The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

Now ready, New Edition revised and enlarged, cloth, 4a. Gd.
RURAL CHEMISTRY; an Elementary Introduc
tton to the Study of the Science in its Relation to Agrtculture,
By EDWARD SILLY, P.L.S., P. 0.8., lloc. Member of tge Revel
Agricultural Society, England.
Chapter I.—Objects of eitemistry—Affinity—Nature of Combination
and decomposition—The elements—The air, Ito properties and com.
position—Oxygen and nitrogen--Combustion. intuits of combustion—
Carbonic acid gas—Water, ice, and steam—Effects of frost—Latent
heat —Curiposition of water—Hydrogen.
Chapter ll.—Carbon, its different forms—Cobetrion—Combating
and decay—Carbonic acid gas, produced by respiration, combastion,
fermentation, &c.—Nature of acids and alts—Car'auretted hydrogen,
fire dunpa, coal gas--Compounds all definite—Combining weights—
Carbonic oxide—Nitrogen combined with hydro; en forms ammonia
—Nitric acid—Nitrates—Sulphur, milli:roam cassia-
-Sulphuric acid,
sulpbates—Sulphuretted hydrogen—Chlorine, ms riatic acid—L4ine,
Bromine—Phosphorus, phosphoric acid.
Chapter lll.—Rases—Alkalies—Potash, its properties—Carbonate
and nitrate of potash, gurnowder common salt, sulphate, car-
bonate end nitrate of sodn—Annonh, its carbonate, sulphate, mu-
date, and pbosphate—The alkaline earths—Lime. its nature awl pro-
pertiett—Utabonate, sulphate, and phosphate of lime—Magnesia, its
carbonate, sulphate, muriate, and phosphate.
Chapter IV.—The earths—Alumina, its properties—Aleirn. Silica, or
snide acid—Silicates of potash and soda —Gl..sa—Silleatea in the sod,
lin plants—The metals, their oxides awl ...Its—lron, its oxides—Pyrites
—sulphate of Iron, or green vitriol—Gold —Silyer—Mercury—Cupper
—Zinc —Tin—Manganaw—Lead—aletallic alloys.
Chapter V.--th garde matter—Vegetable substances—Litmin, or
woody fibre—Starch, varieties of starch—Gum, soluble and insoluble
—Sugar—Cane, and grape sugar--Gluten, albumen, easeine,letrumine,
gliadine—Chemical changes—Fermentation—Spirit of wine—
Vegetable acids—Vinegar, citric', tartaric, mat awl oxalic adds—
Oils, resin., gum resins, and colouring nutters—bromine consti-
tuents of plants—Animal aubstancca—Albumen—Fibrin—Blood, and
muscle—Casein, null:, and chew—Gelatine—Fat—Bones, teeth,
horn, &c.—Protein, food of animals—Digettion—Respiration—Circu-
latian of the blood—Urine.
Chapter %I.—The food of plants-Substances derived from the
air—Sources of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon—Substances
derived from the toil—Sources of earthy substances—Composition of
soils, their formation—Decomposition of silicates—Mechanical struc-
ture of soils—The saline constituents of mils—Organic matters in
soils, humus, bionic arid, their use In solla—Germination, malting—
Moisture, air, and warmth—lnfluence of light—Office of the leaves
Boots—Formation of organic matter—Flowers, fruit, seeds—Organic,
and organised matter—Vitality of embryo—Nature of seeds—Earthy
outstation in plants—Effects of cliinate—Action of plants on the air.
Chapter Vll.—Detcrioration of mils, its cause—Modes of maintain-
ing the fertility of the soil—Theory of fallow ing —Rotation of crops—
Subsoil pinuAlng—Drainine—Manure—fhganie manure— Animal
manure; WillAbl9 nitrogen—ltesults of putrefaction—Salphuretted
hydrogen—Loss of manure—Liquid manure—Animal t xcrements,
guano—Modes of affixing ammonia, by acids, by gypsola, &e.—Strong
manures—Wool, rags, oils—Bones—Superphosphate of lime—Vege-
table manures—Sawilun, seaweed Green mmures—itrigation—
Inorganic manures—Lime, chalk, marl, shell, sand—tlypstra—Phos-
phate of lime—Ashca—Runt clay—Soot, charcatl—Gas liquor--
Potaah—Alkaline sale—Nitrates, common salt—Salt and lime.
Clutpter Vlll.—Composition of particular crone—Composition of
Wheat—Barley—Oils—Rye—Maltw— Bice— Buckwheat— Linseed
liemp-sced—Oilsweds— Beane— Peas —Lentlls—Vc4 eh ea-- Potatoes—
hutataa, Jeruatiem Artichoke—Oxalis—Cabbage—Turnips Sweet
Potato —Ca rrot—Pruanlp —Cfmer—Lucern—Saintfin. Composition
of torticular mannres—Cow's urine—llorso dung—Pig's dung
Human excrement—Urine—Bonne of Oxeu—Cows—llorees—Pige—
Farmyard dung—Guano—Wood ashca—Liziciated sabes—Peat. ashes
—Kelp.
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