Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis

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Author

Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930

Title

Principles and practice of agricultural analysis. Volume 1 (of 3), Soils

Original Publication

Easton: Chemical Publishing Co., 1894, copyright 1895, copyright 1897.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Peter Becker, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Farm produce

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73302

Release Date

March 31, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE —OF— AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS. A MANUAL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF SOILS, FERTILIZERS, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. FOR THE USE OF ANALYSTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. VOLUME I. SOILS.
2. 2.PREFACE TO VOLUME FIRST.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. — PART FIRST. — PART SECOND. — PART THIRD. — PART FOURTH. — PART FIFTH. — PART SIXTH. — PART SEVENTH. — PART EIGHTH.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME FIRST.
5. 5.PART FIRST. INTRODUCTION. — PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS. — THE MINERALS OCCURRING IN ROCKS. — ROCKS AND ROCK DECAY. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART FIRST.
6. 6.PART SECOND. TAKING SAMPLES OF SOIL FOR ANALYSIS. — TREATMENT OF SAMPLE IN THE LABORATORY. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART SECOND.
7. 7.PART THIRD. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS. — DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. — RELATION OF THE SOIL TO HEAT. — DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC HEAT. — SOIL THERMOMETRY. — APPLICATIONS OF SOIL THERMOMETRY. — COHESION AND ADHESION OF SOILS. — THE ABSORPTIVE POWER OF SOILS FOR SALTS IN SOLUTION. — POROSITY AND ITS RELATIONS TO MOISTURE. — MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGH SOILS: LYSIMETRY. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART THIRD.
8. 8.PART FOURTH. MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF SOILS. — THE FLOCCULATION OF SOIL PARTICLES. — SEPARATION OF THE EARTH PARTICLES BY A LIQUID. — SEPARATION OF THE SOIL PARTICLES BY A LIQUID IN MOTION. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART FOURTH.
9. 9.PART FIFTH. ESTIMATION OF GASES HELD IN SOILS. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART FIFTH.
10. 10.PART SIXTH. — DIGESTION OF SOILS WITH SOLVENTS. — DETERMINATION OF THE QUANTITY OF DISSOLVED MATTER. — SPECIAL METHODS OF DETERMINATION OF SOIL CONSTITUENTS. — ESTIMATION OF NITROGEN IN SOILS. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART SIXTH.
11. 11.PART SEVENTH. THE ORIGIN AND ESTIMATION OF OXIDIZED NITROGEN IN SOILS, RAIN AND DRAINAGE WATERS. — DETERMINATION OF NITRIC AND NITROUS ACIDS IN SOILS. — THE NITRIC OXID PROCESS. — ESTIMATION OF NITRIC ACID BY OXIDATION OF A COLORED SOLUTION. — DETERMINATION OF NITRIC NITROGEN BY REDUCTION TO AMMONIA. — REDUCTION IN ALKALINE SOLUTIONS. — REDUCTION IN AN ACID SOLUTION. — REDUCTION BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. — IODOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF NITRIC ACID IN NITRATES. — ESTIMATION OF NITRIC ACID BY COLORIMETRIC COMPARISON. — ESTIMATION OF NITROUS ACID BY COLORIMETRIC COMPARISON. — DETERMINATION OF FREE AND ALBUMINOID AMMONIA IN RAIN AND DRAINAGE WATERS AND SOIL EXTRACTS. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART SEVENTH.
12. 12.PART EIGHTH. SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF WATERS, VEGETABLE SOILS, AND UNUSUAL SOIL CONSTITUENTS. — UNUSUAL CONSTITUENTS OF SOIL. — SPECIAL TREATMENT OF MUCK SOILS. — RARE CONSTITUENTS OF SOILS. — AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART EIGHTH.
13. 13.INDEX.

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