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Page 230
... animals and vegetables preserve their several forms , and assimilate their nourishment ; the soft and moist nourishment easily changing its texture by a gentle heat and motion , till it be- comes like the dense , hard , dry , and ...
... animals and vegetables preserve their several forms , and assimilate their nourishment ; the soft and moist nourishment easily changing its texture by a gentle heat and motion , till it be- comes like the dense , hard , dry , and ...
Page 259
... animals in pure hydrogen gas ; and more than once I had a quantity of carbonic acid gas produced in these . mephitic gases , greater than when these animals were con- fined in common air . I was therefore forced to conclude , that the ...
... animals in pure hydrogen gas ; and more than once I had a quantity of carbonic acid gas produced in these . mephitic gases , greater than when these animals were con- fined in common air . I was therefore forced to conclude , that the ...
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... animals . Water is the natural habitation of fishes ; but that which stagnates in a vessel is soon spoiled , and be- comes fatal to these animals , though covered with common air ; consequently , fish imprisoned in this manner suffer in ...
... animals . Water is the natural habitation of fishes ; but that which stagnates in a vessel is soon spoiled , and be- comes fatal to these animals , though covered with common air ; consequently , fish imprisoned in this manner suffer in ...
Contents
Account of a Journey to the Summit of the Peak | 31 |
On Mr ARTHUR WOOLFs improved Apparatus | 40 |
On the Motion of Bodies affected by Friction | 47 |
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