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On the Scope and Tendency of Botanical Study: An Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, May 3, 1858
Excerpt from On the Scope and Tendency of Botanical Study: An Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, May 3, 1858
This universality of the Spiral would seem to indicate forces acting in the vegetable kingdom with which, or with the modes of action of which, we are yet unacquainted, but which are well deserving of attention and research. Whatever they are, it may with probability be supposed that the same influence which acts upon the contents of the simple cell induces also the spiral arrangements of the more complex organs, as well as of the entire organism.
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This universality of the Spiral would seem to indicate forces acting in the vegetable kingdom with which, or with the modes of action of which, we are yet unacquainted, but which are well deserving of attention and research. Whatever they are, it may with probability be supposed that the same influence which acts upon the contents of the simple cell induces also the spiral arrangements of the more complex organs, as well as of the entire organism.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
36 pages, Hardcover
Published March 29, 2019
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Cuthbert Collingwood
33 booksVice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.
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