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SUBJECT INDEX 



Nitric acid, synthesis of, 200 

 oxide, absorbed by ferrous 



salts, 72 

 and oxygen do not unite 



when dry, 530 

 combination with oxygen, 



201 



composition of, 194, 207, 332 

 density of, 520 

 properties of, 72 

 Nitrites, 199 

 Nitro-aerial spirit, 32 

 Nitrobenzene, 417 

 Nitrobenzoic acid, 431 

 Nitrogen, 45, 121 



atomic weight of, 349 

 from fulminating gold, 261 

 iodide, 239 

 peroxide, 73, 197 

 composition of, 195 

 dissociation of, 525 

 dry, boiling-point of, 530 

 molecular heat of, 526 

 properties of, 75 

 solid, 525 



vapour-density of, 525 

 Nitrous acid, 73, 199 



gas, 73 

 Nitrous air (see also Nitric 



oxide), 72 

 combination of oxygen 



with, 73 

 diminished (nitrous oxide), 



77 



Nitrous anhydride, dry, boil- 

 ing-point of, 530 

 dry, properties of, 530 

 fumes (nitrogen peroxide), 73 

 oxide as an anaesthetic, 80, 81 

 composition of, 193 

 from ammonium nitrate, 79 

 properties of, 78, 79 

 Noble metals, 8 

 Nomenclature chemical, 17 ; 

 ammonia, 57; ammonium, 

 267 ; anhydrides, 250 ; bar- 

 ium, 281 ; bromine, 240 ; 

 calcium, 281 ; carbon, 98 ; 

 carbonic acid and carbonates, 

 103 ; carbonic oxide, 140 ; 



chloric acid and chlorates, 

 228 ; chlorides, 218 ; chlorine, 

 212 ; crystals, 6 ; cyanides, 

 245 ; cyanogen, 399 ; fluorine, 

 2 33 > hydriodic acid, 239 ; 

 hydrochloric acid, 218 ; hy- 

 drocyanic acid, 245 ; hydro- 

 fluoric acid, 235 ; hydrogen, 

 117 ; iodides, 238 ; iodine, 

 237 ; magnesium, 281 ; ni- 

 trates, 199 ; nitric acid, 14, 

 198, 199 ; nitric oxide, 194 ; 

 nitrites, 199 ; nitrogen, 45, 

 191 ; nitrogen peroxide, 73, 

 197 ; nitrous acid, 199 ; ni- 

 trons oxide, 193 ; oxygen, 42 ; 

 phosphoric acid and phos- 

 phates, 179 ; phosphorous 

 acid and phosphites, 179 ; 

 potassium, 275 ; prussic acid 

 and prussiates, 243 ; salts, 16 ; 

 sodium, 278 ; strontium, 281 ; 

 sulphides and sulphurets, 172 ; 

 sulphuric acids and sulphates, 

 14, 163 ; sulphurous acid and 

 sulphites, 164 ; see also under 

 Compound radicals. 



Nordhausen oil of vitriol, 13 



Nuclei, derived, 416 

 fundamental, 416 



O 



Octaves, Newlands's, 456 

 Odd series, 460 

 Oils, 6 



composition of, 391 

 of bitter almonds, 399 

 of vitriol, 9, 13 



contains sulphur, 163 

 displaced by nitric acid, 498 

 sulphur in, 14 

 Olefiant gas, 155 



composition of, 155 

 decomposed by sparking, 



156 



discovery of, 154 

 preparation from alcohol, 



387 

 Ordinals, 493 



