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Seite 276 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the cup.
Seite 446 - Carbonic acid, water and ammonia, contain the elements necessary for the support of animals and vegetables. The same substances are the ultimate products of the chemical processes of decay and putrefaction. All the innumerable products of vitality resume, after death, the original form from which they sprung.