Search The COMPLETE GUIDE to SOILLESS GARDENING:by WILLIAM F. GERICKE,Illustrated withnumerous photos,Published by Prentice-Hall Inc., NY, 1940, 1stEdition:First Printing (\"1940\" stated on Title Page & Copyright Page, with no other printings noted),Hardcover Book,285 pages, Size: about 9.5\" x 6\" x 1\",
About the book:
This is a First Printing ofthecomplete guide to soilless gardening.The man who coined the term \"Hydroponics\", U.Cal. Berkeley Professor William F. Gericke, wrote this book.
According to Wikipedia.com :
\"In 1929, William Frederick Gericke of the University of California at Berkeley began publicly promoting that solution culture be used for agricultural crop production...Gericke created a sensation by growing tomato vines twenty-five feet high in his back yard in mineral nutrient solutions rather than soil...By analogy with the ancient Greek term for agriculture, γεωπονικά, the science of cultivating the earth, Gericke coined the term hydroponics in 1937 (although he asserts that the term was suggested by W. A. Setchell, of the University of California) for the culture of plants in water...
Reports of Gericke\'s work and his claims that hydroponics would revolutionize plant agriculture prompted a huge number of requests for further information. Gericke had been denied use of the University\'s greenhouses for his experiments due to the administration\'s skepticism, and when the University tried to compel him to release his preliminary nutrient recipes developed at home he requested greenhouse space and time to improve them using appropriate research facilities. While he was eventually provided greenhouse space, the University assigned Hoagland and Arnon to re-develop Gericke\'s formula and show it held no benefit over soil grown plant yields, a view held by Hoagland. In 1940, he published the book, Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening, after leaving his academic position in a climate that was politically unfavorable.\"
See actual book above: overall, a nice, fascinating, vintage, 1st Printingbook from 1940, in excellent condition.
Good+ Condition! ( No Dustjacket, small white spot on upper spine, foxing on endpapers; otherwise, book is very clean, square, and well-bound, strong with tight hinges, and sharply printed International Shoppers!
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