Francis Darwin, E. Hamilton Acton

Practical Physiology of Plants

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1895 second edition of an original 1894 volume is the product of a course in the physiology of plants given at Cambridge University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521230803
• ISBN-10: 0521230802
• Artikelnr.: 33610641

Autorenporträt

FRANCIS DARWIN (1848-1925) was the seventh child of Charles Darwin and worked with his father in the study of botany. His book, The Practical Physiology of Plants (1894) was the first of its kind, and The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) is his best-known work.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. General Physiology: 1. On some of the conditions affecting the life of plants
2. Assimilation of carbon
3. Further experiments on nutrition
4. Transpiration
5. Physical and mechanical properties
6. Growth
7. Curvatures
8. Further experiments on movement
Part II. Chemistry of Metabolism: 9. Introduction. Solvents. Methods of extraction. General notes on apparatus and manipulations
10. Proteids. Amides. Ammonia. Nitrates, etc.
11. Oils and fats. Glycerine
12. Tannins and glucosides
13. Dextrins and sugars, glucoses, cane-sugar, maltose, etc.
14. Starch. Cellulose
15. Organic acids and salts
16. Unorganised ferments (enzymes)
17. General experiments
Appendices.