. Chymistry applied to agriculture. Agricultural chemistry. ADVERTI In offering to the public the following treatise the publishers believe that they shall render an acceptable service to the agricultural interest, the most important interest, of the United States. The author, one of the most eminent chymists of the age, was at the same time a practical agriculturist, own- ing large estates, which were for a long time cultivated under his personal direction. "In order," says he, " to make a useful application of the sciences to agriculture, it must be profoundly studied, not onl
. Chymistry applied to agriculture. Agricultural chemistry. ADVERTI In offering to the public the following treatise the publishers believe that they shall render an acceptable service to the agricultural interest, the most important interest, of the United States. The author, one of the most eminent chymists of the age, was at the same time a practical agriculturist, own- ing large estates, which were for a long time cultivated under his personal direction. "In order," says he, " to make a useful application of the sciences to agriculture, it must be profoundly studied, not only in the closet, but abroad in the ; By pursuing this method he was able to describe processes, and set down the course and the results of his large experience, with a fulness and clearness, that make them immediately available to the practical farmer. '' In my explanations," he remarks, *' I may sometimes have fallen into error, but I do not believe that I have misstated a single ; The only work of note in the English language on the subject of Agricultural Chymistry is that of Davy, which was published in the year 1813. It consists of eight lectures delivered annually for ten years before the Board of Agriculture. In his preface he observes, that the rapid advance of chymical science obliged him to vary them each year they were delivered, and to alter them still further when preparing them for the press. Ten years afterwards, in 1823, appeared the first edi- tion of the present work, in which the author says, '^ The celebrated Davy has already published an Agricultural. 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 Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte, 1756-1832. [from old catalog]. Boston, Hilliard, Gray, and co.
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