INDEX TO VOL. I. 



[CHEMISTRY. 



KAKODTI.. 41). 



Kdifeaou< metal*, 385. 



Kaolin. 



Kelp. 387. 



Kernes mineral. SSI. 



Kettles, e.ur of fur in, 390. 



icid. 417. 

 Krr.tinr, chemical characters of, Ac., 335, 



Kreatine in meat, 341. 



LACTKALI, functions of the, in animals, 



330. 



Lactic acid, 333. 

 Lactic acid in milk, 350. 

 Land, drainage of, 4'Jj. 

 Laughing gas, 323. 

 Lewi, acetate of, 379, 414. 

 Lead, chloride of, 379. ' 

 Lead, chromate of, 379, 381. 

 Lead, detection of, 378. 

 Lead in solution, tests for, 393, 402. 

 Lead, malate of, 417. 

 Lead, nature, properties, source, &c., of, 



378. 



Lead, oxides of, 379. 

 Lead, poisoning in water-cisterns, 378. 

 Lead-pyrites, 378. 

 Lead, red, 379. 

 Lead salts, 378, 379. 

 Lead, sugar of, 379. 411. 

 Lead, sulphide of, 378. 

 Lead, white, 379. 

 Leather, how produced, 418. 

 Legnrain, a coni-tituent of peas, Ac., 346. 

 Leguminous food, 34G. 



, citric arid contained in, 418. 

 Lentils as food, 3lG. 

 Liebig's discoreries in organic chemistry, 



407. 



Light and chemical action, 301. 

 . 411. 



i convertible into grape sugar, 411. 

 Lignite, 420. 

 Lime, 339. 

 Lime a constituent of soils, yegetables, 



and animals, 3JO. 

 Lime as a manure, 426. 

 Lime, bicarbonate of, 3110. 

 Lime, carbonate of. 



Lime, chloride of (bleaching- powder), 390. 

 Lime e-v ntnl in soils, 425. 

 Lime, heat produced by, with water, 390. 

 Lime in bones, 390. 

 Li mi- in egg-shells, Ac., 390. 

 Lime in solution, tests for, 389, 391. 

 Lime manures, 390, 426. 

 Lime, photphate of, 390. 

 Lime, phosphate of, proportion of in 



bones, 423. 



Lime, phosphide of, 399. 

 Lime salts, 390. 



-ulphate of, 390. 

 Lime, sulphate of, in water, 321. 

 Lime, superphosphate of, 390, 423, 42(i. 

 Lime, use of, in bleaching, tannin 



390. 



' '"tie as a manure, 426. 

 ' me, magncsian, 390. 

 irs, 414. 

 Liquids, how to pour out from narrow 



apertures without spilling, iOO. 

 Litharge, 379. 

 Lithi*. 387. 

 Lithium, nature, compounds, sources, Ac., 



of, 387. 



Litmus paper used to detect acids, 31 7. 

 Liver, secretions of the, 334. 

 Loamy soils, 425. 

 Looking-glasses and mercury, 37 . 

 LacUer-matchea, how made, 371, 386. 



MACKINTOSH'S shell for marine warfare, 



3S6* 

 Magnesia and it* Salt*, 390. 



Magnesia in solution, tests for, 390, 394. 

 Magnesian limestone, SI 

 Magnesium, 390. 

 Magnesium, chloride of, 390. 

 Magnesium, oiide of, 390. 

 Magnetic properties of iron, 3<8. 

 Malachite, 376. 

 Malate of potash, 387. 

 Malates, 417. 



icid, 417. 



Malt, how produced, 412. 

 Manganate of potash, 384. 

 Manganese a test for ozone, 334. 

 Manganese, binoxide, a source of oxygen, 



and used to produce chlorine. 

 Manganese in the lettuce, &c., 347. 

 Manganese in solution, tests for, 393, 401. 

 Manganese, nature, properties, sources, 



&c., of, 384. 



Manganese, oxides of, 384. 

 Manganese, oxides of, used to colour 



glass, 384. 



Manganese salts, 384. 

 Manganese used in dyeing, writing-inks, 



Ac,, 384. 



Manganic arid, 384. 

 Manipulation, chemical, 303. 

 Mannite, 356, 412. 



Manufactures, chemical, sanitary regula- 

 tions respecting, 428. 

 Manufactures dangerous to health in 



certain cases, 429. 

 Manufactures, special, injurious to health, 



429. 



Manures, 425. 



Manures and ammonia, 325, 426. 

 Manures, artificial, 426. 

 Manures containing phosphates, 371, 426. 

 Maple sugar, 412. 

 Marble, 390. 

 Margaric acid, 333. 

 Margarine, 418. 

 Marl soils, 424. 

 Marsh gas, 420. 

