CONTENTS 



ANIMAL MECHANICS, OR PROOFS OF DESIGN IN 



THE ANIMAL FRAME 



INTRODUCTION 



Liability to pain and injury proves reference of human body 

 to mind 1 



Protection not absolute; strength and surroundings corre- 

 spond; to be compared with things of human invention 

 for our better understanding 2 



A balance between the power of exertion, and capability of 

 resistance in the living body; the analogy not perfect . . 4, 5 



An improvement in architecture accompanied by observed 

 analogies in the animal body 5 



The architecture and carpentry of the head; the skull has 

 two plates for the protection of the brain 6 



The Eddystone lighthouse not formed on principles so cor- 

 rect as those of the bones of the foot; nor the king-post as 

 accurate as the hollow bones which support our weight . 6 



The growth and removal of the elements of the body to be 

 another object of inquiry 7 



CHAPTER I 



ARCHITECTURE OF THE SKULL 



Brain to be protected from sharp bodies as well as blows; a 

 soldier's cap has a leather lining and a cover of hair for 

 protection as well as ornament; an infant's skull is soft; 



a man's hard 9 



Joints of skull dovetailed like a carpenter's box .... 12 



Figure of bones of the head 13 



Inclined rafters of a roof and bones of the head compared . 15 



