The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England1845 |
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the journal of the royal agricultural society of england john murray, albemarle stre Vista completa - 1868 |
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Página 215 - In whatever way carbon may combine with oxygen, the act of combination cannot take place without the disengagement of heat.
Página 97 - I had often, in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere, by which alone I thought them liable to be injured. But, when I had learned, that bodies on the surface of the earth become, during a still and serene night, colder than the atmosphere, by radiating their heat to the...
Página 213 - The most convincing experiments and observations have proved that the animal body is absolutely incapable of producing an elementary body such as carbon or nitrogen, out of substances which do not contain it ; and it obviously follows, that all kinds of food fit for the production either of blood, or of cellular tissue...
Página xxvi - Thirty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given to the...
Página 217 - ... straw and turnips, is exceedingly small; indeed, the turnip does not contain any, and yet animals under such a diet will speedily fatten. The fat, then, is the product of a peculiar digestive process on the unazotised constituents of the food, and is formed in consequence of a want of due proportion between the food taken into the stomach and the oxygen absorbed by the skin and lungs. The chief source of fat is starch and sugar ; and its composition is such, that if deprived of oxygen, fat remains....
Página xxxv - A faithful record shall he kept of the proceedings of the board, which shall be signed by the president, or, in his absence, by the president pro tempore, and shall at all times be open to inspection.
Página 89 - Chalks are similar in one respect, that they are difficultly heated ; but being drier they retain their heat longer, less being consumed in causing the evaporation of their moisture. " A black soil, containing much soft vegetable matter, is most heated by the sun and air ; and the coloured soils, and...
Página xxviii - And We further will, grant, and declare, that the council shall have the sole management of the income and funds of the said body politic and corporate, and also the entire management and superintendence of all the other affairs and concerns thereof...
Página xxxii - THE duty of the President shall be, to take the Chair at the Meetings of the Society and Council; to regulate and keep order in all their proceedings; to state questions and propositions to the Meeting; to report the result of ballots; and to carry into effect the regulations of the Society.
Página xxviii - Realm, do all such acts and deeds as shall appear to them necessary or essential to be done, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and views of the said body politic and corporate.