INDEX. 



395 



PACiK. 



Cakes, oil, value as manures 



138, 139 



,, percentage of im- 

 portant consti- 

 tuents of ... 138 



Calcite 40 



Calcium fluoride ... ... 17 



,, function of in plants 212 

 ,, occurrence and pro- 

 perties of ... ... 15 



,, relative abundance of 19 

 ,, carbonate, action on 



nitrification ... 52 

 ,, carbonate, crystalline 



forms of ... 41 



,, carbonate, occurrence 



of 41 



,, phosphate in blood... 259 

 ,, ,, in milk .. 310 



,, ,, action on 



thecm-dlingof milk 311 

 ,, phosphate, union 



with casein ... 310 



Caliche, see "Sodium nitrate" 140 

 ,, average composition 



of 141 



Camphor 192 



,, constitution of ... 210 

 ,, production and pro- 

 perties of ... 210 

 Canada balsam ... ... 211 



Cane sugar, combination with 



lime and baryta 195 

 ,, hydrolysis of ... 194 



,, inversion of ... 195 



,, occurrence of ... 195 



,, position of in 



plants .. ... 195 



,, properties of ... 195 



Capric acid, occurrence of ... 202 

 Caproic ,, formation of ... 122 

 Carbamide, see "Urea" 

 Carbohydrates, digestible, 

 unit value of the ... ... 301 



Carbohydrates ... ... 11 



thegioup of 185,186 



Carbolic acid 372 



Carbon, occurrence and pro- 

 perties of ... . . 8 

 ,, relative abundance of 19 

 Carbon dioxide, atmospheric.. 27 

 ,, ,, loss and gain of 28 



,, ,, as product of 



fermentation 

 of liexoses ... 193 

 Carbon dioxide, rate of ab- 

 sorption by Helianthus ... 235 



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Carbon disulphide as a disin- 

 fectant... 372 

 ,, ,, as an insec- 



ticide ... 377 

 Carnic acid ... ... ... 312 



Carnin in muscle ... ... 265 



Casein, calorific power of ... 4 

 coagulation of ... 336 



colloidal 309 



,, in whey ... 309 

 in solution ... ... 309 



in suspension ... 309 



Caseinogen, analyses of ... 310 

 ,, coagulation of ... 310 



,, properties of ... 310 



Cellulose, action of caustic 



soda solutions on 191 

 ,, calorific power of 5 



,, composition of ... 191 



hemi- 201 



ligno- 200 



nitro- 192 



,, occurrence of ... 191 



solubility of ... 191 

 ,, thiocarbonate, ma- 



nufacture of 191, 192 

 Cereals, characteristics of ... 240 



, , silica in 240 



,, source of nitrogen of 240 

 Chalk, see "Lime" and "Lime- 

 stone" 



Charcoal, calorific power of . . 4 



Charlock, spraying for 367, 379 



Cheese, production of '.. 336 



,, analyses of varieties 



of 339, 360 



,, changes during ripen- 

 ing of ... 338,339 

 ,, composition of the 

 nitrogenous consti- 

 tuents of ... ... 339 



,, making, general pro- 

 cess of ... 337, 338 

 Cheeses from enriched milk ... 337 

 ,, ,, mixtures of 



whole and skim 



milk 337 



,, ,, skimmed milk... 337 

 ,, whole milk ... 337 

 Chloride of lime, see "Bleach- 

 ing powder" ... ... 364 



Chlorine, function of in plants 212 

 ,, occurrence of in nature 17 

 ,, relative abundance of 19 

 Chlorite, composition of ... 41 

 Chlorophyll, action of hydro- 

 chloric acid on ... ... 221 



