Science Lectures for the People, Volumes 7-8John Heywood, 1880 |
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... cold whilst retaining their vitality , and samples of various seeds are furnished for the purpose of testing them , plain and simple instructions being given for making the experiments , which 30 MANCHESTER SCIENCE LECTURES .
... cold whilst retaining their vitality , and samples of various seeds are furnished for the purpose of testing them , plain and simple instructions being given for making the experiments , which 30 MANCHESTER SCIENCE LECTURES .
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simple instructions being given for making the experiments , which will prove an interesting subject for study in the ... experiment are mustard , cress , radish , turnip , pea , bean , sweet pea , wheat , barley , oats , and maize . The ...
simple instructions being given for making the experiments , which will prove an interesting subject for study in the ... experiment are mustard , cress , radish , turnip , pea , bean , sweet pea , wheat , barley , oats , and maize . The ...
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... experiment , if not with soap and water , at least with some one of the comparatively few liquids with which it can be satisfactorily undertaken , has been known at least for 2,500 years . But though generation after generation the ...
... experiment , if not with soap and water , at least with some one of the comparatively few liquids with which it can be satisfactorily undertaken , has been known at least for 2,500 years . But though generation after generation the ...
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... experiments were dexterously and successfully performed , and were much applauded . ] You now see how , by using a proper liquid , and by taking proper precautions , we are able to obtain bubbles . of enormous size . But I wish you for ...
... experiments were dexterously and successfully performed , and were much applauded . ] You now see how , by using a proper liquid , and by taking proper precautions , we are able to obtain bubbles . of enormous size . But I wish you for ...
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... experiments which will , I think , enable me to prove that it exists in the surface of a liquid . I have here a small iron ring , and stretched loosely across it , from side to side , there is a piece of cotton . I dip it into a vessel ...
... experiments which will , I think , enable me to prove that it exists in the surface of a liquid . I have here a small iron ring , and stretched loosely across it , from side to side , there is a piece of cotton . I dip it into a vessel ...
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