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... metals like tin and gold describe ordinary chemical reactions in terms of the metabolic processes by which nutrients are first embodied in the cells of an organism , and eventually released in putrefaction ? The question becomes more ...
... metals like tin and gold describe ordinary chemical reactions in terms of the metabolic processes by which nutrients are first embodied in the cells of an organism , and eventually released in putrefaction ? The question becomes more ...
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... Metals are invisible Beings ; ( as we have shewed , above , the true Seeds of all other things are ; ) but to make themselves visible Bodies they do thus : Having gotten themselves suitable Matrices in the Earth , and Rocks ( according ...
... Metals are invisible Beings ; ( as we have shewed , above , the true Seeds of all other things are ; ) but to make themselves visible Bodies they do thus : Having gotten themselves suitable Matrices in the Earth , and Rocks ( according ...
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... metals comprises gold , silver , iron , lead , mercury , copper , etc .; the class of acids contains vitriolic , muriatic , nitric , carbonic , and other acids ; and likewise for the other groups . Each specific acid or metal then ...
... metals comprises gold , silver , iron , lead , mercury , copper , etc .; the class of acids contains vitriolic , muriatic , nitric , carbonic , and other acids ; and likewise for the other groups . Each specific acid or metal then ...
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Foreword | 9 |
Forecasting and Understanding | 18 |
Ideals of Natural Order I | 38 |
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