INDEX TO VOL. I. 



[CHEMISTRY. 



SECTION VI. CHEMISTRY. 



Acetd.414. 



Acetate of alumina, 414. 



Acetate of copper, 376. 



Acetate of ethyl. 414. 



AceUte of iron, 378, 414. 



AceUU)ofUd, 379, 4U. 



Acetate of potaih. 387. 



Acetate of soda. 4)4. 



Acetic acid, 414. 



Acetic acid, produced by spongy platina 



from alcohol, 372. 



Acetic acid, the product of the slow com- 

 bustion of alcohol, 372, 41 1. 

 Acetoui acid, 414. 

 Acetyl.414. 

 Acid, acetic. 414. 

 Acid, acetous, 414. 

 Acid, antimonic, 381. 

 Acid, antimonioiu, 381. 

 Acid, arsenic, 383. 

 Acid, arsenious, 381. 

 Acid, auric, 373. 

 Acid, benioic, 4 IS. 

 Acid, boracic, 371. 

 Acid, bromic, 319. 

 Acid, butyric, 333. 

 Acid, camphoric, 419. 

 Acid, capric, 333. 

 Acid, carbonic, 325. 

 Acid, cascic, 333. 

 Acid, chloric, 318. 

 Acid, chloro-cliromic, 384. 

 Acid, chlorous, 318. 

 Acid, cholic, 334. 

 Arid, chromic, 384. 

 Acid, citric, 418. 

 Acid, ferric, 377. 

 Acid, formic, 415. 

 Acid, fulminic, 375. 

 Acid, gallic, 418. 

 Ari.l, hippuric, 336, 415, 423. 

 Acid, hydriodic, 318. 

 Acid, hydrobromic, 319. 

 Acid, hydrochloric, 317. 

 Acid, hydrocyanic, 327. 

 Acid, hydrofluoric, 319. 

 Acid, hydrosulphuric, 369. 

 Acid, hydrosulphuric, reaction of, with 



alkalies, earths, and metals, 401, 402. 

 Acid, hypochloric, 3)8. 

 Acid, hypochlorous, 318. 

 Acid, hyposulphurous, 3G9. 

 Acid, inosinir. 335. 

 Acid, iodic, 318. 

 Acid, kinic, 417. 

 Acid, lactic, 333. 

 Acid, malic, 417. 

 Acid, manganic, 384. 

 Acid, margaric, 333. 

 Acid, molybdic, 385. 

 Acid, mm ir, 412. 

 Acid, nitric, 324. 

 Acid, nitro-bydroehloric, 318. 

 Acid, nitro-muriatic, 318. 

 Acid, nitrous, 324. 

 Acid, oleic, 333. 

 Acid, osinic, 335. 

 Acid, oxalic, 412. 

 Acid, paratartaric, 417. 

 Acid, pectic, 317, 349, 412. 

 Acid, perchloric, 318. 

 Acid, perchromic, 384. 

 Acid, phosphoric, 371. 

 Acid, phosphorous, 371. 

 Acid, pnuaic, 327. 

 Arid, pyrogillic, 418. % 

 Acid, racemic, 417. 

 Acid, saccharic, 412. 

 Add, telenic, 370. 

 Acid, silicic, 389. 

 Acid, stannic, 380. 



Acid, sudoric, 333. 



Acid, sulphuric, 368. 



Acid, sulphurous, 308. 



Acid, tannic, 418. 



Acid, tartaric. 417. 



Acid, telluric, 385. 



Acid, titanic, 385. 



Acid, tungstic, 385. 



Acid, uric, 336, 423. 



Acid, vanadic, 385. 



Acidity of fruit, 318. 



Acids, animal, 333. 



Acids in vegetable food, 347, 417. 



Acids, to detect the presence of, by litmus, 



Ac., 317. 



Acids, vegetable, 347, 417. 

 Aconitine, 417. 

 Adulteration of beer, 413. 

 Affinities, relative, 301. 

 Affinity, chemical, 300. 

 Affinity, instances of, 301. 

 Agricultural chemistry, 424. 

 Air, pure, essential to health, 426. 

 Air, sources of the impurities of, 427. 

 Air, the (see Atmosphere), 323. 

 Albumen, chemical characters of, 422. 

 Albumen in meat. 341.. 

 Albuminous principles of food, 329. 

 Alchemy, 299. 

 Alcohol, 412. 

 Alcohol, absolute, 412. 

 Alcohol in French and German wines, 



413. 



Alcohol in intoxicating liquors, 412. 

 Alcohol, results of the combustion of, 408. 

 Alcoholic liquors as food, 352. 

 Aldehyde, a product of the decomposition 



of ether, 411. 

 Ale, brewing of, 413. 

 Alimentary principles, 328, 339. 

 Alkalies, earths, metals, &c., tables of 



tests for, 401, 402. 

 Alkalies, reaction of the carbonates of, 



with alkalies, earths, and metals, 401, 



402. 



