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Page 65
... animal fats . Oleic acid , the most widely distributed fatty acid , is abundant in such oils ( vegetable fats ) as olive , palm , peanut , and sunflower seed . Lard and tallow from animals contain up to 30 percent stearic acid ...
... animal fats . Oleic acid , the most widely distributed fatty acid , is abundant in such oils ( vegetable fats ) as olive , palm , peanut , and sunflower seed . Lard and tallow from animals contain up to 30 percent stearic acid ...
Page 248
... animal life that often pro- Traces of a Perisphinctes , 3 by 20 cm Lilly Stunzi Zurich vide important information about the loco- motion and life habits of animals long extinct . Tracks and trails in the fossil record were made on a ...
... animal life that often pro- Traces of a Perisphinctes , 3 by 20 cm Lilly Stunzi Zurich vide important information about the loco- motion and life habits of animals long extinct . Tracks and trails in the fossil record were made on a ...
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... animals maintain the same positions relative to each other . Together , these postu- lates dictated a single natural master plan , varied only in detail among the species . When Geoffroy attempted to apply this philosophy to ...
... animals maintain the same positions relative to each other . Together , these postu- lates dictated a single natural master plan , varied only in detail among the species . When Geoffroy attempted to apply this philosophy to ...
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