INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



ACETATES of cellulose, 34, 252, 316 . 

 Acetic acid, formation from cellu- j 

 lose, 255 



anhydride, action upon cellulose, 

 35, 316 ; upon regenerated cellu- 

 lose, 37 



condensation, 193 



residue in woods, 191 ; product 

 of simple hydrolysis of ligno- 

 celluloses, 192 ; characteristic 

 feature of lignification, 192, 319 



Adipocelluloses, 90, 225, 226 ; 

 proximate analysis, 227 ; general 

 methods of investigation, 267 



Aloe fibres, 220 



Amylobacterium, 66 



Amyloid, 53, 224 



Aniline dyes, action on jute fibre, 



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salts, action on jute fibre, 115 

 Arabic acid, 216 



Arabinose, 86, 216 

 Arabinosic acid, 216 

 Ascidia, 87 



BACTERIUM xylinum, 73 



Ballistite, 44, 309 



Bamboo stems, 220 



Belfast Linen Bleach,' 80 



Benzoates of cellulose, 32, 251, 316 



Blasting gelatin, 309 



Bleaching, isolation of cellulose 

 frcm raw fibres, 244, 255 ; linen 

 yarn, 286 ; jute cuttings, 287 ; 

 cotton, 288 ; ' maiket bleach,' 

 madder bleach,' 291 ; linen, 292 



' Brewers' grains,' composition of, 

 163, 260 ; method of examina- 

 tion, 260 



Brom-methyl furfural, 313 



Butyric fermentations, 234 



CARBOHYDRATES, 2 ; general me- 

 thods for identification, 261 ; 

 nitration, 315 



Carragheen mucilage, 225 



Celluloid, 44, 308 



Cellulose, I ; empirical composi- 

 tion, 3 ; hydrates, 4 ; their re- 

 action with iodine, 7 ; of green 

 fodder plants, 7 ; solutions of, 

 8 ; in zinc chloride, 8 ; in 

 zinc chloride and HC1, 9 ; in 

 ammoniacal cupric oxide, 9 ; 

 in ammoniacal cuprous oxide, 13, 

 246 ; threads or filaments in 

 electric lamp, 8 ; crystallised, 12 ; 

 theory of action of solvents, 14 ; 

 qualitative reactions and identi- 

 fication, 14 ; compounds of, 15 ; 

 with dilute alkalis and acids, 16 ; 

 with colouring matter, 19 ; capil- 

 lary phenomena, 18 ; action of al- 

 kaline solutions at high tempera- 

 tures, 22 ; action of concentrated 

 alkaline solutions, 23 ; thiocar- 

 bonates, 25, 318; their spontane- 

 ous decomposition, 26 ; their co- 

 agulation by heat, 27 ; quantative 

 regeneration of cellulose from 

 solutions of thiocarbonate, 28 ; 



