INDEX TO VOL. L 



[CHEMISTRY. 



Sell* in meat. 341. 



S.lu in the inim >l body, 328. 



S.Iu in Die blood. 331. 



Salt* of alkali** (See Ammonia, Potash, 



and Soda). 



Salt* of earth* (Se name of each Earth). 

 SalU of metal* (See name of each). 

 Salt* of torrel. 412. 

 Sandy (oils. 425. 

 Sanitary chemUlry. 426. 

 Sanitary regulations in respect to manu- 

 facture*. 429. 

 Saurkront, 346. 

 Sehacle'i green, a compound of copper 



and anenic, 376, 383. 

 School-room*, defective ventilation of, 427. 

 Sea. water contain* *ilver, 322, 373. 

 Sea-water, distillation of, on board ihipi, 



429. 



Seaweed a* a manure, 426. 

 Seaweed a source of *oda. or kelp, 387. 

 Secretion*, animal, constituent* of the, 



336. 



Secretion* of the liver, 334. 

 Seed*, germination of, in aoili, 424. 

 Selenic acid, 370. 

 Selenium, 370. 

 Selenium, oxide* of, 370. 

 BnlininnttH hydrogen, 370. 

 Seram of blood, 331. 

 Sewage a* a manure, 426. 

 Sewer*, deletcriou* exhalation* from, 427. 

 Shell* of egg* contain lime, 390. 

 Shell* of mollusca contain carbonate of 



lime, 423. 



Shell*, tea, contain magnesia, 390. 

 Signal -light*, how made, 381. 

 Silex, 389. 

 Silica, 389. 



Silica acted on by hydrofluoric acid, 389 

 Silica, te*t* for, 389, 394. 

 Silicate of soda, 389. 

 Silicic acid, 389. 

 Silicon. 389. 

 Silicon, chloride of, 389. 

 Silicon, oxide of, 389. 

 Silver, alloy* of, 373. 

 Silver, amtlgam of, 373. 

 Silver, ammouiuretted oxide of, 374. 

 Silver, blackening of, by sulphur, 374. 

 Silver, bromide of, 374. 

 Silver, chloride of, 373, 374. 

 Silver coin, 373. 



Silver contained in tea-water, 322, 373. 

 Silver, cupellation of, 373, 407. 

 Silver, cyanide of, 374. 

 Silver diuolvcd in nitric acid, 373. 

 Silver, ductility of, 373. 

 Silver, electro. plating by (*ee also Index 

 to" Electro-Metallurgy,"p. 1223), 373. 

 Silver, fulminate of, 374. 

 Silver, German, 380. 

 Silver, how to obtain pure from coin, 373. 

 Silver in solution, test* for, 393, 402. 

 SUver, iodide of, 318, 374. 

 Silver, iodide, sulphide, bromide, &c.. of, 



374. 



Silver, malleability of, 373. 

 SUver, nitrate of, lued to mark linen ; a* 

 " lunar canitic" in medicine, &c. 374, 

 Silvering looking-glasses, 374. 

 Silver-leaf, wire, Ac., 373. 

 Silver, nature, properties, source*, &c. 



3/3. 



Silver, oxide* of, 374. 

 Silver-ialU, 373. 



Silver-salt* used for dyeing hair, 374. 

 Silver-salt* tued in photography, &c. 

 (see al*o Index to " Photography," p 

 1222), 374. 

 Size, 424. 



Skin, chemical constitution of the, 423. 

 Skin, excreting power of the, 336. 

 Skin, excretion* of, their effect on per- 

 sonal health, 428. 



Skin of animals, 423. 

 ikins, tanning of, 418, 423. 

 Smalt*, 384. 

 Smelling-salt* constituted of ammonia, 



325. 

 Smoke Act, beneficial sanitary operation 



of the. 429. 

 Soan and candle* (see also Index, p. 1220), 



423. 



Soaps, hard, yellow, mottled, &c., 337. 

 soaps made with >oda, 387. 

 Soaps, oft, 386. 

 Soda, 387. 



Soda, acetate of, 414. 

 Soda, biborate of (borax), 337. 

 Soda, carbonates of, 387. 

 S<>da, nitrate of, 387. 

 Soda. salt* (see also name* of the Acid*), 



387. 



Soda, seaweed a source of, 337. 

 Soda, silicate of, 389. 

 Soda, tub-carbonHte of (the common 



" washing soda"), 387. 

 Soda, sulphate of, 387. 

 Soda, tungstate of, used to render ladies' 



dresses uninflammable, 385. 

 Soda used in bleaching, Sec., 387. 

 Sodium, chloride of (common salt), 387. 

 Sodium, hyposulphite of, 387. 

 Sodium, inflammability of, 387. 

 Sodium, nature, properties, source, &c., 



387. 



Sodium, oxide of (soda), 387. 

 Sodium, sulphite of, 387. 

 Soil, absorbing power of the, 425. 

 Soils, action of climate on, 425. 

