The American Text book of Practical And Scientific Agriculture, Intended for ...
The American Text book of Practical And Scientific Agriculture, Intended for ...
Charles Fox
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Potash, - 26. 46 - - 12. 14 Soda, - 0. 56 - 0. 07 Lime, - 27. 87 - - 4590 Magnesia, - 9. 72 13. 09 Chloride of sodium, - 6. 91 - 3. 49 Chloride of potassium, - 2. 21 3. 98 Phosphate of iron, 7. 09 5. 48 Phosphate of lime, - 1. 49 Sulphate of lime, 7. 14 - 635 Silica, - - 12. 13 8. 01 Percentage of ash, - 21. 28 - - 23. 68 (See, for particulars, Knapp s Chemical Technology, Vol. Iii, p. 149, and Johnston s Agricultural Chem. Last Ed. } Among the constituents of the tobacco leaf, Nicotine is the ...most char acteristic. This is a volatile vegetable alkaloid (Cio H 16 N 2 ) belonging to a class of nitrogenous organic substances which are, for the most part, gifted with a very energetic and remarkable action on the animal sys tem. Pure nicotine is a colorless oily liquid with a slight smell of tobacco, which, when the liquid is heated, or mixed with ammonia, be comes very intense and biting ; it has also a sharp irritating taste, a few drops acting as a poison on small animals. This substance, which gives value to tobacco, does not exist in a state of nature, but is a product of fermentation.
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