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Index 



Bromine, care in handling, 74 

 Bunsen cell, 283 



Burette, 39; testing graduation 

 of, 59; use of, 313 



Calcium, action on water, 281 



Calcium carbonate, 225; chloride, 

 as drying agent, 229, 234, 286, 

 288,296; oxide, 225 



Calipers, use of, 16, 17 



Calorie, 161; relation to gram- 

 centimetre, 201 



Calorimeter, 173 



Candle, constituents of, 224 



Capacity, units of, 34 



Carbon, combustion in oxygen, 256 



Carbon dioxide, action on water, 

 258; dissolved in water, 243, 

 246; composition of, 263; 

 specific gravity of, 177; food 

 of plants, 242 ; formation from 

 elements, 256; presence in air 

 of, 232, 242 ; in air, sources of, 

 253 ; in expired air, 233 ; pro- 

 duct of combustion, 22, decay, 

 244, plant life, 243, respiration, 

 226 



Carbonic acid, 256, 258 



Carbon present in food, 227 



Catalysis, 255 



Caustic potash, absorbent for 

 carbon dioxide, 229, 246 



Caustic soda, 259 



Celsius scale of temperature, 147 



Centimetre, 3 



Centre of gravity, 109; of plane 

 figure, 109 



Centrifugal force, 47 



Chalk, 225; composition of, 302 



Change of colour produced by 

 heat, 131 ; state produced by 

 heat, 130 



Charles's Law, 154, 156 



Chemical action, signs of, 303; 

 change, 133, 217 



Chemical change, produced by 

 heat, 131 



Chemical classification, 306; com- 

 bination, 217, 262, heat pro- 

 duced during, 218; decom- 

 position, 262; energy, 261, 

 262; equations, 217, 262; 



formulae, 262; nomenclature, 



309; symbols, 262 

 Circle, area by squared paper, 31 ; 



ratio of circumference to dia- 

 meter, 15 

 Classification, function of, 81 ; of 



compounds, 308; of elements, 



307 



Clinical thermometer, 149 

 Clothes, choice of, 197 

 Coal, energy stored in, 202 

 Cobalt chloride, use of, 235 

 Cohesion, 73, 77 

 Collection of gases by downward 



displacement of air, 289 

 Combustion, dependent on air, 



207 ; increase of weight during, 



227 

 Compound, 224; distinction from 



mixture, 302 



Compounds, binary, 308; classifi- 

 cation of, 308; quaternary, 



309; ternary, 309 

 Condenser, Liebig, 269; worm, 



269 



Conduction of heat, 184, 185 

 Conductors of heat, good and bad, 



185 



Cone, volume of, 37 

 Constant Composition, Law of, 301 

 Convection currents in gases, 189 ; 



in liquids, 187 

 Copper, action of air on, 218; 



sulphate, anhydrous, 289 

 Cotton-wool, poor heat conductor, 



169, 171 



CO 2 , meaning of formula, 262 

 Counterpoising, method of, 57 

 Critical pressure, 82; state, 82; 



temperature, 82 

 Crystallisation, 271; heat evolved 



during, 273 



Crystals, 314; growth of, 271 

 Cube, 33 



Cubical expansion by heat, 126 

 Cubic centimetre, comparison with 



cubic inch, 34 



Cubic inch, relation to pint, 34 

 Curved lines, measurement of, 13, 



15 



Curve plotting, 236 

 Cylinder, volume of, 37 



