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2 unusual facts about Agricultural chemistry


Agricultural chemistry

In 1815 Humphry Davy publishes Elements of agricultural chemistry, possibly one of the first scientific studies on the subject.

Evan Pugh

An agricultural chemist, he was responsible for securing Penn State's designation in 1863 as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Land Grant Act.



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Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

After much difficulty George Chapman Caldwell was recruited in 1867 as Professor of Chemistry(Agricultural Chemistry).

LĂ©on Maquenne

From 1871 he worked in the laboratory of agricultural chemistry at the Ecole d'agriculture in Grignon.