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... less interesting than they would have been if they had received more extensive illustration from examples and frequent reference to practical operations . He has now , therefore , greatly extended the matter , and endeavoured , when ...
... less interesting than they would have been if they had received more extensive illustration from examples and frequent reference to practical operations . He has now , therefore , greatly extended the matter , and endeavoured , when ...
Page 10
... less than voluntary actions . d . But perhaps nothing places the presence of a powerful vital force in stronger evidence than the facts which modern botanists have discovered in connection with the propagation of the lower orders of ...
... less than voluntary actions . d . But perhaps nothing places the presence of a powerful vital force in stronger evidence than the facts which modern botanists have discovered in connection with the propagation of the lower orders of ...
Page 30
... less quantity of carbonate of lime , have exhibited a comparative paucity of crystals . The colouring of wood , also , by introducing solutions of the metallic oxides into trees , is a good illustration of the mode in which superfluous ...
... less quantity of carbonate of lime , have exhibited a comparative paucity of crystals . The colouring of wood , also , by introducing solutions of the metallic oxides into trees , is a good illustration of the mode in which superfluous ...
Page 38
... less capable of giving rise to a similar growth , and this whether the strips of bark separated from the stem are torn upwards or downwards , and are connected therefore with the tree above or below . New wood and bark may also be ...
... less capable of giving rise to a similar growth , and this whether the strips of bark separated from the stem are torn upwards or downwards , and are connected therefore with the tree above or below . New wood and bark may also be ...
Page 40
... less central , and coloured brown or some other tint ; the latter is external , pale yellow , and much softer . Heart- wood was originally alburnum , and altered its nature with age , in consequence of the solid matter with which all ...
... less central , and coloured brown or some other tint ; the latter is external , pale yellow , and much softer . Heart- wood was originally alburnum , and altered its nature with age , in consequence of the solid matter with which all ...
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