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A History of the County of Shropshire
… on fire and allowed to burn for several months to provide potash-rich ash. 89 In 1821 the Acton Scott estate reduced …
A History of the County of Oxford
… easily apply the necessary nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash in different forms. Farm-yard manure (dung) still … phosphatic manure, it is well entitled to its popularity. Potash is used principally in the form of kainit and sulphate of potash. This manure is less understood in Oxfordshire than …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… quantities. When the ashes were cold they provided good potash and were scattered and ploughed in. What was new was the additions to the potash. Bones (16 bushels to the acre) or yard manure were …
A History of the County of Northampton
… when the route was taken over by Basford's Coaches. 28 Potash making and the Brick-Works. Potash making appears to have been carried on at a kiln … no reference to it. 36 Daniel Bodaly may have given up potash making as early as 1768, when he took up a tenancy of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Hall and the two smaller farms to the north and west. 76 Potash was used on the light loam in the south of the parish …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… be a specific substance, which was found fixed in SODA and POTASH and volatile in ammonia. In 1736, Duhamel showed that … plants such as kelp and barilla growing on the sea shore (potash), and animal alkali obtained from burning BONE or from … second See also BARILLA, KELP, MINERAL ALKALI, PEARL ASH, POTASH, SAL ALKALI, SODA, URINE. Sources: Acts, Houghton, …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… The emergence of Conservative Republicanism, 1908-12. Potash, David M. Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to get some few master workmen for the ordering of their potash work. [ Coke MSS., Hist. MSS. Commiss., XII. Report, …