On Artificial Manures; Their Chemical Selection and Scientific Application to Agriculture

Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1879

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A very scarce copy of the first edition of the English translation of this illustrated series of lectures by French agronomistandplant physiologist. The very scarce first English edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.Written in French by M. Georges Ville, a French agronomistandplant physiologistborn inPont-Saint-Esprit.Translated and edited by William Crookes, an Englishchemistandphysicistwho attended theRoyal College of Chemistry. He was a pioneer ofvacuum tubes, inventing theCrookes tube, which was made in 1875. Observingcathode raysgenerated in these tubes, Crookes posited that "radiant matter" was a uniquefourth state of matter, a foundational contribution toplasma physics.A series of lectures given at the experimental farm at Vincennes during 1867 & 1874-5. Divided into two parts, theory and practice, and practice extended by theory.Illustrated with a coloured folding frontispiece, and five folding plates. Collated, complete. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Odd mark to boards. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to spine, with rubbing to joints. Ink inscription to rear of front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge cracked, with binding slightly fragile, but firm. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good.…

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Title
On Artificial Manures; Their Chemical Selection and Scientific Application to Agriculture
Author
M. Georges Ville; William Crookes [ed.]
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co., London
Publication year
1879
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Edition
First edition.
Item weight
0.5 kilograms
Dimensions
9" by 6"

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