Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / [Sir Humphry Davy].

  • Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Date:
1814
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Credit: Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / [Sir Humphry Davy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. LECTURE I. iNTRODUCTioisf. General Views of the Objects of the Course, and of the Order in which they are to be dis- cussed. * LECTURE 11. Of the general Powers of Matter which intiuence Vegeta- tion ; of Gravitation, of Cohesion, of Chemical Attrac- tion, of Heat, of Light, of Electricity, ponderable Substances, Elements of Matter, particularly those found in Vegetables, Laws of their Combinations and Arrangements LECTURE III. On the Organization of Plants. Of the Loots, Trunk, and Branches ; of their Structure. Of the Epidermis. Of the cortical and alburnous Parts of Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds. Of the chemical Constitution of the Organs of Plants, and the Substances found in them. Of mu- cilaginous, saccharine, extractive, resinous, and oily Substances, and other vegetable Compounds, their Ar- rangements in the Organs of Plants, their Composition, Changes, and Uses