Principles of physic, to be explained in a course of lectures / by George Pearson.

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1820
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    V. In this work, 1. such an arrangement I of farts will hr uivrn. ami laws are to be estab- llished, as mav serve for necessary theories. • » i2. 'Fhe distinction of Diseases by the most icharacteristic Symptoms, or the Nosology. W'l. Live Beings are divideil into two rlassesi trailed .1 uhnals and Veiretabh.s. The former {possess the faculty loro mot ion y and o\' sen sa» tfion. In their composition. Azote or Nitrogen iis a priori{)al ingredient, united to Hydrogen, (Carbon, and Oxygen. On burning they emit peculiar smell, ami atFord Ammonia—-in ttlieir bone and Huids contain Phosphorus, llie -Hatter, namely, VegrtfihleSy are things which ijigrow;—in w Inch a whole vegetable can, for Jthe most part, be formed from a part of its rroot, trunk, l>ranches, and leaves—which pos- l^^ess considerable [jowers of reproduction of •entire parts which have been cut oft* or de- Irayed;—which do not possess the faculty of Siocomotion;—w hich apparently have no power |' )f feeling. IV>r the most part they contain no iAzote, or only a small proportion of it, in their I 'om]»osition ; but w hich, as far as know n, are I join pounded of I’arlmn (the principal ingre* Idient), Hydrogen, and Oxygen. On burning j B 2 they