History of the Royal Society: From Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth CenturyAbridgement of the philosophical transactions from 1665 to the end of the year 1800. |
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... quantity of botanical informa- tion which they contain . He gave them the following title : Observations , Topographical , Moral , and Physiological , made in a Journey through part of the Low Countries , Germany , Italy , and France ...
... quantity of botanical informa- tion which they contain . He gave them the following title : Observations , Topographical , Moral , and Physiological , made in a Journey through part of the Low Countries , Germany , Italy , and France ...
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... quantity of knowledge communicated upon the whole , is less than is to be found in the work of Grew . There is a very remarkable agreement in the sentiments of these two writers respecting most of the subjects which they describe . This ...
... quantity of knowledge communicated upon the whole , is less than is to be found in the work of Grew . There is a very remarkable agreement in the sentiments of these two writers respecting most of the subjects which they describe . This ...
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... quantity of water which they have imbibed , and the quantity of weight which they have gained . The difference obviously indicates the quantity of moisture exhaled by the plant . He found that plants acquired the least increase of ...
... quantity of water which they have imbibed , and the quantity of weight which they have gained . The difference obviously indicates the quantity of moisture exhaled by the plant . He found that plants acquired the least increase of ...
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... quantity of elastic fluid to be generated within the plant . But these suppositions we allow to be contrary to the fact , and therefore inadmissible . The only remaining opinion is that of Saussure , ascent of the sap by the contraction ...
... quantity of elastic fluid to be generated within the plant . But these suppositions we allow to be contrary to the fact , and therefore inadmissible . The only remaining opinion is that of Saussure , ascent of the sap by the contraction ...
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... quantity of matter , almost purely aqueous , transpired by the Functions of leaves of plants , must make a very considerable difference in the nature of the the leaves . resident sap retained by these organs , or at least in the ...
... quantity of matter , almost purely aqueous , transpired by the Functions of leaves of plants , must make a very considerable difference in the nature of the the leaves . resident sap retained by these organs , or at least in the ...
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