The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Volumen8Press of Ramsey, Millet & Hudson, 1885 |
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... plants , and the cryptogamous - flowerless , or spore - bearing plants . As between the animal and vegetable kingdoms we find the line of demark- ation but dimly drawn , so we find these two series of plants so nearly approach- ing in ...
... plants , and the cryptogamous - flowerless , or spore - bearing plants . As between the animal and vegetable kingdoms we find the line of demark- ation but dimly drawn , so we find these two series of plants so nearly approach- ing in ...
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... plants absorb carbonic acid from the air by their leaves and green twigs , and by some vegetable chemistry the constituents of this gas are separated and the carbon is appropriated to build- ing up the organic structure of the plant ...
... plants absorb carbonic acid from the air by their leaves and green twigs , and by some vegetable chemistry the constituents of this gas are separated and the carbon is appropriated to build- ing up the organic structure of the plant ...
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... plants of the grass family . On any other hypothesis it would be impossible to account for the sudden appearance of the wheat rust over wide regions of country , destroying the grow- ing wheat by thousands of acres , as has been ...
... plants of the grass family . On any other hypothesis it would be impossible to account for the sudden appearance of the wheat rust over wide regions of country , destroying the grow- ing wheat by thousands of acres , as has been ...
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... plants are but different forms of the same species . So far as we yet know these different forms are but steps in regular cycles that invariably return to the original start- ing point whence again to start on their regular round of ...
... plants are but different forms of the same species . So far as we yet know these different forms are but steps in regular cycles that invariably return to the original start- ing point whence again to start on their regular round of ...
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... plants , leaves , offal , and in liquids ; sending their mycelia into the stomata of leaves and the pores of timber ; flourishing on all kinds of dead and decaying organic matter ; and preying on all forms of living organisms , ani- mal ...
... plants , leaves , offal , and in liquids ; sending their mycelia into the stomata of leaves and the pores of timber ; flourishing on all kinds of dead and decaying organic matter ; and preying on all forms of living organisms , ani- mal ...
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Página 51 - And they constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress, in contradistinction from the navigable waters of the States, when they form in their ordinary condition by themselves, or by uniting with other waters, a continued highway over which commerce is or may be carried on with other States or foreign countries in the customary modes in which such commerce is conducted by water.
Página 268 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Página 639 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Página 245 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 250 - Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Página 234 - And the general assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this state.
Página 51 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Página 680 - ... disinfection and treatment in the presence of the disease, should take the place of the necessary cruelties of a panic. In case any city or town is infected, the same principles of isolation should in general be applied to the city as to the infected individual. Intercourse with other cities and places should be under sanitary supervision, substantially as set forth in the rules and regulations of the National Board of Health respecting the inspection of travelers, disinfection of effects, vehicles,...
Página 678 - ... of the disease by means of ships more or less directly from its only place of origin in India; (2) local unsanitary conditions favorable to the reception and development of the disease; (3) persons sick with the disease in some of its stages, or things infected by such sick persons, to carry it from place to place. These three factors naturally suggest the methods of combating the disease, for which there is needed practical work, — international, national, and interstate, state, and local.
Página 248 - Oh ermined Judge whose duty to society is, now, to doom the ragged criminal to punishment and death, hadst thou never, Man, a duty to discharge in barring up the hundred open gates that wooed him to the felon's dock, and throwing but ajar the portals to a decent life?