The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England1881 |
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Page 666 - Committee to call the attention of the members of the Society to the excellence of our Library in the English department, so-called.
Page 235 - Warrington, in their classical paper on the Amount and Composition of the Rain and Drainage Waters Collected at Rothamsted, and published in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, in i8Si.
Page 389 - Whe:i assigned to active duty, they will be subject to all established rules and regulations, and will receive the pay and allowances of nurses on the active list.
Page 304 - HANDBOOK for England, Wales, and Scotland of the Laws and Regulations relating to Contagious and Infectious Diseases among Animals. Prepared by the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council Office.
Page 65 - Brothers' researches were published at Leipzic in 1825 ; and at the meeting of the British Association at York in 1844 Mr Scott Russell reported on his researches, the title of his paper being " On Varieties, Phenomena, and Laws of Waves, and the Conditions which Effect their Genesis and Propagation.
Page viii - June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 ... September 11.. September 18 . . September 25 . . October 2 October 9 October 16.
Page 671 - ... soluble phosphate of lime, at a certain price per unit per cent., no value to be attached to insoluble phosphates. 5. Compound Artificial Manures should be purchased in the same manner and with the same guarantees as Dissolved Bones. 6. Nitrate of Soda should be guaranteed by the vendor to contain 95 per cent, of pure nitrate.
Page 671 - ... per cent, of ammonia. 3. Dissolved Bones are made of various qualities, and are sold at various prices per ton ; therefore the quality should be guaranteed under the heads of soluble phosphate of lime, insoluble phosphate of lime, and nitrogen, or its equivalent as ammonia. The purchaser should also stipulate for an allowance for each unit per cent, which the dissolved bones should be found on analysis to contain less than the guaranteed percentages of the three substances already mentioned....
Page lxviii - A uniform plank, inclined at the angle tan-1 j to the vertical, is placed with one end on the ground and the other against a vertical wall. The coefficient of friction between the plank and both the ground and the wall is p.
Page 55 - Duration and intensity of the illumination. c. All the hydrometeors ; consequently the vapour tension and relative humidity, precipitation (rain, snow, &c.), as well as the other forms of condensation (fog, dew, and hoar frost).