470 



INDEX. 



Cloth, Incombustible, 352. 

 Coal, Anthracite, 851. 



Oils from, 355. 

 Cobalt, 245. 

 Cohesion, 12. 



Relation of, and Affinity, 277. 

 Cold, Definition of, 27. 



Extreme, how measured, 59. 



Supposed Radiation of, 45. 



Water, Lightness of, 55. 

 Collodion, 356. 



Color, Change of, by Touch, 301. 

 Coloring Matters, 396. 

 Combustion, Definition of, 145. 



under Water, 178. 

 Composts, 407. 

 Compound Blowpipe, 229. 



Circuit, Decomposition by the, 

 115. 



Galvanic Circuit, 114. 



Radicals, 340. 

 Concave Lens, Action of, 22. 



Mirrors, Theory of, 19. 

 Conducting Power, Simple Test 



of, 35. 



Copper, 254. 



Counterfeiting, Prevention of, 331. 

 Crystal Forms, Systems of, 281. 



Glass, 321. 

 Crystallization, 208. 

 Culinary Paradox, 84. 

 Cupellation, 263. 

 Cyanides, 374. 

 Cyanogen, 374. 



D. 



Daguerreotype, The, 327. 

 Davy's Safety Lamp, 222. 

 Decay, Preventives of, 352. 

 Definite Proportions, Law of, 134. 

 Dew, 75. 



Absence of, on Polished Sur- 

 faces, 45. 



Artificial prevention of, 44. 



Formation of, 44. 



Point, 74. 



how to find the, 74. 

 Distillation, 97. 



Dyeing, 397. 

 Dyes, Mineral, 399. 



E. 



Earth, Cooling of the, 43. 

 Earthen-ware, 322. 

 Effervescent Drinks, 191. 

 Elastic Force of Vapors, 89 

 Electric Light, 111. 

 Electricity and Magnetism, 99. 



Conduction of, 103. 



Decomposition of water by. 

 105. 



Frictional, 102. 



Galvanic, 103. 



Quantity of, in Matter, 104. 



Theory of, 102. 

 Electrodes, 103. 



Elements, Electrical Relations"of 

 138. 



Number of, 11. 



Table of, App. 

 Empyreumatic Oils, 382. 

 Enamel, 322. 

 Engine, The Steam, 91. 

 Equivalents, Chemical, 134 



Table of, App. 

 Essences, Artificial, 382. 

 Essentials Oils, 379. 

 Etching on Glass, 213. 

 Ether, Conversion of Alcohol into, 



368. 



Ethyl, Production of, 369. 

 Evaporation, Economy in, 97. 



Effect of Wind on, 70. 



Freezing by, 68. 



Protection from Heat by, 68. 

 Expansion, 50. 



Fracture of Glass Vessels by, 

 53. 



Law of, for Gases, 57. 



Lifting Walls by, 52. 



of Cold Water by Cold, 54. 

 Gases, 56. 

 Liquids, 54-56. 

 Solids, 51. 

 Wood and Marble, 53. 



