The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... belong to them , the comparative results would be precisely the same . Nor can we possibly combine these substances in any other proportions , so as to produce oxides ; for the corpuscles of which they consist will not lay hold of or ...
... belong to them , the comparative results would be precisely the same . Nor can we possibly combine these substances in any other proportions , so as to produce oxides ; for the corpuscles of which they consist will not lay hold of or ...
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... belong to the same tribes , and which are found , under one species or other , over the whole world . The race of horses , of swine , or of sheep , furnishes us with abundant exam- ples of this remark : and that of dogs affords perhaps ...
... belong to the same tribes , and which are found , under one species or other , over the whole world . The race of horses , of swine , or of sheep , furnishes us with abundant exam- ples of this remark : and that of dogs affords perhaps ...
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... belong . The influence of the air , and the varying temperature of the atmosphere , facilitate the atte- nuation and destruction of these rocks . Heat acts upon their surface , and renders it more accessible , and more penetrable to the ...
... belong . The influence of the air , and the varying temperature of the atmosphere , facilitate the atte- nuation and destruction of these rocks . Heat acts upon their surface , and renders it more accessible , and more penetrable to the ...
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... belong . And it is probable , that that ex- traordinary order of beings called zoophytes , or animated plants , as the term imports , and which by Woodward and Beaumont were arranged as minerals , * and by Ray and Lister as vegetables ...
... belong . And it is probable , that that ex- traordinary order of beings called zoophytes , or animated plants , as the term imports , and which by Woodward and Beaumont were arranged as minerals , * and by Ray and Lister as vegetables ...
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... belong , but even as to their being of a vegetable na- ture of any kind , till their growth , their habits , and their composition are minutely examined into . But independently of these individual cases , we also perceive , in the ...
... belong , but even as to their being of a vegetable na- ture of any kind , till their growth , their habits , and their composition are minutely examined into . But independently of these individual cases , we also perceive , in the ...
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