¶ Trees
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Trees:
"In 1885 the scientist, van’t Hoff, demonstrated to organic chemists that all organic chemistry is tetrahedronally configured. Consider molecules as tetrahedra and those tetrahedra joined vertex to vertex. A constellation of tetrahedra linked together entirely by such ine vertex or universal jointing, which is called single-bonded, uses lots of space and is very characteristic of the gases. … Tetrahedra joined by two vertexes line up to what engineers call a ‘hinge.’ … When tetrahedra are attached to one another by three vertexes they are triple-bonded. … "
“How does the tree do its extraordinary work? The tree has to impound all that Sun’s energy with all of those leaves. It has to expose an enormous amount of leaf structure in order to be able to do so and still not dry up. To do this nature has the tree water-cooled, sending its roots deep into the ground to find the water to pump through its cooling system. These deep roots also give the tree its great stability to resist the forces of its great branches and leaves waving around in the wind. If you take a 50 pound load, such as a bucket of water, you are able to hold”
