 | Henry Colman - Agriculture - 1844 - 572 pages
...alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda ; earthy and metallic phosphates ; caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia ; silica ; and oxides of iron and...quantities so small that they may be neglected."* The mineral substances found in the ashes of plants may be supplied by art ; yet whether to be applied... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Boussingault - Agricultural chemistry - 1845 - 724 pages
...alcaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and...in quantities so small that they may be neglected. The principles usually met with in the ashes of vegetables, are always found in the soil, which exercises... | |
 | Jean Baptiste J.D. Boussingault - 1845 - 752 pages
...alcaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and...in quantities so small that they may be neglected. The principles usually met with in the ashes of vegetables, are always found in the soil, which exercises... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Boussingault - History - 1850 - 528 pages
...salts—alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and...in quantities so small that they may be neglected. The principles usually met with in the ashes of vegetables are always found in the soil which exercises... | |
 | Henry Colman - Agriculture - 1851 - 528 pages
...alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda; earthy and metallic phosphates ; caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia ; silica ; and oxides of iron and...in quantities so small that they may be neglected.' 7 * The mineral substances found in the ashes of plants may be supplied by art; yet whether to be applied... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Boussingault - Agricultural chemistry - 1854 - 528 pages
...alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and...in quantities so small that they may be neglected. The principles usually met with in the ashes of vegetables are always found in the soil which exercises... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Boussingault - Agricultural chemistry - 1865 - 526 pages
...alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and...substances are also met with there, but in quantities BO small that they may be neglected. The principles usually met with in the ashes of vegetables are... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1870 - 572 pages
...matter, than the wood, and herbaceous plants more than trees, in proportion to their weight when dry.f 337. The ashes left after combustion are mostly composed...and oxides of iron and of manganese. Several other substances-are also met with there, but in quantities so small that they may be neglected." Different... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1871 - 568 pages
...and herbaccous plants more than trees, in proportion to their weight when dry.f 337. The ashes lefi after combustion are mostly composed of the " alkaline...and of manganese. Several other substances are also mct with there, but in quantities so small that they may be neglected." Different species growing in... | |
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The residue left by the combustion is commonly composed of salts — alkaline chlorides, with bases of potash and soda, earthy and metallic phosphates, caustic or carbonated lime and magnesia, silica, and oxides of iron and of manganese. Several other... 