Volume 1

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture. Delivered between 1802 and 1812 / by Sir Humphry Davy.

  • Humphry Davy
Date:
1821
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Credit: Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture. Delivered between 1802 and 1812 / by Sir Humphry Davy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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