The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray.

  • John Ray
Date:
1692
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Credit: The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V 7%e Wifiom (f God Partfl. be conveyed into thofe places 3 but yet that their Generation is Analogous to that of other Creatures of thofe kinds I doubt hot. ^ O' • - • The conftancy to thdr Species; their exaffe/ Agreement and perpetual Similitude in the , Shape and Figure of their Bodies , and all ; their Parts, their Confiftency, Temper, tion and. other Accidents are to me little lefs than a demonftration, that they are not the i Eiledls of Chance, but the Products of 4 ] fetled and fpermatick* Principle. I am at pre- j fent, till better informed, of opinion, that ^ their Eggs are fwaliowed with the Meat we ' eat; and I am the rather induced to think fo, • becaufe Children in their firft Infancy, and as long as they are cooftantly confined to a ^ilk-Diet, are feldom troubled with them. After this was written , I received a Let¬ ter horn my often, remembred Ingenious ^ Friend Dr. Tancred Rolinfony referring to this | matter, parewhereof I fliall tranlcribe, asbe- 1 ing very pertinent, inftrudive, and confo- . nant to my own thoughts 3 / think it way he provedy that the vaji variety of ff^orws found hi, aim of all the parts of different Anh mals, pf/ZTerrefirial as Aquatick , are taken into their refpePUve Bodies hy Meats and Dr ink sy and there either lye fill for fowe
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