Alkalies, the, 385. 



Alkaloids, mode of obtaining the, 417. 

 Alkaloids, nature, properties, sources, &c., 



of the, 416. 

 Alkaloids, the active principles of certain 



plants, 417. 

 Alkaloids, the, analogous to the alkalies, 



417. 



Alloys (See name of each Metal). 

 Alloys, fusible, of bismuth, 380. 

 Almond oil, bitter, 415. 

 Alum, how produced, 339. 

 Alumina, 388. 

 Alumina, acetate of, 414. 

 Alumina, in emeralds, rubies, &c., 388. 

 Alumina, salts of, 389. 

 Alumina, sulphate of, 389. 

 Alumina, used as a mordant in dyeing, 389. 

 Aluminium, chloride of, 388. 

 Aluminium in solution, tests for, 394, 401 . 

 Aluminium, low specific gravity of, 388. 

 Aluminium, nature, properties, source, &c., 



388. 

 Aluminium, numerous uses to which it is 



applied, 388. 



Aluminium, oxido of, 388. 

 Amalgamation of zinc for voltaic bat- 



teries, 375. 



Amalgamation, process of, 374. 

 Amalgams (see also name of each Metal), 



374. 



Amidogen, 325. 

 Ammonia, 324. 

 Ammonia, hydrosulphate, reaction of, with 



alkalies, earths, and metals, 3/0, 40 1, 402. 

 Ammonia, oxalate of, 412. 



Ammonia, reaction of, with alkalies, earths, 



and metals 401, 402. 

 Ammonia, salts of, 325. 

 Ammonia, suits of, as manures, 325. 

 Ammonium, 324. 

 Amygdaline in almonds, &c. , 348. 

 Amyl and its compound, 415. 

 Analysis, agricultural, how to conduct, I J '>. 

 Analytis, apparatus required for, 3'J5. 

 Analysis, chemical, defined, 301. 

 Analysis, colours of pnvipit..u-s to be 



carefully noted in, 396. 

 Analysis, crystallisation in, 396. 

 Analysis, distillation in, 396. 

 Analysis, effecting fusion in, 395. 

 Analysis, effecting preci|iintin in, ",J5. 

 Analysis, effecting solutions in, 395. 

 Analysis, evaporation in, 396. 

 Analysis, filtration in, 396. 

 Analysis, inorganic, 391. 

 Analysis, inorganic, qualitative, general 



plan of, with tables of tests, &c., 401, 



402. 



Analysis, objects of, 391. 

 Analysis of soils, 425. 

 Analysis, organic, apparatus required in 



pursuing, 408. 



Analysis, organic, how pursued, 410. 

 Analysis piecautions required in, 391. 

 Analysis, qualitative, 394, 3'.7. 

 Analysis, qualitative, general method of 



conducting, 397402. 

 Analysis, quantitative, 394, 403. 

 Analysis, sublimation in, 396. 

 Analysis, uses of the blow. pipe in, .'!%. 

 Analysis, washing precipitates in, 396. 

 Aniline, 420. 422. 

 Aniline. colours (see also Chapter V., 



Section on Economic Botany, Vol. 11.), 



420. 



Animal acids, 333. 

 Animal chemistry, 327, et teg , 422. 

 Animal oils and fats (see also Index, p. 



1220), 423. 



Animal proximate elements, 422. 

 Animal substances contain nitrogen, 32i. 

 Animal sugar, 412. 

 Antimonic acid, 381. 

 Antimonious acid, 381. 

 Antimoniurctted hydrogen, 381. 

 Antimony, alloys of, .'> 

 Antimony, butter of, 381. 

 Antimony, chlorides of, 3S1. 

 Antimony, detection of, 381, 393, 402. 

 Antimony in solution, tests for, 393. 

 Antimony, nature, properties, source, 



&c., of, 380. 

 Antimony, oxide of, 381. 

 Antimony, property of expanding whilst 



it cools from fusion belonging to, 380. 

 Antimony, sulphide of, 380. 

 Antimony, to distinguish from arsenic 



when united with hydrogen, 381. 

 Antimony, used in printing-types, 380. 

 Antiseptic properties of charcoal, 327. 

 Apparatus, chemical, 303. 

 Apparatus required in analysis, 395, 403. 

 Aqua-rcgia, 318. 

 Aragonite, 390. . 

 Argand spirit lamp, 306. 

 Arithmetic of inorganic analysis, 405. 

 Arithmetic of organic analysis, 410. 

 Arrowroot, sago, tapioca, potatoes, &c., 



chiefly consist of starch, 411. 

 Arsenic acid, 383. 

 Arsenic as a pigment, 381. 

 Arsenic as a poison for vermin, 381. 

 Arsenic as a sheep-wash, 381. 

 Arsenic, chloride of, 383. 



B, detection of, after death by 



poisoning with, 382. 



