... is chemistry which explains the phenomena of vegetation, the growth, the maturation, and the death of plants; and to chemistry we must have recourse to remedy the diseases to which they are subject. * * * On taking a retrospect of the importance of... Bulletin of the United States National Museum - Page 12by United States National Museum - 1917Full view - About this book
| United States - 1892 - 1146 pages
...portion of the same address Dr. Cutbusli naively remarked a* follows : I cannot refrain from indulging in the pleasing hope that the members of our National...extend their fostering care to this establishment, and that a part of the public grounds, reserved for national purposes, maybe vested in the Columbian Institute.... | |
| United States National Museum - 1892 - 1128 pages
...portion of the same address Dr. Cntbusli naively remarked as follows : I cannot refrain from indulging in the pleasing hope that the members of our National...extend their fostering care to this establishment, and that a part of the public grounds, reserved for national purposes, maybe vested in the Columbian Institute.... | |
| United States National Museum - Science - 1917 - 106 pages
...same ratio will the arts flourish. Agriculture can only be Improved by 16 COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE the assistance of the chemical philosopher. It is...sciences, for the purpose of carrying into effect the leading objects of the association ; * * * I would also, with due deference, suggest, that a small... | |
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