 | William Paley - 1813 - 572 páginas
...: and the interlacing is performed by means of a vast number of fibres, or teeth, which the lamina; shoot forth on each side, and which hook and grapple...extremity of the feather, are longer, more flexible, and bsnt dowmrard ; whereas those which proceed from the side towards the beginning, or quillend of the... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 páginas
...: and the interlacing is performed by means of a vast number of fibres, or teeth, which the laminae shoot forth on each side, and which hook and grapple...one twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked j bn; curved after a different manner ; for those, which proceed from the thread, on the side towards... | |
 | 1817 - 494 páginas
...hook and grapple together. * Fifty of these fibres have been counted in one twentieth of an inch. They are crooked, but curved after a different manner;...for those which proceed from the thread on the side toward the extremity of the feather are longer, more flexible, and bent downward ; whereas those which... | |
 | William Paley - 1819 - 302 páginas
...interlacing -is per• formed by means of an infinite number of fibres or teeth, ••which the lamina: shoot forth on each- side, and which hook • and...•which proceed from the thread on the side towards the et-tremity of the feather, are longer, more flexible, and bent •downward : v whereas- those which... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 páginas
...forth on each side, and which hook and grapple tof ether. A friend of mine counted fifty of these bres in one twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked...longer, more flexible, and bent downward ; whereas those whi,-h proceed from the side towards the beginning, or quill-end of the feather, are shorter, firmer,... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 324 páginas
...and the interlacing is performed by means of an infinite number of fibres or teeth, which the laminae shoot forth on each side, and which hook and grapple together. A friend.of mine counted fifty of these fibres in one twentieth of an inch.. These fibres are crooked... | |
 | William Paley - 1826 - 628 páginas
...another; and the interlacing is performed by means of a vast number of fibres, or teeth, which the laminae shoot forth on each side, and which hook and grapple...A friend of mine counted fifty of these fibres in one-twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked ; but curved after a different manner : for those... | |
 | William Paley - 1826 - 320 páginas
...and the interlacing is performed by means of an infinite number of fibres or teeth, which the laminae shoot forth on each side, and which hook and grapple together. A friend of mine counted Sfty of 'these fibres in one twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked ; but curved after a different... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 páginas
...hook and grapple together. Fifty of these fibres have been counted in One twentieth of an inch. They are crooked, but curved after a different manner :...downward ; whereas those which proceed from the side toward the beginning or quill-end of the feather, are shorter, firmer, and turned upward. When two... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1828 - 362 páginas
...together. Fifty of these fibres have been counted in one twentieth of an inch. They are crooked^but curved after a different manner : for those which...downward ; whereas those which proceed from the side toward the beginning or quill-end of the feather, are shorter, firmer, and turned upward. When two... | |
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A friend of mine counted fifty of these fibres in one twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked ; but curved after a different manner : for those which proceed from the thread on the side towards... 
