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Vegetable Staticks by Hales, Stephen - 1961
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Vegetable Staticks
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London: The Scientific Book Guild, 1961. [Originally published in 1727.] Facsimile reprint, with introduction by M.A. Hoskin. Illustrated, octavo, pp xxxii, 214, (2), the fore-edge rather marked, slight foxing to the half-title and title page, otherwise very clean internally, laminated boards, very slightly worn.. [In Vegetable Staticks, Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants, although his ideas were not understood at the time, so he did not influence the debate on water transport in plants in the 19th century. He also speculated that plants might use light as a source of energy for growth (i.e. photosynthesis), based on Isaac Newtons suggestion that "gross bodies and light" might be interconvertible. He also describes experiments that showed that "air freely enters plants, not only with the principal fund of nourishment by the roots, but also thro the surface of their trunks and leaves". While Hales work on the chemistry of air appears primitive by modern standards, its importance was acknowledged by Antoine Lavoisier, the discoverer of oxygen. Hales invention of the pneumatic trough to collect gases over water is also considered a major technical advance. Modified forms of the pneumatic trough were later used by William Brownrigg, Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley in their research.] . Boards. Good.
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Vegetable Staticks
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Vegetable Staticks
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London: Scientific Book Club. xxx 214pp hardback, illustrated, laminated boards, foreword by M. A. Hoskin, first published in 1727 . Good. Hardcover. 1961.
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VEGETABLE STATICKS
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London: Macdonald & Co, 1969. Later printing. Very Good +/very good +. Vegetable Staticks was first published in 1727, and its appearance represented a major breakthrough in botanical science. clipped;user mark;clean copy;mylar cover First Edition AB41
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Oldbourne. 1961 Oldbourne edition paperback; Very Good condition copy; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1961.
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VEGETABLE STATICKS.
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London, Macdonald 1969.. xxii+216pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, bookplate. A very good copy.. A facsimile of the 1727 edition. Illustrated.
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Vegetable Staticks
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London: Macdonald, 1969 The cover has moderate wear and spotting around the edges. The edges of the book are lightly tanned with age and minorly spotted on the top. There is an ink mark on the back cover. 214 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paper Back. Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
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Vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables: being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation. ... to analyse the air, ... By Steph. Hales, ..
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Vegetable Staticks: Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the SAP in Vegetables: Being an Essay Towards a Natural History of Vegetation. Also, a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air, ... by Steph. Hales,
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Vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables: being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation. ... to analyse the air, ... By Steph. Hales, ..
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Vegetable Staticks: Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the SAP in Vegetables: Being an Essay Towards a Natural History of Vegetation. Also, a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air, ... by Steph. Hales,
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