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AX ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE SCIENCE 



BY 



EDWARD SOLLY 



F. R. S 



IN 

 F.L 



ITS RELATION TO AGRICULTURE 



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Honorary Mwnber of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, professor of Chen,- yto the HortSeu'tnnS"*- . J, ''' r ' KJ ' °" 



Compaq's Military Semhiarv at AddiSJ 4^* ' Lecturer on <*«™*0 in tl.e H-.nour.ble Ea«t India 



iraitrl of in any totmer editio 

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ccordai.ee with numerous .nations, very conalderable additions have been 22?, t "S'L*. m — - ■ - , 



b«. educed. Hri.f Ih^I , .u. ant ot . C^^JSreS-^t wZjfSv ! '^tJ 'SZfT' **'<*<« matters, not 



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given, and the whole has been 



acto 



AMterrio* 



manure 



itoetlc acid 



Acetic fermentation 



mm 



Arid*, organic 

 Acids, test for 

 Actum of plants on 



the air 

 Active principles 

 Adulterated guano 

 Affinity, chemical 

 After-damp io 

 Ar [mines 



Air contains am- 



p contains car- 



uenic acid 

 Air contains water 

 A inflammable 

 Air necessary to life 

 Air, composition ot 

 Air resists compre 6- 

 A weight of [sion 

 Alabaster 

 Albumen 



Albumen, vegetable 

 Alcohol 



Ale 



Allsnli. test for 



Alkali, volatile 

 Alkalies 



Alkalies, vegetable 



Alloys 



AJmaod* 



Alnm 

 Alumina 



Alumina absorbs 



immnia 



Almtninainsoil, n-e 

 of [of 



Alumiua,phospbate 

 Aluaaiua, silicateo! 

 Alumint, sulphate 

 Aluminum [.,f 



Alunua ma, oxide ot 

 Ammonia 



Arownni* absorbed 



•^alumina 

 Ammonia absorbed 



ayofrarcjal, <bc, 

 Ammaaia, carbon- 

 ate of 



Ammonia, fixing oi 

 Ammonia in air 



Ao-nneeia in rain- 

 water 



Ammonia, loss of 

 An»onia, muriate 

 Ana mom a, phos* 

 phate 



Ammonia % f I 

 Ammonia, sulphate' 

 Ammonia, urate of 

 Analysis 



Animal heat 

 Animal manures 

 Aiimal principles, 



proximate 

 Animal substances 

 Animals, breathing 



of [of 



Animals, fattening 



Annotta 

 Apple jelly 



Aquafortis 

 Algol 

 Arrack 

 Arrow root 

 Arteries 



Artichoke, 



Ashes 



Atom 



Attraction 

 Azote 



BaTLOOIfS 



Bsan boo 



Barilla 



Barley 



Barley.* traw 

 Barley sugar 



Barm* 



Barometer 

 Bate 



Ba%trog-meet 

 Batatas 



Bay salt 



Been, field 



Bean straw 



r****t kidney 

 ***b ashes 

 B«eeh nuts 

 sear 



5«r. Bavarian 



•ett 



*-rnot sugar 



JjU metal 

 «le 



Jerusa- 

 lem 





«pbonphateotlir„ e , 



■"•Urate of potash 



Si ?^g by chlo- 



Of B'ack Currant jelly 



Blood 



Blubber 



Bones 



Bran 



Brandy 



Brass " 



Bread 



Bricks 



Brimstone 



British gum 



Bromidi I magne- 



Bromides [sium 



Bromine 



Brown stout 



Buckwheat 

 Buds 

 Burning 

 Burnin 'me 



Burning of plants 

 Burnt clay 



Burnt sugar 

 Butter 



Butter, clarified 

 Butter, how co- 1 



loured 

 Butt-r, melted 

 Butter, salt 

 Butyric acid 

 Cabbage 

 Cabbage, red 

 Calamine 

 alcium 



Calcium, chloride of 

 Calomel 



Camphor 



Candles 



Candle, burning of 

 Cane 



Cane sugar 



Caoutchouc 

 Caramel 

 Carbon 



Carbon in plants 

 Carbonate of am- 

 monia 



Garbonateof iron 

 Carbonate of lead 



Carbonate of lime 



Carl) >nate of mag- 

 nesia 



Carbon a 4 e of potash 

 Carbonate of V la 



Carbonates decom- 

 posed by acids 

 Carbonic acid j. i 

 Carbonic acid pas 

 necessary to plants 

 Carbonic acid gas. 

