The Romance of Modern Chemistry
Forfatter: James C. Phillip
År: 1912
Forlag: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
Sted: London
Sider: 347
UDK: 540 Phi
A Description in non-technical Language of the diverse and wonderful ways in which chemical forces are at work and of their manifold application in modern life.
With 29 illustrations & 15 diagrams.
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CHEMISTRY AND AGRICULTURE
chemical changes, the fact stares us in the face that we
cannot turn out a plant in our laboratories; the thing is
absolutely beyond us. The attempts so far made to
imitate the processes of plant growth can scarcely be
called successful, and our failure seems to be most com-
plete in connection with the most important and wonderful
process of all, namely, the assimilation of carbon dioxide.
The chemistry of plant life and growth is, in fact, one
of these mysterious chambers which have as yet been
only partially explored. In spite of failure, however, to
imitate the actual processes of growth, chemists have
been wonderfully successful in producing by artificial
methods the substances which are found in plants. The
story of the interesting advance that has been made in
this direction will be told in another chapter.
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