Chemical field lectures, a familiar exposition of the chemistry of agriculture. Transl. Ed., with notes, by A. Henfrey |
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... give it a name , indeed , the name of vital force , but gain thereby no clearer understand- ing of its nature . Its operations are conducted in so mysterious a manner , as to render it apparently improbable that the speculations of ...
... give it a name , indeed , the name of vital force , but gain thereby no clearer understand- ing of its nature . Its operations are conducted in so mysterious a manner , as to render it apparently improbable that the speculations of ...
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... and subtracting the weight of the ash ) , the remainder will give the quantity of oxygen existing in the form of organic com- pounds . - A . H. the latter resin . That which gives mechanical support to 16 NUTRITION OF PLANTS .
... and subtracting the weight of the ash ) , the remainder will give the quantity of oxygen existing in the form of organic com- pounds . - A . H. the latter resin . That which gives mechanical support to 16 NUTRITION OF PLANTS .
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Julius Adolph Stöckhardt Arthur Henfrey. the latter resin . That which gives mechanical support to plants , forming as it were their bones and blood - vessels , bears the name of vegetable fibre , or , when it has become tough ...
Julius Adolph Stöckhardt Arthur Henfrey. the latter resin . That which gives mechanical support to plants , forming as it were their bones and blood - vessels , bears the name of vegetable fibre , or , when it has become tough ...
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... give it off in processes of decay , & c . Whatever might have been the mode of origin of the vegetation now clothing the earth's sur- face , no one who has considered the bearings of the question , will imagine that the mountains and ...
... give it off in processes of decay , & c . Whatever might have been the mode of origin of the vegetation now clothing the earth's sur- face , no one who has considered the bearings of the question , will imagine that the mountains and ...
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... give up its natural freedom seems so strong , that the plant does not possess sufficient power to over- come it * . This statement is called in question by some recent observers . The researches of M. Ville , which appear to have been ...
... give up its natural freedom seems so strong , that the plant does not possess sufficient power to over- come it * . This statement is called in question by some recent observers . The researches of M. Ville , which appear to have been ...
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