 Marsh's test for arsenic, 3S2. 

 Massicot, 379. 



Meals, proper food for each, daily, 359. 

 Meat, alimentary principles of, 341. 

 Meat as food, 341, 343. 

 Mercurial salivation, 375. 

 Mercury, chlorides of, 375. 

 Mercury, cyanide of, 37.">. 

 Mercury, detection of, 375. 

 Mercury; freezing of, 374. 

 Mercury, fulminate of, 375. 

 Mercury in solution, tests for, 393, 402. 

 Mercury, iodides of, 318, 375. 

 Mercury, nature, properties, source, Ac., 



of, 374. 



Mercury, numerous uses of, 374. 

 Mercury, oxides of, 374. 

 Mercury, poisoning and paralysis caused 



by it, and its salts, 375. 

 Mercury salts, 375. 

 Mercury, sulphides of, 375. 

 Metnl, definition of a, 371. 

 Metals, kaligenous or alkali-producing, 



385. 



Metals proper, 372. 

 Metals, properties of the, 371. 

 Metals, tables of tests for, 393, 394, 40), 



402. 

 Metals, terrigencous, or earth-producing, 



387. 

 Metals, tests, specially for the (see name 



of Metals), 391. 



Metals, their general characters, 371. 

 Metamorphosis of organic tissues, 331. 

 Meteoric stones contain nickel, 3UO. 

 Methyl and its compounds, 415. 

 Methylated spirits, 415. 

 Milk, acids in, 350. 



Milk as food, constitution of, Ac., 350. 

 Milk as diet for children, 361. 

 Milk, digestibility of, 350. 



Milk, inorganic constituents of, 334. 



Milk, sugar of, 333, 412. 



Miner.il waters, 321. 



Minute division favourable to chemical 



action, 301. 

 Molasses. 4 1 2. 



Molybdenum and its compounds, 385. 

 Molybdic acid, 385. 

 M nrphiiie and its salts, 417. 

 Mortar, 389. 

 Mosaic gold, 380. 

 Moulds made of sulphur, 368. 

 Mucic acid, 412. 



Mucus of the intestines, Sic., 334. 

 Muntx's metal, 376. 

 Murray's fluid magnesia, 390. 

 Muscles, human, 423. 

 Musical sounds from burning hydrogen, 



320. 



NAII.S, hair, horns, Ac., 423. 



Naphtha, coal, 420. 



Naphtha, wood, 415. 



Narcotine, 417. 



Nerves, the chemical characters of the, 



423. 



Nickel common in meteoric stones, 390. 

 Nickel in solution, tests for, 393, 401. 

 Nickel, nature, properties, sources, &c , 



of, 380. 



Nickel, oiide of, 380. 

 Nickel salts, 380. 

 Nicotine, 417. 



Nitrates (see also name of Metals), 321. 

 Nitrate of baryta, 391. 

 Nitrate of bismuth, 380. 

 Nitrate of cobalt, 384. 

 Nitrate of copper, 376. 

 Nitrate of ethyl, 411. 

 Nitrate of iron 

 Nitrate of lead, 379. 

 Nitrate of magnesia, 390. 

 Nitrate of mercury, '.',' j. 

 Nitrate of potash, 3-i5. 

 Nitrate of .silver, 371. 

 Nitrate of soda, 337. 

 Nitrate of strontia, 391. 

 Nitre, 380. 



Nitre contains nitrogen, 322. 

 Nitric acid, 324. 



Nitrogen and animal ti.-*ur, Z25. 

 Nitrogen and carbon, 327. 

 Nitrogen, binoxide of, 321. 

 Nitrogen, chloride of, 3 .!.". 

 Nitrogen does not support combustion, 



332. 

 NiliMsen estimated as ammonia in organic 



nnaly.>is, 410. 



ii, iodide of, 325. 

 Nitrogen, nature, properties, and pre- 



p.ir.ition of, 322. 

 Nitrogen, protoxide of, 323. 

 Nitrogenous constituents of animals, 



329. 



Nitrous acid, 324. 

 Nomenclature, chemical, 3fW. 

 Norton's inflammable shell for warfare, 



370. 

 Nuisances considered in a sanitary point 



of view, 429. 



Nutritiveness of food, tests of the, 340. 

 Nux romica, 417. 



OIL of tartar, 386. 



Oils, animal (see also Index, p. 1220), 



423. 



Oils, constitution of vegetable, 418. 

 Oils, essential, 419. 

 Oils, fixed (see also Index to " Artificial 



Illumination," p. 1220, ante), 418. 

 Oils, vegetable, 418. 

 Oils, vegetable, specific gravity of, 418. 

 OMut gas, 420. 

 Oleicacid, 333. 

 Uieine, 418- 



