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IMPdkTAN
CHEMISTRY
'ANCE OF
X>N THE UTTtrnr AND
~ ' THE STUDY CrF
TKat particular quality which
ch^ubstance called tannin posses
sts/of striking black with ferrugen
hniy preparations is a singular fact
which has given rise to the rn^^c
interesting speculations. On this
angular phenomenon probaf
4<SI
pends our present state of advance^
mem in liceraturejthe arts and civil
ization. Were irw&t flbtf this inci
dent, civilized man would, now be
srrking rhe means of subsistancc
with the savage hordes of Ts
tary, Arabia, and Africa, wh 1st I i
aborigines of our country wouH
_ have enjoyed quiet possession of
|v their unexplored ftretts. How
awfully sublime is the thought ;
myriads of beings whose existence
would have been known to nope but
tjjtynsefoes and their God, now tra
municate their thoughts to each oth
er althoigji separated by an ocean
3000 miles in width. ? Events of
the remotest antiquity are . now
it i* j ?* v ' 1
I themes of our daily conversation,
which otherwise would have been
| consigned to the<Brjcest oblivion.
T?
mm U.L 1
1 ?
ly chemical, is equally entitled to
our attention. There is probably
| no part of the globe better calcula
* '--1 to ensuro, success to a factory
thjsJkindJhmdur country,
r has supplied us most li
istituent of the bodyuo\
?mparativeJy no inconvenience, I
5Br' *fl
glass 1 have ever ieen; ^Wl)r do - J
e any impediment to the establiih
?>tofe?en.iV
in the vicinity ol
country is found
mens o(?largil]aee<
ever beheld. Upon treating it with
sulphuric acid, th^whplewl con
verted into A beaiitifulty fchrystaU
loycdfoi the purpose of absorbs,
se from floors. I
only the artl Which I have
???Hpof cul
owledge of chemistry,
ious fossti productions!
our country require analyst for
detection of their constituents
re they can be successfully e#H
h reward th? husl
labour, that we shall be'
| to apply that kind of manure
I calculated to rtnder
tracts lastingly productive. gyp
sum, which in the northern states is
one of the most durable and enrich
ing manures that can be utcJl, is
here wholly useless. Thia arises
probably from the very sandy na
ture of our soil. Carbonate 6f lime,
common ? ?ah, and potash are all
valuable manures when thrown up
on suitable soils, but are almost e
i ;
t
qually inadmissible in our country.
From what experiments I have made
in the analytical way, I am induced
to believe that a proper admixture
of the different earths^jsvith certain
quantities of some of the fictttral
saltfc, and decayed vegetabl^ consti
tuting the mould, affoids a soil the
Jmo^t productive. Here it may be
^ how those pi eparations^of
rfitne, which are generally so hard as
to be denominated stones, ?should
subserve any important purposes in
, assisting the growth of plants. They
do it probably in J>yo wayjr.^
ist. Ry attracting humidity, con
r acquendy keeping up a certain share
I of moisture in the earth, and
; * 2d. By affording nutriment.
They, are compound bodies^us
? ? lc of decomposition, capable
chemically upon those *
ey are surrounded, and
ly gfv e ?off one or more of
It appears then that agriculture,
hitherto, supposed to be one of the
barren and mechanic# profes
"raws from, the treasures of
istible supply
Vegetable
of useful
ry an~,
SS&SV** intimately connect
? 1 - - ' ? 1_ | /
most insti
.studies which hi
attention pf roan,
sequent growth
;SSiri>ns sq,. ini
mm
Metalwrgy is likely to call more
loudly for an intimate acquaintance
I with chemistry than h hatevet.done
yet, in our country. There tj got
a state whose metropolis docs not
contain specimens of native ore for
investigation.
The mineral waters of our coun
try possess medicinal virtues, rival
ling those of Buxton or Bath, and
ehe wahtof a knowledge of their
'Composition is the circumstance
which prevents a successful appli
cation of thrm, for rhr rrlirf of af
fltcted humanity. .It is . chemistry
alone that will enable us to supply
this desideratum.
^ With a small share of knowledge
?nd a little experience hi the en*
perimental way, we shall be enabled
to gratify a laudable curiosity, and
furnish the iffost interesting fa<^s. ?
What shall we say with respect to
those natural phenomena which
haunt our low gronnds, infest our
places of burial, and traverse our
woods j are they explicable upon
the generally received principles ot
chemistry ? -Most assuredly., The
disengagement of Carbureted Hy
drogen, from vegetables in a state q?
decomposition, (among the moat
im flammable of -yHes) from its
comparative levity mounts above
the surface of tfigyjam, to distant
c<fc corresponding its specific
Where itSEmes fired, probably
through the fi.edium of electrical
agency j constituting what has ?been
denominated nutcors. * " v
^ he ignis U
ousappcat
doccni
by cul
be the
We undent*** that this work, shift
the death of Major John Heid, *>as been
undertaken by John H- Ealoa, e^ and
ha* already considerably progressed. It
wilt be- particularly announced ill our paper
next week. JVashviUe Whig,
lEsjp i jT
Honesty is a foans best rdbe, his choic
est apparel; many people as if fearful of
wearing it out, lay ?t carefully by, as their
tynday co at* ? ' v