 decomposi a ot 

 Carbonic oxide 



Carburetted hydro- 

 Carcases [gen 

 Carrot 



Caseine 



Caseine, vegetable 

 Castor oil 



Caustic potash 

 Cellars, foul air in 

 Cellulose 

 Chalk 



Chamomile i 



Changes, chemical 

 Charcoal j 



Charcoal absorbs ! 

 ammonia [of 



Charcoal, burning 

 Charcoal, disinfect- 

 ing powers of « 

 Charring 



Cheddar cheese 

 Cheese 



Cheltenham salts 

 Cherry-tree gum 

 Cheshire cheese 



Chestnut? 

 Chlorines 

 Chlorine 

 I Churning 

 Chyle 

 Chyme 



Circulation 

 Older 



i an a bar 



ieric acid 

 Okay 



Olay, burnt 



Cla\ iron ore j 



OUin ,d*fierences 

 Clover [,»f 



agulatiou of al- 

 al ashes [bumen 



Ooal-ga* 



Coal-tar, naphtha 



Goeoa-out oil 



Oognac brandy 



Cohesion 

 oke 



Colophony 



Colour of soils [of 



Colours, changing 



Colours, vegetable 







•r? 



of 

 (blood 





Combination 

 Combina 



changes produeen 

 Coml ing weights 



oaabustion 



J. Matthews, at 1 



Combining 



bers 

 Combustion, results 

 Common salt [of 

 Composition of ani- 

 mal matter 



Composition of or- 

 ganic matter 



Composition of 

 plants 



Composition of soils 

 Composition of 

 stones 



Compounds 

 Contagion 



Contagious matter 

 Cookery 



Copper 



Copper in plants 

 Copper, oxide 

 Copper, pyrites 



Copper, salts of 



Copper, sulphate of 

 Copperas 



C prolitea 

 Corn 



Corrosive sublimate 

 Cotton 



C >uchin 



Cream 



Cream cheese 

 Cream of tartar 

 Crops, rotation of 

 Cubic nitre 

 Cultivated land 

 Curd of milk 



Co: rants 



Dagoerreotype 

 Dahlia 



Death of plants 

 Decay [li me 



Decay, influence of 

 Decay, like burning 

 Decay of humus 

 Decay of plants 

 Decay, results of 

 Decay, under water 

 Decomposition 

 Decom posit ion, in- 

 duced [rocks 

 Decomposition of 

 Decomposition, 

 spontaneous ' 



