Item #11506 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; in its applications to agriculture and physiology. edited from the manuscript by Lyon Playfair, PhD. First American edition, with an introduction, notes, and appendix by John W. Webster, professor of chemistry at Harvard Univ. Justus LIEBIG MD.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; in its applications to agriculture and physiology. edited from the manuscript by Lyon Playfair, PhD. First American edition, with an introduction, notes, and appendix by John W. Webster, professor of chemistry at Harvard Univ.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; in its applications to agriculture and physiology. edited from the manuscript by Lyon Playfair, PhD. First American edition, with an introduction, notes, and appendix by John W. Webster, professor of chemistry at Harvard Univ.

Cambridge: Owen, 1841. First US edn. 8vo, pp. 435. Some foxed, bound in original cloth with little worn paper label. A very nice copy. Printing and the Mind of Man, 310. Scarce. Item #11506

Hedrick: "Many men who became leaders in agricultural science on both continents were trained by Liebig ... (His) Chemistry ... (was a) notable work ..."Liebig is considered the father of agricultural chemistry holding that transformation of inorganic into organic substance takes place exclusively in plants. He spurred the experimentation with artificial fertilizers moving from the use of organic matter, maintaining that only the mineral elements of soil were necessary, decrying the need for humus.

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