 Magnesia has a much weaker attraction for carbonic acid than lime, and will remain in the state of caustic or calcined magnesia for many months, though exposed to the air. And as long as any caustic lime remains, the magnesia cannot. be combined with...  An encyclopædia of agriculture - Page 342by John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Scott (agriculturist.) - Fruit - 1873 - 624 pages
...investigated by Sir Humphrey Davy, who makes the following interesting remarks on the subject : — "Magnesia has a much weaker attraction for carbonic...instantly attracts carbonic acid from magnesia. " When a magneeian limestone is burned, the magnesia is deprived of carbonic acid ranch sooner than the lime... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1823 - 432 pages
...quantities, upon rich land. " A minute chemical consideration of this question will lead to its solution. " Magnesia has a much weaker attraction for carbonic...lime instantly attracts carbonic acid from magnesia. >l When Maguesian limestone is burnt, the Magnesia a deprived of carbonic acid much sooner than (he... | |
 | Staff - 1847 - 638 pages
...the crops. Davy stated the following facts in one of his lectures to the Board of Agriculture :—" When a magnesian limestone is burnt, the magnesia is deprived of carbonic acid much sooner than the time ; and if there is not much vegetable or animal matter in the soil to supply, by its decomposition,... | |
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