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INDEX 



Atoms, 113, 



Atropia, 160. 



Availability of soil constituents, 97, 9 



Avogadro's hypothesis, 114. 



Baking powder, 149. 

 Barium, 55, 57, 62. 



occurrence, 73. 



oxide ; see baryta. 



salts, 73, 'j'j. 



test for, 55. 



Barometer 15, 16. 

 Baryta, 52, 77. 

 Bases, 51, 85, 160. 

 Basic oxides, 51, 63, 64. 



hydrates, 65. 



salts, 98, 99. 



slag, 98. 



Basicity of acids, 154, 171. 

 Beer, 152, 153, 



Benzene or benzol, 145, 146, 148. 

 Benzine and benzoline, 143. 

 Benzoic acid, 154. 



aldehyde, 154. 



Bicarbonates, iii, 158. 

 Bichromate of potash, 64, 153. 

 Bile, 167. 

 Black lead, 103. 

 Bleaching agents, 70, 84. 

 Blood, 164, 167. 

 Blue stone ; see vitriol, blue. 

 Boiling points, 26, 35, 142, 152. 

 Bone, 97, 102. 



ash or earth, 97, 102. 



black, 102. 



Boron, boracic acid, and borax, 166. 



Brass, 58. 



Bread, 149. 



Breaking strain of metals, 58, 60. 



Brewing, 152, 



Bricks and brick earth, loo. 



Britannia metal, 58. 



British gum, 137. 



Bromine and bromides, 8i, 



Bronze coin, 58. 



Bunsen burner, 146. 



Butane, 142. 



Butter, 154, 159, 



Butyrate of glyceryl, 154, 156, 159. 



Butyric acid, 153, 154, 159. 



Butyrin, 156, 159. 



Caffeine, 161. 

 Calamine, 108. 

 Calc spar, 109. 



Calcium, 55, 57, 62. 



occurrence, 73, 97, 99, 109. 



oxide and hydroxide ; see lime. 



salts, 26, 53, 73, 75, 81, 91, 95, 97, 



98, 100, 108, 109, III, 158. 



test for, 55. 



Calibration, 12. 



Candles, 158. 



Cane sugar, 139, 141, 148, 149, 168. 



Capillarity, loi, 102. 



Carbamide, 161. 



Carbohydrates, 136, 141, 167, 168, 171. 



Carbolic acid, 151, 152. 



Carbon, 23, 25, 62, 83, 102, 106-108, 



136, 140, 146, 147, 



dioxide ; see carbonic acid gas. 



monoxide, 107, 145. 



Carbonates, 103, 108-112, 158. 



Carbonic acid, no. 



gas, 22-26, 43, 52, 105-107, no, 



III, 114, 145, 149, 152, 167. 

 Carbonisation, 102, 141. 

 Carnallite, 81. 

 Casein, 163, 165. 

 Cellulose, 136, 138, 140, 141, 152. 



salts, 139. 



Cements, 74, 109. 

 Chalk, 22, 108. 



French, 99. 



Charcoal, 25, 89, 102-104, 107, 147. 



Chemical change, 42, 171. 



combination, 19, 42, 43, 66, 70, 



112-114, 171. 



compounds, 19, 43. 



elements, 19, 62. 



equations, 72. 



equilibrium, ']']. 



formulae, 62, 72, 82, 115, 116. 



Chemistry, science of, 42, 172. 



Chili saltpetre, 88. 



Chlorides, 26, 78-82, 87, 92, 113. 



occurrence, 81. 



test for, 82. 



Chlorinated lime, 84. 

 Chlorine, 62, 79, 82-84. 



oxide, 52, 84. 



Chlorophyll, 167. 

 Chromium, 62. 



trioxide, 64. 



Cinnabar, dj. 



Classification of elements, 52, xi6. 



metals, 57. 



organic compounds, 170. 



Clay, 99-102. 

 ironstone, 108. 



