The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 149, Issue 3National Geographic Society., 1976 - Geography |
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... plant known , sometimes spurting two feet in a single day . Further in the future looms the possibility of generating power by actually using the mechanisms of photosynthesis , the process by which all plants live and grow . In Melvin ...
... plant known , sometimes spurting two feet in a single day . Further in the future looms the possibility of generating power by actually using the mechanisms of photosynthesis , the process by which all plants live and grow . In Melvin ...
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... plant . Transportation costs for the station , lifted from earth in stages , would be very high . But a Princeton physics professor , Gerard K. O'Neill , thinks he has figured a way around the price for getting the components into space ...
... plant . Transportation costs for the station , lifted from earth in stages , would be very high . But a Princeton physics professor , Gerard K. O'Neill , thinks he has figured a way around the price for getting the components into space ...
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... plant freezing . Under certain circumstances , the forming of real external frost can actually insulate the plants and help prevent damage from freezing . " Dew differs from frost only because the water vapor is at too high a ...
... plant freezing . Under certain circumstances , the forming of real external frost can actually insulate the plants and help prevent damage from freezing . " Dew differs from frost only because the water vapor is at too high a ...
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