On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesWilliam Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... Metals 187 VII . Common Salt , & c . 199 CHAP . VIII . ADAPTATION of VegetableS TO THE PHY- SICAL CONDITION OF MAN ..... 202 SECT . I. General Observations on the Vegetable King- dom .... ib . II . The Cocoa - nut Tree , including the ...
... Metals 187 VII . Common Salt , & c . 199 CHAP . VIII . ADAPTATION of VegetableS TO THE PHY- SICAL CONDITION OF MAN ..... 202 SECT . I. General Observations on the Vegetable King- dom .... ib . II . The Cocoa - nut Tree , including the ...
الصفحة 84
... the thousand brilliant hues with which the setting or the rising sun illuminates its attendant clouds . In illustration of the principle just advanced , gold and silver among metals might be opposed to lead 84 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
... the thousand brilliant hues with which the setting or the rising sun illuminates its attendant clouds . In illustration of the principle just advanced , gold and silver among metals might be opposed to lead 84 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
الصفحة 85
... metals might be opposed to lead and iron : and , among flowers , the bril- liancy of the crocus , the lily , or the rose , to the lurid aspect of henbane or belladonna . And though something of a moral character may in these instances ...
... metals might be opposed to lead and iron : and , among flowers , the bril- liancy of the crocus , the lily , or the rose , to the lurid aspect of henbane or belladonna . And though something of a moral character may in these instances ...
الصفحة 98
... metals could neither be reduced from their ores , nor the reduced metals be worked into conve- nient forms . Neither , without the same aid , could that most useful substance glass be pro- duced ; a material , which , in comparison ...
... metals could neither be reduced from their ores , nor the reduced metals be worked into conve- nient forms . Neither , without the same aid , could that most useful substance glass be pro- duced ; a material , which , in comparison ...
الصفحة 102
... metal , he may ignite a piece of fun- gus , or inflame a piece of phosphorus , attached to the extremity of the piston which is employed to compress the air . He may instantaneously produce flame by pouring concentrated nitric acid on ...
... metal , he may ignite a piece of fun- gus , or inflame a piece of phosphorus , attached to the extremity of the piston which is employed to compress the air . He may instantaneously produce flame by pouring concentrated nitric acid on ...
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