CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. 



Bronze, 405. 



Brose, in Dietary, 748. 



Broths, in Dietetics, 750 ; in Cookery, 755, 756. 



Brown coal, or lignite of Germany, 387. 



Brussels-sprouts, a garden variety of cabbage, 550. 



Bryaceae, order in Botany, the mosses, in. 



Buccal glands, 116. 



Buccinidae (the Whelk family), in Zoology, 152. 



Buckles, in dress, 798. 



Buddhist remains, in Architecture, 477. 



Budding, in Flowers and Fruit, 564, 577 ; buds, 72. 



Bude-light, description of, 496. 



Buffalo, Cape-buffalo, in Natural History, 184. 



Bugs (family Cimicidce, order Heteropterd), water- 

 bugs, water-scorpions, 146. 



Builders' measurement, in Maritime Conveyance, 

 450. 



Bulbs, list of, for the flower-garden, 565. 



Bulls, or male whales, 718. 



Bunsen-burner, 485. 



Buoyancy, in Hydrostatics, 230; in Pneumatics, 

 240. 



Buoys, in Navigation, varieties and uses of, 462. 



Burning, or oxidation, in Chemistry, 313. 



Burning-glasses, in Optics, 243. 



Burns and scalds, treatment of, in Surgery, 781. 



Bustards (Otidtz), 170. 



Butomaceae, one of the natural orders in Botany, 

 no. 



Butter, in Husbandry, 638 ; in Dietary, 748. 



Butterflies, order Lepidoptera, in Zoology, 147. 



Butter-milk, in Husbandry, 639 ; in Dietary, 748. 



Buttress, in Architecture, 472. 



Butylene, a gas, 306. 



Byssus (Gr. a beard), in Conchology, 151. 



Byzantine architecture, 475. 



Cabbage (white and red), in Gardening, 549 , in 

 Dietary, 742. 



Cachalot, the Physeter or spermaceti whale, 180, 

 717. 



Cactaceas, the cactus or Indian fig tribe, 97. 



Caddis-worm, in Zoology, 146 ; in Angling, 699. 



Cadmium, in Chemistry, 329 ; in Metallurgy, 416. 



Caecum, in Human Physiology, 116. 



Caesium, in Chemistry, 327. 



Cage-birds, general management of, 671-672. 



Cairngorm, a precious stone, 400. 



Calamine, a zinc ore, 412. 



Calamites, figured, 27. 



Calcium, 307 ; the metallic base of lime (Lat. 

 calx), 328, 390. 



Calculating-machine, Babbage's, 300. 



Calculus, 777. 



Calendar, adjustment of the, 291. 



Calendering of linen, 370. 



Calends, in the Roman calendar, 290. 



Calico-printing, 344, 384. 



Calyciflorae, one of the Jussieuian subdivisions, 94. 



Calyx (Lat. a cup), the external envelope of a 

 flower, 74. 



Cambay stones, 400. 



Cambrian System, in Geology, 25. 



Camel, in Zoology, 181 ; as a beast of burden, 433. 



Camelidae, Camel tribe, 181 ; in Inland Convey- 

 ance, 433. 



Campanula, nature and cultivation of, 567. 



Canals, their history and construction, 439. 



Canaries, cage-management of, 672. 



Candles, as a mode of lighting, 491. 



Canidae (Lat cants, dog), the Dog family, 186. 



804 



Cantharides, in Medicine and Surgery, 772, 779. 



Caoutchouc, nature and applications of, 383. 



Capercailzie (Tetrao urogallus), 172. 



Capillary (Lat. capilla, a hair), a term applied to 

 fine delicate tubes, 1 18 ; capillary attraction, 196. 



Capital, of a column, in Architecture, 469. 



Capons, treatment of, 667. 



Capote, Greek dress, 789. 



Capra, or Goat family, in Zoology, 183. 



Caprifoliaceae, one of the Jussieuian orders in 

 Botany, 99. 



Caprimulgidae (goat-suckers), in Ornithology, 175. 



Capstan, in Mechanics, 213. 



Carapace, the upper shell of reptiles, 163. 



Carat, a weight of four grains, made use of in 

 weighing diamonds. As applied to gold and its 

 alloys, it merely expresses the proportion of pure 

 gold in the compound, a carat meaning a 24th 

 part. Thus an alloy of three ounces of gold, 

 with one ounce of copper, is said to be eighteen 

 carats fine ; pure gold is twenty-four carats fine, 

 399, 403. 



Caravan, in oriental commerce, 433. 



Carbohydrates, in Chemistry, 331. 



Carbolic acid (Phenol), manufacture of, 341. 



Carbon, 322. 



Carbon and hydrogen, compounds of, 323. 



Carbon and oxygen, compounds of, 323. 



Carbonic acid gas, in Chemistry, 323 ; in Mining, 



493- 



Carbonic oxide, 323. 

 Carboniferous system, in Geology, 26. 

 Carburetted hydrogen gas, or fire-damp, in Min- 

 ing, 388 ; in Lighting, composition of, 493. 

 Carinthia marble, 391. 

 Carnations, nature and culture of, 565. 

 Carnelian, so called from its flesh-red colour, 400. 

 Carnivora, an order in Zoology, 184. 

 Carpets and carpet manufacture, 380. 

 Carrara marble, 23. 

 Carrier-pigeons, family Columbidae, in Zoology, 



172 ; employment of, 671. 

 Carrot, as food, 742 ; in Gardening, 553. 

 Carts, various sorts for farm use, 523. 

 Caryatides, in Sculpture, 470. 

 Caseine, in Organic Chemistry, 336. 

 Cassowary (genus Dromaius\ order Cursores, in 



Zoology, 171. 



Castoridas, Beaver family, 187. 

 Castor-oil, 335. 



Cataract, self-acting valve, 424. 

 Cat, family Felidas, in Zoology, 186. 

 Catarrh, treatment of, 772. 

 Caterpillar or larva, in insect metamorphoses, 146. 

 CATTLE DAIRY HUSBANDRY, 625-640. 

 Cattle, treatment of, in Husbandry, 625 ; varieties 



of, 626 ; diseases of, 628 ; fattening, housing, and 



feeding of, 633. 

 Cauliflower, a variety of cabbage, in Horticulti 



550. 

 Caustic potash, caustic soda, 307 ; manufacture 



339- 

 Caviare, sturgeon roe salted and preserved, 



as a condiment in Eastern Europe, 160. 

 Cavicornia, in Zoology, 183. 

 Cavidae (Guinea-pig tribe), in Zoology, 187. 

 Cedar, varieties, growth, and culture of, 597. 

 Celery, nature and culture of, 555. 

 Cellular tissue, in Vegetable Physiology, 68. 

 Cellulose, in Vegetable Physiology, 65 ; in Cl 



istry, 331. 



