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- catalog contributor b3238436.
- catalog created "1893.".
- catalog date "1893".
- catalog date "1893.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1893.".
- catalog description "Freer introduction of scientific subjects and Christian doctrines: Illustration of the immense distances of the heavenly bodies ; Their visibility implies a connection of some kind ; Corpuscular and undulatory theories of light ; Triumph of the latter and evidence of the existence of the luminiferous ether ;, which nevertheless, is not recognizable by our sense ; Its connection with electricity ; Possibly by our senses ; Possibly with gravitation ; Unexpected constitution of ether indicated by the phenomena of polarization ; The history of the theory of light warn us against a summary rejection of what seems inexplicable by natural causes -- Conception by the properties of ether of instantaneous transmission of intelligence: Division of physical sciences into distinct branches ; Fundamental character of the laws of motion ; Yet to these must be superadded gravitation ; And to these again magnetism, etc. ; Similarly the physical laws do not suffice, but when we come to living things, fresh laws must be superadded ; Superficial character of certain resemblances in inorganic nature to phenomena of life ; Materialism and directionism ; Reflex action and volition ; Theological tendencies of adoption or rejection of materialism".
- catalog description "General system of nature conductive to welfare: Evidence of design most striking in living things ; provision in human eye for perception of image on retina ; rods and cones of the retina ; Correspondence of sensation of form of object with actual form ; Provision for single vision with the two eyes ; Muscles for rotation of eyeballs -- Evidence of design afforded by the minuet structure of the retina: Analogy of the muscles that rotate the eyeball to adjusting screws ; Evidence of provision for the welfare of the creature ; Whether the benefits resulting from gravitation can be adduced as evidence of the same ; Sensation of color ; Evidence of provision for enjoyment ; Discussion of the validity of the argument -- Contrast between the structure of living thing and general physical laws in relation to the argument for design ; Chemical substances ; Laws of chemical combination ; Atomic theory ; Question of the possible formation of the elements by chemical combination from one primordial kind of matter ; Even such an evolutionary origin of the elements still postulates the existence and similarity of the atoms of the primordial matter".
- catalog extent "viii, 272 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Natural theology.".
- catalog identifier "0837054265 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Natural theology.".
- catalog isPartOf "ATLA Historical Monographs Collection. Series 1 (13th Century to 1893). net".
- catalog isPartOf "ATLA monograph preservation program ATLA fiche 1985-3426. div".
- catalog isPartOf "Gifford lectures ; 1893".
- catalog issued "1893".
- catalog issued "1893.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Adam and Charles Black,".
- catalog relation "Natural theology.".
- catalog subject "Apologetics.".
- catalog subject "BL181 .S871".
- catalog subject "Natural theology.".
- catalog subject "Religion and science 1860-1899.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Freer introduction of scientific subjects and Christian doctrines: Illustration of the immense distances of the heavenly bodies ; Their visibility implies a connection of some kind ; Corpuscular and undulatory theories of light ; Triumph of the latter and evidence of the existence of the luminiferous ether ;, which nevertheless, is not recognizable by our sense ; Its connection with electricity ; Possibly by our senses ; Possibly with gravitation ; Unexpected constitution of ether indicated by the phenomena of polarization ; The history of the theory of light warn us against a summary rejection of what seems inexplicable by natural causes -- Conception by the properties of ether of instantaneous transmission of intelligence: Division of physical sciences into distinct branches ; Fundamental character of the laws of motion ; Yet to these must be superadded gravitation ; And to these again magnetism, etc. ; Similarly the physical laws do not suffice, but when we come to living things, fresh laws must be superadded ; Superficial character of certain resemblances in inorganic nature to phenomena of life ; Materialism and directionism ; Reflex action and volition ; Theological tendencies of adoption or rejection of materialism".
- catalog tableOfContents "General system of nature conductive to welfare: Evidence of design most striking in living things ; provision in human eye for perception of image on retina ; rods and cones of the retina ; Correspondence of sensation of form of object with actual form ; Provision for single vision with the two eyes ; Muscles for rotation of eyeballs -- Evidence of design afforded by the minuet structure of the retina: Analogy of the muscles that rotate the eyeball to adjusting screws ; Evidence of provision for the welfare of the creature ; Whether the benefits resulting from gravitation can be adduced as evidence of the same ; Sensation of color ; Evidence of provision for enjoyment ; Discussion of the validity of the argument -- Contrast between the structure of living thing and general physical laws in relation to the argument for design ; Chemical substances ; Laws of chemical combination ; Atomic theory ; Question of the possible formation of the elements by chemical combination from one primordial kind of matter ; Even such an evolutionary origin of the elements still postulates the existence and similarity of the atoms of the primordial matter".
- catalog title "Natural theology / G.G. Stokes.".
- catalog type "text".