Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 15, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... small progrefs that has been made in the principles of vegetation , and of the instability and fluctuation of our theories con- cerning it ; for which reafon we shall give a fhort de- fcription of the structure of plants , beginning ...
... small progrefs that has been made in the principles of vegetation , and of the instability and fluctuation of our theories con- cerning it ; for which reafon we shall give a fhort de- fcription of the structure of plants , beginning ...
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... small diftances incline towards one another , in fuch a manner that they appear to the naked eye to be inofculated ; but the microscope difeovers them to be only contigu ous , and braced together by the parenchyma . These braces or ...
... small diftances incline towards one another , in fuch a manner that they appear to the naked eye to be inofculated ; but the microscope difeovers them to be only contigu ous , and braced together by the parenchyma . These braces or ...
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... small fibres or threads ; which gives the pith , when viewed with a microscope , the appearance of a piece of fine gauze or net - work . We fhall conclude the defcription of roots with ob- ferving , that their whole fubftance is nothing ...
... small fibres or threads ; which gives the pith , when viewed with a microscope , the appearance of a piece of fine gauze or net - work . We fhall conclude the defcription of roots with ob- ferving , that their whole fubftance is nothing ...
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... small woolly fibres , connected to both ends of the broken piece . Fig . 14. The appearance of the air - veffels to the eye , CCCXCV . in a vine - leaf drawn gently asunder . Fig . 15. A fmall piece cut off that leaf . Fig . 16. The ...
... small woolly fibres , connected to both ends of the broken piece . Fig . 14. The appearance of the air - veffels to the eye , CCCXCV . in a vine - leaf drawn gently asunder . Fig . 15. A fmall piece cut off that leaf . Fig . 16. The ...
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... smaller bags , diftinct and unconnected with each other , having a fmall ftalk by which they are fix- ed to the large ... small dew , the perfpiration was nothing ; and when there was a large dew , or fome little rain in the night , the ...
... smaller bags , diftinct and unconnected with each other , having a fmall ftalk by which they are fix- ed to the large ... small dew , the perfpiration was nothing ; and when there was a large dew , or fome little rain in the night , the ...
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