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INDEX. 



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Acrose 194 



Acrolein 309 



Adamkiewicz's reaction ... 215 

 Adams's paper-coil method of 

 fat determination ... ... 346 



Adonite, production of from 



ribose 198 



Aerobic bacteria, see "Bac- 

 teria" 121 



Agavose, composition and oc- 

 rence of ... .. ... 196 



Air, action of in soil formation 46 

 Albite, composition of ... 40 

 Albumen (serum), calorific 



power of ... 4 

 (egg), calorific 



power of ... 5 

 , , formula proposed 



for 215 



Albumin in milk ... ... 310 



,, ' ,, properties of 311 



,, ,, composition 



of ... 311 



,, ,, coagulation 



of ... 311 



Albuminoids ... ... ... 11 



,, in plants ... 213 



,, digestible, unit 



value of ... 301 

 ,, digestibility of 



in fresh fodder 

 and silage ... 249 

 ,, in milk ... ... 309 



, , , , different 



forms of the 309, 310 

 Alcohol, product of fermenta- 

 tion of hexoses . . . 193 

 ,, amyl, product of fer- 

 mentation of hex- 

 oses 193 



,, cresyl, production of 



from waxes ... 206 



Alcohols, borneol 209 



menthol 209 



Aldehyde, cinnamic ... ... 209 



,, benzole ... ... 209 



Alimentary canal, length of 

 in different animals ... 276 



"Alinit" 80 



"Alkaline salts," see "Analy- 

 sis of manures" ... ... 174 



Alkaloids, constitution of the 219 

 ,, state of existence 



in the plants of 219 



,, value of as food ... 221 



Allyl isothiocyanate ... . . 210 



,, ,, action of 



myrosin on ... ... 211 



PAOB. 



Allyl sulphide 210 



Amber 211 



Amides ... ... ... 11 



,, nitrification of ... 65 

 ,, constitution of ... 216 

 ,, occurrence of in nature 216 

 ,, classes of occurring in 



plants 217 



,, function of in plants 218 

 ,, determination of ni- 

 trogen as .. ... 219 



,, function of in animals 292 

 ,, in hay and grass ... 292 

 Amido-acids, formation from 

 albumen _... ... ... 121 



Amines, production of by bac- 

 teria 79 



Ammonia, atmospheric ... 29 

 ,, in rainfall ... 32 



,, oxidation of by 



bacteria ... 79 



,, manurial value of 303 

 Ammoniacal copper carbonate 

 as a fungicide ... ... 369 



Ammoniacum ... ... ... 212 



Ammonio copper sulphate as 

 a fungicide ... ... ... 368 



Ammonium carbonate, forma- 

 tion of in soils 65 

 ,, citrate, solubility 



of basic slag in 



161, 162, 163 

 ,, sulphate, manu- 

 facture of ... 144 

 ,, sulphate, impuri- 

 ties in 146 



,, sulphate, magni- 



tude of manu- 

 facture of ... 147 

 ,, sulphate, com- 



pared with so- 

 dium nitrate 147, 148 

 Amygdaline, composition of . . . 210 

 ,, action of " emul- 



sion" on ... 211 

 Amyloid, see ' ' Parchment paper" 

 Amj'loses, class of ... ... 186 



,, important members 



of the class of ... 186 

 Amylopsin, action on starch of 270 

 j, products of the 



action of ... 270 

 Anaerobic bacteria ... ... 121 



Anabolism, processes of ... 224 

 Animal body, inorganic com- 

 pounds of ... 257 

 ,, ,, organic com- 



pounds of ... 257 



