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James Meschter Anders

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Ozone--General statements relating thereto--Various modes of generating ozone--Do plants possess the power to generate it ?--Experimental investigation of the question--Description of the tests for ozone--The first observations conducted in Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia--Description of same--Later experiments with glass case --In-door and out-door experiments, with odorous and non-odorous flowers--Conclusions drawn from the results obtained---A reinvestigation of the subject--Similar methods employed--The results with the flowers identical--Experiments with odorous foliage--Interesting results from the use of pine foliage--The nature of this ozone-generating process discussed--Facts and experiments by others corroborating our own conclusions--Sanitary value of ozone--The value of flowering plants as purifiers of the air of dwellings, which is usually abominable --Sources of house air impurities--House-plants as health-giving agents --Moral influences of plants and flowers--Review of sanitary relation of growing plants--Amount of plant life necessary for ordinary sanitary purposes. As heretofore incidentally mentioned, there is carried on by plants another process which brings them into hygienic importance, namely, the generation of ozone. Up to a very recent period the subject has remained experimentally unexplored. Nevertheless in my readings, while preparing earlier memoirs on some plant-functions, I would very rarely meet with statements to the effect that some sort of relationship exists between vegetation, and particularly forest growth, and the ozonic condition of the atmosphere. Thus, as elsewhere stated, a Dr. Schreiber maintains that the emanations from the pine foliage convert the oxygen of the air...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Houseplants as Sanitary Agents; Comprising Also a Consideration of the Subject of Practical Floriculture, and of the Sanitary Influences of Forests an. To get started finding Houseplants as Sanitary Agents; Comprising Also a Consideration of the Subject of Practical Floriculture, and of the Sanitary Influences of Forests an, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Ozone--General statements relating thereto--Various modes of generating ozone--Do plants possess the power to generate it ?--Experimental investigation of the question--Description of the tests for ozone--The first observations conducted in Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia--Description of same--Later experiments with glass case --In-door and out-door experiments, with odorous and non-odorous flowers--Conclusions drawn from the results obtained---A reinvestigation of the subject--Similar methods employed--The results with the flowers identical--Experiments with odorous foliage--Interesting results from the use of pine foliage--The nature of this ozone-generating process discussed--Facts and experiments by others corroborating our own conclusions--Sanitary value of ozone--The value of flowering plants as purifiers of the air of dwellings, which is usually abominable --Sources of house air impurities--House-plants as health-giving agents --Moral influences of plants and flowers--Review of sanitary relation of growing plants--Amount of plant life necessary for ordinary sanitary purposes. As heretofore incidentally mentioned, there is carried on by plants another process which brings them into hygienic importance, namely, the generation of ozone. Up to a very recent period the subject has remained experimentally unexplored. Nevertheless in my readings, while preparing earlier memoirs on some plant-functions, I would very rarely meet with statements to the effect that some sort of relationship exists between vegetation, and particularly forest growth, and the ozonic condition of the atmosphere. Thus, as elsewhere stated, a Dr. Schreiber maintains that the emanations from the pine foliage convert the oxygen of the air...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Houseplants as Sanitary Agents; Comprising Also a Consideration of the Subject of Practical Floriculture, and of the Sanitary Influences of Forests an. To get started finding Houseplants as Sanitary Agents; Comprising Also a Consideration of the Subject of Practical Floriculture, and of the Sanitary Influences of Forests an, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Houseplants as Sanitary Agents; Comprising Also a Consideration of the Subject of Practical Floriculture, and of the Sanitary Influences of Forests an

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