 Soils, action of the atmosphere on, 425. 

 Soils, amount of water in, 425. 

 Soils, analysis of, 425. 

 Soils, chalk, clay, &c. (see also Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry), 424. 

 Soils chemically and physically con- 

 sidered, 425. 

 Soils, clayey, 425. 



Soils, clayey, improved by burning, 425. 

 Soils, composition of, 424. 

 Soils, drainage of, 425. 

 Soils, essential constituents of, 426. 

 Soils, loamy, 425. 

 Soils, marly, 424. 

 Soils, pulverisation of, 425. 

 Soils, qualitative analysis of, 425. 

 Soils, sandy, 425. 

 Solder, 380. 

 Solid food, 341. 

 Soluble glass used to preserve stone, &c., 



389. 



Solution aided by heat, 300. 

 Solution necessary in analysis, 395. 

 Sorrel contains oxalic acid, 412. 

 Sorrel, salts of, 412. 

 Soups as food, 359. 

 Spanish wines, 413. 

 Spar, Derbyshire, 319. 

 Spar, fluor, 319. 

 Spar, Iceland, 390. 

 Sparkling wines, 413. 

 Specific gravity explained, 309. 

 Specific gravity, low, of hydrogen, 319. 

 Specific gravity of bodies, how arrived at, 



310. 



Specific gravity of gases, 311. 

 Specific gravity of liquids, 310. 

 Specific gravity of solids, 310. 

 Specific gravity of the elements, table of 



the. 312. 



Specific gravity of vegetable oils, 418. 



Spectrum analysis, uses of, and discoveries 



made by, in chemical analysis (see also 



Section on Light, pp. 55, 166, et tcu.), 



385. 



Specula of telescopes, antimony used in, 



380. 



Specula of telescope*, tin used in, 330. 

 Spelter, 379. 



Spermaceti, 423. 



Spermatine, 333. 



Sperm oil, relative value of it* light, 421. 



Spices a* condiments, 357. 



Spirit-lamp, 302. 



Spirit-lamp, Argand. 306. 



Spirit, methylated, 415. 



Spirits as stimulants, 353. 



Spirits of wine (alcohol), 412. 



Spirituous liquors, distillation of, 413. 



Spongy platina, 372. 



Spongy platina, catalytic action of, 372 



Spongy platina converts alcohol into 



acetic acid, 414. 

 Sprats as a manure, 426. 

 Stalnctitei, 390. 



Standard of chemical equivalents, 303. 

 Standards of specific gravity, 310. 

 Stannic acid, 380. 

 Starch, action of diastase on, 412. 

 Starch a constituent of all plants, 411. 

 Starch a test for iodine, 318. 

 Starch-cells, 411. 

 Starch, gum, and sugar, producing fat in 



animals, 329. 

 Starch, iodide of potassium a test for, 



318. 

 Starch, nature, properties, sources, &c., of, 



411. 



Starch of wheat, 411. 

 Starch, test for the presence of, 411. 



Starvation, death from, 338. 



Stearic ether, 414. 



Stearine (see Index, p. 1221), 418. 



Steel, 377. 



Steel articles to gild, 373. 



Stimulants, use of, with food, and gene- 

 rally, 365. 



Stout, brewing of, 413. 



Strontia, 391. 



Strontia, nitrate of, 391. 



Strontia salts, 391. 



Strontia, tests for, 391, 394, 401. 



Strontium, chloride of, 391. 



Strontium, nature, properties, source, &c., 

 of, 391. 



Strontium, oxide of, 391. 



Strychnine, 416. 



Strychnine, poisoning by, and detection 

 of, 417. 



Sublimate, corrosive, 375. 



Sublimation in analysis, 396. 



Sudoric acid, 333. 



Sugar (see also the Section on Economic 

 Botany. Vol. II.), 412. 



Sugar; alcohol, ether, and acetic acid, 

 producible from, 408. 



Sugar as a condiment, 356. 



Sugar, detection of carbon in, 326. 



Sugar, diabetic, 412. 



Sugar, fermentation of, 412. 



Sugar from beet-root, 412. 



Sugar in the liver of animals, 333. 



Sugar, nutritive properties of, 3Jti. 



Sugar of lead, 379. 



Sugar of milk, 333, 412. 



Sugar of the cane, 412. 



Sugar of the grape, 412. 



Sugar of the grape naturally fermentative, 

 413. 



Sugar of the maple, 412. 



Sulphate of alumina, 389. 



Sulphate of baryta, 391. 



Sulphate of copper, 376. 



Sulphaie of ethyl, III. 



Sulphate of iron, 377. 



Sulphate of lead, 379. 



Sulphate of lime, 390. 



Sulphate of lime in water, 321. 



Sulphate of magnesia, 3'JO. 



Sulphate of manganese, 384. 



Sulphate of mercury, 375. 



Sulphate of nickel, 380. 



Sulphate! of potash, 336. 



Sulphate of silver, 374. 



