Agricultural Enquiries On Plaister Of Paris Also Facts Observations And Conjectures On That

by Richard Peters

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First edition

Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, No. 104, North Second Street and John Markland, No. 91, South Front Street, 1797. First edition. 8vo. 2 , vii, 9 -111, 3 pp. The earliest substantial American book on fertilizer. Peters 1744-1828 , a native of Philadelphia and graduate of the College of Pennsylvania, managed Congress's board of War as its secretary for virtually the entire conflict. He served as a Federal judge, 1792-1828, while also managing his

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