CHEMISTRY.] 



INDEX TO VOL. I. 



1235 



Sulphate of soda, 387. 



Sulphate of strontia, 391. 



Sulphides of antimony, 380. 



Sulphide of arsenic, 3-*3. 



Sulphide of bismuth, 380. 



Sulphide of carbon, 327. 



Sulphide of copper, 376. 



Sulphide of ethyl, 414. 



Sulphide of iron, 377. 



Sulphide of lead, 378. 



Sulphides of mercury, 375. 



Sulphide of molybdenum, 385. 



Sulphide of potassium, 386. 



Sulphide of silver, 374. 



Sulphide of sodium, 387. 



Sulphides of tin, 380. 



Sulphide of line. 380. 



Sulphides, 368, 370. 



Sulphites, 368. 



Sulpho-cyanic acid, 327. 



Sulpho-cyanogen and iron, 378. 



Sulphur, bleaching powers of, 368. 



Sulphur moulds, 368. 



Sulphur, nature, properties, Ac , 369. 



Sulphurets (See Sulphides). 



Sulphuretted hydrogen. 369. 



Sulphuretted hydrogen as a test for 



metals (see Hydrosulphuric Acid), 3,70, 



393, 401, 402. 

 Sulphuric acid, 368. 

 Sulphuric ether, 414. 

 Sulphurou* acid, 368. 

 Super-pho.ph.te," 390. 423. 

 Super-phosphate of lime. 390, 423. 

 Super-phosphate of lime as a manure, 



390, 423, 426. 



Supporters of mmhution, 315, 315. 

 Symbols and terms, 308. 

 Symbols of compounds, 309. 

 Symbol* of the elements, table of the, 



311. 



Sympathetic ink, 376, 384. 

 Synthesis, chemical, defined, 301. 



TABLES of English and French weights. 



430. 

 Tables of equivalents of the elements, with 



their specific gravities and symbols, 



312. 

 Tables of precipitates of elements, oxides, 



Ac., produced by hydrosulphuric acid, 



hydroiulphate of ammonia, potash, am- 

 monia, and the carbonates of the alkalies, 



401, 402. 



Tables of special tests for metals. 393. 391. 

 Table* of testa for alkalies, earths, metals, 



&c., 401, 402. 

 Tanuates, 418. 

 Tannk acid, 418, 

 Tanning, 418. 

 Tar (coal). 420. 

 Tar-colours (see also Section on Economic 



Botany. Chapter V., Vol. 11.), 420. 

 Tar (wood). 420. 

 Tartar, cream of, 387, 4 1 7. 

 Tartar-emetic, 3H1, 417. 

 Tartar, oil of, 386. 

 Tartaric acid, 417. 

 Tartrate of lead, 379. 

 Tartrate of potass obtained from wines, 



413. 

 Tartrates (see also Alkalies, Metals, Ac.), 



417. 



Taste, influence of, in respect to food, 342. 

 Tea as food, 351. 



Tears, chemical constitution of, 336. 

 Telluric acid. 385. 

 Tellurium and its compounds, 385. 

 Tellurium, oxides of, 3*5. 

 Temperature, low, prevent* chemical 



action, 301. 

 Terchlorides, 318. 

 Terms and symbols, 308. 

 Terrigeneou* or earth-producing aactals, 



187. 



Test. glasses, 305. 



Testing for metals, 391, 392. 



Tests for alkalies, 401, 402. 



Tests for earths, tables of, 401, 402. 



Tests for metals, tables of, 393, 401. 



Tests for ozone. 315, 384. 



Tests of the digestibility of food, 340. 



Test-tubes, 304. 



Thallium, 430. 



Theine, 417. 



Theobromine, 417. 



Thermo-electric poles composed of bis- 



muth and antimony, 330. 

 Thirst, effects of, 339. 

 Thorina, 391. 

 Thorite, 391. 

 Tin, alloys of, 380. 

 Tin, chlorides of, 380. 

 Tin, hydrate of the oxide of, 380. 

 Tin in solution, tests for, 393, 402. 

 Tin, nature, properties, and source* of, 380. 

 Tinning copper vessel*, 380. 

 Tin, oxides of, 380. 

 Tin sulphides of, 380. 

 Titanic acid, 385. 

 Titanium and its compounds, 385. 

 Titanium, oxides of, 385. 

 Tourmaline, the, contains lithium, 387. 

 Trough, the pneumatic, 304. 

 Tungstate of soda used to render ladies' 



dresses uninflammable, 385. 

 Tungsten and its compounds, 385. 

 Tungsten, binoxiile of, 385. 

 Tungstic acid, 385. 

 Turmeric a test for alkatie*, 325. 

 Turpentine, 419. 

 Type, antimony used in printer's. 380. 



URANIUM, 385. 