Deliquescence 

 Dew 



Dextrine 

 iamond 

 Diastase 



Digestion [rnent of 

 Digestion, derange- 

 Diseasei of plants 

 Distillation 

 Dit< scrapings 

 Double salts 

 Dough 



ina^e water 

 Draini 



Dr er 



Duns 



Dutch rushes 



1 l »g 

 East a 



Earth nut 



rths 



Earths, alkaline 

 Ear matter in 

 the air 



Earthy silicates 

 Earthy substances 



in ants 

 EiTei scence 

 Egg:, white of 

 filaiue 



Electricity, influ- 

 ence on plants 



Elements 



Embryo 

 Bptaom salts 



Equivalent 



Cxcrement [fowl 

 £xcrenaents of sea 

 Bxha> m of soils 

 Expansion [damp 

 Explosion of fire- 

 Faints, distiller's m 

 Fallowrnjj 



Perm-yard dung 

 Fat 



Fat-of animals 

 Feathers 



Fading off with 

 Ferment [sh 



Fermentation 

 Ferrility 



1 »re, woody 



Fibrin, animal I 



Fibrin, vegetable 



Finings 



Fir-a es 



Fire 



Fi^e-damp 



Fish, refuse 

 Fixed oil 



Fixing ammonia 



ime 

 Flax 

 Flesh 

 lint 



CONTENTS OP THE 



num. Flooring malt Latent heat 



Flour 



| r lour, damaged 

 Flower.- 



Flowers, tli eireAct 

 on the air 



Fluorides 

 Fluorine 

 Food of animals 

 Food, chemical use 

 Food of plants [ 

 Formation of seed 

 Formation of soils 

 Foul smells 

 Breezing, effects of 

 F reeling of water 

 ruit 



Fruit, ripening of 

 Fuel [chlorine 



umijrating by 

 Fumigation bv sul- 



on 



Fun 



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[phur 



r ur from wa 

 Galvanised iron 



Game, j reserving 

 Gas 



Gas coal 



Gas, inflammable 

 Gas, manufacture of 

 Gas liquor 



Gas liquor, siren 



[of 





Gas tar 



G trie juice 



Gelatine 



Geneva 



Germination 



Germination 



Gin [leratt 



Glass 



Glauber salts 



Gliadine 



Glouc aster cheese 

 Glue 



Glue, refuse 

 Gluten 



Glycerine 



Gold 



God, chloride 

 Gold of Pleasure 

 Gold, mosaic 

 Gooseberries 

 Grain of Wheat 

 Grains, spent 

 Grape sugar 

 Grapes 

 Grass 

 Gravity 



Gravity, specific 

 G reaves 

 Green manures 

 Green vitriol 



Growth of plants 

 Guano 



Gum 



Gum arable 

 Gum, British 

 Gnm, cherry-tree 

 Gum, formation of 

 Gum, resin 

 Gun cotton 

 Gunpowder 

 Gutta percha 

 Gyletun 

 Gypsum 

 Haib 

 Hard water 



Hartshorn 

 Hay 



Heat 



H igea, foul 

 Hemp-seed 



Hollands 



Honey 



Hoofs 



ops 



ordein 

 Horn 

 Huniates 



Humjc acid 



Humus 

 lydrogcn 



Hydrogen, carbu- 

 reted [of 



Hy d r.)g en, lightness 



Hydrogen, sulphu- 



*c*. [retted 



(Iceland moss 



Indian vn 



Indian rubber 

 Indigo 



Inflammable air 



Inorganic matter in 

 plants 



Inorjrnnic manures* 

 Inulin 



Iodides 

 Tc oe 



Iodine in sen 

 Iron 



Irrigation 

 I ^inglass 

 ivory 



J UN I PER 



Kelp 



K ieye 



vil irying 



Kir^chwasfer 

 Lactic acid 







Titad 



Lea- her 



Leaven 



I-eaves 



Leaver, fall of the 



Lt office of 



I - of wiue 



Legumine 



Lemons 



Lentils 



Lettuce 



ight, effects of 

 Light, ii 



plants 



Ligatii a fire 

 Lignio 



Lime 



I -ime, action on soil 

 Lime and salt 

 Lime, hi phosphate 

 Lime, burning [of 

 Lime, carbonate 

 Lime, caustic 

 Lime, citrate 

 Lime, hydrate of 

 Lime in plants 

 Lime, muriate of 

 Lime, nitrate of 

 Lime, oxalate of 

 Lime, fdiosphate of 

 Lime, silicate of 

 Lime, slaking 



Limestone [sian. 

