Pamphlets From Rothamsted Research Station. A large collection of pamphlets & off-prints relating to the work carried out at Rothamsted on a diverse number of subjects including oxen, sheep & pigs, leguminous crops, barley, wheat, rotation of crops, breeds of sheep, drought of 1870 etc. [Over 100 of the more interesting Pamphlets.]

Rothamsted Research Station.

Published by London: London Printed & published. Various dates. (1857-1927).

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8vo.a few 4to. & a few duplicates, stapled or stitched as issued in original wraps, very good condition, over 100 of the more interesting pamphlets issued by Rothamsted, published between 1857 & 1927, the 1890's being particularly well represented. [see photographs]. Including works by Lawes, Gilbert, Fisher, Brenchley et al., e.g. Lawes, J.B. & Gilbert J.H. 'Effects of the Drought of 1870 on Some of the Experimental Crops at Rothamsted.' London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons… 1871. 8vo., pp:i-ii+[3]-44, [titlepage with text to pp3-44], original blue wraps, printed in black, very good indeed. As a Collection. The Rothamsted Experimental Station was founded in 1843 by John Bennet Lawes, a noted Victorian era entrepreneur and scientist who had founded one of the first artificial fertilizer manufacturing factories in 1842, on his 16th century estate, Rothamsted Manor, to investigate the impact of inorganic and organic fertilizers on crop yield.Appointing a young chemist, Joseph Henry Gilbert, as his scientific collaborator, Lawes launched the first of a series of long-term field experiments, some of which still continue. Over 57 years, Lawes and Gilbert established the foundations of modern scientific agriculture and the principles of crop nutrition. Many distinguished scientists have been associated with Rothamsted. In 1919 Russell hired Ronald Fisher to investigate the possibility of analysing the vast amount of data accumulated from the "Classical Field Experiments". Many consider Rothamsted to be the most important birthplace of modern statistical theory and practice. Researchers at Rothamsted have made significant contributions to agricultural science, including the discovery and development of systemic herbicides and pyrethroid insecticides, as well as pioneering contributions to the fields of virology, nematology, soil science and pesticide resistance. In 1842 Lawes patented a manure formed by treating phosphates with sulphuric acid, and thus initiated the artificial manure industry and developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.

Seller Inventory # 1890

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• Title: Pamphlets From Rothamsted Research Station. A large collection of pamphlets & off-prints relating to the work carried out at Rothamsted on a diverse number of subjects including oxen, sheep & pigs, leguminous crops, barley, wheat, rotation of crops, breeds of sheep, drought of 1870 etc. [Over 100 of the more interesting Pamphlets.]
• Publisher: London: London Printed & published. Various dates. (1857-1927).
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good