560 



INDEX. 



M 



MALLARD. See LE CHATELIER. 

 Manometer, 389 

 Manometric balances, 21 

 MAQUENNE on nitrites and nitrates, 209, 



213 

 MARIGNAC on sulphites, 484 



on anhydrous bisulphite, 485 



Mariotte's law, 27, 28, 403 



. See GAY-LUSSAC 



MARSH on arseniuretted hydrogen, 68 

 MASCART on fixation of nitrogen, 233 

 Measurements, 20, 89 

 MEILLET on cyanide, 327 

 MELLONI on Soliatara, 393 

 Mercuric cyanide, 302, 310, 318, 322 

 , formation from the acid and the 



oxide, 318 

 , formation from the elements, 298, 



319 



, absorption of heat of, 319, 320 



Mercury fulminate, 2, 48, 91, 297, 468 

 , point of deflagration of, 292, 



469 



, analysis of, 297 



, heat of formation of, 297, 468 



, heat of decomposition of, 298 



oxalate, 476 



Metallic cyanides, 318 



oxalates, 364 



, heat of formation of, 365 



oxides, 130 



sulphides, 131 



Metalloids, 128, 129 



Methyl nitrate, 284, 549. See also 



Nitro-methylic ether 

 Methylperchloric ether, 474 

 MEUDON, apparatus of, 20 

 MEYER. See UPPMAN 

 Microbes, 208 

 Microderms, 208 

 MILLON on barium chlorate, 350 

 MILLOT on nitroglycerin, 439 

 MITSCHERLICH on hyposulphite, 483 

 Mixtures, chlorate and nitrate, 525 

 Molecular volumes, table of, 144 

 MONTLUISANT, apparatus of, 20 

 MULDER on earthy substances, 219 

 MUSPRATT on sulphites, 484, 485 

 MUNTZ on nitre, 208 

 on the oxidation of ammonia, 214 



N 



Naphthalene, 136, 139 

 Neumann, ballistic pendulum, 21 

 Nitrate, diazobenzene, 291 

 Nitrates, 126 



, formation of the, 126, 1 27, 133, 1 35 



, heat of formation, 202 



, general remarks, 204 



, origin of the, 207 



Nitrates, queries on, 208 

 Nitric acid, 200, 213, 293 

 , heat liberated by, 200 



, formation of, 213 



, reproduction of, 296 



, heat of formation, 173 



and dinitrobenzene, 474 



and nitrobenzene, 473 



and organic compounds, 472 



and picric acid, 473 



derivatives, 139 



ether, 279 



, formation of, 279-281 



, heat of formation, 280 



, decomposition of, 281 



, heat of total combustion, 28 1 



ethers, 279 418 



oxide, 160, 192 



, decomposition, 192 



, heat of formation, 1 60 



, heat liberated by, 200 



, want of stability, 194 



peroxide, 167, 179, 198 



, heat of formation, 167-172 



, heat liberated, 172, 199 



Nitrides, 368 

 Nitrification, chemical, 210 



, natural, 207 



, thermal, 215 



Nitrites, 124, 163-167 



, ammonium, 165 



, barium, 164 



, silver, 166 



Nitrogen, fixation of, 217 



chloride, 404 



iodide, 406,, 



monoxide, 162, 195 



pentoxide, 181-184 



selenide, 263 



, an endothermal compound, 



263 



sulphide, 261 



trioxide, 163, 167, 171, 195 



Nitro compounds, 137 

 Nitrobenzene, 269, 553 

 Nitrobenzoic acid, 275 

 Nitrogenous compounds, 217, 290 

 Nitrocelluloses, 444, 446 

 Nitro-ethylic ether, 418 

 Nitroglycerin, 14, 59, 281, 422, 548 



, heat of formation, 282, 423 



, inflammation of, 423 



, poisonous, 423 



, pressures, 424, 425 



, summation, 426, 427 



Nitrohydrocellulose, 448, 547 

 Nitromannite, 283, 428, 548 



, maximum work, 430 



Nitro-methylic ether, 420 

 Nitro-starch (xyloidin), 286, 548 

 Nitrous acid, 195, 212 



, formation of, 212 



, from ammonia, 212 



NOBEL on detonators, 52 