 Limestone, magne- 

 Lime, sulphate of 

 Lime, superphos- 

 phate of 

 Lime, when useful 

 Lime, when not to 



be used 

 Limes, juice of 



inen 

 Linseed 

 Liqueurs 

 Liquid manure 

 Liquid manure 



Litharge [tanks 

 Liver 



Loss of manure 

 Lucerne 



Lungs of animals 

 -N'acaroni 



V agnesia 



Magnesia, carbon- 

 ate of 



Magnesia in plants 



Magnesia, muriate 

 of 



Magnesia, phos- 

 phate of 



Magnesia, silicate of 

 Magnesia, sulphate 

 of 



Magne-ian lime- 

 stone 

 Magnesium 



Magnesium, chlo- 

 ride of 



II : i gn es i um, ox ide o f 



Maize 



M dt 

 halting 

 Malic acid 

 Vlanganese 

 Manganese in 

 plants 



I Manganese in soils 

 Vf anganese,oxide of 

 Mangold Wureel 

 Manures 

 Maple *-ugur 

 Mara hino 

 Marble • 



Mark of Grapes 



Margarine 

 Marl 



Mashing 



Mead 



Meat boiling 



Teat roasting 



Medicines, a. on of 



Mercury 



Mercury, chlorides 

 Mercury, oxides of 

 Mearcury, >ulphuret 

 letaliic alloys [of 

 Hallic oxide* 

 Metallic sal 

 Metals 

 Milk 

 MUM 



iurn 



ture 



xture of soils 

 Mola»>e- 



fordaunts 

 ^Mortar 



Mosaic gold 

 M .Id 



Mouldering 



'Mouhliness 

 Mn e 



tfuriateof ammonia 

 Muriate of lime 

 Muriate of magne- 



Wurtateofsodal-sia 

 W-iT es 







VOLUME. 



Muriatic acid 

 Muscle 



Mu>covado sugar 

 Musk 



M ust 

 Mustard 

 Naphtha 

 ■Nascent state 

 Natural vegetation 

 Nightsoil [fected 

 N oil, disin. 



Nitrate of lime 

 Nitrate of potash 

 Nitrate • soda 

 Nitrate of silver 

 Nitrates 



Nitrates, in plants 

 Nitre 



Nitre beds 



Nitre, cubic 



Nitric acid 



Nitric acid in ma- 



Nitrogen [nure 



Noyean 



Nutrition of plants 

 Nutnthm oi ani- 

 Oak ashes [mals 

 Oats 



eOdours of plants 

 'Oil 



Oilcake 



Oil, castor 



Oil of cloves 



il, cocoa-nut 

 Oil, dregs 



Oil, dr 



Oil. fat 



Oil, fixed 

 Oil, linseed 

 Oil, mustard 

 Oil of lavender 

 >il of lemons 

 Oil of turpentine 

 OU of vitriol 



Oil, olive 

 Oil, poppy 

 Oil, rape 

 Oil, rock 

 Oil seeds 

 Oil, volatile 

 Oleine 

 Opodeldoc 

 Ores, roasting of 

 Organic acids 

 Organic manures 

 Organic matter 



Organic substances 

 in soils 



Organic transform- 

 ations 



Organised matter 



Oxalate in lime in 



I >xalic acid [plants 

 "talis 



Oxide, carbonic 

 Oxide of copper 

 I )xide of iron 

 Oxide of lead 



Oxide of manganese 



de of mercury 

 Oxide of silver 

 Oxide of tin 



Oxides, metallic 

 Oxygen 

 Paint, white 

 Pal ji juice 

 Paper bleached by 

 Paring [chlorine 

 Parfneaan cheese 

 Parsnip 



Paste 



Pearl ash 



Peas 



Pt-a ashes 



Peetine 



Per-oxides 

 Perry 



Persalts 

 'etre 



Petre, salt 

 Pewter 



Phosphates 



Phosphoric 

 Phosphoric 

 plants 



Phosphoric 

 bone 



Phosphoric 



Phosphorus 



Pickliug cabbage 

 Pine-apples 

 Fipes, bursting of 

 Pich 6 



Plants, composition 

 Plants, death of [of 

 Plants, decay oi 

 Plants decompose 



carbonic acid [air 

 Piants, effvz of, on 



the 



Piants, elements of 



iaets, food of 

 Ptants, growth of 

 i lasterof Paris 

 Plaster stone 

 Pough, subsoil 

 Plums 

 Botfn' 



