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Homesteading
Principles and practice of agricultural analysis. Volume 3 (of 3), Agricultural products
Harvey Washington Wiley
827 pages~16 hr 29 min read60 chapters$4.99
The third volume turns to what plants make and store. Wiley details drying organic matter, incineration, solvent treatment, and the analysis of sugars and starches, down to measuring sugar by the density of its solution. The concluding bench book of a chemist's trilogy that set the American standard for testing crops and their products.
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60 chapters
- 1PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS.
- 2PART FIRST. SAMPLING, DRYING, INCINERATION AND EXTRACTIONS.
- 3DRYING ORGANIC BODIES.
- 4INCINERATION.
- 5TREATMENT WITH SOLVENTS.
- 6AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART FIRST.
- 7PART SECOND. SUGARS AND STARCHES.
- 8THE DETERMINATION OF THE PERCENTAGE OF SUGAR BY THE DENSITY OF ITS SOLUTION.
- 9THE DETERMINATION OF SUGAR WITH POLARIZED LIGHT.
- 10DESCRIPTION OF POLARIZING INSTRUMENTS.
- 11THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS.
- 12CHEMICAL METHODS OF ESTIMATING SUGARS.
- 13VOLUMETRIC METHODS.
- 14VOLUMETRIC METHODS BASED UPON THE USE OF AN AMMONIACAL COPPER SOLUTION.
- 15GRAVIMETRIC COPPER METHODS.
- 16DETERMINATION OF STARCH.
- 17AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART SECOND.
- 18PART THIRD. PROCESSES FOR DETECTING AND DETERMINING SUGARS AND STARCHES AND OTHER CARBOHYDRATES IN CRUDE OR MANUFACTURED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
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