Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and GeologyWiley and Putnam, 1842 - 40 sivua |
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
absorbed acetic acetic acid acre action agriculture ammonia animal and vegetable appears atmosphere atoms bark bulk cane sugar carbonic acid cent chemical changes circulation of plants colour compounds consist constitution contain crop decay decomposed decomposition derived diastase elements enter exists experiments functions gaseous germination globe gluten gradually grain grape sugar grass grow growth gypsum heat Hence hereafter hydrogen inorganic interior juices land leaf leaves lecture less Liebig light lime liquid living plant manure nature nitrate of soda nitric acid nitrogen observed organic matter oxalic acid oxygen oxygen gas portion potash present produced properties proportion quantity readily roots of plants salts seed silica soil solid substances soluble solution stances starch stem sulphate sulphuric acid supply supposed tain take place tartaric acid temperature tion trees trogen undergo vegetable matter vegetable substances vessels vinegar watery vapour weight wheat wood woody fibre
Suositut otteet
Sivu 94 - have not the slightest reason for believing that the nitrogen of " the atmosphere takes part in the processes of assimilation of " plants and animals ; on the contrary, we know that many plants " emit nitrogen, which is absorbed by their roots, either in a " gaseous form or in solution in water.
Sivu 47 - ... drawn out to a point. (See Fig. 98.) If a dry, cold tumbler be held over a jet of burning hydrogen, its interior will rapidly become covered with a copious deposition of moisture. This results from a condensation of the vapor of water produced by the union of the hydrogen with the oxygen of the atmosphere. 296.
Sivu 10 - Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Sivu 78 - Do grasses and trees derive their carbon from the soil? Then, how, by their growth do they increase the quantity of carbonaceous matter which the soil contains? "It is obvious that, taken as a whole, they must draw from the air not only as much as is contained in their own substance, but an excess also, which they impart to the soil.
Sivu 82 - ... maturity. When a plant is quite matured, and when the organs, by which it obtains food from the atmosphere, are formed, the carbonic acid of the soil is no further required.