CHEMISTRY.] 



INDEX TO VOL. I. 



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Arsenic, habit of eating, and fattening 



power of, 381. 

 Arsenic in candles, 381. 

 Arsenic in paper-hangings, ladies' dresses, 



artificial flowers, &c., danger of, 381. 

 Arsenic, liquid tests for, 382. 

 Arsenic, Marsh's test for, 382. 

 Arsenic, nature, properties, sources, &c., 



of, 381. 



Arsenic, oxides of, 381. 

 Arsenic, precautions to be observed in 



seeking for, in cases of poisoning, 383. 

 Arsenic readily volatilised by heat, 381. 

 Arsenic, Reinsch's test for, 382. 

 Arsenic, simple means of detecting it, by 



its odour, &c., 33). 

 Arsenic, sulphides of, 383. 

 Arsenic, tests for, 381, 393, 402. 

 Arsenic, to distinguish from antimony, 



381. 



Arsenic used as a cosmetic, 381. 

 Arsenic, white, 381, 

 Arsenious acid, 381. 

 Arseniurets of metals, 381. 

 Arseniuretted hydrogen, 382. 

 Artificial manures, 426. 

 Asparagine, 346. 

 Asphaltum, 421. 

 Atmosphere, chemical constitution of the, 



323. 



Atmosphere, height of the, 323. 

 Atmosphere, pressure of the, 323. 

 Atmosphere, the, not a chemical com' 



pound, 323. 



Atomic weights, 302 ; tables of, 312. 

 Atropine, 417. 

 Attraction, chemical, 300. 

 Attraction, chemical, affected by heat, 300. 

 Auric acid, 373. 

 Azote, the old name for nitrogen, 322. 



BALANCE, the chemical, 404. 



Balloons filled with hydrogen, 320. 



Barilla, 387. 



Barium, chloride of, 391. 



Barium, nature, properties, source, &c., 



of, 391. 



Barium, oxides of, 391. 

 Baryta, 391. 



Baryta in solution, tests for, 391,394, 401. 

 Baryta salts, 391. 

 Beans as food, 346. 

 Bed-rooms, &c., cause of the " close 



smell" of, 427. 

 Beef as food, 341. 

 Beer, adulterations of, 413. 

 Beer us food, 352. 

 Beer, brewing of, 413. 

 Beet-root sugar, 412. 

 Bell-metal, 376, 380. 

 Bell-metal, antimony used in, 380. 

 Bengal lights, how made, 381. 

 Benzoic acid, 415. 

 Benzoyl and its compounds, 4 IS. 

 Bessemer's process of refining iron, 377. 

 Bicarbonate of lime, 390. 

 Bichromate of potash, 384. 

 Bile, the human, 334. 

 Binoxalate of potash, 412. 

 Bismuth, alloys of, 380. 

 Bismuth, fusible alloys of, 380. 

 Bismuth in solution, tets for, 393, 402. 

 Bismuth, nature, properties, sources, &c. 



380. 



Bismuth, oxides of, 380. 

 Bismuth salt.-, 330. 

 Bisulphide of carbon, 327. 

 Bitartrate of potash, 3SC, 117. 

 Bitumen, 421. 

 Black dyes, tannic and gallic acids pro. 



duce, with oxide of iron, 418. 

 Black-lead constituted of carbon, 325. 

 Bladders, to prepare, for holding gas, 305. 

 Bleaching by chloride of lime, 

 Bleaching by sulphurous acid, 308. 



Bleaching-powder, 390. 



Bleaching powers of chlorine, 316. 



Blende, zinc, 379. 



Blood, aeration of the, 335. 



Blood, analysis of, 331. 



Blood, chemical characters of, 331, 423. 



Blood, circulation of the, 335. 



Blood, colouring matter of the, 331. 



Blood, fibrine in, 331. 



Blood, formation and functions of the, 327. 



Blood-globules, 331, 423. 



Blood, illustrations of the corpuscles of, 

 423. 



Blood manures, 423. 



Blood, proportion of water in the, 331. 



Blood, serum of, 331. 



Bloom of fruit, cause of the, 348. 



Blow-pipe, the, 305, 396. 



Blow-pipe, the oxy-hvdrogen, 320. 



Blow-pipe, uses of, in analysis, 3'Jo, 



Blue colours, vegetable, turned red by 

 acids, 317. 



Bone-boiling, &c., and sanitary regula- 

 tions, 429. 



Bones, chemical characters of, 423. 



Bones, constitution of, 332, 423. 



Bones contain phosphate of lime, 390, 423. 



Bones, lime-salts in, 332, 423. 



Boraric acid, 371. 



Borate of soda (borax), 387. 



Borax, 387. 



Boron, nature, properties, &c., 371. 



Boron with chlorine, fluorine, &c., 371. 



Bouquet of wines, 353, 414. 



Brass, 379. 



Bread as food, 344. 



