INDEX. 



557 



CAVENDISH, celebrated experiment of, 



222 

 Celluloid, 452 



, explosion of, 73 



CHABRIER on nitrites and nitrate, 213 

 CHAMPION on synchronous vibrations, 



80 



on nitroglycerin, 281 



CHAPPUIS on ozone, 384 

 Charcoals in powder, 488 

 Chili, nitrate mines in, 207 

 Chlorate mixtures, 523-526 



powders, dangers of, 518 



Chlorated powders, 522 



, disadvantages of, 541 



Chlorates, 133, 143, 344 



, formation of, 348 



Chloric acid, 344 

 Chlorine, 73, 344 



on ammonia, 239 



Chromates, 134 

 Chronograph, the, 93 

 CLAUSIUS on specific heats, 10 



on molecules, 90 



CLOEZ on porous bodies, 218 



on rust, 219 



Collodion cotton, 442, 446 

 Combination, chemical, 11 

 Combustible bodies, list of, 159 

 Combustion and detonation, 55 



, modes of, 52 



of bodies, 153 



Compounds, see tables, 125 



through nitric acid, 265 



COVILLE on dynamite cartridges, 75 

 Curtis and Harvey powder, 510 

 Cyanides, double, 325 



, mercury and potassium, 325 



, silver and potassium, 326 



Cyanogen, 66, 71-73, 300 



compounds, 132 



series, formation of, 299 



, combustion of, 161, 300 



witli chloride, 320, 333 



with chlorine, 337 



with iodine, 340 



iodide, 339 



Daniell cells, 231, 233 



D ALTON on oxides of nitrogen, 190 



DAVY, H., on ignition, 61, 394 



Davy powder, 516 



DEBUS on hyposulphite, 486, 497 



on equivalent relations, 498, 500 



Decoin position in a Closed vessel, 15 



, spontaneous, 45 



, modes of, 57 



Deflagration, propagation of, 53 

 DEHERAIN on nitrites and nitrates, 2Q9, 



213 



DEMONDESIR on mixture limits, 393 

 Densities, table of, 144 



DEPREZ, MARCEL, manometric balances 



of, 21 



, accelerograph of, 21 



, accelerometer of, 21 



on the blow of a hammer, 53 



Designolle powders, 461 



, analysis of, 467 



DESAINS on nitrogen pentoxide, 183 



DESORTIAUX, 20 



Detonating gaseous mixtures, 383, 386, 



543 

 Detonation, 55 



, limit of, 107, 110 



, conditions of, 103 



, rapidity of, in solid and liquid 



explosions, 546 

 Detonators, 148-159 



, the most powerful, 55 



DEVILLE on potassium nitrate, 160 



on nitrogen pentoxide, 181 



on sulphur-density, 402 



on nitrogen chloride, 405 



on sulphurous gas, 479 



Dextrine, 231 



Diazobenzene nitrate, 291, 471 

 Diazo compounds, 290, 468 

 Dinitrobenzene, 272, 553 

 Dinitroglycolic ether, 421 

 Dispersion of explosives, 56 

 Dissociation, 8 



, influence of, 11 



, phenomena of, 12, 13 



, annulled influence of, 111 



, effects of, 529 



DITTE on hydrated iodic acid, 361 

 DIVERS discovers silver hyponitrite, 185 



on ammonium chloride, 190 



Dynamite, 2, 54 



with ammonium nitrate base, 439 



with nitrocellulose base, 444 



Dynamites, 431 



, classes of, 431-433 



, designation of, 433, 436 



, practical needs of, 433 



, general notions of, 434 



DULONG on specific heats, 115, 121 



with the water calorimeter, 124 



on oxides of nitrogen, 1 90 



on nitrogen trioxide, 196 



on cyanogen, 301 



Dusts, gas and combustible, 399 



, air and charcoal, 399 



, and starch, 399 



, and sulphur, 400 



Electricity and nitrous oxide, 1 93 



in general, actions of, 219 



, low tension of, 230 



, atmospheric, 233 



Empiricism, 527 

 Endothermal, 66, 115 

 Energy, absorption of, 2 



