The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... Vegetable Life X. On the Principle of Life , Irritability , and Muscular Power . XI . On the Bones , Cartilages , Teeth , Hair , Wool , Silk , Feathers , and other hard or solid Parts of the Animal Frame . . XII . On the Digestive ...
... Vegetable Life X. On the Principle of Life , Irritability , and Muscular Power . XI . On the Bones , Cartilages , Teeth , Hair , Wool , Silk , Feathers , and other hard or solid Parts of the Animal Frame . . XII . On the Digestive ...
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... vegetable existence ; so that all is in motion , all is striving to burst the bonds of its present state ; not an atom is idle ; and the frugal eco- nomy of nature makes one set of materials answer the purpose of many , and moulds it ...
... vegetable existence ; so that all is in motion , all is striving to burst the bonds of its present state ; not an atom is idle ; and the frugal eco- nomy of nature makes one set of materials answer the purpose of many , and moulds it ...
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... vegetables , and animals , in this respect all alike , when they lose their present make , perishing for ever , and new combinations proceeding from the matter into which they dis- solve . But the world itself is a compound though not ...
... vegetables , and animals , in this respect all alike , when they lose their present make , perishing for ever , and new combinations proceeding from the matter into which they dis- solve . But the world itself is a compound though not ...
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... vegetable petrifaction is to be found in any of them . The lowermost or older contain no carbonaceous matter ; which is discoverable but very sparingly in the superior or newer . They are all chemical combinations , and generally ...
... vegetable petrifaction is to be found in any of them . The lowermost or older contain no carbonaceous matter ; which is discoverable but very sparingly in the superior or newer . They are all chemical combinations , and generally ...
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... vegetable life , as zoophytic worms do among animals . It is here , also , that carbonaceous matter , which is chiefly of vegetable origin , first makes its ap- pearance in any considerable quantity . To this class of rocks , therefore ...
... vegetable life , as zoophytic worms do among animals . It is here , also , that carbonaceous matter , which is chiefly of vegetable origin , first makes its ap- pearance in any considerable quantity . To this class of rocks , therefore ...
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