The Modes of Origin of Lowest Organisms: Including a Discussion of the Experiments of M. Pasteur, and a Reply to Some Statements by Professors Huxley and Tyndall |
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... flasks that had , a few weeks before , been hermetically sealed and heated for a variable time to temperatures ranging from 260 ° F. to 302 ° F. With the view of aiding some of my readers in their interpretation of the results of some ...
... flasks that had , a few weeks before , been hermetically sealed and heated for a variable time to temperatures ranging from 260 ° F. to 302 ° F. With the view of aiding some of my readers in their interpretation of the results of some ...
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... flask - such as invariably occurs during the progress of fermenta- tion or putrefaction . In these experiments with heated fluids in closed . flasks , nothing is easier than to obtain negative results . The same kinds of infusions which ...
... flask - such as invariably occurs during the progress of fermenta- tion or putrefaction . In these experiments with heated fluids in closed . flasks , nothing is easier than to obtain negative results . The same kinds of infusions which ...
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... flask in which it is contained , may be covered only by a loose cap of paper . And yet , at any time , in order to make this fluid become turbid in from 24 to 48 hours , all that one has to do is to bring it into contact with a small ...
... flask in which it is contained , may be covered only by a loose cap of paper . And yet , at any time , in order to make this fluid become turbid in from 24 to 48 hours , all that one has to do is to bring it into contact with a small ...
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... flasks with long necks , variously drawn out and bent . The flasks were sub- sequently treated as follows . M. Pasteur says : — “ I then raise the liquid to the boiling - point for several minutes ... flask 38 ORIGIN OF LOWEST ORGANISMS .
... flasks with long necks , variously drawn out and bent . The flasks were sub- sequently treated as follows . M. Pasteur says : — “ I then raise the liquid to the boiling - point for several minutes ... flask 38 ORIGIN OF LOWEST ORGANISMS .
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... flask , which is permitted to remain open . I then allow the flask to cool . But , singular fact — and one well calculated to astonish every one acquainted with the delicacy of the experiments relating to what is called ' spontaneous ...
... flask , which is permitted to remain open . I then allow the flask to cool . But , singular fact — and one well calculated to astonish every one acquainted with the delicacy of the experiments relating to what is called ' spontaneous ...
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