decomposed

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Decomposed poonac, or oil-cake, is one of the best manures that can be applied, as it returns to the soil the component parts of which it has beau deprived to form the fruit.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Decomposed into its elements, as they are found in Christianity, how many powers for acting on the heart of man, does, by possibility, this great agency include?

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

Decomposed into its constituents by the skill of chemistry, it is no longer looked upon as a homogeneous body; its ingredients have not only been separated, but the functions they discharge have been ascertained.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

Decomposed at 530°, it yields metallic gold and oxygen.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Decomposed with potash and changed into silver salt, it gave 0.4404 gram. of silver salt = 0.2437 gram. of silver.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus