Chapter I: Part I: Origin, Varieties, and Chemical Characters of Peat

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1. What is Peat? 9
2. Conditions of its Formation 9
3. Different Kinds of Peat 14
Swamp Muck 17
Salt Mud 18
4. Chemical Characters and Composition of Peat 18
a. Organic or combustible part 19
Ulmic and Humic Acids 19
Ulmin and Humin--Crenic and Apocrenic Acids 20
Ulmates and Humates 21
Crenates and Apocrenates 22
Gein and Geic Acid--Elementary Composition of Peat 23
Ultimate Composition of the Constituents of Peat 25
b. Mineral Part--Ashes 25
5. Chemical Changes that occur in the Formation of Peat 26