 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 Seiten
...principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary as air to the process ; and to supply...done, may be discovered. If a thermometer plunged Jnto the dung does not rise to above 10O° degrees of Fahrenheit, there is little danger of much aeriform... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 Seiten
...CMSCS of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary a* air to tin1 process ; and to supply it to fermenting dung, is...when dung is fermenting, there are simple tests by wtech the rapidity of the process, and consequently the injury done, may be discovered. I fa thermometer,... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1824 - 434 Seiten
...test that the decomposition is going too far, for this indicates that volatile alkali is disengaged. If a thermometer plunged into the dung does not rise to above 100 degrees of Fahr. there is little danger of much aeriform matter flying off. I: the temperature is higher, the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 Seiten
...principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary as air to the process ; and to supply...there are simple tests by which the rapidity of the proееш, and consequently the injury done, may be discovered. If a thermometer, plunged into the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 Seiten
...principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary as air to the process ; and to supply...thermometer, plunged into the dung, does not rise to above one hundred degrees of Fahrenheit, there is little danger of much œriform matter flying off. If the... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1827 - 434 Seiten
...a principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment Water is as necessary as air to the process; and to supply...thermometer, plunged into the dung, does not rise to above une hundred degrees of Fahrenheit, there is little danger of much ecriform matter flying off If the... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 Seiten
...remembered, is a principal agent in all processes of decomposition. In cases of the fermentation of dung, there are simple tests by which the rapidity of the...consequently the injury done, may be discovered. If, for instance, a thermometer plunged into the mass does not rise above 100°, it may be concluded that... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...remembered, is a principal agent in all processes of decomposition. In cases of the fermentation of dung, there are simple tests by which the rapidity of the...consequently the injury done, may be discovered. If, for instance, a thermometer plunged into the mass does not rise above 100°, it may be concluded that... | |
 | 1844 - 1200 Seiten
...principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. AVater is as necessary as air to the process ; and to supply...plunged into the dung, does not rise to above 100 * Grisenthwaite on Agriculture, p. 1170. degrees Fahrenheit, there is little danger of much senform... | |
 | John French Burke - 1834 - 558 Seiten
...principal agent in all processes of decomposition : dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary as air to the process, and to supply...is to supply an agent which will hasten its decay.' ' If a thermometer plunged into the dung does not rise above 100° of Fahrenheit, there is little danger... | |
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It may cool the dung for a short time ; but moisture, as before stated, is a principal agent in all processes of decomposition. Dry fibrous matter will never ferment. Water is as necessary as air to the process ; and to supply it to fermenting dung, is... 
