 | George Adams - Physics - 1794 - 604 pages
...Experiments upon vegetables give us reafon to believe, that light combines with certain parts thereof, and that the green of their leaves, and the various...their flowers, are chiefly owing to this combination : for plants, which grow in darknefs, are perfectly white, languid, and unhealthy : to make them recover... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...agent, he adverts to its singular action upon the vegetable kingdom, and supposes that it combines with certain parts of" vegetables, and that the green...are chiefly owing to this combination. " This much," he says, " is certain, that plants which grow in darkness, are perfectly white, languid, and unhealthy,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 678 pages
...agent, he adverts to its singular action upon the vegetable kingdom, and supposes that it combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green...leaves, and the various colours of their flowers, arc chiefly owing to this combination. " This much," he says, «• is certain, that plants which grow... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 682 pages
...agent, he adverts to its singular action upon the vegetable kingdom, and supposes that it combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green...of their leaves, and the various colours of their flo\vers, arc chiefly owing to this combination. " This much,''' he says, «' is certain, that plants... | |
 | John Towers (C.M.H.S.) - 1839 - 746 pages
...change it to a state of gas. Experiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green...combination. This much is certain, that plants which grow in darkness are perfectly white, languid, and unhealthy, and that to make them recover vigour, and to... | |
 | David M. Knight - Chemistry - 1998 - 606 pages
...change it into the ftate of gas. Experiments upon vegetation give reafon to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green...leaves, and the various colours of their flowers, is chiefly ly owing to this combination. This much 19 certain, that plants which grow in darknefs are... | |
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... Elements LAVOISIER treats of the formation of Neutral Salts, and throws out new and important views, relating to the constitution of chemical compounds. Speaking of the influence of Light as a chemical agent, he adverts to its singular action upon... 