INDEX. 



451 



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Warm clothes continued, 

 some things more 



than others 165 



Wash-hand-basin . 171 



Washing, water for 275 



should not be hard 343 



WATEB . . 38,342 



and June . . 30 



and sulphuric acid 30 



ashes soften . . 345 



bad conductor 171, 234 



boiling 119, 232, 234 



bubbles 114,233 



rattles . . 116 



runs over 115, 233 



sings . . 233 



cleans dirty linen 344 



cold . .177 



converted to steam 



327, 343 



cools slowly . 225 

 deep, freezes slowly 856 

 dried up in summer 162 

 expands by frost . 351 

 by heat 351 

 extinguishes fire 54,107 

 flat when boiled 275 

 fluid . . .342 

 flowing, pure . 347 

 for washing . . 275 

 freezes at the sur- 

 face . . .253 

 hard . . 843 

 unfit for washing 843 

 how preserved cool 



191, 202 

 hot . 191 



heated . . 232 

 intenses fire . . 54 



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 Water continued. 



mixed with salt, 



boils slower .119 

 not heated above 



boiling . . 235 

 of a spring cool 182 

 ' purified . . 72 

 purifies bins, &c. 267 

 salt, bad for washing 343 

 shallow, freezes 



fastest . . 355 



slackens flame . 55 



soft . . .344 



best for washing 345 



sparkles . . 269 



stagnant . . 347 



full of worms 347 



stale . . 275 



swells with boiling 1 14 



will not bubble 



without soap . 348 

 warm when frozen 354 

 Water pipes broken by 



frost . 351 

 covered with litter 359 

 Watering plants by the 



saucer . . 420 



streets . . 159 



Waves . . .312 



Wax ... 74 



Wax candles need no 



snufling . 81 

 Weather affected by tern 



pests* . . 826 



prognostics of 337 



told by barometer 318 



rules . 819 



Weather toys . 339, 340 



Well, moon seen in . 374 



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