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INDEX TO VOL. I. 



1233 



Olive oil as food, 355. 



Onion tribe, cause of the taste of the, 



347. 



Ores of metals -(See name of each). 

 Organic analysis, 408. 

 Organic analysis, use of oxide of copper in, 



376, 409. 



Organic chemistry, 407. 

 Organic impurities of water, 322, 429. 

 Organic substances of animals (see also 



Animal Chemistry), 329. 

 Orpiment, 383. 

 Osmic acid, 385. 



Osmium and its compounds, 385. 

 Osmium salts, 385. 



Ovum and the seminal fluid, human, 333. 

 Oxalate of ammonia, 412. 

 Oxalate of ethyl, 414. 

 Oxalate of nickel, 380. 

 Oxalate of potash, 387. 

 Oxalates of the metals, &c., 412. 

 Oxalic acid, 412. 



Oxalic acid producible from sugar, 408. 

 Oxidation of bodies, 315. 

 Oxide (see also same of each Metal, &c.), 



314. 



Oxide of aluminium, 388. 

 Oxides of antimony, 381. 

 Oxides of arsenic, 381. 

 Oxides of barium, 391. 

 Oxides of bismuth, 380. 

 Oxide of calcium (time), 389. 

 Oiides of chromium, 334. 

 < Hides of cobalt, 384. 

 Oxides of copper, 376. 

 Oxide of ethyl (ether), 414. 

 Oxides of (-old, 373. 

 Oxides of iron, 377. 

 Oxides of lead, 379. 

 Oxide of lithium, 387. 

 Oxide of magnesium, 390. 

 Oxides of manganese, 384. 

 Oxides of mercury, 374, 

 Oxide of nickel, 380. 

 Oxides of platina, 372. 

 Oxides of potassium, 386. 

 Oxide of silicon, 389. 

 Oxides of silver, 374. 

 Oxide of sodium, 387. 

 Oxide of strontium, 391. 

 Oxides of tin, 380. 

 Oxide of cine, 379. 

 Oxygen a constituent of acids, 314. 

 Oxygen an essential constituent of vege- 

 table substances, 408. 

 Oxygen as a standard of chemical equiva. 



lents, 303. 



Oxygen, a supporter of combustion, 314. 

 Oxygen estimated as water in organic 



analysis, 410. 



Oxygen, experiments with, 313, 314. 

 Oxygen-gas retorts, 305. 

 Oxygen in the air and water, 313. 

 Oxygen, its action on metals, 314. 

 Oxygen, its functions in nature, 315. 

 Oxygen, preparation of, 313. 

 Oxygen, properties, &c., of, 31J. 

 Oxygen, universality of its presence, 313. 

 Oiy- hydrogen blow-pipe, the, 320. 

 Ozone and anim.il life. 315. 

 Ozone and meteorology (see also Section 



on Mett'iroloay), 315. 

 Ozone detected by salts of manganeie, 



384. 



Oione, nature and properties of, 315. 

 Ozone, tests for, and preparation, 315, 



384. 



PAINT (white lead), 379. 



Palladium and its compounds, 385. 



Palmitine, 418. 



Pancreatic juice, the, 334. 



Paraffine (see also Chapter V., Section 



on Economic Botany, Vol. II.), 421. 

 Paratartaric acid, 417. 



VOL. L, 



Pearlash, potass or potash, 386. 



Pearl-powder, 380. 



Peas as food, 346. 



Pectic acid, 347, 349, 412. 



Pectine, 348, 411. 



Pectose in fruit, 347. 348. 



Perchlorate of potash, 386. 



Perchloric acid, 318. 



Perchromic acid, 384. 



Perfumes, 414, 419. 



Permanganate of potash, 384. 



Peroxide of barium, 391. 



Peroxides (See Oxides and Metals). 



Perspiration, constitution of the, 336. 



Peruvian bark, 417. 



Petroleum, 420. 



Pewter, 380. 



Phenyl, 420. 



Phosphate of lime, 390, 423, 426. 



Phosphate of lime in bones, urine, &c., 



370. 423. 

 Phosphate of lime, proportion of, in bones, 



423. 



Phosphate of magnesia and ammonia, 390. 

 Phosphates, animal, 371. 

 Phosphide of lime, 371, 399, 

 Phosphides, 371. 



Phosphorescence of the se, tc., 370. 

 Phosphoric acid, 371. 

 Phosphorous acid, 371. 

 Phosphorus, allotropic condition of, 370. 

 Phosphorus essential as food for the 



brain, 346. 

 Phosphorus, its manufacture into tacifer- 



nut cites injarioas to the workers, 430. 

 Phosphorus, nature, properties, &c., of, 



370. 

 Phosphorus, solution of, in bisulphide of 



carbon, highly inflammable, &c., 370. 

