Elements of Agricultural Chemistry is a concise 1860 outline of chemistry as it applies to farming, written by Thomas Anderson, a professor at the University of Glasgow. Aimed at farmers and newcomers, it explains the scientific principles behind agriculture in plain language, offering a window into nineteenth-century agricultural thought.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY BY THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D. F.R.S.E., F.C.S. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, AND CHEMIST TO THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. 1860. ERRATUM. Page 190, line 11, for "gallon" read "ton." PRINTED BY R. AND R. CLARK, EDINBURGH. Transcriber's note: Many of the tables needed to be split to fit space constraints. PREFACE. The object of the present work is to offer to the farmer a concise outline of the general principles of Agricultural Chemistry. It has no pretensions to be considered a complete treatise on the subject. On the contrary, its aim
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