INDEX. 



A- 



Abba's test for arsenic, 359. 

 Acetic acid, 8, 196. 

 Acetylene, 7. 

 Acids, amino- 114, 208. 



bile, 277. 



- fatty, fermentation of, 114. 

 saturated, 195, 196. 



unsaturated, linoleic series of, 



196. 



oleic series of, 196. 



propiolic series of, 196. 



- in butter-fat, 313. 



organic, 199. 



resin, 49. 



Acrolein, acrylic acid, 315. 



Adamkiewicz's reaction, 210. 



Adams's method of fat estimation, 348. 



Adonite, adonitol, 184, 192. 



Adsorption, 52. 



Aerobic organisms, 115. 



Aesculin, 195. 



Agroceric acid, 49. 



Agrosterol, 49. 



Air as agent in soil-formation, 4L. 



v. Atmosphere. 

 Alanine, 208. 

 Albite, 35. 

 Albumin in milk, 315. 



composition of, 317. 

 Albuminoid ratio, 290. 

 Albuminoids in plants, 207. 



in milk, 315. 



digestible, in food-stuffs, 291. 

 unit value of, 308. 



- in fodder, 256. 

 Albumins, 207, 210. 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 185. 

 Alcohols, carbohydrate, 192. 

 Aldehydes, 203. 

 Aldoses, 180. 

 Aleurone grains, 207. 

 Alimentary canal of various animals, 



279. 



" Alinit," 66. 

 Aliphatic compounds in essential oils, 



204. 



Alkaloids, 213. 

 Allantoin, 212. 

 Allyl isothiocyanate, 205. 



sulphide, 205. 



Almond-nut cake, 283. 

 Aluminium, 12. 



phosphate, 143. 

 Amandin, 210. 

 Amber, 206. 



Amides, definition of, 8. 

 Amino-acids, 208. 



formation of, in farmyard ma- 

 nure, 114. 

 Amino-compounds, fermentation of, 114, 



simpler, 211. 



function of, in animals, 213, 



300. 



in plants, 211. 



Ammonia, determination of, in soil, 95. 



in atmosphere, 23, 24. 



in rainfall, 26. 



oxidation of, by bacteria, 63. 

 Ammoniacal copper carbonate, 365. 



fermentation of farmyard manure, 



115. 



Ammoniacum, gum, 206. 



Ammonio-copper sulphate v. " Eau ce- 

 leste ". 



Ammonium carbamate, 116. 



carbonate in soils, 62, 80. 



citrate, solubility of phosphoric acid 



in, 142, 150. 



nitrate, 141. 



- sulphate, 135, 165. 



compared with sodium nitrate, 



165. 



production of, 138. 

 Amygdalase, 215. 

 Amygdalin, 195, 205, 214. 

 amylodextrin, 189. 

 Amyloid, 190. 

 Amylopsin, 275. 

 Anabolism, 222. 

 Anaerobic organisms, 115. 

 Analyses of soils, examples of, 100. 



interpretation of results of, 97. 



Analysis of foods, 261. 



of manures, 170. 



of milk and milk products, 348. 



- of soils, 81. 

 Anhydrite, 11. 

 Animal body, 264. 



- chief parts of, 265. 

 Animals, bodies of, composition of, 265. 



excreta of, 106. 

 composition of, 108. 



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