. Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology. Agricultural chemistry. 24 COMPOSITION OF "WATER. may succeed to these by the union of their elements with more and more oxygen, before they are entirely resolved into car- bonic acid,—the final state to which all these changes ultimately lead. These excessive absorptions of oxygen by the decaying veg- etable matter, promote the production of ammonia in the soil, as well as of nitric acid. This fact will be more clearly ex- plained in section vi. SECTION III. OF WATER, ITS COMPOSITION, AND ITS RELATIONS TO VEGETABLE LIFE. If hydrogen be pr
. Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology. Agricultural chemistry. 24 COMPOSITION OF "WATER. may succeed to these by the union of their elements with more and more oxygen, before they are entirely resolved into car- bonic acid,—the final state to which all these changes ultimately lead. These excessive absorptions of oxygen by the decaying veg- etable matter, promote the production of ammonia in the soil, as well as of nitric acid. This fact will be more clearly ex- plained in section vi. SECTION III. OF WATER, ITS COMPOSITION, AND ITS RELATIONS TO VEGETABLE LIFE. If hydrogen be prepared in a bottle in the way already de- scribed, (p. 9,) and a gas-burner be fixed into its mouth, the Fig. hydrogen may be lighted, and will burn as it escapes into the air, (fig. 9.) Held over this flame, a cold tumbler will become covered with dew, or with little drops of water. This water is produced during the burning of the hydrogen ; and as its pro- duction takes place in pure oxygen gas as well as in the open. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnston, Jas. F. W. (James Finlay Weir), 1796-1855. New York, C. M. Saxton
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