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Page 154
... cells , and the flesh of all plants and animals is made up of cells like these , only of various shapes . In the pith of elder they are round , large , and easily seen ( a , Fig . 39 ) ; in the stalks of plants they are long , and lap ...
... cells , and the flesh of all plants and animals is made up of cells like these , only of various shapes . In the pith of elder they are round , large , and easily seen ( a , Fig . 39 ) ; in the stalks of plants they are long , and lap ...
Page 155
... cells filled with active living proto- plasm , which drinks in starch and other food from the seed - leaves . a Plant - cells . a , round cells in pith of elder . b , long cells in fibres of a plant . In this way each cell will grow too ...
... cells filled with active living proto- plasm , which drinks in starch and other food from the seed - leaves . a Plant - cells . a , round cells in pith of elder . b , long cells in fibres of a plant . In this way each cell will grow too ...
Page 156
... cells ? It does it in a very curious way , which you can prove for yourselves . Whenever two fluids , one thicker than the other , such as treacle and water for example , are only separated 156 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
... cells ? It does it in a very curious way , which you can prove for yourselves . Whenever two fluids , one thicker than the other , such as treacle and water for example , are only separated 156 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
Page 157
... cells at the root it oozes up into the cells above , and mixes with the sap . Then the matter in those cells becomes thinner than in the cells above , so it too oozes up , and in this way cell by cell the water is pumped up into the ...
... cells at the root it oozes up into the cells above , and mixes with the sap . Then the matter in those cells becomes thinner than in the cells above , so it too oozes up , and in this way cell by cell the water is pumped up into the ...
Page 158
... cells that by the help of the sun - waves digest the food of the plant and turn the water and gases into useful sap and juices . We saw in Lecture III . that when we breathe - in air , we use up the oxygen in it and send back out of our ...
... cells that by the help of the sun - waves digest the food of the plant and turn the water and gases into useful sap and juices . We saw in Lecture III . that when we breathe - in air , we use up the oxygen in it and send back out of our ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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