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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a course of lectures for the board of agriculture.
" London, printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row ; for Longman, Hurst...1813, in-4°, 323 pp + lxiii pp (appendix) + (4)(index) + (4)(list of works by Longman..) + 10 engraved plates (of which one folding), bound in modern cased paper binding, leather title label on spine. Nice copy. First edition. (Sotheran Vol. I item 971)."
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2 book(s) with the same title
Elements of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY in a course of lectures for the board of agriculture
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1813, un volume grand in 4 (28cm x 22 cm), relié en demi-basane marron, dos orné de fers et filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), (quelques épidermures au dos), 8pp., 323pp., 63pp., 2 feuillets non chiffrés, 10 PLANCHES DONT UNE EN FRONTISPICE ET UNE AUTRE DEPLIANTE
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BON EXEMPLAIRE GRAND DE MARGE BIEN COMPLET DE SON FRONTISPICE ET DE SES 9 PLANCHES DONT UNE DEPLIANTE ---- "THIS WAS THE FIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO APPLY CHEMISTRY TO AGRICULTURE AND IT REMAINED A STANDARD WORK UNTIL DISPLACED BY LIEBIG'S PUBLICATIONS A GENERATION LATER. In 1802, Humphry DAVY lectured before the Board of Agriculture on agricultural chemistry. This course was repeated each year until 1812 and was published in 1813. The book is of interest because of its pioneering nature. Its value lie in the impulse it gave toward the application of scientific methods in agriculture... " (DSB III p. 601) ---- Norman N° 610 - Partington IV**7927.A5AR
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in the Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture.
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf, richly gilt spine. Engraved frontispiece. VIII,323,LXIII,(5) pp. and 9 engraved plates (1 folding). Faint offsetting from plates. A few brownspots. Upper ineer corner of the last 2 leaves with a bit of browning. Wide-margined, a fine copy.
First edition of this importent work which is considered the first text book dealing with the application of chemistry to agriculture. It is the ""first serious attempt to apply chemistry to agriculture (which) remained a standard work until displaced by Justus Liebig's publications a generation later"" (DSB).""An importent book that introduced the era of scientific farming and the use of ""chemically balanced"" fertilizers.... Davy, the first to use the term 'agricultural chemistry', was also the first to point out that agricultural chemistry is concerned with only a limited number of elements. The most complete list of elements that had yet appeared is given (pp. 39-44), including chlorine, which Davy had proven an element. Davy here recognizes the importence of soil analysis and the measurement of its physical properties. It was well received, and several English and American editions appeared, as well as translations in foreign languages."" (Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library Vol. I, pp. 333-334).Duveen, pp. 644-45.
