A treatise showing the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemistry. Addressed to the cultivators of the soil, to the proprietors of fens and mosses, in Great Britain and Ireland, and to the proprietors of West India estates / by the Earl of Dundonald.
- Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald
- Date:
- 1795
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise showing the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemistry. Addressed to the cultivators of the soil, to the proprietors of fens and mosses, in Great Britain and Ireland, and to the proprietors of West India estates / by the Earl of Dundonald. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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