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Page 116
... geine or the carbonate of earths and metals . Carbon 72.73 parts combined with 27.27 parts of oxygen , forms carbonic acid gas . This acid . unites with earths and metals forming salts , called carbonates , carbonate of lime or marble ...
... geine or the carbonate of earths and metals . Carbon 72.73 parts combined with 27.27 parts of oxygen , forms carbonic acid gas . This acid . unites with earths and metals forming salts , called carbonates , carbonate of lime or marble ...
Page 117
... Geine forms the basis of the nourishing part of all vegetable manures . The relation of soils to heat and moisture depends chiefly on geine . Of all the problems to be solved by agricultural chemistry , none is of so great practical ...
... Geine forms the basis of the nourishing part of all vegetable manures . The relation of soils to heat and moisture depends chiefly on geine . Of all the problems to be solved by agricultural chemistry , none is of so great practical ...
Page 118
... geine may vary and must be modified and supplied by cultiva- tion . These views lead to Dr. Samuel L. Dana's simple and accurate mode of analysing soils - a mode that at once determines the value of a soil from its quantity of soluble ...
... geine may vary and must be modified and supplied by cultiva- tion . These views lead to Dr. Samuel L. Dana's simple and accurate mode of analysing soils - a mode that at once determines the value of a soil from its quantity of soluble ...
Page 119
... geine - test it by burn- ing a weighed small quantity on a hot shovel - if the odor of burning peat is given off , the presence of insoluble geine is indicated . If so , calcine the earthy residuum and its filter - the loss of weight ...
... geine - test it by burn- ing a weighed small quantity on a hot shovel - if the odor of burning peat is given off , the presence of insoluble geine is indicated . If so , calcine the earthy residuum and its filter - the loss of weight ...
Page 120
... geine , put it down in the table three per cent . , and so on . It would seem to me , also , well to save the ... geine than most other varieties . Nearly the whole of these soils pass through the sieve Hence a cubic foot of this soil in ...
... geine , put it down in the table three per cent . , and so on . It would seem to me , also , well to save the ... geine than most other varieties . Nearly the whole of these soils pass through the sieve Hence a cubic foot of this soil in ...
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