 ... matter upon the earth ; for when this matter is dissolved, or suspended in water, in that state of comminution and decay which immediately precedes its final decomposition into the elementary gases, and its consequent return from the organic to the...  On Molecular and Microscopic Science - Page 76by Mary Somerville - 1869Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 504 pages
...indebted to those over active invisible scavengers for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Xor is this all : they perform a still more important office, in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organised matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1843 - 408 pages
...indebted to those ever active invisible scavengers for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all : they perform a still more important office, in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organised matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
 | 1844 - 578 pages
...which the infusoria perform 'in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organised matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state of decay which immediately precedes its final decomposition into its elementary gases, and its consequent... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 558 pages
...indebted to those ever active, invisible scavengers, for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all, they perform a still more important office, in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth. For then thia matter is dissolved, or suspended in water, in that... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1848 - 186 pages
...indebted to these ever-active invisible scavengers, for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all: they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 pages
...indebted to these ever-active, invisible scavengers for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all : they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth ; for when this matter is dissolved, or suspended in water, in that... | |
 | 1850 - 268 pages
...indebted to these ever-active, invisible scavengers for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all : they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth ; for when this matter is dissolved, or suspended in water, in that... | |
 | John Harris - 1850 - 322 pages
...indebted to these ever-active invisible scavengers, for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all : they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
 | John Harris - 1851 - 368 pages
...indebted to these ever-active invisible scavengers, for the salubrity of our atmosphere. Nor is this all : they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organized matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1854 - 516 pages
...invisible scavengers, for the salubrity of the atmosphere and the purity of water. Nor is this all; they perform a still more important office in preventing the gradual diminution of the present amount of organised matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state... | |
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