 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1845 - 540 pages
...consume the oxygen of the air, and give back carbonic acid, which is injurious to their life, this same carbonic acid is the principal element of the food of vegetables, — is consumed by them, and the oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence, the necessity of the vegetable kingdom... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Apologetics - 1849 - 500 pages
...primitive or elementary state. " While animals," says the most eminent botanist of this country, " consume the oxygen of the air, and give back carbonic...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living beings... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Apologetics - 1849 - 488 pages
...primitive or elementary state. " While animals," says the most eminent botanist of this country, " consume the oxygen of the air, and give back carbonic...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living beings... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1853 - 542 pages
...centuries upon centuries would elapse before the amount of oxygen could be so much reduced, or that of carbonic acid increased, as to affect the existence...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. 18 Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1853 - 540 pages
...centuries upon centuries would elapse before the amount of oxygen could be so much reduced, or that of, carbonic acid increased, as to affect the existence...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. 18 Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living... | |
 | Francis Bowen - History - 1855 - 512 pages
...or elementary state. " While animals," says the most eminent botanist of this country, Dr. A Gray, " consume the oxygen of the air, and give back carbonic...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living beings... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1858 - 566 pages
...AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS. 201 sources, and for the restoration of its oxygen. The needful compensation is found in the vegetable kingdom. "While animals consume...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of h'ving beings... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1862 - 568 pages
...air from these various sources, and for the restoration of its oxygen. The needful compensation is found in the vegetable kingdom. 'While animals consume...vegetables, is consumed and decomposed by them, and iis oxygen restored for the use of animals. Hence the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1871 - 498 pages
...operates to give to the air free oxygen, which is indispensable to animals at every moment of their lives. While animals consume the oxygen of the air and give...is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen returned for the use of animals. Here is seen the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1871 - 524 pages
...and give back carbonic acid, which is injurious to their life, this carbonic acid is the principle element of the food of vegetables, is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen returned for the use of animals. Here is seen the perfect adaptation of the two great kingdoms of living... | |
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While animals consume the oxygen of the air, and give back carbonic acid which is injurious to their life, this carbonic acid is the principal element of the food of vegetables, is consumed and decomposed by them, and its oxygen restored for the use of... 