Science -- Terminology
Completeness is a virtue which this little Blue Book cannot, in the nature of things, possess. If any reader is disappointed not to find it here, I must respectfully direct his attention to the three ponderous tomes which make up a well-known dictionary of chemistry, to the st...
Completeness is a virtue which this little Blue Book cannot, in the nature of things, possess. If any reader is disappointed not to find it here, I must respectfully direct his...
2. Part 2_Crystal._ An aggregation of molecules with definite internal structure and external form of a solid enclosed by symmetrically arranged plane faces. A crystal is formed when cer...
3. Part 3_Mendel’s Law._ A principle formulated by Gregor Mendel with regard to the inheritance of characteristics. Fenton, following Walter, states it thus: “When two animals or plants...
4. Part 4_Star._ A heavenly body. More usually, those that appear to be fixed dots of light, including the sun but not the planets or meteors, are included in the term. One of the “fixed...