Rural chemistry: an elementary introduction to the study of the science in its relation to agriculture / [Edward Solly].

  • Solly, Edward, 1819-1886
Date:
1846
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Credit: Rural chemistry: an elementary introduction to the study of the science in its relation to agriculture / [Edward Solly]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Introduction page xiii CHAPTER I. Objects of chemistry—Affinity—Nature of combination and decomposition—The elements—The air, its properties and composition—Oxygen and nitrogen—Combustion, results of combustion—Carbonic acid gas—Water, ice, and steam— Effects of frost—Latent heat—Composition of water—Hy¬ drogen CHAPTER II. Carbon, its different forms—Cohesion—Combustion and decay— Carbonic acid gas, produced by respiration, combustion, fer¬ mentation, &c.—Nature of acids and salts—Carburetted hydro¬ gen, fire damps, coal gas—Compounds all definite—Combining weights—Carbonic oxide—Nitrogen combined with hydrogen forms ammonia—Nitric acid—Nitrates—Sulphur, sulphurous acid — Sulphuric acid, sulphates—-Sulphuretted hydrogen — Chlorine, muriatic acid—Iodine, Bromine—Phosphorus, phos¬ phoric acid ......... 25 CHAPTER III. Bases—Alkalies—Potash, its properties—Carbonate and nitrate of potash, gunpowder—Soda, common salt, sulphate, carbonate, and nitrate of soda—Ammonia, its carbonate, sulphate, muriate, and phosphate—The alkaline earths—Lime, its nature and properties — Carbonate, sulphate, and phosphate of lime — Magnesia, its carbonate, sulphate, muriate, and phosphate . 56