The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural ChemistryCarey and Hart, 1844 - 1165 pages |
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Page 62
... regular supply of potash , namely , the disintegration of granite , and de- composition of its felspar and mica , both of which contain this alkali . H A few years after gypsum was introduced into general use 62 ALEXANDER . ALKALI .
... regular supply of potash , namely , the disintegration of granite , and de- composition of its felspar and mica , both of which contain this alkali . H A few years after gypsum was introduced into general use 62 ALEXANDER . ALKALI .
Page 63
... gypsum , we remove a greater quantity of potash with the hay than can , under the same circumstances , be restored . Hence it happens , that after the lapse of seve- ral years , the crops of grass on the meadows manured with gypsum ...
... gypsum , we remove a greater quantity of potash with the hay than can , under the same circumstances , be restored . Hence it happens , that after the lapse of seve- ral years , the crops of grass on the meadows manured with gypsum ...
Page 82
... gypsum gradually disappears , but its action upon the carbonate of ammonia continues as long as a trace of it exists . The action of gypsum as well as that of chloride of lime ( bleaching salts ) really consists in their giving a fixed ...
... gypsum gradually disappears , but its action upon the carbonate of ammonia continues as long as a trace of it exists . The action of gypsum as well as that of chloride of lime ( bleaching salts ) really consists in their giving a fixed ...
Page 83
... gypsum is not observable on dry fields and meadows . " The decomposition of gypsum by carbonate of ammonia does not take place instantane- cusly ; on the contrary , it proceeds very gradu- ally , and this explains why the action of the ...
... gypsum is not observable on dry fields and meadows . " The decomposition of gypsum by carbonate of ammonia does not take place instantane- cusly ; on the contrary , it proceeds very gradu- ally , and this explains why the action of the ...
Page 86
... Gypsum Loss Grains . 19 3 · 15 - 21 13 - 225 32 - Grains . 19 53 - 14 - 212 19 61 21 400 1 The loss in this analysis is not more than usually occurs , and it depends upon the im- possibility of collecting the whole quantities of the ...
... Gypsum Loss Grains . 19 3 · 15 - 21 13 - 225 32 - Grains . 19 53 - 14 - 212 19 61 21 400 1 The loss in this analysis is not more than usually occurs , and it depends upon the im- possibility of collecting the whole quantities of the ...
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