Apparatus for soil analysis
Date
1805
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Laboratory glassware for the chemical examination of soil using acids.
The accompanying article describes: ‘F. G, H, K. The different parts of the apparatus required for measuring the quantity of elastic fluids given out during the action of an acid on calcerous soils. I. The graduated measure.’
Plate 2, illustrating the paper: ‘On the analysis of soils, as connected with their improvement. By Humphry Davy…’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805-1806) pp.26-41.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.II Vol.XXIII. Analysis of Soils, by H. Davy Esqr.’. Inscribed below: ‘Lowry sculp. 89’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), chemist and inventor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1803. He served as President from 1820 to 1827.
The accompanying article describes: ‘F. G, H, K. The different parts of the apparatus required for measuring the quantity of elastic fluids given out during the action of an acid on calcerous soils. I. The graduated measure.’
Plate 2, illustrating the paper: ‘On the analysis of soils, as connected with their improvement. By Humphry Davy…’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805-1806) pp.26-41.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.II Vol.XXIII. Analysis of Soils, by H. Davy Esqr.’. Inscribed below: ‘Lowry sculp. 89’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), chemist and inventor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1803. He served as President from 1820 to 1827.
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