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Nature is nothing , if not natural . If I am to read to any purpose , I must read with a relish , and browse at will with the bridle off . Sometimes I go into a library , the slow accretion of a couple of centuries , or per- haps the ...
Nature is nothing , if not natural . If I am to read to any purpose , I must read with a relish , and browse at will with the bridle off . Sometimes I go into a library , the slow accretion of a couple of centuries , or per- haps the ...
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We have mentioned the names of sev- eral natural elements . Let us see what they are , and what they have to do with man and the kingdoms of Nature . Be- ginning with man , let us see what be- comes of him in course of time ...
We have mentioned the names of sev- eral natural elements . Let us see what they are , and what they have to do with man and the kingdoms of Nature . Be- ginning with man , let us see what be- comes of him in course of time ...
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Various seeds were sprouted in water , in order to observe the nature of the excretions from their roots . It was found that the water in which plants of the family of the Leguminosa ( beans and peas ) grew acquired a brown color ...
Various seeds were sprouted in water , in order to observe the nature of the excretions from their roots . It was found that the water in which plants of the family of the Leguminosa ( beans and peas ) grew acquired a brown color ...
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There is nothing in Nature more strik- ing to the novice than the first sugges- tions of the various , and apparently con- tradictory , at least unexpected , positions in which the same mineral is found .
There is nothing in Nature more strik- ing to the novice than the first sugges- tions of the various , and apparently con- tradictory , at least unexpected , positions in which the same mineral is found .
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ences in the combination of these ele- ments , they exist in Nature as so many distinct substances . Their approach to identity is further confirmed by the fact , that starch can be made into gum , and either of them into sugar , in the ...
ences in the combination of these ele- ments , they exist in Nature as so many distinct substances . Their approach to identity is further confirmed by the fact , that starch can be made into gum , and either of them into sugar , in the ...
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