The Story of the Earth in Past AgesD. Appleton & Company, 1906 - 190 pagina's |
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Pagina 190 - Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. JOHNSTON. The Chemistry of Common Life. By Professor JFW JOHNSTON. New Edition, Revised, and brought down to date. By ARTHUR HERBERT CHURCH, MA Oxon. ; Author of 'Food: its Sources, Constituents, and Uses ; ' 'The Laboratory Guide for Agricultural Students ; ' 'Plain Words about Water,
Pagina 190 - ... of the Science of Foods that has appeared in our language. " The book contains a series of diagrams, displaying the effects of sleep and meals on pulsation and respiration, and of various kinds of food on respiration, which, as the results of Dr. Smith's own experiments, possess a very high value. We have not far to go in this work for occasions of favorable criticism ; they occur throughout, but are perhaps most apparent in those parts of the subject with which Dr. Smith's name is especially...
Pagina 190 - The Air we Breathe. The Water we Drink. The Soil we Cultivate. The Plant we Rear. The Bread we Eat. The Beef we Cook. The Beverages we Infuse. The Sweets we Extract.
Pagina 190 - Boston Traveller. TTEALTH PRIMERS. Edited by J. LANGDON ** DOWN, M D., FRCP; HENRY POWER, MB,FRCS ; J, MORTIMER GRANVILLE, MD ; JOHN TWEEDY, FRCS In square i6mo volumes. Cloth, 40 cents each. I. Exercise and Training. — II. Alcohol : Its Use and Abuse. — III. Premature Death : Its Promotion or Prevention,— IV. The House and its Surroundings. — V. Personal Appearance in Health and Disease. — VI. Baths and Bathing. — VII. The Skin and its Troubles.— VIII. The Heart and its Functions....
Pagina 190 - CONTENTS.— The Air we Breathe; the Water we Drink; the Soil we Cultivate ; the Plant we Rear ; the Bread we Eat ; the Beef we Cook ; the Beverages we Infuse; the Sweets we Extract ; the Liquors we Ferment; the Narcotics we Indulge in ; the Poisons we Select ; the Odors we Enjoy ; the Smells we Dislike ; the Colors we Admire ; What we Breathe and Breathe for; What, How, and Why we Digest ; the Body we Cherish ; the Circulation of Matter.
Pagina 190 - ... foods, and contain the latest scientific knowledge respecting them. The present volume is intended to meet this want, and will be found useful for reference, to both scientific and general readers. The author extends the ordinary view of foods, and includes water and air, since they are important both in their food and sanitary aspects.
Pagina 190 - CONTENTS. — The Air we Breathe; the Water we Drink ; the Soil we Cultivate ; the Plant we Rear ; the Bread we Eat; the Beef we Cook ; the Beverages we Infuse ; the Sweets we Extract ; the Liquors we Ferment ; the Narcotics we Indulge in ; the Poisons we Select ; the Odors we Enjoy ; the Smells we Dislike ; the Colors we Admire ; What we Breathe and Breathe for ; What, How, and Why we Digest...
Pagina 189 - WEED 60 The Story of Oliver Twist. ELLA B. KIRK 60 The Story of Rob Roy. EDITH T. HARRIS 60 In Brook and Bayou. CLARA KERN BAYLISS 60 Curious Homes and their Tenants.
Pagina 189 - BASKETT 75 The Plant World. FRANK VINCENT 60 The Animal World. FRANK VINCENT 60 The Insect World. CM WEED 60 The Story of Oliver Twist. ELLA B. KIRK 60 The Story of Rob Roy. EDITH T. HARRIS 60 In Brook and Bayou.
Pagina 58 - ... be a good general representation of most, if not all large tracts of mountainous countries, together with the parts adjacent, throughout the whole world. From this formation of the earth, it will follow that we ought to meet with the same kinds of earths, stones, and minerals, appearing at the surface, in long narrow slips, and lying parallel to the greatest rise of any long ridges of mountains; and so in fact we find them.