Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1950 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... living organisms can assimilate nitrogen only when it is supplied in a suitable com- bined form , some are able to fix nitrogen , that is , they are able to utilize the molecular nitrogen of the atmo- sphere in the synthesis of cell ...
... living organisms can assimilate nitrogen only when it is supplied in a suitable com- bined form , some are able to fix nitrogen , that is , they are able to utilize the molecular nitrogen of the atmo- sphere in the synthesis of cell ...
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... living structures . It is thus the sister- science to morphology , in which the form of living creatures and the structure and arrangement of their parts are considered . Both are included under the more general term biology . A ...
... living structures . It is thus the sister- science to morphology , in which the form of living creatures and the structure and arrangement of their parts are considered . Both are included under the more general term biology . A ...
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... Living Things . - All living things are composed of minute cells the form of which can be seen with the aid of a microscope . The lowest animals are unicellular and the simplest , such as the amoeba , remain so , but all the larger ...
... Living Things . - All living things are composed of minute cells the form of which can be seen with the aid of a microscope . The lowest animals are unicellular and the simplest , such as the amoeba , remain so , but all the larger ...
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