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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... vessels ; and endeavoured to give precision and extension to the doctrines of Grew and Malpighi , on these subjects . He ventures , in some cases , to call in question the accuracy of the conclusions drawn by these first observers , and ...
... vessels ; and endeavoured to give precision and extension to the doctrines of Grew and Malpighi , on these subjects . He ventures , in some cases , to call in question the accuracy of the conclusions drawn by these first observers , and ...
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... vessel in which the seeds are afterwards found . How the fecundation is performed , we remain entirely ignorant . We fear Fecundation , the process is inscrutable , and altogether beyond our faculties . We know only that the style is ...
... vessel in which the seeds are afterwards found . How the fecundation is performed , we remain entirely ignorant . We fear Fecundation , the process is inscrutable , and altogether beyond our faculties . We know only that the style is ...
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... vessel , gra- Structure of dually increases in bulk , and the seeds by slow degrees reach maturity . Now a vegetable seed , not reckoning the integuments , which are usually two , consists of the following parts : 1. The albumen , so ...
... vessel , gra- Structure of dually increases in bulk , and the seeds by slow degrees reach maturity . Now a vegetable seed , not reckoning the integuments , which are usually two , consists of the following parts : 1. The albumen , so ...
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... vessels , than the seed of ferns which are too small to be examined . This mechanism was discovered by Dr. Hooke as early as 1669. Swammerdam describes it with great accuracy , and exhibited it to the Botanical Professor of Leyden as ...
... vessels , than the seed of ferns which are too small to be examined . This mechanism was discovered by Dr. Hooke as early as 1669. Swammerdam describes it with great accuracy , and exhibited it to the Botanical Professor of Leyden as ...
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... vessels destined to Vessels of convey their various liquids to the proper places , and to contribute to the deve- plants . lopement of the various parts of the plant . Great attention has been paid to these organs by anatomists ...
... vessels destined to Vessels of convey their various liquids to the proper places , and to contribute to the deve- plants . lopement of the various parts of the plant . Great attention has been paid to these organs by anatomists ...
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