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454; Action when Hot on^Diamond, 455 ; Polishing, 523. Stone, Iron, etc. 

 See Constructing Materials; Mechanics; Engineering. Petroleum: Deo- 

 dorizing. 169; Rectifying, 171 ; Benzole, 524. Ice: Artificial Freezing Mix- 

 tures, 509, 513 ; Tosselli Machine. 518; Cost of, 514. Carbonic Acid Gas: 

 Purifying, 525. 



Mixed and Miscellaneous. Oils: Lubricating, 4G7. Fats: Extraction 

 of, 474. Paraffine : Refining, 474. A dhesives : Uniting Metals, 458 ; Rub- 

 ber to Metal or Wood, 459 ; Cement for Bottle-corks, 4G0 ; Tenacious, 534 ; 

 Glycerine, 534; to resist Sulphuric Acid, 534; from Soluble Glass, 533. 

 Glue. See Animal Products. Varnishes and Lacquers: Tar Varnish, 4G8 ; 

 Transparent Green, 473 ; Lacquering, 4G7; French Silver Lac, 525. Paints : 

 White Lead, 464 j from Galena, 472 ; Zinc, 470, 471 ; Zinc Water, 471 ; So- 

 luble Glass for, 472; Cleaning, 470. Carbolic Acid: in Paste, 570; in Tan- 

 ning, 50G ; in Rubber Hose, 508 ; Antidote to, 525 ; Deodorizing, 525. Bi- 

 chromate of Potash : Rise in Price, 518 ; Substitute for, 519. 



Utilizing waste Products : Cotton Seed, 485 ; Cotton Fibre, 48G ; Leather 

 Scraps, 487 ; old Rubber, 525. Adulterations : of Silk by other Fabrics, 

 481,516; of Paper, 481, 482; of Wool, 482; of Wine, 489; of Colors, 427, 440, 

 517 ; Imitation of Human Hair, 374. Antiseptics : Carbolic Acid in Paste. 

 570 ; in Tanning, 50G ; in Rubber Hose, 508 ; for decayed Flesh, 529. 



INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. 



Weighing : Duckham's Self-indicator, 465. Cleaning : Lacquer from Iron, 

 467 ; Paint, 470. Preserving t Plaster against Vinegar Fumes, 460 ; Ships' 

 Bottoms^ 463. Painting. See Paints, Varnishes, etc.; Blackening Copper, 

 447. Bronzing : Copper, 446 ; Wood, 452. Tanning s Carbolic Acid in, 

 506 ; Carbonic Acid in, 506. Lighting and Heating : Objections to the 

 Use of Oxygen in, 510 ; Zinc Ethyl, 511 ; Carbo-oxygen Lamp, 511 ; Phos- 

 phorus Matches, 514. Grinding and Polishing : Artificial Grindstones, 

 533. Plating, Smelting, and Reducing. See Metallurgy. Miscellane- 

 ous. Hydro-extractor, 504; Infusible Crucibles, 454 ; Enameling Slates 

 with Iron, 457 ; new Enamel, 458. 



M. MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE 535 



MATERIA MEDICA. 

 Glyconin, 552. Cod-liver Oil : removing Taste from, 556 ; Butter from, 559 ; 

 with Chloral Hydrate, 565. Phosphate of Lime, 557. Permanganate of 

 Potash, 588, 589. Glycerine, 558. Cundurango, 579, 595, 596. Carbolic 

 Acid : for Wounds, 572 ; in Snake Poisonings, 573 ; Paper, 571 ; Antidote 

 to, 564. Chloral Hydrate : with Cod-liver Oil, 565 ; Mode of Administer- 

 ing, 567 ; in Sea-sickness, 567. Metachloral, 567. Hydramyle, 566. Chlo- 

 ride of .Ethylide, 566. Chloromethyl, 566. Buhsa, 568. Apomorphia, 568. 

 Pepsin, Liebreich's, 574. Codeia, 576. Bromide of Potassium, Action of, 

 575 ; Poisonous Qualities of, 576. Coffee, 549. Quinine, Action of, 585. 

 Eucalyptus, 586, 589. Aconite, 590. Meat Extracts, 594; Carmine in, 593. 



THERAPEUTICS. 



Nervous System: Somnambulism. 555; new Affection, 556; Sun-stroke, 

 566; St.Vitus's Dance, 558; Hysteria, 556 ; Sea-sickness, 557. Catarrh : 

 Permanganate of Potash for, 559, 588. Croup : Glycerine for, 558. Small- 



