Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... plant , known as the " Zostera marina , ” or " grass - wrack . " The plant takes its name from the Greek word zos- ter , signifying a ribbon , from the shape of the leaves , which resemble a long , narrow tape , and often reach a length ...
... plant , known as the " Zostera marina , ” or " grass - wrack . " The plant takes its name from the Greek word zos- ter , signifying a ribbon , from the shape of the leaves , which resemble a long , narrow tape , and often reach a length ...
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... plant , and speci- mens of paper and cloth have been distributed throughout the United States by the Patent Office , with an explanatory pamphlet , showing what can be produced from the above material . The cloth , or woven fibre thus ...
... plant , and speci- mens of paper and cloth have been distributed throughout the United States by the Patent Office , with an explanatory pamphlet , showing what can be produced from the above material . The cloth , or woven fibre thus ...
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... plant cannot be made to yield profitably both seed and fibre . If the seed is allowed to ripen , the fibre becomes impaired ... plants which yielded little or no fibre . Flax is to the soil one of the most exhausting crops that can be ...
... plant cannot be made to yield profitably both seed and fibre . If the seed is allowed to ripen , the fibre becomes impaired ... plants which yielded little or no fibre . Flax is to the soil one of the most exhausting crops that can be ...
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... plants inca- pable of bearing a freezing temperature . The Professor then dwelt briefly on the liquid state of water , and passed on to consider its solid form . Ice was chosen , and shown to be eminently brittle . Pieces of it , when ...
... plants inca- pable of bearing a freezing temperature . The Professor then dwelt briefly on the liquid state of water , and passed on to consider its solid form . Ice was chosen , and shown to be eminently brittle . Pieces of it , when ...
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... plants he believed that all artificial addition of inorganic materials to the plants in the shape of manure was quite unnecessary , as the plants obtained the alkalies , the phosphorus , and the silica , etc. , which they require , if a ...
... plants he believed that all artificial addition of inorganic materials to the plants in the shape of manure was quite unnecessary , as the plants obtained the alkalies , the phosphorus , and the silica , etc. , which they require , if a ...
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Seite 140 - In this ascension, six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles ; it extended its wings and dropped...
Seite 171 - In order to explain,' he says, ' the occurrence of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, we must assume that the solar atmosphere encloses a luminous nucleus, producing a continuous spectrum, the brightness of which exceeds a certain limit. The most probable supposition which can be made respecting the sun's constitution is, that it consists of a solid or liquid nucleus, heated to a temperature of the brightest whiteness, surrounded by an atmosphere of somewhat lower temperature. This supposition...