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... possessed by the whole ; so that the chemist , in experimenting with any substance , cares not , except as a matter ... possessing a sepa- rate individuality ; since we can predicate of its properties all that can . be said of the ...
... possessed by the whole ; so that the chemist , in experimenting with any substance , cares not , except as a matter ... possessing a sepa- rate individuality ; since we can predicate of its properties all that can . be said of the ...
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... possess the highest vital endowments , is for the most part simple and more uniform . 12. The actual tissues of Plants , when entirely freed from the sub- stances they may contain , have been found to possess a very uniform composition ...
... possess the highest vital endowments , is for the most part simple and more uniform . 12. The actual tissues of Plants , when entirely freed from the sub- stances they may contain , have been found to possess a very uniform composition ...
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... possess a simple fibrous structure , and a purely mechanical function ; and no vital action seems to take place in them , subsequently to their first production . It consists of 13 Carbon , 10 Hydrogen , 2 Nitrogen , and 5 Oxygen ; and ...
... possess a simple fibrous structure , and a purely mechanical function ; and no vital action seems to take place in them , subsequently to their first production . It consists of 13 Carbon , 10 Hydrogen , 2 Nitrogen , and 5 Oxygen ; and ...
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... possessed ; for , as we shall hereafter see , the excretion of Water , Carbonic acid , and Ammo- nia is constantly taking place in the Animal body during life , as the result of those changes in which its peculiar activity consists ...
... possessed ; for , as we shall hereafter see , the excretion of Water , Carbonic acid , and Ammo- nia is constantly taking place in the Animal body during life , as the result of those changes in which its peculiar activity consists ...
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... possesses the vital property of Con- tractility . Or , to reverse the order , the muscle is said to possess the property of Contractility ; the property , when the appropriate conditions are supplied , gives rise to the Contractile ...
... possesses the vital property of Con- tractility . Or , to reverse the order , the muscle is said to possess the property of Contractility ; the property , when the appropriate conditions are supplied , gives rise to the Contractile ...
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