The idea of transmutation, in the country of its origin, had a philosophical basis, and was linked up with the Greek theories of matter there current; thus, by supplying a central philosophical principle, it to some extent unified and focussed chemical effort, which previously, so far as it existed at all, had been expended on acquiring empirical acquaintance with a mass of disconnected technical processes.
The more common palms are Cocos, Phoenix and Borassus, supplying cocoa-nut and toddy.
The English slave traders were at first altogether occupied in supplying the Spanish settlements.
Saturninus also brought in a bill, the object of which was to gain the support of the rabble by supplying corn at a nominal price.
By this time it is heavily laden with vapour, which it continues to bear along across the continent, depositing it and supplying the sources of the Amazon and La Plata.
