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... body heat , or as chemical energy remaining in the wastes which they excrete , or as stores of bodily fat . Accumulation of excessive deposits of fat in a human or animal body is a signal that the body is not burning as many ...
... body heat , or as chemical energy remaining in the wastes which they excrete , or as stores of bodily fat . Accumulation of excessive deposits of fat in a human or animal body is a signal that the body is not burning as many ...
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... body that has been , for exam- ple , positively electrified ? Such a body lacks some of its normal complement of electrons . Its surface atoms contain more protons in their nuclei than electrons around those nuclei . When such a body is ...
... body that has been , for exam- ple , positively electrified ? Such a body lacks some of its normal complement of electrons . Its surface atoms contain more protons in their nuclei than electrons around those nuclei . When such a body is ...
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... body contains some 5 or 6 ounces of the element potassium , without which life would cease . The over- whelming proportion of these potassium atoms are either in the isotope called K - 39 ( about 93 percent ) or that called K - 41 ...
... body contains some 5 or 6 ounces of the element potassium , without which life would cease . The over- whelming proportion of these potassium atoms are either in the isotope called K - 39 ( about 93 percent ) or that called K - 41 ...
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Why in the World Make Much of Measurement? | 23 |
Varieties of Volumes | 28 |
Curiosities of Capacity | 40 |
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