The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1860 - Geology |
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... surface , and ligneous matter in its substance . The second year , circumstances being favorable , its lateral buds are developed - forming slender , upright branches - whose growth in length likewise terminates with the season , and ...
... surface , and ligneous matter in its substance . The second year , circumstances being favorable , its lateral buds are developed - forming slender , upright branches - whose growth in length likewise terminates with the season , and ...
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... surface of the earth were removed - that nothing remained but the germs of future organisms buried in the soil and ready to be developed when the proper influences were brought to bear upon them . Let us further 34 Prof. Henry on the ...
... surface of the earth were removed - that nothing remained but the germs of future organisms buried in the soil and ready to be developed when the proper influences were brought to bear upon them . Let us further 34 Prof. Henry on the ...
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... surface of our distant planet , would melt the ice first on the equator , then on the more northern and southern parts of the globe , and , finally , their genial influence would be felt at the poles . The air would be unequally ...
... surface of our distant planet , would melt the ice first on the equator , then on the more northern and southern parts of the globe , and , finally , their genial influence would be felt at the poles . The air would be unequally ...
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... surface in sufficient degree to give mobility to the complex organic molecules of which these materials consist , the proper degree of moisture also supposed to be present , germination would commence . The young plant would begin to be ...
... surface in sufficient degree to give mobility to the complex organic molecules of which these materials consist , the proper degree of moisture also supposed to be present , germination would commence . The young plant would begin to be ...
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... surface of its body , does not decom- pose the carbonic acid which may surround it , the conditions necessaary for this decomposition not being present . It has no means by itself to elaborate organic molecules , and is indebted for ...
... surface of its body , does not decom- pose the carbonic acid which may surround it , the conditions necessaary for this decomposition not being present . It has no means by itself to elaborate organic molecules , and is indebted for ...
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