Half Hours with Modern Scientists, Bind 1Charles C. Chatfield, 1871 - 288 sider |
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Side 10
... exhibited by the leaflets of the sensitive plant , or the stamens of the barberry , but to much more widely - spread , and , at the same time , more subtle and hidden , manifestations of vegetable contrac- tility . You are doubtless ...
... exhibited by the leaflets of the sensitive plant , or the stamens of the barberry , but to much more widely - spread , and , at the same time , more subtle and hidden , manifestations of vegetable contrac- tility . You are doubtless ...
Side 16
... exhibiting the most character- istic feature of animality . Is this a plant , or is it an animal ? Is it both , or is it neither ? Some decide in favor of the last supposition , and establish an interme- diate kingdom , a sort of ...
... exhibiting the most character- istic feature of animality . Is this a plant , or is it an animal ? Is it both , or is it neither ? Some decide in favor of the last supposition , and establish an interme- diate kingdom , a sort of ...
Side 26
... exhibited by water are its properties , so are those presented by protoplasm , living or dead , its prop- erties . If the properties of water may be properly said to result from the nature and disposition of its compo- nent molecules ...
... exhibited by water are its properties , so are those presented by protoplasm , living or dead , its prop- erties . If the properties of water may be properly said to result from the nature and disposition of its compo- nent molecules ...
Side 12
... exhibited , there are but three catego- ries of human activity - contractility , alimentation , and reproduction ; and there are no fewer for the lower forms of life , whether animal or vegetable . In the nettle , for instance , we find ...
... exhibited , there are but three catego- ries of human activity - contractility , alimentation , and reproduction ; and there are no fewer for the lower forms of life , whether animal or vegetable . In the nettle , for instance , we find ...
Side 13
... exhibiting in combination - only as was to be expected - new properties . The proper- ties of water are not more different from those of hydrogen and oxygen than the properties of protoplasm are different from those of water , carbonic ...
... exhibiting in combination - only as was to be expected - new properties . The proper- ties of water are not more different from those of hydrogen and oxygen than the properties of protoplasm are different from those of water , carbonic ...
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action actual energy ammonia analogy animal antithe appear atoms beam blue body brain called carbonic acid cell cerebellum cerebral hemispheres characters chemical chemistry circulatory system Comte condition constituents contractility converted correlation Darwin difference dust electricity ether waves evidence exhibited existence experiment fact floating matter functions genera genus geologic geological periods germ heat higher human Hume Huxley Huxley's hydrogen hypothesis ical idea identity infinite inorganic intellectual knowledge light manifestations material Max Schultze mechanical microscope mind molecular molecules Molluscs moral motion muscle muscular nature necessitarianism nitrogen nucleus object organic origin oxygen particles period phenomena philosophy plant plasm possess potential energy preëxisting present probably produced progress proto protoplasm quadrumana qualities question reason regard relation result scientific seen species spirit structure substance syntonin temperature theory things thought tion toplasm tricity truth tube vegetable vital force waves whole word