 Pbosphoru with chlerwe, iodine, &c., 



371. 



Phosphtiretted hydrogen, 371. 

 Photography, silver-salts used in (see 



also Index to " Photography," p. 1221), 



374. 



Pitch, 420. 



Plants contam potash, 387. 

 Plants fed by carbonic acid, 326. 

 Plaster of Paris, 390. 

 Platina, catalytic action of spongy, 372. 

 Platina, chlorides of, 372. 

 Platina in solution, tests for, 393, 402. 

 Platina, nature, properties, source, &c., 



372. 



Platina, oxides of, 372. 

 Platina, salts of, 372. 

 Platina, spongy, 372. 

 Platina stills for sulphuric acid, 372. 

 Platina, welding property of, 372. 

 Ploughing, effects of, on land, 425. 

 Pneumatic trough, uses of the, 304. 

 Poisoning by arsenic, and detection of the 



metal, 3H2. 

 Poisons, animal and vegetable putrefactive, 



dangerous nature of, 429. 

 Porcelain, 388. 

 Pork as food, 314. 

 Porter, alcohol in, 412. 

 Porter, brewing of, 413. 

 Potash, bichromate of, 384. 

 Potash, binoxalate of, 412. 

 Potash, bitartrate of, 386, 417. 

 Potash, carbonates of, 386. 

 Potash, caustic, 386. 

 Potash, chlorate of, 313, 318, 386. 

 Potash, chromate of, 384. 

 Potash contained in plants, 387. 

 Potash, hydriodate of, 318. 

 Potash, manganate of, 384. 

 Potash, nitrate of, 386. 

 Potash, perchlorate of, 386. 

 Potash, permanganate ol, 384. 

 Potash, potass, or pearlash, 386. 

 Potash, prussiate of, 378, 387, 423. 

 Potash, reaction of, 401, 402. 



Potash-salts (see names of Acids), 386. 



Potash, sulphates of, 386. 



Potash-tube used in organic analysis, 

 409. 



Potassiuretted hydrogen, 385. 



Potassium, bromide of, 386. 



Potassium, chloride of, 317, 386. 



Potassium, ferricyanide of, 378. 



Potassium, ferrocyanide of, 378. 



Potassium, iodide of, 318, 386. 



Potassium, nature, source, &c., of, 385. 



Potassium, oxides of, 386. 



Potassium, peroxide of, 386. 



Potassium, sulphide of, 386. 



Potatoes as food, 347. 



Pottery, 388. 



Poultry as food, 344. 



Precipitates afforded by the elements, 

 oxides, &c. N with hydrosulphuric acid, 

 hydrosulphate of ammonia, potass, 

 ammonia, and the carbonates of the 

 alkalies, 401, 402. 



Precipitates, colour of, 396. 



Precipitates, washing of, in quantitative 

 analysis, 404. 



Precipitation required in analysis, 39i . 



Proof spirit, 412. 



Proportions, combining, 30Z. 



Proteine, chemical characters of, 423. 



Prussian blue, 378. 



Prussiates of potass, 378, 387, 423. 



Prussic acid, 327. 



Pyrites, copper, 376, 



Pyrites, iron, 376. 



Pyrites, lead, 378. 



Pyrites of iron, copper, and lead, 370. 



Pyrogallic acid, 4 IS. 



Pyrophorus, 379. 



QUALITATIVE analysis, 394, 397. 



Qualitative analysts, general method of 

 conducting, 397 402. 



Qualitative analysis, inorganic, general 

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

 402. 



Quantitative analysis, estimation of re- 

 sults, 405. 



Quantitative analysis, inorganic, 394, 401. 



Quantitative analysis, organic, 408. 



Quartz, 388. 



Quicksilver (see Mercury), 375. 



Quinine, 417. 



RACXMIC acid, 417. 



Realgar, 383. 



Red lead, 379. 



Keinsch's test for arsenic, 332. 



Resins, 419. 



Respiration produces carbonic acid, 326. 



Retorts, 303. 



Rhodium and its compounds, 385. 



Rhubarb contains oxalic acid, 412. 



King-stands, 304. 



Rock-crystal, 3s9. 



Rock-oil, 420. 



Rock-salt, 387. 



Roots and vegetables compared as to their 



nutritiveness, &c., 348. 

 Roots as food, 347. 

 Rotation of crops, 425. 

 Rubidium, 385. 

 Rutile the source of titanium, 385. 



SACCHARIC acid, 412. 



Sal-ammoniac, 325. 



Salicine, 416. 



Salicyl, 416. 



Saliva, human, 331. 



Salivation by mercury, 375. 



Salt as a condiment, 354. 



Salt, common, a chloride of sodium, 387. 



Salt, common table, decomposition of, to 



afford chlorine and hydrochloric acid, 



317. 

 Saltpetre, 386. 



