On Agricultural Chemistry

  • London: Dunn & Chidgey, 1888
By [AGRICULTURE & HUSBANDRY] LAWES, John Bennet
London: Dunn & Chidgey, 1888. Reprint. Octavo (20.5cm.); removed, all edges marbled; 36pp.; tables in text. Light wear and chipping to extremities, a hint of dust-soil, else Very Good. Later printing of an article first published in the "Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society," Vol. VII, no. 1, 1847. Lawes founded a research lab at his home at Rothamsted Manor where he developed the earliest chemical fertilizers.

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