields it directly ; yet , by ...
الصفحة 272
... spect to the last mentioned of which substances indeed , it is a highly interesting fact , that the world has not been supplied with it solely from the two still existing species of elephant , but also , and in a very large proportion ...
... spect to the last mentioned of which substances indeed , it is a highly interesting fact , that the world has not been supplied with it solely from the two still existing species of elephant , but also , and in a very large proportion ...
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adaptation animals Aristotle arts atmosphere birds body brain called camel capable carbon carbonic acid character colour common consequence considered coral coral reefs Cuvier degree derived du Mus earth effect employed existence external world habits hand heat human individual instance instinct intellectual faculties kingdom Lamarck Lucretius lusus mals mammæ ment metals mind mineral mode moral nature neral observation organs oviparous peculiar philosophical physical condition powers present principle produced proportion purpose quadrupeds racter reference resemble respect sal ammoniac SECT sense shew species spect stance structure substance supply surface temperature tion treatise tural ture various vegetable vertebræ viviparous wants whole ἀλλὰ γὰρ γένος δὲ καὶ ἐν ἐστὶ ἐστιν ἔχει καὶ τὰ κατὰ οἱ οἷον ὅσα οὐ οὐκ πάντα περὶ πρὸς τὰ μὲν τὰς ταῦτα τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τῶν τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ζῴων ὥσπερ