 | William Paley - Apologetics - 1839 - 398 pages
...The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. Hear L)r. Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale : " The aorta measured a foot in diameter. Ten or... | |
 | Natural history - 1829 - 516 pages
...the aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whate's heart." We must now take leave of the subject, trusting that, should such another visitor approach... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...pipe of some water-works ; and the water roaring in its passages through a pipe of that description is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the wliale's heart." l)r. HUNTER, in his account of the dissection of a whale, says, "The aorta measured... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Fire engines - 1842 - 612 pages
...whale, says Paley, " is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London bridge; and the water roaring in its passage through that...pipe, is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood rushing from the whale's heart." Every human being may be considered as, nay is, a living pump. His... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1842 - 608 pages
...whale, says Paley, " is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the• water-works at London bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe, is inferior m impetus and velocity to the blood rushing from the whale's heart." Every human being may be considered... | |
 | William Paley - God - 1843 - 400 pages
...called the pulmonic circle. Is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London bridge; and the water roaring in its passage through that...to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. Hear Ur Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale. " The aorta measured a foot diameter. Ten or fifteen... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1849 - 306 pages
...animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the mam pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that...velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. Here is Dr Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale: — 'The aorta measured a foot diameter.... | |
 | 1849 - 442 pages
...main pipe of Croton water works, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is interior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. In Dr. Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale, the aorta measured a foot in diameter. Ten or... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - Cetacea - 1850 - 330 pages
...roaring in Arterial Circulation. Wise Provision of the Creator. its passage through that pipe must be inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's great heart, when his pulse beats high in the conflict with his captors. In Dr. Hunter's account to... | |
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Consider what an affair this is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus and... 
