The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation. Treatise I-IX.: On the power, wisdom and goodness of God, as manifested in the creation of animals, by William Kirby. 2d edW. Pickering, 1837 - Natural theology |
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Page 210
... Decapods . Gills situated under the sides of the shell . Ten thoracic legs . Eyes on a jointed footstalk . 2. Stomapods . Gills attached to five pairs of appendages , or spurious legs , under the abdomen . Eyes as in the Decapods . 3 ...
... Decapods . Gills situated under the sides of the shell . Ten thoracic legs . Eyes on a jointed footstalk . 2. Stomapods . Gills attached to five pairs of appendages , or spurious legs , under the abdomen . Eyes as in the Decapods . 3 ...
Page 211
... Decapods . This order naturally resolves itself into two sections , viz . The short - tailed Decapods or Crabs , 1 which have their abdomen folded under the trunk ; and the long - tailed Decapods or Lobsters , Cray - fish , & c ...
... Decapods . This order naturally resolves itself into two sections , viz . The short - tailed Decapods or Crabs , 1 which have their abdomen folded under the trunk ; and the long - tailed Decapods or Lobsters , Cray - fish , & c ...
Page 212
... Decapods are the long - tailed ones , which do not fold their abdomen under their body . This part is usually furnished at the extremity with several plates , which the animal expands so as to form a fan of five or six leaves ; they are ...
... Decapods are the long - tailed ones , which do not fold their abdomen under their body . This part is usually furnished at the extremity with several plates , which the animal expands so as to form a fan of five or six leaves ; they are ...
Page 230
... Decapods , amongst those with a long tail , which from their cylindrical form and other circumstances , are nearer to the Chilognathan Myriapods than to the Chilopodan , taking the lobster for our type , we find the organs analogous to ...
... Decapods , amongst those with a long tail , which from their cylindrical form and other circumstances , are nearer to the Chilognathan Myriapods than to the Chilopodan , taking the lobster for our type , we find the organs analogous to ...
Page 231
... Decapods , the legs in question seem all taken from locomotion , and the second pair does not differ from those of ... Decapod Crustaceans do not change the form , or increase the number of locomotive organs , that distin- guish them ...
... Decapods , the legs in question seem all taken from locomotion , and the second pair does not differ from those of ... Decapod Crustaceans do not change the form , or increase the number of locomotive organs , that distin- guish them ...
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action alluded amongst analogous animal kingdom animalcules Annelidans appears aquatic Arachnidans Aristotle armed belong birds bivalves body Branchiopods called Cephalopods Cetaceans cherubim circumstances Class claws common Condylopes consider consisting creation Creator Crustaceans Cuvier Decapods Deity devour divided earth eggs employed enable exhibit eyes fins fishes fixed fluid foot former functions furnished genus gills globe habits head heavens herbivorous Hexapods Ibid infinite inhabit insects instinct Introd jointed kind Lamarck Latreille latter legs light Linné locomotion mandibles maxillæ means membrane Molluscans motion mouth move multivalve Myriapods nature nutriment object observed ocean operculum Order organs oviparous pair plants PLATE polypes predaceous prehension prey principal probably produced quadrupeds regard remarkable Reptiles resembling respect Saurians Scripture seems shell singular Solipeds sometimes species spiders spines structure substance suckers surface tail tentacles terrestrial things tion trees tribe tube usually vegetable whole wings
Popular passages
Page 413 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 440 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 47 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 490 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
Page 6 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish: to graze the herb all leaving, Devour'd each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim Glared on him passing.
Page 6 - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: (for righteousness is immortal: ) but ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Page xlviii - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand...
Page 486 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 46 - Let us hope that the day is approaching when 'the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 76 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.