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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1796Original Publisher: J. Murray and S. HighleySubjects: ChemistryNatural historyNature / GeneralNature / EssaysScience / Chemistry / GeneralNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. II.Of the Natural Philofophy of Vegetables.ALL thefe organs of vegetables, of which we have given the above brief account, are defigned for the performance of the various motions called funfiiciu, Thefe functions are,i. The motion of the fluids, which is a fort of circulation.a. The alterations or changes produced onthofe fluids, which are effected in their fecretion.3. The growth of the vegetable, and the dcvelopement of its parts by nutrition.4. The exhalation of the feveral fluids elaborated by the organs of vegetables, and the receiving of feveral principles from the atmofphere by the fame organs.5. The action of air, and the employment of that fluid in the veflels of vegetables.6. The motion performed by fome of their parts.7. That fort of fenfibility by which they court the contact of bodies that may be ufeful to them, fuch as liebt, ... Read more

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Professor Szabadváry's history of analytical chemistry is the first systematic, continuous description of our attempts to find the composition of substances and then apply them to definite purposes. Included are essential biographical details of more than 800 chemists, providing the valuable personal stories behind the advances in analytical methods.
Ferenc Szabadváry is a director general at the National Museum for Science and Technology, Budapest, and a professor of general chemistry at Technical University, Budapest ... Read more

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Written with the non-scientist in mind, this book employs the molecule and its interactions to explain the characteristics of living organisms in terms of the underlying chemistry of life. Following introductory chapters on the fundamentals of life, attention then turns to small molecules such as hormones and neurotransmitters and subsequently to macromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids. The interactions between small and macromolecules remains a central point throughout the book. These include enzymatic catalysis, hormone action, neurotransmission, regulation of metabolism, biosynthesis of macromolecules, the mechanism of action of drugs, taste, olfaction, learning and memory, and chemical communication.

A second central point of emphasis is the sensitive relationship between chemical structure and biological activity. Examples abound and include why subtle changes in fatty acid architecture have positive or negative outcomes for human health in omega-three fatty acids and trans fats and how modest changes in the chemical decoration of the steroid skeleton provide the difference between male and female sex hormones. Beyond these examples taken from the chemistry of small molecules, the book includes a thoughtful consideration of genomics, including the relationship between genome structure and species. The theme of human health appears throughout the book. Cardiovascular medicine, cancer, metabolic diseases, and diseases of the nervous system receive significant attention including consideration of how a variety of drugs work in combating these issues.

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Colouring Textiles is an attempt to provide a newcross-cultural comparative approach to the art of dyeing and printingwith natural dyestuffs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Divided into thematic chapters, it uncovers new data from the vasthistorical heritage of natural dyestuffs from a range of Europeancities, to present new historiographic insights for the understandingof this technology. Through a sort of anatomic dissection, the bookexplores the study and cultivation of dye-plants in botanical gardensand plantations, and the tacit values hidden in dyeing workshops,factories, laboratories, or national and international exhibitions. Itmetaphorically submits the natural dyestuffs of the eighteenth andnineteenth centuries to a series of systematic historical tests, andtraces back the circulation of those sources of colours throughcolonial spaces, dye works, cross-cultural networks, schools ofartistic design, and science-based industries for the making ofsynthetic colorants.

Colouring Textiles contributes to a better understanding of therole of natural dyestuffs in the processes of industrialization inWestern Europe.

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1813Original Publisher: Isaac PeirceSubjects: ChemistryJuvenile Nonfiction / Science ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: S. E. Cassino in 1888 in 275 pages; Subjects: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; History / General; Science / Chemistry / General; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Science / Molecular Physics; ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more