Pond mud 

 i'oppy seed 



Porter 



Potash [ f 



Potash bin oxalate 



Potash r bitartrate « 



Potash, carbonate of 

 Potash, caustic 



Potash in plants 



Potash in the soil 



Potash, muriate of 



Potash, nitrate of 



Potash, salts of 

 Potash, silicate of 

 Potash ulphste of 

 Potashes 



otassium 



<>ta*siuui, chloride 



■ * 



[of 





acid 

 acid in 



acid rn 



[water 



acid in 



Potato 



Potato haulm 

 Potato spirit 

 Potato starch 



Potato, sweet 



Pottery 



Principles, active 



Proportions 

 Protein 



Proto-salts 



Protoxides 



Proximate animal 



Pruning [principles 



Putrefaction 



Putrefaction, influ- 

 ence of lime in 



Putrefying animal 

 matter 



Putrid fer m entation 

 Putrid urine 

 Putty powder 

 Pyrites 



Pyrites, copper 

 Pyroligueous acid 

 Pyrolignites 

 Pyrox spirit 

 Qc-artz 



Quaternary com- 

 Quicliiime [pounds 

 Quicksilver 

 Rain water 

 Haisius 

 Kane seed 



Haps via© 



lied cabbage 



lied lead 



Refuse of gas wo 

 Ken net 

 ' itesins 



Respiration (tion 



tesulteof enmbus- 



u;ts ot putretac- 



Rhubarb [tion 



Rice 



Ripening of fruit 

 River mud 

 Liver water 

 Road drift 

 Rock salt 



Rocket [tion of 



Rooks, disintegra- 

 Roman vitriol 

 Roots 



Rotation of crops 

 Ruby 



Rum 



Rushes, Dutch 



Rust of iron 



Rye 



R} e straw 



s a 'OHAaiNE matter 



Safety, lamp 



Sa-o 



Sa fom 



^al-nmmoniac 

 Saliue compounds 



Sa ine draughts 



Saline manures 



Salt 



Salt and lime 

 Salt bay 

 Salt, common 



alt in sea water 

 Salt, rock 



ait, spirit Lf 

 Salt, sea 

 Salt, solution of, in 





Saltpetre 

 Salts 



-tnd 



apphire 



twdust 



Schiedam 



Sea fowl, 



[water 



8ilicate of lime 



-kJteeteot niagnesu 



Mlioateotfpota^.. 



licate of a 

 Bilieaxes 

 ic aei 

 can 



Silk dyein: 



ver 

 Silver, chloride of 



I ver, i of 



Silver, oxide of 



hMver, salts of 

 ver, 3ulp >f 



ue 



iz«S resin 



ikimmed milk 

 kin 



lakio;: «.f lima 

 Lg 



omells, foul 



Smoke 

 Straw ashes 

 S iw of barley 



urol buckwheat 

 Straw of lentils 



raw of maize 



oats 

 w of rye 

 w « ch 



-traw. irheat 

 tro. manures 

 Sub- ta 

 Subsoil 



Subsoil ploughing 

 Substratum 

 ulVocation from 



Sognr [charcoal 

 •mi gar, barioj 

 Sugar, candy 



■ugar, formation of 

 Sugar of lead 



ugar of milk 

 Sugar, penning 

 Sugar refiners' 



