TURNIPS. 



357 



Potash 



Soda 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Alumina . 



Oxide of iron 



Silica 



Sulphuric acid 



Phosphoric acid 



Chlorine . 



2370 



1154 



1747 



22 



17 



8 



210 



959 



785 



274 



7546 



961. The composition of turnips and Swedes is 

 very similar ; they consist of the same proximate 

 elements united in nearly the same proportions. The 

 following table shows the composition of three varie- 

 ties according to Hermbstadt : — 



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962. Dry turnip, according to Boussingault, con- 

 sists of — 



Carbon 429 



Oxygen 423 



Hydrogen . . . . . . 55 



Nitrogen 17 



Inorganic matter 76 



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