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Page 306
... diftinguishing charisteristic is , that they may be united with acids , and with them form neutral falts , as nitre , common falt , & c . In confequence of this peculiarity , it ne- ceffarily happens 306 OF QUICK - LIME.
... diftinguishing charisteristic is , that they may be united with acids , and with them form neutral falts , as nitre , common falt , & c . In confequence of this peculiarity , it ne- ceffarily happens 306 OF QUICK - LIME.
Page 308
... acid damp with the utmost care . This , and every other faline fubftance that attracts moisture from the air , and diffolves in it , is called a deliquefcent falt . But , if this alkali be expofed to the air for a fuffi- cient length of ...
... acid damp with the utmost care . This , and every other faline fubftance that attracts moisture from the air , and diffolves in it , is called a deliquefcent falt . But , if this alkali be expofed to the air for a fuffi- cient length of ...
Page 309
... acid is dif- fipated ; the alkali that remains is left in its cauftic ftate . Hence it has a perpetual tendency to absorb water ; -in confequence of which the whole becomes a deliquefcent falt . If the evaporation is made flow enough ...
... acid is dif- fipated ; the alkali that remains is left in its cauftic ftate . Hence it has a perpetual tendency to absorb water ; -in confequence of which the whole becomes a deliquefcent falt . If the evaporation is made flow enough ...
Page 332
... property . This , however , will never be the cafe , unlefs the lime has been perfectly pure , fo as to diffolve in acids as entirely as fugar does in water . If I understand this paragraph , it means heither more 332 OF QUICK - LIME.
... property . This , however , will never be the cafe , unlefs the lime has been perfectly pure , fo as to diffolve in acids as entirely as fugar does in water . If I understand this paragraph , it means heither more 332 OF QUICK - LIME.
Page 336
... the pureft * Gypfum is an earthy falt , confifting of the vitri- olic acid and calcareous earth . It is beft known among artizans by the name of plaster of Paris . ufe pureft lime , which coagulates , if I may 336 OF QUICK - LIME.
... the pureft * Gypfum is an earthy falt , confifting of the vitri- olic acid and calcareous earth . It is beft known among artizans by the name of plaster of Paris . ufe pureft lime , which coagulates , if I may 336 OF QUICK - LIME.
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abſorb allowed almoſt alſo bank becauſe beſt cafe calcareous matter calcined cauftic cauſe cement chalk chryftallized circumftances clay cloſe confequence confiderable confifts courſe crop deſcribed diffolved dike diſtance ditch drain earth eaſily Effay employed expence faline falt fame farmer fence fhall fhoots fhort fide field firft firſt fituation fize flaked fmall foft foil folid fome meaſure fometimes foon fowed fpring ftate ftem ftone ftratum ftrength ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient furface grafs ground hedge height impoffible itſelf kind leaſt lefs leſs likewife lime lime-ftone lofes Loriot manner manure marle moft mortar moſt muſt neceffary nurſery obfervations occafions particles plants plough poffible powder prefent preſerve proper proportion of fand pure purpoſe quantity raiſed reaſon render reſpect ridges rife rill river roots ſhall ſhoots ſhould ſmall ſmaller ſome ſpread ſtate ſtems ſtone thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion ufually unleſs uſe uſually whole
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Page 245 - ... immediately after the cocks are put up, fo as to overturn them, nothing elfe can hurt the hay ; as I have often experienced, that no rain, however' violent, ever penetrates into thefe cocks but for a very little way.
Page i - MD, Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh. HEAT. By TS TRAILL, MD, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh. HELMINTHOLOGY. By JAMES WILSON, FRSE HEMP. By TC ARCHER, Author of "Popular Economic Botany,
Page 79 - An expert operator will perform this work with much greater expedition than one who has not feen it done could cafily imagine.
Page 85 - And as the (hoots become lefs vigorous every fucctffive feafon, there will be lefs difficulty in preferving them at any future period. It will always be proper, however, to trim the fides of a very vigorous hedge for fome years while it is young, about the fame feafon of the year, which will tend powerfully to prevent this malady. But when the hedge has advanced to any confidcrable height, it will be equally proper to clip it during any of the winter-months, before Candlemas.
Page 244 - Inflead of allowing the hay to lie, as ufual in moft places, for fonie days in the fwathe after it is cut, and afterwards alternately putting it up into cocks, and fpreading it out, and tedding it in the fun, which tends greatly to bleach the hay,— exhales its natural juices, and...
Page 323 - ... from the fides of the pot, and crumbled into a thoufand pieces, all of them equally friable with the bits of lime dried up by the fun, which we ufually meet on the banks of our lime pits. With regard to the other part...
Page 244 - ... of being made good for little, I make it a general rule, if poffible, never to cut hay but when the grafs is quite dry ; and then make the gatherers follow clofe upon the cutters, — putting it up immediately into fmall cocks, about three feet high each, when new put up, and of as fmall a diameter as they can be made to...
Page 248 - ... it is cut, and before it is gathered ; the generality of farmers feeming to be very well fatisfied if they get in their hay without being abfolutely rotted ; never paying the leaft attention to its having been feveral times thoroughly wetted while the hay was making. But, if thefe gentlemen will take the trouble at any time to compare any parcel of hay that has been made...
Page 246 - ... pitchfork, lift up one of thefe fmall cocks between them with the greateft eafe, and carry them, one after another, to the place where the tramp-cock is to be built * : And in this manner they proceed over the field till the whole is fmifhed.