On Food: Being Lectures Delivered at the South Kensington MuseumR. Hardwicke, 1873 - 385 páginas |
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... yielding up its oxide of lead to carbonic acid , forms an insoluble carbonate of lead , leaving the nitrous acid free to act on further portions of lead . Whether this theory be the true one or not , I will not undertake to say , but it ...
... yielding up its oxide of lead to carbonic acid , forms an insoluble carbonate of lead , leaving the nitrous acid free to act on further portions of lead . Whether this theory be the true one or not , I will not undertake to say , but it ...
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... yield sago . It assumes the ap- pearance of little balls , from the way in which it is pre- pared . The only other form of starch used for dietetical pur- poses is tapioca . This substance is procured from a plant which grows in British ...
... yield sago . It assumes the ap- pearance of little balls , from the way in which it is pre- pared . The only other form of starch used for dietetical pur- poses is tapioca . This substance is procured from a plant which grows in British ...
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... yield an inferior kind of salep . Although now almost entirely disused in this country , it is still employed in Turkey and the East . Starch differs in its physical and chemical properties according to the plants from which it is ...
... yield an inferior kind of salep . Although now almost entirely disused in this country , it is still employed in Turkey and the East . Starch differs in its physical and chemical properties according to the plants from which it is ...
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... yields Indian corn , has been cul- tivated in America and Mexico , for the purpose of obtaining sugar ; and when Cortes con- quered Mexico , he found the natives cultivating the maize , and crushing it for sugar . The Cocos nucifera ...
... yields Indian corn , has been cul- tivated in America and Mexico , for the purpose of obtaining sugar ; and when Cortes con- quered Mexico , he found the natives cultivating the maize , and crushing it for sugar . The Cocos nucifera ...
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... yield manna , and it is used in some countries as an article of diet . Its value is , however , doubtful . This substance has sometimes been supposed to be the " manna " of Scrip- ture , but the putrescent nature of that substance , and ...
... yield manna , and it is used in some countries as an article of diet . Its value is , however , doubtful . This substance has sometimes been supposed to be the " manna " of Scrip- ture , but the putrescent nature of that substance , and ...
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