ELEMENTS AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, IN A COURSE OF LECTURES DELIVERED
BEFORE THE BOARD 0F AGRICULTURE. BY SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, PRESIDENT OP
THE ROYAL SOCIETY. A NEW EDITION WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF SOILS, AND COPIOUS NOTES, RECENT DISCOVERERS AGRICULTURAL
CHEMISTRY. Bought in 1916 for the Stau Library GLASGOW PUBLISHED BY
RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY AM THOMAS TEGG, LOOTON, PRINTED BY
ROBERT MALCOLM, Nelson Street, GLASGOW. By THE EDITOR, from the
year 1802 to 1812, and published by Mm in 1813, is here presented
to the Pule, bought down to the knowledge of the present day by the
addition of copious Notes, embracing the important new in formation
that has resulted from tie numerous researches, CONTENTS.
Advertisement, . . . . . iii. LECTURE I. INTRODUCTION, ..... 1
Objects and arrangement of the Course, . . ib. Phenomena of
Vegetation, .... 3 Composition and Food of Plants, . . . .4 Economy
of Vegetation, .... 6 Operation of Alkaline Substances, . . . .8
Fallowing, Burning, Irrigation, c., ... 9 Importance of just
Chemical Principles, ., .10 LECTURE II. General Powers of Matter
which Influence Vegetation, . 13 Influence of Gravitation, . . . .
ib. Causes of the Directions of Plants, . . . 14 Chemical
Attraction, . . . . .16 Effects of Heat on Vegetation, . . . 17
Radiation of Heat Dew, . . .18 Influence of Electricity on Plants,
. . . 19 Elements of Vegetable Bodies, . . . .20 Elementary Bodies,
. . . ib. Non-metallic Bodies, . . . . .21 Metallic Bodies, .....
23 Chemical Combination, . . . . .25 Chemical Symbols, ..... 26
Compound Bodies, . . . . .27 Distinctions between Organic and
Inorganic Bodies, . 28 LECTURE III. Organisation of Plants, . . . .
.30 Vascular and CellularPlants, .... 31 Exogenous and Endogenous
Plants, . . ib. Bark. - Wood, ..... 32 Vascular Tissue, . . . . .
Structure of Wood, 34 Theory of the Circulation of the Sap, ., .35
Structure of Leaves, . . . . 37 Fall of the LeaJU, - .38 Parts of
the Flower .... 39 Functions of Stamen and Pistils, . . . .40
Structure of Seeds, . . .41 Vegetable Proximate Principles. Gum. -
Mucilage, ., 43 Staxch, . .44 CONTENTS. Sugar, . . . .45 Manna,
...... 47 Albumen, . . .48 Gluten. Caoutchouc, . . . 49 Extractive
Matter, . . . .50 Tannin, ...., 51 Indigo, . . .53 Vegetable
Alkalies, . . m, .54 Wax, . . . . . .55 Resin. Camphor, . . . 56
Fixed Oils, . . . . . .57 Essential Oils, .... 58 Woody Tissue, . .
. . .59 Vegetable Acids, ., . ., 60 Inorganic Constituents of
Plants, . . .,63 Saussures Table of the Inorganic Constituents of
Plants, . 65 Proximate Analysis, - . . . .67 Ultimate Analysis, . .
.,69 Laws Deduced from Ultimate Analysis of Plants, 71
Transformation of Starch into Sugar, ... 72 Fermentation, . . . .73
Alcohol, ...... 74 Christisons Table of Alcohol in Wines, . . .75
Brandes Table of the same, . 76 Ether, . . . . . .77 Starch in
Plants, ... - . 78 Proximate Analysis of Grain, . . .79 Proximate
Analysis of Beans, . . 80 Colouring Matter, . . . .,81 Table of
Nutritive Matter in Grain, c., . . 82 Barbary and Sicilian Wheat, .
. . .83 APPENDIX TO LECTURE III. Boussingaults Tables of the
Comparative Nutritive Power of Aliments, 85 Antoines Table of
Comparative Value of Fodders, . .86 Remarks on Tables of
Equivalents, 87 Boussingaults Tables of Ultimate Analyses of
Field-crops, . 88 LECTURE IV. Constituents of Soils, . . . . 89
Composition of Rocks and Minerals from which Soils are Derived,
90Saline Constituents of Soils, . . . .93 Apparatus for the
Analysis of Soils, ... 94 Reagents, . . . . .,96 Method of
Determining the Density of Soils, . . 97 Analysis of Soils, . . . .
.98 Estimation of Water, ib. Separation of Impalpable Matter from
Coarser Parts, . . 99 Analysis of Impalpable Matter, . . . 100
Analysis of Saline Matter, . . ...
General
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Sir Humphry Davy
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4067-0032-9 |
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LSN: |
1-4067-0032-0 |
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9781406700329 |
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