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Hippuric acid, production 



from ligno-celluloses ... 200 

 Hoof waste as manure . . . 138 



Horn , , , , . . 138 



Hornblende, composition of... 41 

 Horse, analysis of excrement 

 of 



amount of 

 per day 



excrement 



112 

 119 



Horses, analysis of excrement 



of 114 



Human milk, comparison with 



cows' ... 343 



,, ,, percentage of 



lime in ... 343 



Humanised milk ... ... 343 



Humic acid ... ... ... 53 



Humus, analyses of ... ... 55 



,, chemical composition 



of 53, 54 



,, direct estimation of 



in soil ... ... 97 



formula for ... ... 54 



in black soils of Russia 54 

 mineral matter asso- 

 ciated with ... 55 

 properties of ... 53 

 retentive and absor- 

 bent powers of ... 62 

 Hydro-bilirubin in animal 

 faeces ... ... ... 274 



Hydro-carbons, constitution 

 of paraffin and oletine series 



of ... 9, 11 



Hydrocyanic acid as an in- 

 secticide ... ... ... 377 



Hydrofluoric acid as a disin- 

 fectant 370 



Hydrofluosilicic acid, see 

 " Manufacture of super- 

 phosphate" ... ... ... 155 



Hydrogen, calorific power of 4 

 ,, peroxide ... ... 34 



,, ,, as a dis- 



infectant 371 



,, properties of ... 2 

 ,, relative abundance 



of 19 



Hydrolysis, acid, of furfuroids 199 

 ,, of cane sugar ... 194 

 di -saccharoses.. 192 



fats 204 



,, in the in- 

 testines.. 271 

 ,, bysteapsin 270 

 glucosides ... 192 

 glycocholicacid 273 

 hippuric acid... 277 



Hydrolysis of lactose . . . 313 



lupeose ... 196 



pectins ... 201 



pectose ... 201 



pentosans ... 197 

 polysaccharides 



192, 193 



saccharobioses . 195 

 tannin... ... 207 



xylan 198 



Hypoxanthin ... 265 



Idose, constitution of ... 194 



Ignition, loss on, determina- 

 tion in soils ... ... ... 92 



Indican ... ... ... ... 277 



Indol, constitution and pro- 

 perties of 272 



Indoxyl, formation of ... 277 



,, product of oxidation 



of 277 



,, sulphuric acid ... 277 

 Inosit in muscle ... ... 265 



Insecticides ... ... ... 376 



Intestines, changes in the . . . 271 

 ,, products formed 



by bacteria in 



271, 272 



Inulin, action of acids on ... 189 

 ,, ,, heat on ... 190 

 , , occurrence and proper- 

 ties of 189 



Iodine in caliche ... ... 141 



,, as a disinfectant ... 370 

 Iron, function of in plants ... 213 

 ,, occurrence and proper- 

 ties of ... ... ... 16 



,, relative abundance of... 19 

 ,, sulphate... ... ... 378 



Isotonic solutions ... ... 228 



" Izal" as a disinfectant .. 313 



Jeves' disinfectant 



.. 373 



Kainite, application to ma- 

 nure heap ... 126 



,, composition of 165, 167 

 Kaolin, composition of ... 16 

 Kata holism, processes of ... 225 

 Kephir, organisms in ... 341 



,, preparation of ... 341 

 Keratin, chief sources of ... 267 

 Ketones, constitution of 209, 210 

 Kieserite, composition of ... 165 

 Kjeldahl's process 93, 177, 353 

 Koumiss, analyses of... ... 340 



,, preparation of ... 340 

 Krypton in the atmosphere 27 

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