Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology / by J. F. W. Johnston and Charles A. Cameron.

  • James Finlay Weir Johnston
Date:
1877
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Credit: Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology / by J. F. W. Johnston and Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. Objects of the farmer—Organic and inorganic matter, PAGE i CHAPTER II. CHEMICAL NOMENCLATURE AND NOTATION. Elements and compounds — Chemical elements — Chemical symbols—Definition of atom and molecule—Molecular vol- ume—Atomicity—Chemical nomenclature—Table of old and new chemical names—Bases, acids, and salts—Chemi- cal formulae—Combination and decomposition—Table of the elements, 9 CHAPTER III. THE ELEMENTARY CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. Carbon—Sulphur—Phosphorus—Hydrogen—Oxygen—Nitro- gen —Chlorine— Iodine—Bromine—Fluorine—Potassium — Sodium—Calcium—Magnesium—Iron — Proportions of the elements in plants—Carbonic acid—Water—Ammonia— Nitric acid—Urea—The atmosphere 23 CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ASHES OF PLANTS. Sulphuric acid—Phosphoric acid—Silica—Potash—Carbonate and chloride of potassium—Soda—Common salt — Lithia, Rubidia, and Caesia—Lime—Calcic carbonate—Magnesia— Oxides of iron, and manganese, 49