 | United States. Congress. House - 586 strani
...fed on vegetables, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Except mushrooms and other fungi, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and, like them, absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, all known vegetables get the greater part of their substance... | |
 | 1855 - 438 strani
...fed on vegetable, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Now, — except mushrooms and other funguses, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and . absorb oxygen aud exhale carbonic acid, like animals, — all known vegetables get the greater part... | |
 | 1855 - 900 strani
...fed on vegetable, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Now, — except mushrooms and other funguses, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, like animals, — all known vegetables get the greater part... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1855 - 780 strani
...vegetable, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Now, except mushrooms and other funguses, all of which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid like animals, all known vegetables get the greater part of their... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1855 - 764 strani
...vegetable, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Now, except mushrooms and other funguses, all of which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid like animals, all known vegetables get the greater part of their... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1858 - 728 strani
...fed on vegetables, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Except mushrooms and other fungi, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and, like them, absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, all known vegetables get the greater part of their substance... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1858 - 636 strani
...fed on vegetables, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Except mushrooms and other fungi, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and, like them, absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, all known vegetables get the greater part of their substance... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule - 1884 - 514 strani
...vegetable, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Now; except mushrooms and other funguses, all of which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid like animals ; all known vegetables get the greater part of... | |
 | Joseph Henry - 1886 - 582 strani
...fed on vegetables, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Except mushrooms and other fungi, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and like them absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, — all known vegetables get the greater part of their... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1887 - 1124 strani
...fed on vegetables, or ultimately vegetable after several removes. Except mushrooms and other fungi, which can grow in the dark, are nourished by organic food like animals, and like them absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, — all known vegetables get the greater part of their... | |
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... all known vegetables get the greater part of their substance, certainly all their combustible matter, from the decomposition of carbonic acid and water, absorbed by them from the air and soil. The separation of carbon and of hydrogen from oxygen... 
