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Page 189 - C) represents the amount of heat required to raise one kilo-gramme of water through one degree centigrade.
Page 9 - The term carbohydrate means that these compounds are composed of the three chemical elements, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and that the hydrogen and oxygen are present in the same proportion as in water. The...
Page 189 - It will be remembered that, roughly speaking, a calorie is the amount of heat required to raise one gramme of water through one degree of temperature.
Page 47 - ... generalization. The anti-scorbutic accessory factor is found in nature associated with living tissues in which metabolic processes are still proceeding. When these active processes cease or are greatly reduced, as in seeds, or when the tissues are destroyed, as in drying or heating, the anti-scurvy ' vitamine ' also disappears. In the case of seeds it is created anew during germination. The distribution of this factor thus presents a marked contrast with that of the anti-beri-beri factor, of...
Page 47 - ... (85). The published account of their experiments is not very detailed, and it does not seem impossible that they might be interpreted in the opposite sense to that adopted by the authors themselves. From the researches of Holst and his colleagues we are enabled to make the following generalization . The anti-scorbutic accessory factor is found in nature associated with living tissues in which metabolic processes are still proceeding. When these active processes cease or are greatly reduced, as...
Page 235 - Should wing walls be required, as shown in accompanying photograph, they should be built at the same time as the foundation, should go to the same depth and be reinforced, the reinforcing connecting with that in walls CC. The width of these walls should be left to the judgment of the man in charge of the work, and built as shown in "Walls.
Page 182 - ... stand on which weights may be placed so as to secure any desired pressure. The total weight, in pounds, on the piston, divided by the area of the piston, in square inches, gives the pressure in pounds per square inch. The mercury column is another reliable standard of comparison for pressures, but when it is used care should be taken to see that it is properly graduated with reference to the ever varying zero point; that the mercury is pure and that the proper correction is made for any difference...
Page 7 - ... water, proteins, fats or oils, soluble carbohydrates, crude fibre or insoluble carbohydrates, minerals, and trace elements. In addition to these there are vitamins. Water. Water, as an essential need for livestock, has been discussed under the appropriate heading (see WATER).
Page 25 - of muscle tissue. Proteins are also required for the elaboration of hormones, internal secretions, glandular products and digestive juices. Even for a resting animal, that is an animal merely living and not growing or producing work or milk, etc., a certain amount of nitrogenous material is an absolute necessity for the maintenance of health. Unless a sufficiency is given to meet the physiological requirements, protein is withdrawn from the tissues and the body suffers as a result of the protein...
Page 191 - Crown lands per acre, and the names of their chief towns, will be found in the table at the end of the book...