American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Zväzok 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... plant , growing in tufts ; stems closely approxi- mating , covered with imbricate leaves , proliferous into two or three branchlets ; leaves small , awl - shaped , flowers termi- nating , sessile , white ; this plant has the structure ...
... plant , growing in tufts ; stems closely approxi- mating , covered with imbricate leaves , proliferous into two or three branchlets ; leaves small , awl - shaped , flowers termi- nating , sessile , white ; this plant has the structure ...
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... plants . Now , since living bodies do not grow indefi- nitely , but have certain limits assigned by nature to their size , they must lose , on one side at least , a large part of what they receive on the other ; and , in fact attentive ...
... plants . Now , since living bodies do not grow indefi- nitely , but have certain limits assigned by nature to their size , they must lose , on one side at least , a large part of what they receive on the other ; and , in fact attentive ...
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... plant to which they belong ; their action is quiet and constant , being liable to interruption only when drought deprives them of the necessary juices . Animals , on the contrary , fixed to no spot , but frequently changing their abode ...
... plant to which they belong ; their action is quiet and constant , being liable to interruption only when drought deprives them of the necessary juices . Animals , on the contrary , fixed to no spot , but frequently changing their abode ...
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... plants , that is , to all organiz- ed bodies , is named the organic . Organic sensibility is merely the facul- ty of receiving an impression ; animal sen- sibility is the same faculty , with the ad- ditional power of conveying it to a ...
... plants , that is , to all organiz- ed bodies , is named the organic . Organic sensibility is merely the facul- ty of receiving an impression ; animal sen- sibility is the same faculty , with the ad- ditional power of conveying it to a ...
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... plant , whose ashes form so- da , if sown in a box filled with earth that does not contain a particle of that alkali , and moistened with distilled water , fur- nishes it in as great a quantity as if the plant had been growing on the ...
... plant , whose ashes form so- da , if sown in a box filled with earth that does not contain a particle of that alkali , and moistened with distilled water , fur- nishes it in as great a quantity as if the plant had been growing on the ...
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