waste 

 Sulphates 

 Sulphur 



Sulphur in jaants 



uphuret or iron 



Sulphuret of lead 



Sulphuret of silver 



ulphunets 

 Smelting 

 Soap 



8oa 'oiling 



Soap, decomposi- 

 Soap sofc [tion of 

 Soap, transparent 

 Soap, }«llow 



Soapmaker's ash 

 Soda 



Soda, carbonate of 

 Soda in rocks 

 Soda in plants 

 Soda in soils 

 Soda, muriate of 

 Soda, nirrak f 

 Soda, silicate ..f 

 ►da, .sulphate of 



>dium, chloride of 

 Soft water 

 SoU 



Soils, analysis of 

 riJ, colour of 



j s oilscompositionoi 



exhaustion of 

 "Sails, formation of 



! >, mixture of 

 Soils, nature of 



Solder 



Soot 



•Sorrel 

 Soup 



pecific gravity 

 Spices 



pirit proof 



pint, pyroxylic 



pirit of sale 

 2 ii it of wine 



ponge 



Spring water 



Springs 







Tar 



1 firnish on silver 

 i'apans* 

 Tarcjiric acid 



Tartrates 

 T«^fh 



. rim ry compounds 



T^ts, ^ able 

 Them ueter 



Tin olc 



TiM 



Tin le of 



Tin plate 



Tin, s'llnhurot Of 

 Toast 



Toasted fl 

 Tobaoco 



Toddv 



Treacle 



Tropical countries 

 Tubers 



Turf-ashes 



Turmeric 



Turnips 



Turpentine 

 Turpentine, oil of 



' bate oi ammo: 



1 



llric acid 



Urine 



Can of leaves 

 1 ■<- of plants 

 Usquebaugh 

 VAroca cond^ ^ed 



by cold 

 Vapour in the air 

 Vegetable alkalies 

 Vegetable manure 



Vegetables, beiing 

 Veins [ot 



» millon 



Vetch 



Vinegar 



Vnegar distilled 

 Vinous feTmenta. 

 Vitriol, blue [tion 

 Vitriol, green 

 Vitriol, oil of 

 Vitriol, white 

 Volatils alkali 

 Volatile oil 







excre- 



Sea-water [ments of 



i-weed 

 Seeds 



seed, formation of 

 Seeds termination 

 eeds* ssnsfilng [of 

 Seidlitz twdere 

 Sekc n by roots 

 Semoiina [of plants 



ShaU;tand 

 heUs 



ii i e a 



in. plants 

 ilfca In soil, use. 



s alumina 



! 



street, Strand 



tall leading 

 Starch 

 Steam 



tenriciecid 



Stearine 

 Sciti 



tiltou cbeeAe 

 ul[ihuret of ^in 



nlplmrntti d hj- 

 dn a 



u'phm acid 

 SulphuroTis acid 

 Sulphurous ac>d 



eueefcs tSermeu 

 flnniiower [tion 

 Sunn 4 »*»er seed 

 Super-salts [ii me 



^u^civphoaiihate of 

 er-tartmte of 



Swedes [patasJ 



iABASHClB 



Tannin 



Tan q 

 Tapioca 



Waxnct- 



Wash, dtstiilers , 

 Water 



Water, action on 

 Water, air in [lead 

 Water, composition 

 of 



Water, freezing of 

 Water, hard 



Water,impuritiesin 

 Water, mineral 



fat r necessary to 

 plants 



Water, New River 

 V» r, phosphoti 

 acid in 



W ter, pure 

 ^'ater, rain 

 Water, sea 

 Water, soft 

 Water, spring 

 Water, Thames 

 W atcr, well 

 Wax 



Waed-ash 

 Weeds, 



Weeds, burning of 

 Wends, putrefaction 

 Weeds, spread of [ot 

 Wheat grain 

 Wheat straw 

 Wheat starch 

 ' y 

 W his key 



White lead 

 White of egg 

 Wine * 



Wine, brandy 



Wine, domestic 



Wine, fermentation 

 Wine, fining of [of 

 Wjm . pricked 



^ ue, ripening of 

 Wine, legar 

 Hood ashes 

 Wood spirit 

 Wood -re 

 Wool 



dyeing 

 A * . mi j i refuse 



Wuol s s 



**l snap 

 W ur t 



Wort, foirjraaji of 



LOIDIHE 



Yeast 



Yeast as manure 

 Y ar ial 



Yeast, bad 



V 'vast, dry 



Srarfj 



Zinc, chloride of. 



Zinc, oxide of 

 i5mc, snip :j ate Of 





