Repertorium commentationum a societatibus litterariis editarum, Volume 6

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apud Henricum Dieterich, 1806 - Science
 

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Page 180 - Conclusions regarding the Propagation and Progress of that Pernicious Insect, and the Methods to be Used to Prevent the Destruction of the Grain by It.
Page 221 - Letter — attempting to ascertain the tree that yields the common varnish used in China and Japan...
Page 45 - Extracts from a general view of the agriculture of the county of Gloucester; with observations on the means of hs improvement; drawn up for the consideration of the Board of agriculture and internal improvement.
Page 43 - Trees which are likely to prove a great Acquisition to this Kingdom, both in Point of Profit, and as Trees for Ornament and Shade ; in vol.
Page 325 - On the natural history of the cow, so far as it relates to its giving milk, particularly for the use of man.
Page 186 - Chamaecrista in recruiting worn-out lands, and in enriching such as are naturally poor : together with a botanical description of the plant.
Page 328 - On the peculiar circumstances which tend to make the use of horses almost universal, in agricultural operations, in the Highland districts of Scotland; - with an inquiry how far, and with what effects, oxen might be substituted in their room, THASS 1 (1799), 126-142.
Page 247 - Paper then ensues, which contains an Account of the principal English Grasses, with descriptions of their respective excellencies and defects in regard to agricultural uses. By Mr. Sole.—This catalogue, specifying 108 varieties...
Page 210 - Expériences chimiques faites dans le dessein de tirer un véritable sucre de diverses plantes qui croissent dans nos contrées.
Page 140 - In the spring of 1670, our author communicated in a letter to the lord viscount Brouncker, a large and circumstantial account of a very singular and extraordinary invention by a person of rank, called the Spanish Sembrador, or new engine for ploughing and equal sowing all sorts of grain, and harrowing at once : by which a great quantity of seed-corn is saved, and a rich increase yearly gained ; together with a description of the contrivance and uses of this engine. The description of this machine,...

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