INDEX. 



393 



P.UiK. 



Animal body, composition of 



the whole ... 258 

 ,, ,, elements con- 



tained in ... 257 

 ,, ,, important parts 



of ... 258 



Animals, excreta of ... ... Ill 



,, cause affecting the 



excreta of ... 112 



,, analysis of excre- 

 ments of ... .. 112 



,, excrements, percent- 

 age composition of 113 

 ,, proximate constitu- 

 ents of 257 



Annatto 359 



Antiseptic, definition of ... 369 

 Apatite, composition of 13, 15, 150 



Arabic acid 190 



Arabin, constitution of . 190 



Arabinose, calorific power of 5 



,, composition and 



formation of ... 197 

 , , production of from 



gums ... ... 190 



, , properties of ... 197 



,, action of boiling 



hydrochloric 

 acid on ... 198 



,, action of sodium 



amalgam on ... 198 

 Arabinosic acid ... ... 190 



Arabite 198 



Argon, atmospheric .. ... 26 

 Arsenious oxide occurring in 



manures.. 364 

 ,, properties of 363 



,, use as a me- 



dicine ... 364 

 ,, in sheep dips 364 



Asafcetida 212 



Asbestos, composition of ... 41 

 Ash, determination of in crops 



and food stuffs 250 



Asparagin, calorific power of 5 

 ,, constitution and 



occurrence of 217 

 ,, action of boiling 



alkalies on ... 217 

 Aspartic acid, preparation of 217 

 Assimilation in plants, process 



of ... 235, 236 

 ,, substances pro- 



duced by . . . 236 

 Atmosphere, extent of ... 21 

 ,, mass of... ... 21 



,, height of ... 21 



in relat ion to heat 22 



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Atmosphere, composition of.. 24 

 ,, organic matter in 36 

 At water's standard ration for 

 cows 298 



Bacillus radicocola ... ... 80 



,, ellenbachensis ... 80 

 ,, mycoi'des, occurrence 



and action of ... 65 

 ,, mycoi'des, action of 



temperature on ... 66 

 Bacteria, classification of ... 78 

 ,, functions and power 



of ... 78, 79 



,, reproduction of ... 78 



,, size of 78 



,, aerobic and anae- 

 robic 121 



,, as soil-forming agents 48 



,, in soil 77 



,, action of denitrify- 

 ing 70 



, , denitrify ing, on straw 116 

 ,, nitrogen fixing ... 8 

 ,, oxidation of am- 

 monia by ... 79 

 ,. in the intestines of 



animals ... ... 271 



,, action of intestinal 



on carbohydrates 271 

 ,, action of intestinal 



on fats 271 



,, action of intestinal 



on proteids ... 271 

 ,, in milk, rapidity of 



increase of ... 341 

 Balsams, from whence ob- 

 tained 211 



Balsam, Canada ... ... 211 



Barium, relative abundance of 19 

 ,, nitrate as a plant 



poison ... ... 381 



Barley crop, the 241 



,, for malting purposes... 241 

 ,, bye products of ... 281 

 ,, straw, manurial con- 

 stituents in ... 116 

 Basic slag, analyses of pig-iron, 

 wrought iron, and 



steel 159 



,, analyses of metal in 

 the ' ' Bessemer 

 converter" ... 160 

 , , anal yses of met al by 

 the Thoroas-Gil- 

 christ process ... 161 

 ,, analyses of the slag 



at various periods 161 



