108G 



INDEX. 



Salts of lime and calcium, 495, 496, 851 



945. 

 of margaric acid. 958. 



in mineral waters, 195. 



metallic, 1032. 



neutral, 163, 759, et passim. 



of phosphoric acid, 165. 



of potash and antimony, etc. 640. 



of silver, 671 et seq. 845. 



of soda, 465. 



stannic, 600. 



stannous, 600. 



of strontian, the soluble, 489. 



telluric, 624, 625. 



valeric, 816. 



of zinc, 575. 



Saltpetre, 292. 

 Sap of plants, 196. 

 Santonin, 909. 



Sausages, causes of poison of, 727. 

 Sea-salt in solution, its evaporation, 136. 

 Sea-water, evaporation of, by culm, 463. 

 Sebacic acid, 966. 



ether, 966. 



Sebates, 966. 



Secretions, animal; serving digestion, 1043 



et seq. 



Seleniates, 339. 

 Selenic acid, 338. 

 Selenious acid, 337. 

 Selenium, 142, 336. 



its properties, 337. 



oxide of, 337. 



Sericic acid, 957. 



ether, 957. 



Sericine, 957. 



Serous liquids, &c. 1050. 

 Serpentine, 509. 

 Silica, 314. 

 Silicates, 316. 



of alumina, 519, ct seq. 



of lime and magnesia, 509, 



of lithia and alumina, 521. 



of lime and alumina, 521. 



of magnesia and alumina, 521. 



Silicic acid, 147, 314, 509. 



Silicitim, 312. 

 Silicon, 147, 312. 

 Silver, 664. 

 pure, 666. 



native, 673. 



ammoniaret of, 668. 



. oxides of, 667, et seq. 



acetate of, 673. 



bromide of, 669. 



benzoate of, 851. 



chloride of, 669. 



cyanide of, 6/0, 984. 



carbonate of, 670. 



sulphuretof, 668. 



sulphate of, 670. 



hyposulphate of, 670. 



hyposulphite of, 671. 



iodide of, 670. 



nitrate of, 671. 



nitrite of, 672. 



ammonio- nitrate of, a test of arse- 



nious acid, 632. 



oxalate of, 673, 933. 



peroxide of, 673. 



lactate of, 811. 



valerate of, 816. 



- sulphuret of, 144. 



alloys of, 673. 



Skin of animals, of the, 1055. 



Sky, blue colour of the, 274. 



Smelting of clay iron-stone, 547. A flux, 



547. Slag. Hot blast, 548. 

 Snow, its formation, 277. 



liquefaction of by stilts, 44. 



Soapstone, 521. 



Soaps of vegetable oils, 957, 958. 

 Soda, and its solutions, 462. 



arseniate of, 137. 



binarseniate of, 630. 



carbonate of, 465. 



the anhydrous carbonate, 466. 



the carbonate prepared from its 



sulphate, 471. 



bicarbonate of, 469. 



the sesquicarbonate, 469. 



felspar, 520. 



hydrate of, 462. 



nitrate of, of S. America, 292. 



oxalate of, 933. 



phosphate of, 137. 



reverberatory furnace for the mak- 

 ing of, 471. 



salt, 466. 



salts of, 465. 



tribasic subphosphate of, 498. 



acid tungstate of, 618. 



Sodalite, 521. 



Sodium, its classification, 143, 468. 



or natrium, 461. 



compounds of, 462. 



chloride of, 463, 464. 



sulphurets of, 463. 



bromide of, 465. 



iodide of 495. 



double cyanides of potassium and, 



989. 



Solanine, 976, 983. 

 Solar rays, 88 et seq. 274. 

 Solid bodies, their expansion, 2, 

 liquefaction, or partial liquefying of, 39. 

 Solubility of the salts, diagram, 182. 

 Solution and solvent powers, 180. 

 Spar, calcareous, 3. 

 Iceland, 89. 

 Spar, fluor, 49,'). 

 Specific gravities of the gases, 130. 



of metals, 431. 



Speiss, 571. 



Spinell, an aluminate of magnesia, 513. 



Spinea, oil of, 735. 



Spirit, wood, 819. 



Spirits, rectified, 761. 



proof, 761. 



grain, oil of, 811. see alcohol. 



Spodumene, 521. 



Stalactites, their formation, 497. 



Stannous oxide, 600. 



Staphisaine, 976. 



Starch, fecula or aruylin, 737, 1015. 



gelatinous, 739. 



granules of, 740. 



gum, 736. 



mucilaginous, 743. 



sugar of, 736, 743. 



inulin, 746. 



lichen, 747. 



sugar, 752. 



potato, 752. 



sour water of the manufacture of, 



809. 

 Steam, 56. 



engine, illustrations of the, 56, et 



seq. 



engines, boilers of locomotive, 59. 



expansion of water into, 56. 



specific gravity of, 135. 



passed over red hot iron, 188. 



the origin of certain colours of the 



atmosphere and clouds, 274. 



Stearates, neutral, 9tiO. 

 Stearic acid, 958, 9~>9. 



tearine, 961. 



teatite,' 509. 



Steel, conversion of iron into, 551. 

 Stilbite, lustrous, 521. 

 Stoneware, 524. 



