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Page 106
... vegetables culti- vated ascertained , a given quantity of heat and mois- ture , it may be presumed , will always produce re- sults which may be calculated and predicted with as much certainty as astronomical phenomena now are . But how ...
... vegetables culti- vated ascertained , a given quantity of heat and mois- ture , it may be presumed , will always produce re- sults which may be calculated and predicted with as much certainty as astronomical phenomena now are . But how ...
Page 110
... Vegetable Physiology , and Galvanic Electricity . Many , for whose information I write , are presum- ed to know nothing of these sciences . Hence it becomes necessary to dwell a little on elementary principles , and endeavor to explain ...
... Vegetable Physiology , and Galvanic Electricity . Many , for whose information I write , are presum- ed to know nothing of these sciences . Hence it becomes necessary to dwell a little on elementary principles , and endeavor to explain ...
Page 111
... vegetables , we shall have frequently to describe such combinations . Component parts of fluids and gases become solids , and component parts of solids again become fluids and gases , both in the formation and decay , or decomposition ...
... vegetables , we shall have frequently to describe such combinations . Component parts of fluids and gases become solids , and component parts of solids again become fluids and gases , both in the formation and decay , or decomposition ...
Page 112
... vegetables upon them ; decomposed , they readily become the prey of their vegetable de- vourers . Hence the potash , for example , of the de- composed felspar does not long remain in the soil , but will be found in the plants and trees ...
... vegetables upon them ; decomposed , they readily become the prey of their vegetable de- vourers . Hence the potash , for example , of the de- composed felspar does not long remain in the soil , but will be found in the plants and trees ...
Page 113
... vegetable and ani- mal matter , living or dead . Combined with chlorine , another gas , which I shall not now describe , it forms the most extraordinary and powerful explosive sub- stance known . A single grain of it , ( Troy weight ...
... vegetable and ani- mal matter , living or dead . Combined with chlorine , another gas , which I shall not now describe , it forms the most extraordinary and powerful explosive sub- stance known . A single grain of it , ( Troy weight ...
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