INGENHOUSZ JAN Experiments upon Vegetables 1779

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INGENHOUSZ, JAN. Experiments upon Vegetables. Folding engraved plate of experimental apparatus. lxviii, 302, [17] pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, rebacked retaining darkened original backstrip; dark browning in inner corners of title and last few leaves. Harrison D. Horblit booklabel. London: P. Elmsly and H. Payne, 1779

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first edition. "Ingen-Housz became the first to observe and elucidate the processes of photosynthesis and plant respiration. In his Experiments upon Vegetables, Ingen-Housz established that only the green parts of a plant give off the 'restoring' gas (oxygen), and only when exposed to visible sunlight"--Norman 1141. Garrison-Morton 103; Grolier/Horblit 55.