Rural chemistry: an elementary introduction to the study of the science in its relation to agriculture / By Edward Solly.

  • Solly, Edward, 1819-1886.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Rural chemistry: an elementary introduction to the study of the science in its relation to agriculture / By Edward Solly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    they anticipated, it must be remembered that they were amongst the first to take the subject up, and that though they did so under far more favourable circum¬ stances than their predecessors did, yet that even then the science of organic chemistry was in many respects very imperfect and incomplete. During the last forty years, many important additions have been made to this department of Chemistry; im¬ proved and more accurate modes of chemical investi¬ gation have enabled more exact analyses to be made of the different varieties of organic matter; the compo¬ sition of those substances which constitute the bodies of animals and plants, has been accurately and carefully ascertained. At the same time, many valuable obser¬ vations have been made respecting the functions of plants, the conditions requisite to germination, the forma¬ tion of flowers and seed, the chemical changes attendant on the ripening of fruit, the office performed by roots and leaves, and a variety of other important subjects of inquiry. The names of Liebig, Schiibler, and Sprengel, in Germany; Braconnot, Boussingault, Chevreul, Colin, Chaptal, Dumas, Edwards, and Payen, in France; and of Daubeny, Johnson, Pepys, Turner, and Christison, in our own country, deserve especial mention. Intimately connected with the progress of Vegetable