 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 pàgines
...water ; but after it has been burnt there will be scarcely a sensible adhesion. The process of burning renders the soil less compact, less tenacious and...life. The great objection made by speculative chemists to paring and burning, is, that it destroys vegetable and animal matter, or the manure in* the soil... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1818 - 308 pàgines
...retentive of moisture; and when .properly applied, may convert a matter that was sti.f^ .clamp, and ill consequence cold, into one powdery, dry, and warm; and -much more proper for a bed of vegetable life.. — The great objection made by speculative chemists to.paring and burning,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pàgines
...tenacious and retentive of moisture ; and when properly applied, may convert a matter that was sti/T, damp, and in consequence cold, into one powdery, dry,...for vegetable life. " The great objection made by specidativc chemists, to paring and burning, is, that it destroym vegetable and animal matter, or the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pàgines
...been burnt, there will be scarcely a sensible adhesion. 2 1 35. The advantages of burning are that it renders the soil less compact, less tenacious and...and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life. 2136. The great objection made by speculative chemists to paring and burning, is, that it destroys... | |
 | Joseph Hayward - 1825 - 240 pàgines
...less " compact, less tenacious, and retentive of moist" ure ; and when properly applied, may con" vert a matter that was stiff, damp, and, in " consequence,...proper as a bed for " vegetable life." " The great objections made by speculative " chemists to paring and burning is, that it de" stroys vegetable and... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pàgines
...and that, when properly applied, as being capable of converting a matter that was stiff, damp, and cold, into one powdery, dry, and warm, and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life. He states the great objection made by speculative chemists to paring and burning, to be the unavoidable... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 pàgines
...and that, when properly applied, as being capable of converting a matter that was stiff, damp, and cold, into one powdery, dry, and warm, and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life. He states the great objection made by speculative chemists to paring and burning, to be the unavoidable... | |
 | 1839 - 544 pàgines
...similar to sands ; to use his own words, " It may, when judiciously applied, convert a matter which was stiff, damp, and, in consequence, cold, into one...and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life." Now that this statement concerning the alteration of texture is strictly true, needs no other proof... | |
 | Staff - 1835 - 670 pàgines
...water; but after it has been burnt, there will scarcely be a sensible adhesion. " The process of burning renders the soil less compact, less tenacious, and...more proper as a bed for vegetable life. " The great objections made by speculative chemists to paring and burning is, that it destroys vegetable and animal... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pàgines
...tenacious, and less retentive of moisture ; and, when properly applied, may convert a matter which was stiff, damp, and, in consequence, cold ; into...and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life. 1873. The great objection made by speculative chemists to paring and burning is, that it destroys vegetable... | |
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The process of burning renders the soil less compact, less tenacious and retentive of moisture ; and when properly applied, may convert a matter that was stiff, damp, and in consequence cold, into one powdery, dry, and warm ; and much more proper as a... 
