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INDEX 



Diameter, of a circle, 10 ; of a 



sphere, 9. 

 Diamond, 163. 

 Distillation, of water, 114 ; of 



alcohol, 115. 

 Distilling apparatus, 117. 



Efflorescence, 100. 



Elements, 137, 138. 



K(|iiilibriiim, 34. 



Evaporation, 101. 



Expansion, of solids by heat, 71, 73 ; 

 liquids, 72 ; gases, 73 ; coeffi- 

 cient of, for air, 84, 85. 



Fahrenheit scale, 82. 



Kilters, '.If). 



Filtration, 95. 



Floating bodies, 50, 



Fluids, 1. 



Force, definition of, 24 ; parallel 



forces, 29. 

 Form, 90. 

 Friable, 91. 

 Fulcrum, 39. 



Gases, properties of, 2. 



Graphite, 163. 



Gravitation, 24. 



Gravity, attraction of, 28; centre 



of, 32. 

 Green vitriol, 99, 142. 



Hardness, 90, 91. 



Hare's apparatus, 62. 



Heat, effect of, on substances, 92 ; 

 source of, 92. 



Helium, 133. 



Hydrochloric acid, 141. 14~>. 



Hydrogen, 151-157 ; preparation 

 and properties, 151-154 ; water 

 formed by burning of, 1 .">.">. l.~><> : 

 action of, on copper oxide, 157. 



Hydrometers, 57. 



Hydroxides, 160. 



Indestructibility of matter, 139. 

 Inertia, 23. 



Krypton, 133. 



Lactometer, 57. 



Law, of motion, first, 23 ; constant 

 composition, 139 ; indestructi- 



bility of matter, 139 ; Boyle's, 



66-<i!>. 

 Lead, 108 (see Red lead and 



Litharge). 

 Length, 4. 

 Lever, 38-40. 

 Liebig's condenser, 117. 

 Lime, 96, 172 ; water, 164. 

 Li(|iiids, 2. 

 Litharge, 109, 126 

 Litmus. 

 Litre. 19. 



Magnrsium. 1 In : irain of weight 



(liiriii'_r heating, 110; buruiiiL' 



of, in oxygen, 129. 

 Malleable, 91. 

 Manganese dioxide, 128. 

 Mass, 21 i. 



Matter, different kinds of. 1. 

 Measures, British, 5 ; metric, ."> : 



table of, 21. 

 Mercury oxide, 127; gas obtained 



by heating, 125. 

 Metre, 5. 



Moments, principles of, 38, 40. 

 Muriatic acid, 144-1 I.',. 



Neon, 133. 



Nitre, 100 ; solubility of, 101. 

 Nitric acid, II'. 

 Nitrogen, 132. 



Normal temperature and pressure, 

 85. 



Octahedral sulphur, 106. 



Odour, 90. 



Oil of vitriol, 142, 143. 



Opaque, 89. 



Opisometer, 8. 



Oxides, classification of, 130. 



Oxygen, 125-132 ; discovery of, 129 : 

 preparation and properties of, 

 127-129 ; density of, 135. 



Oxygen mixture, 128. 



Ozone, 134. 



Parallelogram, area of, 13. 



Phlogistic theory, 132. 



Phosphorus, 119 ; burning of, 119, 

 129 ; different kinds of, 121 ; 

 change of weight during com- 

 bustion of, 120 ; oxide, 123, 

 131. 



