 IN respect to the quantity of nitrogen contained in excrements, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse, according to the analyses of Macaire and Marcet, and to 600 parts of those of a cow.  Chemistry in Its Application to Agriculture and Physiology - Page 65by Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - 1843 - 131 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1841 - 468 pages
...of the component parts of the seed or fruit, would be a means of easily detect- ing the differences. In respect to the quantity of nitrogen contained in...fresh dung of a horse, according to the analyses of Jllacaire and Marcet, and to 600 parts of those of a cow. Hence it is evident that it would be of much... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 pages
...animals nitrogen is found in much greater abundance than in the solid excrements. In respect to nitrogen, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse. This ammonia is supplied in the soil ; or floating in the air, it is taken up by rain water or by snow,... | |
 | Henry Colman - 1841 - 586 pages
...animals nitrogen is found in much greater abundance than in the solid excrements. In respect to nitrogen, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse. This ammonia is supplied in the soil ; or floating in the air, it is taken up by rain water or by snow,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 pages
...nitrogen is found in much greater abundance than in the solid excrements. In respect to nitrogen, 1 00 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse. This ammonia is supplied in the soil ; or floating in the air, it is taken up by rain water or by snow,... | |
 | 1841 - 680 pages
...oxalate, hydrocyanate, or carbonate, of ammonia. In respect to the quantity of nitrogen, he says that 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal to 1,300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse, and 600 parts of a cow's dung. The powerful effects of urine... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1843 - 446 pages
...of easily detecting the differences. NIGHT-SOIL. In respect to the quantity of nitrogen containedin excrements, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man...it is evident that it would be of much importance toagriculture if none of the human urine were lost. The powerful effects of urine as a manure are well... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - 1843 - 446 pages
...the component parts of the seed or fruit, would be an easy means of detecting the differences. ments, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man are equal...parts of the fresh dung of a horse, according to the analysis of Macaire and Marcet, and to 600 parts of the fresh dung of a cow. The powerful effects of... | |
 | Adam Beatty - 1844 - 314 pages
...one more passage which goes to show the great superiority of human manure over that of other animals. "In respect to the quantity of nitrogen contained...excrements, 100 parts of the urine of a healthy man arc equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse, according to the analysis of Macair and Marcet,a.nd... | |
 | George Cox (Optician) - 1844 - 152 pages
...they are suffered to be washed away, and a national loss incurred. According to Marcet and Macaire, 100 •parts of the urine of a healthy man, are equal to 1,300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse, and to GOO parts of the fresh dung of a cow, in respect to... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1847 - 600 pages
...The excrement of man contains every known requisite to the growth of plants. Professor Liebig says, in respect to the quantity of nitrogen contained in...equal to 1300 parts of the fresh dung of a horse, and to 600 parts of that of a cow. Hence it is evident, that it would be of much importance to agriculture,... | |
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