 | 1814 - 548 pages
...which most :•.'•> in !- in -ilii-.i. Healthy green o;its taken from a growing crop, in a '<,<•' \ of which the soil was a fine sand, yielded siliceous...in the atmosphere, or in water; and there are other fact! contradictory to the idea. Jacquin states that the ashes of glass-wort (sttsola so/in) when it... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1815 - 442 pages
...grains ; but their ashes yielded much more carbonate of lime. That there was less siliceous earth 1 attribute to the circumstance of the husk of the oat...atmosphere or in water; and there are other facts contradictory to the idea. Jacquin states that the ashes of glass wort (Ha/sola soda), when it grows... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1815 - 438 pages
...attribute to the circumstance of the husk of the oat being thrown off in germination; and this is rhe part which most abounds in silica. Healthy green oats,...atmosphere or in water ; and there are other facts contradictory to the idea. Jacquin states that the ashes of glass wort (Salsolet soda), when it grows... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1818 - 450 pages
...water." On this part of the subject, after reciting a number of experiments, Sir Humphry Davy observes, " The general results of this experiment are very much...the elements found in the atmosphere or in water." He also says, " As the evidence on the subject now stands, it seems fair to conclude that the different... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...change or to form, are constantly composed and decomposed. " But the general results of experiments are very much opposed to the idea of the composition...found in the atmosphere, or in water ; and there are various facts contradictory to the idea. Jacquin states, that the ashes of glass-wort, (Saltola twin.}... | |
 | Joseph Hayward - Fruit-culture - 1824 - 340 pages
...On this part of the subject, after reciting a number of experiments, §i£jHm^hrj_Davy observes, " The general results of this experiment are very much...the elements found in the atmosphere or in water." ' He also says, " As the evidence on the subject now stands, it seems fair to conclude that the different... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...to change or to form, are constantly composed and decomposed. But the general results of experiments are very much opposed to the idea of the composition...elements found in the atmosphere, or in water, and there ar« various facts contradictory to the idea." Jacquin states, that the ashes of glass-wort. (Saltóla... | |
 | Joseph Hayward - Agricultural chemistry - 1825 - 242 pages
...this part of the subject, after reciting a great number of experiments, Sir Humphry-. Davy observes, " The general results of this. " experiment, are very...by plants, " from any of the elements found in the atmo" sphere or the water." He also says, " As the evidence on the subject now stands, it seems fair... | |
 | Joseph Hayward - Agricultural chemistry - 1825 - 240 pages
...reciting a great number of experiments, Sir Humphry Davy observes, " The general results of this w experiment, are very much opposed to the " idea of...by plants, « from any of the elements found in the atmo* " sphere or the water." He also says, '' As the evidence on the subject now stands, it seems... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1826 - 1252 pages
...to change or to form, are constantly composed and decomposed. But the general results of experiments are very much opposed to the idea of the composition...found in the atmosphere, or in water, and there are various facts contradictory to the idea." Jocquin states, that the ashes of glass-wort (Salsola soda),... | |
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Less siliceous earth was given by the plants than by the grains ; but their ashes yielded much more carbonate of lime. That there was less siliceous earth, I attribute to the circumstance of the husk of the oat being thrown off in germination ; and this... 
