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Experiments upon vegetables, discovering their great power of purifying the common air in the sun-shine, and of injuring it in the shade and at night. ... By John Ingen-Housz

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Publication date: 1779.
Call number: 471184
Creator: Ingenhousz, Jan (1730-1799)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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