Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... vegetable kingdom , and Buffon in animated life , laid such facts before the public as required a new nomenclature to render them intelligible to the community ; and , as the facts which had to be stated were quite beyond the range of ...
... vegetable kingdom , and Buffon in animated life , laid such facts before the public as required a new nomenclature to render them intelligible to the community ; and , as the facts which had to be stated were quite beyond the range of ...
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... vegetable kingdom was divided by this great naturalist into twenty - four classes , of which twenty - three belong to the flowering and one to the flowerless plants . These , again , are subdivided into orders , the orders into genera ...
... vegetable kingdom was divided by this great naturalist into twenty - four classes , of which twenty - three belong to the flowering and one to the flowerless plants . These , again , are subdivided into orders , the orders into genera ...
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... vegetable alkalies ) , and barium , strontium , magnesium , and cal- cium , the bases of the alkaline earths , & c . ( See article METAL . ) The number of bodies now classed as metals are forty - two . A few of the principal metals are ...
... vegetable alkalies ) , and barium , strontium , magnesium , and cal- cium , the bases of the alkaline earths , & c . ( See article METAL . ) The number of bodies now classed as metals are forty - two . A few of the principal metals are ...
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... vegetables ; thus classing , first , Man and Mammals , as above enumerated ; secondly , Birds ; thirdly ... vegetable life there is an analogous descent from the noble forest tree to the gelatinous lichen , or , lower still ...
... vegetables ; thus classing , first , Man and Mammals , as above enumerated ; secondly , Birds ; thirdly ... vegetable life there is an analogous descent from the noble forest tree to the gelatinous lichen , or , lower still ...
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... vegetable king- dom , comprehending those plants which are without seed - lobes ; the Cryptogamia of Linnæus ; the highest tribe are the ferns , and the lowest the fungi and algæ , which have no leaves . Acotyle'donous ( Gr . ut supra ) ...
... vegetable king- dom , comprehending those plants which are without seed - lobes ; the Cryptogamia of Linnæus ; the highest tribe are the ferns , and the lowest the fungi and algæ , which have no leaves . Acotyle'donous ( Gr . ut supra ) ...
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acid alumina anatomy angle animal antimony architecture astronomy atom atomic weight birds body bones botany called carbon carbonic acid chemistry circle cloth gilt extra coleopterous insects colour composed compound conchology consisting of silica containing copper Crown 8vo crystals disease earth entomology epithet applied exogenous plants fishes flowers fluid formed fortification fossil genera genus genus of plants geology geometry heraldry hydrogen ichthyology inflammation insects instrument Ital lime lithos a stone logy magnesia malacology manganese medicine membrane ment metal metron metron a measure military science mineral mineralogy Mollusca muscles nerves obtained optics order of exogenous organs ornithology oxide oxide of iron oxygen pathology physiology potash prefix produced resin rocks salt shells shrubs silica sisting Small 8vo species stamens sub-family substance sulphur surface surgery tained term applied tion tree tribe type and genus variety vegetable zoology