Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 15,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig. Entered in Stationers Hall in Terms of the A & of Parliament . ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA . Plant PL PLA LANT is defined to.
Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig. Entered in Stationers Hall in Terms of the A & of Parliament . ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA . Plant PL PLA LANT is defined to.
Strana 1
... plants is one of those fubjects in which our knowledge is extremely circum- fcribed . A total inattention to the ftructure and eco- nomy of plants is the chief reafon of the small progrefs that has been made in the principles of ...
... plants is one of those fubjects in which our knowledge is extremely circum- fcribed . A total inattention to the ftructure and eco- nomy of plants is the chief reafon of the small progrefs that has been made in the principles of ...
Strana 2
... plants , the first thing that prefents itfelf is the fkin , which is of various colours in different plants . Every root , after it has arrived at a certain age , has a double skin . The firft is coeval with the other parts , and exifts ...
... plants , the first thing that prefents itfelf is the fkin , which is of various colours in different plants . Every root , after it has arrived at a certain age , has a double skin . The firft is coeval with the other parts , and exifts ...
Strana 3
... plants , it is neceffary to premife , that what ever is faid with regard to them applies equally to the branches . 1 The trunk , like the root , confifts of three parts , viz . Plant . the bark , wood , and pith . Thefe parts , though ...
... plants , it is neceffary to premife , that what ever is faid with regard to them applies equally to the branches . 1 The trunk , like the root , confifts of three parts , viz . Plant . the bark , wood , and pith . Thefe parts , though ...
Strana 4
... plants , which is the cause of that variety of texture or grain peculiar to every plant . The pulpy or parenchymatous part confifts of very minute fibres , wound up into fmall cells or bladders . Thefe cells are of various fizes in the ...
... plants , which is the cause of that variety of texture or grain peculiar to every plant . The pulpy or parenchymatous part confifts of very minute fibres , wound up into fmall cells or bladders . Thefe cells are of various fizes in the ...
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