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" I have ascertained, by experiment, that the darkest coloured dry soil, (that which contains abundance of animal or vegetable matter, substances which most facilitate the diminution of temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within... "
The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy - Page 240
by Royal Irish Academy - 1837
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 22

1814 - 556 pages
...most rapidly ; but the darkest coloured dry soil, abounding in animal and vegetable matters, cools more slowly than a wet pale soil, composed entirely of earthy matter. These results were gained by experiments made on different- kinds of soils, exposed for a given time...
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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry: In a Course of Lectures for the Board of ...

Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - Agricultural chemistry - 1815 - 452 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet pale soil, entirely coinposed of earthy matter. I found that a rich black mould, which contained nearly i of vegetable...
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Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original ...

Industrial arts - 1816 - 442 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet pale soil, entirely composed of earthy mntt«r. - ?:\. . -v •• .. -.tain I found I- found that a rich black...
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A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1821 - 666 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the tame degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet pale soil entirely composed •f earthy matter. ." A black soil, containing much soft vegetable matter, is most...
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An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, comprehending the theory and practice of ...

John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet, pale soil, entirely composed of earthy matter. Sir H. Davy " found that a rich black moujd, which contained nearly...
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An encyclopædia of agriculture

John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet, pale soil, entirely composed of earthv matter. Sir H. Davy " found that a rich black mould, which contained nearly...
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The American Farmer

John S. Skinner - 1827 - 434 pages
...temperature,) when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet, pale soil, entirely composed of earthy matter. Sir H. Davy "found that a rich black mould, which con tained nearly...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart

John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...rapidly cool ; but the darkest- coloured dry soil, abounding in animal and vegetable matters, cools more slowly than a wet pale soil, composed entirely of earthy matter. These results Davy gained by experiments made on different kinds of soils, exposed for a given time...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL.D.: Late President of the Royal ...

John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...rapidly cool ; but the darkest- coloured dry soil, abounding in animal and vegetable matters, cools more slowly than a wet pale soil, composed entirely of earthy matter. These results Davy gained by experiments made on different kinds of soils, exposed for a given time...
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An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon - Arboriculture - 1835 - 1326 pages
...temperature), when heated to the same degree, provided it be within the common limits of the effect of solar heat, will cool more slowly than a wet pale soil entirely composed of earthy matter. Sir H. Davy '< found that a rich black mould, which contained nearly...
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