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THE — CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, |= [Jusy 21, 1860. 
5s. 6d., be being Third Edition, considerably enlarged, 
RURAL CHEMISTRY. [ 
AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO THE, OF THE SCIENCE IN ITS RELATION TO AGRICULTURE, | 
BY E 
UDY 
DWARD SOLLY, F.R.S. F.LS. F.G.S. : : 
Sta “nea Compayy’s MILITARY SEMINARY AT Aappo, &c. &c. s or OT Tie ; 
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REFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. = Shinai i ; 
In accordance with numerous suggestions, ve considerable additions hav: oe made to tera little book, in preparing it for a new edition; several important practical matters, not 
of in any former. editions, having been etaman À Brief Le aaa of the. be> important of the domestic arts, such as bd and Vinegar 1 Marne, Brewing, the Manufacture of apie! 
ant eewe ne Cookery, &c., have been added, together with som unt of the ‘Se tiontifie Principles involved in those arts. Num s recent analyses of agricultural crops have 
been give ven, and the whole has been care carefully revised and correct ted.” 
NTS OF THE VOLUME. 
tash, binoxalate of| Silicate of magnesia 
as Nae Po! Tar ” 
Nas state 3 otash, pitartrate of ener of potash 3 
Na rata vegetation tash, carbonate of Arig oda ; 
Ls pra Potssh, caustic 
pes os fall of the a 
Daanonin atts of s disin- 3k ash in plants i 
Nitrate of lime ash in the soil i E 
Acids, organi ET ; 
Acids, be for plants i € . 
Action of plants ol Brimstoné Composition of soils | Formation of soils i 
British gum _ [5 Composition of | Foul smells Lettuce te: i E» 
~ Compounds [stones Light, effects of Ti les 
Light, influence oni | 
i um [of] Silv: ; 
Potassium, chloride} Si i 
xo 
m 
Tia action on soil i x 
aci Copper, pyrite ur) Lime and sa Noyea Slag Tobacco z$ > 
Air contains w. Copper, salts of water N otato, sweet Slaking of lime EE 
Air, paren r, sulphate of GALYANISED iron Smells, foul 
to life | Burnt sugar Lieka Game, preserving i ti Smok: 
Li i Oats Straw ashes i ; 
i i traw of barle; s F 
Alabaster ', mel 
‘Albumen Butter, salt 
yet ad vegetable | Butyric aci 
CABBAGE 
Sugar, wal 
Sugar can 
: Sugar, raaton of Ve; 
s- Sugar ol 
under Se Geld, chloride of 
tion Gold of Pleasure 
pede us a “4g posi ; pe dae 5 E » Popes s 
sorbed! Carbonate of potash | taneo = [Grape sugar I ACARONI | Organic matter Red lead phuret 
Carbonate of soda i Organic pi Beer of gas works Sulphurets 
Smelting 
‘Ammonia, fixing of i Mages, Saen of 
{Ammonis in air Carboni s| Diastase G: A Magnes a, phosphate 
omia in rain; necess: nts eee m [ment of] Gre 
ae S ion, dèrange- Groen vitriol TAER silicate ot 
ator, A paten n s| Digest: Gro win 
pop a, loss i ts of plants Magnesia, sulphat Oxali 
onia, muriate Catone pen os rial ts g“ é 
. ‘Aro SEVE ry phosphate rka rburetted hydro- | Dite bahay gd i $ 
[gem Doub! mankD, Gum Arabie 
Ammonia, salts of 
‘Ammonia, sulphate a Dou e Gum British 
onia, urate of n i Gum, cherry-tree 
i Gum, formation of 
Animal heat Dunder m resins 
Sodium Water, pure 
Sort water chloride of | Water, rain 
Soft w: Water, sea 
Earths 
Earths, alkaline 
bs | Earthy matter in the| Hartshorn 
of | Earthy silicates hi | Hay 
subs eat 
Silene: action of 
Mercury, chlorides | Phosphates 
oxides of Phosphoric. aci acid 
ee 
ces nse with) Indigo 
f Ferm Inflammable air 
[o 
hee feet 9g of alb Fengentation paces matter in 
ashes {mei ae ility Mordaunts 
Mould gen 
Todi, ii e Moigerite tion of 
ine in sea wai ouldiness air 
Mucil Plants, elements of | Seeds, pouse: [of Sulphrous caine 
Terigation Mariate of ammonia | Plants, food of Seidlitz gon A y 
Isinglass Muriate of lime Plants, growth of Spleation: iy cheeks Sinower X ; a 
a ` we 
Lan Ivory Muriate of magnesia | Plaster of Paris 
Biph le ary of lime Spean vegetable’ Muriate of soda es Plaster stone 
Combination 
E area f Ziso 
lica in of lia er a ride ; 
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