The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... that the surface of the earth is more dried by frost and March winds than by the sun ; for the same wind that sucks up the moisture strikes the ground with cold . 6. Smoke from the fire has a drying power , " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 25.
... that the surface of the earth is more dried by frost and March winds than by the sun ; for the same wind that sucks up the moisture strikes the ground with cold . 6. Smoke from the fire has a drying power , " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 25.
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... earth . Or it will answer the same pur- pose if you sink them in water , provided the water be sheltered , as wells and cisterns in houses ; but in this case glass vessels should be substituted for earthen . 14. In general , things kept ...
... earth . Or it will answer the same pur- pose if you sink them in water , provided the water be sheltered , as wells and cisterns in houses ; but in this case glass vessels should be substituted for earthen . 14. In general , things kept ...
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... earth about their roots be stirred every year , last for a shorter time ; if every five or ten years , for a longer . Cutting off buds and shoots con- tributes to their length of life ; but manuring , laying chalk and the like about ...
... earth about their roots be stirred every year , last for a shorter time ; if every five or ten years , for a longer . Cutting off buds and shoots con- tributes to their length of life ; but manuring , laying chalk and the like about ...
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... earth , produce so large a plant as it would if it were first grafted into the root of another onion , and then put into the earth . Again , it has been recently discovered that shoots of wild trees , as the elm , oak , ash , and the ...
... earth , produce so large a plant as it would if it were first grafted into the root of another onion , and then put into the earth . Again , it has been recently discovered that shoots of wild trees , as the elm , oak , ash , and the ...
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... earth . For it is most certain that any earth , though pure and unmixed with nitrous matter , if it be so laid up and covered as to be free from the rays of the sun , and produce no vegetable matter , will collect a great quantity of ...
... earth . For it is most certain that any earth , though pure and unmixed with nitrous matter , if it be so laid up and covered as to be free from the rays of the sun , and produce no vegetable matter , will collect a great quantity of ...
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