TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



XV11 



Trituration page 162 



The chemico-electric theory 16i 

 Arrangement of particles . 163 

 The freezing and boiling 



points 163 



Thermometers 163 



Wedgewood's pyrometer . 164 



Combustion 164 



Inflammable and combusti- 

 ble 164 



Pure flame 164 



Oil and coal gas 164 



Latent heat 165 



Solar and terrestrial heat . 165 



Animal heat 165 



Extreme heat of the air . , 165 

 Solidification and liquefac- 

 tion 1 66 



Compression 166 



Latent heat of steam .... 166 



Boiled potatoes 167 



Heat 167 



Friction 1 67 



Newton's subtle fluid 167 



Extreme tenuity 168 



Reflected heat 168 



Heat conductors 168 



Motes in the sunbeams . . 168 



Crucibles 169 



Smoke-devouring furnaces 169 



Daily heat 169 



Cooling 169 



Concentrated cold 170 



Artificial cold 170 



Bengal ice 170 



Latitude and elevation . . 1 70 

 Perpetual congelation .... 170 

 Polarized light 171 



Phosphorescence .... page 171 



Light and motion 172 



Gas 172 



Weight of the gases 172 



Liquefaction of the gases by 



high pressure 172 



Hydrogen 173 



Elements and weight of 



water 173 



Oxygen 173 



The acidifying principle . . 174 

 The principle of combustion 174 

 Ultimate atoms of oxygen 175 



Chlorine 175 



The bleaching liquid .... 175 



Nitrogen, or azote 176 



Muriatic acid 176 



Carbonic acid 176 



The nourishment of plants 177 



Hard water 177 



Soda water 177 



ream 178 



Oxalic acid 178 



The metals 178 



The refining of metals .... 178 



Common salt 179 



Saline ingredients in sea- 

 water 179 



Soda 179 



Slauber salts 180 



Epsom salts 180 



Chemical tests 180 



[nsolubility 180 



Nitre beds 180 



Test of alkali 180 



hampagne 181 



White and red wines .... 181 

 Quantity of alcohol in wine 182 



LAW, POLITICS, &c. 



A Court of law 183 



Common law 184 



Infraction of old rules. ... 184 



Writs 184 



Qui Tarn actions 185 



Damages 185 



The first wrong 185 



Judicial decisions 185 



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