Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
OS EFEITOS DOS SAIS DE AMÔNIA.
Manner of performing the experiments—Action of distilled water in comparison with the solutions—Carbonate of ammonia, absorbed by the roots—The vapour absorbed by the glands—Drops on the disc—Minute drops applied to separate glands—Leaves immersed in weak solutions—Minuteness of the doses which induce aggregation of the protoplasm—Nitrate of ammonia, analogous experiments with—Phosphate of ammonia, analogous experiments with—Other salts of ammonia—Summary and concluding remarks on the action of salts of ammonia.
Modo de realizar os experimentos—Ação da água destilada em comparação com as soluções—Carbonato de amônia, absorvido pelas raízes—O vapor absorvido pelas glândulas—Gotas sobre o disco—Gotas mínimas aplicadas a glândulas separadas—Folhas imersas em soluções fracas—Pequenez das doses que induzem a agregação do protoplasma—Nitrato de amônia, experimentos análogos com—Fosfato de amônia, experimentos análogos com—Outros sais de amônia—Resumo e observações finais sobre a ação dos sais de amônia.
Vocabulary
- OS
- The (masculine plural definite article).
- EFEITOS
- Effects; results or consequences of an action.
- DOS
- Of the (contraction of de + os).
- SAIS
- Salts; chemical compounds formed from acid-base reactions.
- DE
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- AMÔNIA
- Ammonia; a pungent nitrogen-containing chemical compound.
- Modo
- Way; method or manner of doing something.
- realizar
- To carry out; to perform or accomplish.
- experimentos
- Experiments; tests to discover or demonstrate something.
- Ação
- Action; the process of doing something.
- água
- Water; essential liquid compound.
- destilada
- Distilled; purified through heating and condensation.
- comparação
- Comparison; act of examining similarities and differences.
- soluções
- Solutions; homogeneous mixtures of solutes in solvents.
- Carbonato
- Carbonate; salt containing carbon and oxygen.
- absorvido
- Absorbed; taken in or soaked up.
- raízes
- Roots; underground parts of plants.
- vapor
- Vapor; gas form of a substance.
- glândulas
- Glands; organs that produce and secrete substances.
- Gotas
- Drops; small amounts of liquid.
- disco
- Disk; circular flat object or surface.
- mínimas
- Minimal; smallest possible amount or degree.
- aplicadas
- Applied; put to use or practice.
- separadas
- Separated; divided or kept apart.
- Folhas
- Leaves; green parts of plants for photosynthesis.
- imersas
- Immersed; submerged or dipped in liquid.
- fracas
- Weak; lacking strength or intensity.
- Pequenez
- Smallness; the quality of being small.
- doses
- Doses; measured quantities of medicine or substance.
- induzem
- Induce; cause or bring about.
- agregação
- Aggregation; gathering or clustering together.
- protoplasma
- Protoplasm; living matter within cells.
- Nitrato
- Nitrate; salt of nitric acid.
- análogos
- Analogous; similar in function but different origin.
- Fosfato
- Phosphate; salt containing phosphorus and oxygen.
- Outros
- Others; different or additional people or things.
- Resumo
- Summary; brief statement of main points.
- observações
- Observations; things noticed during investigation.
- finais
- Final; last or concluding in a series.
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