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Corn

Images

  • Maize root under the microscope
  • Agriculture: villagers (perhaps in Syria or Palestine) threshing corn by trampling it with oxen. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Beavis.
  • Farming: a milling machine for corn, driven by a water-wheel, three-quarter view. Engraving by Seal, c.1750.
  • Farming: a milling machine for corn, three-quarter view. Engraving by B. Cole, early eighteenth century, after R. Blackwell.
  • Woman carrying a basket of maize
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Catalogue

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    Ricerche sugli effetti dell'alimentazione maidica : valore nutritivo della zeina, gliadina e ovoalbumina nei ratti albini / S. Baglioni, L. Luciani.

    Baglioni, S. | Date: [1913]
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    El maíz : sustento del pasado y presente en la cultura popular nacional / compilación, Sandra Luz García Martha, Mauricio García Sandoval.

    | Date: 1999
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    Studies on pellagra. 1, The influence of the milling of maize on the chemical composition and the nutritive value of maize-meal / by Casimir Funk.

    Funk, Casimir, 1884-1967. | Date: 1981
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    Maize and maize diets : a nutritional survey / Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Nutrition Division. | Date: 1953
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    A discovery of the true cause of the wonderful multiplication of corn; with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants / By Dr. Wolfius.

    Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754. | Date: 1734
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