 Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued exposure to air, in all cases still contain a considerable quantity of water, which adheres with great obstinacy to the earths and animal and vegetable matter, and can only be driven off from them...  British Farmer's Magazine - Page 2361840Full view - About this book
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1805 - 534 pages
...adhesive than aluminous soils. V. Mode of ascertaining the Quantity of Water of Absorption in Soils. Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a bason of porcelain, to a temperature 300 * Fahrenheit ; and in case a thermometer... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1805 - 532 pages
...of water, which adheres with great 'obstinacy to the earths and animal and vegetable matter, and tan only be driven off from them by. a considerable degree...soil from as much of this water as possible, without iu other respects affe-cting its composition ; and this may be done by heatiifg it for ten or twelve... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - Chemistry - 1808 - 492 pages
...Water of Absorption in Soils. Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued exposure to the air, in all cases still contain a considerable quantity...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a bason of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 3OO* Fahrenheit ; and in case a thermometer... | |
 | 1814 - 762 pages
...vegetable matter it contains ; these substances being always most abundant in the lighter soils.* ' The first process of analysis is, to free the given...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand'slamp, in a bason of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 300 Fahrenheit ; and if a thermometer... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - Agricultural chemistry - 1815 - 452 pages
...most abundant in the lighter soils. The other physical properties of soils should likewise be examined before the analysis is made, as they denote, to a...composition ; and this may be done by heating it for t?n or twelve minutes over an ArI gand's lamp, in a bason of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 300... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1816 - 442 pages
...most abundant in the lighter soils,The other physical properties of soils should likewise be examined before the analysis is made, as they denote, to a...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a basin of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 300 Fahrenheit ;' and if a thermometer... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1821 - 806 pages
...abundant in the lighter soils. " The other physical properties of soils should likewise be examined before the analysis is made, as they denote, to a...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a basin of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 300 Fahrenheit ; and if a thermometer... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1821 - 666 pages
...when rubbed upon it: ferruginous soils are of a red or yellow colour; and calcareous soils are soli. " 1. Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a basin of porcelain, to a temperature equal to 300 Fahrenheit; and if a thermometer... | |
 | F. ACCUM - 1828 - 526 pages
...Water of Absorption in Soils. — Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued exposure to the air, in all cases still contain a considerable quantity...done by heating it for ten or twelve minutes over a spirit lamp, in a basin of porcelain (fig. 4, pi. 1,) to a temperature equal to 300° Fahrenheit*;... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 782 pages
...rubbed upon it ; ferruginous soils are of a red or yellow colour ; and calcareous soils are soft. u 1. Soils, though as dry as they can be made by continued...its composition ; and this may be done by heating it tor ten or twelve minutes over an Argand's lamp, in a basin of porcelain, to a temperature equal to... | |
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