Breathing, a process of slow combustion, 

 315. 



Brewing, process of, 413. 



Britannia metal, 380. 



Bromic acid, 319. 



Bromides (see also names of Metals, &c.), 

 319. 



Bromide of ethyl, 414. 



Bromide of potassium, 387. 



Bromide of silver, 371. 



Bromine, nature, properties, and pre- 

 paration of, 319. 



Bronze, 376, 380. 



lirucine, 417. 



Building-stone obtained from magncsian 

 limestone, 390. 



Butter, 333, 423. 



Butter ai food, 355. 



Buttrr-milk, 350. 



Butyric acid, 333. 



CADMIUM, and its compounds, 591. 



Cadmium in solution, tests fur, 393, 402. 



Ciesium, 385, 387. 



Caffeine, 417. 



Cakes as food, 341. 



Calaraine, 37'J. 



Calcium, chloride of, 390. 



Calcium, chloride of, fused, used in organic 

 analysis, 410. 



Calcium, fluoride of, 390, 423. 



Calcium, nature, properties, source, &c., 

 of, 389. 



Calcium, oxide of, 389. 



Calcium, phosphide of, 371. 



Calomel, 375. 



Camphor, 419. 



Camphoric acid, 419. 



Cane-sugar, 356, 412. 



Caoutchouc, 419. 



Capric acid, 333. 



Carbolic acid, 420. 



Carbolic acid as a disinfectant, 427. 



Carbon, 325. 



Carbon a constituent of animal and vege- 

 table substances, 327. 



Carbon a constituent of coal-gas, 325. 



Carbon an essential constituent of vege- 

 table substances, 325, 408. 



Carbon and iron, 327. 



Carbon and nitrogen, 327. 



Carbon, bisulphide of, 370. 



Carbon contained in food, 325. 



Carbon estimated as carbonic acid in or- 

 ganic analysis, 410. 



Carbon, evidences of, in vegetable bodies, 

 408. 



Carbon in gun-cotton and gunpowder, 

 327. 



Carbon in sugar, 326. 



Carbon, sulphide of, 327. 



Carbonate of baryta, 391. 



Carbonate of copper, 376. 



Carbonate of ethyl, 414. 



Carbonate of iron, 378. 



Carbonate of lead, 378. 



Carbonate of lime, 390. 



Carbonate of magnesia, 390. 



Carbonate of manganese, 38 1. 



Carbonates of potash, 386. 



Carbonate of silver, 374. 



Carbonates of soda, 387. 



Carbonate of strontia, 391. 



Carbonates of the alkalies, reaction of, as 

 tests, 401, 402. 



Carbonic acid, analysis of, 327. 



Carbonic acid evolved from the organs of 

 respiration, 336. 



Carbonic acid gas, deleterious effects of,' in 

 rooms, &c., 4^7. 



Carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere, 323, 

 325, 427. 



Carbonic acid in soda-water, nines, beer, 

 &c.., 326. 



Carbonic acid in wells, vats, &c., 326. 



Carbonic acid liquefied and solidified, 

 3>6. 



Carbonic acid, preparation, &c., of, 325. 



Carbonic acid produced by the combustion 

 of charcoal, coke, coals, candles, &c., 

 also by respiration, 326. 



Carbonic acid, tests for, 326. 



Carbonic acid the food of plants, 326. 



Carbonic acid, weight, poisonous qu lit cs, 

 &c., of, 326, 427. 



Carbonic oxide, 325. 



Carburetted hydrogen gases, 420. 



Carrots, turnips, &c., as food, 317. 



Cartilages of the animal body, 332. 



Caseic acid, 333. 



Caseine, 333. 



Caseine, chemical characters of, 423. 



Caseine in milk, 350. 



Cassius, purple powder of, 373. 



Cast-iron, 377. 



Celestine, 391. 



Cells of starch, 411. 



Cellulose, 346. 



Cementation of ttecl, process of, 423. 



Cemeteries, influence of, on the purity of 

 water supplied to towns, 322. 



Cereals as food, 3 It. 



Cereals, composition of, 421. 



Chalk, 390. 



Chalk as a manure, 426. 



Chalk in water, 321. 



Chalk soils, 421. 



Charcoal, antiseptic properties of, 327, 427. 



Charcoal as a disinfectant, 327, 427. 



Charcoal, Dr. Forbes Watson's, expe- 

 riments on, as a disinfectant, 327, 427. 



Charcoal is impure carbon, 325. 



Cheese as food, 3 55. 



Cheese, digestibility of, 355. 



Chemical action, effects of electricity on, 

 301. 



Chemical action, effects of heat on, 300. 



Chemical action, effects of light on, 301. 



Chemical action, intensity of, 302. 



Chemical action prevented by low tem- 

 peratures, 301. 



Chemical action promoted by minute 

 division, 301. 



Chemical affinity, 300. 



