INDEX 



189 



Lead, 62, 107, 108. 



alloys, 58. 



• occurrence, 67. 



oxides, 52, 61, 63, 82. 



physical properties, 59, 60. 



salts, 82, 113, 162. 



sulphide, 67, 162. 



Light and chemical change, 84, 90, 



166, 167, 171. 

 Lignite, 140. 

 Lirae, 52, 57, 63-65, 86, 93, 98, 100, 



108-111. 



stone, log. 



water, 22. 



Liquefying points, 142. 



Liquids, determination of density, 31- 



physical properties, 35, 142, 152. 



solubility, 29. 



Litharge, 52, 61, 63, 82. 

 Litmus, 18, 51, 103. 

 Loadstone, 58. 

 Lubricants, 143. 

 Luminosity, 144, 146. 

 Lump ammonia, iii. 



Magnesia, 51, 52, 55, 56, 63, 96. 

 Magnesian limestone, 108. 

 Magnesium, 55-57, 62, 106, 108. 



occurrence, 81, 99, 108, iii. 



oxide ; see magnesia. 



salts, 73, 74, 76, 81, 96, 99, 108, 



III, 158, 166. 



test for, 96. 



Malachite, 108. 



Malt, 152. 



Maltose, 140, 141, 149, 152. 



Manganese, 62, 108. 



occurrence, 58. 



oxides, 52, 58, 63, 64, 83, 84. 



Manures, 81, 87, 91, 93, 97, 98, 112, 



161. 



mixture of, 98, no, 112. 



Marble, 105, 109. 



Marsh gas ; see methane. 



Matches, 94. 



Meerschaum, 99. 



Melting point, 27, 35, 60, 142, 155, 



156. 

 Mercury, 35, 56-60, 62, io8. 



occurrence, 58, 67. 



oxide, 19-21, 52, 56, 6"^. 



physical properties, 35, 60. 



— — sulphide, 67. 

 Metallurgy, 107, 108. 



Metals, 52-60. 



action on acids, 76, 89, 90. 



action on water, 36, 54-57. 



alloys, 58, 59. 



classification, 57. 



hydroxides, 65. 



noble and Ijase, 57. 



occurrence, 58, 67, 73, 81, 92, 97, 



99, 108, 109. 



oxides, 51-57, 63-65. 



oxidisability, 53-58. 



physical properties, 58-60. 



sulphides, 67. 



Methane, 104, 142, 145, 147. 

 Metric system, 11, 12. 

 Mica, 99. 

 Milk, 165, 166. 



analysis, i66. 



sugar, 140, 141, 165, 166. 



Molecular constitution, 171. 



weights and physical properties, 



142, 152, 156, 170. 

 Molecules and molecular weights, 



113-115- 



Molybdenum and molybdate of am- 

 monium, 96. 



Morphia, 160. 



Mortar, 109. 



Muriate of potash, 81. 



ammonia, 87. 



Muriatic acid and muriates, 79 ; see also 

 hydrochloric acid and chlorides. 



Myosin, 164. 



Mjrristates, 154, 156, 159. 



Myristic acid, 154. 



Myristin, 156. 



Naphtha, 143. 

 Naphthalene, 146, 148. 

 Neutrality, 52, 71. 

 Nicotine, 160. 

 Nitrate of soda, 88, 92, 93. 

 Nitrates, 88-93, ^39' ^S^. 166. 



tests for, 91. 



Nitre, 88, 89, 91. 

 Nitric acid, 88-93, 139- 



anhydride, 52. 



oxide, 89, 91. 



Nitrification, 91-93, no. 



Nitrites, 90, 150, 151. 



Nitrogen, 19, 62, 85, 89, 90, 145, 147. 



oxides, 52, 89, 90. 



Nitro-glycerine, 152. 

 Nitrous acid, 90, 151. 

 oxide, 89, 



