The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... plants is expensive . Nuclear power plants are being developed in a number of countries . Japan completed its first atomic power plant in 1967 , with a capacity of 160 megawatts ( a megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts ) , and is ...
... plants is expensive . Nuclear power plants are being developed in a number of countries . Japan completed its first atomic power plant in 1967 , with a capacity of 160 megawatts ( a megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts ) , and is ...
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... plants 2,000 years before Christ . Even earlier ( c . 2800 BC ) , a work now ascribed to the Chinese emperor Shen Nung described the thera- peutic powers of numerous medicinal plants and included descriptions of many important food plants ...
... plants 2,000 years before Christ . Even earlier ( c . 2800 BC ) , a work now ascribed to the Chinese emperor Shen Nung described the thera- peutic powers of numerous medicinal plants and included descriptions of many important food plants ...
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... Plants benefit from the actions of this microflora by acquiring needed mineral nutrients and carbon dioxide . Plants also interact protocooperatively with grazing herbivores . Although this relationship constitutes herbiv- ory , grazing ...
... Plants benefit from the actions of this microflora by acquiring needed mineral nutrients and carbon dioxide . Plants also interact protocooperatively with grazing herbivores . Although this relationship constitutes herbiv- ory , grazing ...
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