Uranium and epipolic dispersion of light, 



3*5. 

 Uranium, oxide of, used to colour glass, 



385. 



Uranium, oxide* of, 385. 

 Urea. 336, 423. 



Urea artificially produced, 423. 

 Uric acid. 336. 423. 

 Vrine, 336, 423. 

 Urine, secretion of, stimulated by vegetable 



food, 347. 



VAI miAMc ether, and acid, 414. 



Vanadic acid. 385. 



Vanadium and its compounds, 385. 



Vegetable acids, 417. 



Vegetable alkaloid poisons, 416, 417. 



Vegetable chemistry. 407. 



Vegetable colouring. matter (see also 



Chapter IV., Section on Economic 



Botany. Vol. II.), 421. 

 Vegetable oils, 418. 

 Vegetable putrefactive poisons, 429. 

 Vegetable substances chiefly composed of 



hydrogen, oxygen, aud carbon, 408. 

 Vegetable substances, the chemical con- 



stitution of, 400. 

 Vegetable wax, 418. 

 Vegetable* and root* compared as to nu- 



tritiveness, Ate., 348. 

 Vegetables a* food (see also Section on 



Kconomic Botany, Vol. II.), 346. 

 Vegetables, methods of cooking. 346. 

 Vegetables mostly contain starch, 411. 



ri as food, .'.44. 



VrntiUtion, drfertive, of rooms, 427. 

 Ventilation, necessity and law* of, 428. 

 Verdigris, 376. 

 i"n. 375. 

 Vinegar, 414. 



Vinegar a* a condiment, 350. 

 Vinegar-plant, 414. 

 Vinous fermentation, 412. 



of clothes required frequently 

 to remove excreted animal matter, 428. 



Washing precipitates in analysis, 396. 



Water as a sanitary agent, 429. 



Water as food, 349. 



Water-baths, 305. 



Water, combustion of phosphorus tinder, 



371. 



Water, composition of, 320. 

 Water essential for digestion of food, 



349. 

 Water essential to the human system ; and 



its functions therein, 429. 

 Water from wells, impurities of, 322. 

 Water, functions of, in animal and vege- 

 table life, 322. 

 Water-gilding, 374. 

 Water, hard, Clark's process for softening, 



321. 



Water, hard and soft, cause of the dif- 

 ference between, 321. 

 Water, hardness of, caused by lime. 



390. 



Water, impurities of, 321. 

 Water, impurities of, as affecting health, 



429. 



Water, inorganic impurities of, 322, 429. 

 Water, mineral, 322. 

 Water, organic impurities of, 322, 429. 

 Water poisoned by lead cisterns, 378. 

 Water produced by the combustion of 



hydrogen in oxygen, 320. 

 Water, proportion of, in blood, 331. 

 Water, simple filter for, 321. 

 Water, spring, river, Ac., 320. 

 Water.supply of large towns, 321, 429. 

 Water, test* for hard. 321. 

 Water the standard of the specific gravity 



of solids, 310. 



Wax, the cause of bloom on fruit, 343. 

 Wax, vegetable (see also Section on 



Economic Botany, Vol. II.), 418. 

 Weighing in quantitative analysis, 403. 

 Weights, atomic, 302. 

 Weights, table of EnglUh, 430. 

 Weight*, table of French, 430. 

 Weight*, troy, avoirdupois, French, Ac 



430. 

 Welding, the property of, confined ti 



platina and iron, 372. 

 Wells and carbonic acid gas, 326. 

 Wells, impurity of water from, 322. 

 Whiskey, 4.13. 

 White lead, 379. 

 Wine as food, 352. 

 Wine, manufacture of, 413. 

 Wine, spirits of, 412. 

 NS me, alcohol in, 412. 

 Wines, British, 413. 

 Wines, cause of the bouquet of, 414. 

 Wines, colonial, 413. 

 Wines, flavour of, due to an ether, 353. 

 Wines, foreign, 413. 

 Wines, sparkling, 413. 

 Wolfram, 385. 

 Wood-jpirit, 415. 



YELLOW chrome. 384. 

 Yellow dyes, 422. 

 Yttria, 391. 



ZINC, alloys of, 379. 



Zinc, chloride of, 379. 



Zinc, chloride of, as a disinfectant, 427. 



Zinc, combustibility of, 379. 



Zinc, galvanising iron by, 379. 



Zinc in solution, test* for, 393, 401. 



Zinc largely used in galvanic batteries, 



380. 

 Zinc, nature, properties, source, Ac., of, 



379. 



Zinc, oxide of, 379. 

 Zinc salt*. 380. 

 Zinc, sulphate of, 380. 

 Zinc, sulphide of, 380. 

 Zinc, use of in water cisterns, 379. 

 Zirconia, 391. 



