556 



INDEX. 



Alkalinity, 209 

 Alkalis and acids, 215 



, organic, 253 



Alum, calcined, 432 

 Alumina, 130, 144 

 Aluminium, 143 

 Amarantaceae, 207 

 Amides, 258, 315 

 Ammonia, 237, 250 



, heat of formation, 237 



, combustion of, 240 



Ammoniacal salts, 243 

 Ammonium bichromate, 41 5 



, composition, 415 



bromide, 317 



chloride, 317 



cyanide, 317 



nitrate, 409 



nitrite, 165, 167, 203, 409 



, decomposition, 409 



perchlorate, 414 



picrate, 466 



in fireworks, 467 



with strontium nitrate, 467 



Amorces, 46, 77, et passim. 

 ANDRE, 124 

 ANDREWS, 124 



on heat measurement, 160 



on the electric spark, 191 



Aniline, 291 



Atmospheric electricity, 233 



Authorities, list of, 124 



B 



Bacteria, 208 



BALARD on ammonium hypochlorite, 



240 



Ballistic pendulum, 21 

 BARBE on " La Dynamite," 426 

 Barium, specific heat of, 143 



carbonate, 142 



chlorate, 133, 345 



dioxide, 169, 173, 174, 179 



nitrate, 134, 182 



nitrite, 164, 167 



, formation of, 182 



perchlorate, 133 



sulphate, 142 



BARRAL, analysis of rain, 222 

 Baryta, 130, 173 



and acids, 144 



and solid salts, 126, 127, 133 



Bases and salts, 119 



, weak, 119 



, strong, 212 



Benzene, 125, 136, 138, 139, 140, 271 



, combustion of, 154 



and sulphuric acid, 276 



Benzoates, 127 

 BERTHOLLET on ignition, 61 



, discoveries of, 518 



BERZELIUS on ignition, 416 

 BERZELIUS on polysulphide, 482 



BIANCHI on gunpowder in a vacuum. 



48 



Bismuth, 139, 141, 142, 370 

 Blasting gelatine, 433, 441 

 Bodies, inert, 43 

 Borlinetto powders, 461 

 BOULENGE, LE, dynamometer of, 21 



, monograph of, 21 



, chronograph of, 93, 95, 96 



BOUSSINGAULT on gaseous states, 31 



on mould, 232 



on absorption of free nitrogen, 



234 



on dissociation of sulphates, 482 



BOUTMY on nitroglycerin, 423 

 BOYLE on powder in a vacuum, 48 

 BRACONNOT on nitric compounds, 444 

 Bromic acid, 357 

 Bromine, liquid, 176 



, oxygenated compounds of, 357 



BROWN on gun-cotton, 444 

 Brugere powder, 46 1 



, analysis of, 467 



BUFF on nitrogen monoxide, 191 



on nitric oxide, 192 



on sulphurous gas, 479 



RUIGNET on hydrocyanic acid, 310 

 BUNSEN on velocity of combustion, 49 , 



56 



on the regime of combustion,]! 13 



, ice calorimeter of, 145 



on measurement of heat, 160 



elements, 191, 193 



on pressures, 389 



on temperature, 390 



on powders, 477 



on charcoal powders, 488 



on potassium hyposulphite, 497 



on heat liberation, 509 



on gas liberation, 510 



BUSSY on hydrocyanic acid, 310 



Cadmium, 318 



Calibration of crusher gauge, 29 X 



Calorie, 14, 145 



Calorimeter, the, 145-148. 



, ice, water, and mercury, 145 



Calorimetric bomb, 148-159 



Cane sugar and chlorate, 524 



Carbon burnt in oxygen, 479 



and potassium carbonate, 483 



and sulphurous acid gas, 479 



Carbonates, 126 



Carbonic acid and sulphur, 480 



oxide, decomposition of, 479 



, combustion of, by oxygen, 



162 



, combustion by nitrogen mon- 

 oxide, 162 



CARIUS on ozone, 218 



CASTAN on combustion velocity, 49 



CAVALLI and the ballistic pendulum, 21 



