Download or read book A Course of Practical Chemistry for Agricultural Students, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by L. F. Newman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Course of Practical Chemistry for Agricultural Students, Vol. 1 The following exercises in Practical Agricultural Chemistry are designed primarily for the use of students taking the course for the Degree in Agricultural Science at Cambridge University. Volume I is intended to cover the first year's course on the Chemistry and Physics of the Soil, while Volume II covers the second year's course on the Chemistry of Foods. The latter volume is divided into two parts: Part I dealing with such exercises in Pure Organic Chemistry as are essential for agricultural students, and is entirely qualitative, while Part II deals with quantitative estimations and technical analyses of food stuffs. This division has been considered desirable, as students who have already taken a course in Organic Chemistry will find it unnecessary to work through Part I of Volume II. Volume III deals with the special advanced Chemistry of Insecticides and Fungicides, Food preservatives, etc. It is hoped that this division into convenient booklets will make them useful to teachers. The exercises are designed to illustrate most of the essential points in Agricultural Chemistry and to require the minimum of apparatus. A Course of Practical Work was compiled by Professor T. B. Wood some years ago for the use of his classes, and this forms the foundation of a portion of the present exercises. The Sincere thanks of the authors are due to Professor Wood and the Syndics of the University Press for their permission to utilise that material. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.