INDEX. 



403 



PAGK. 



Mangolds, application of com- 

 mon salt to .. 242 



food of 242 



,, state of existence 



of nitrogen in ... 292 

 , , sugar in ... ... 242 



Manganate of potash and soda 

 as a disinfectant ... .. 372 



Manganese, occurrence and 



properties of.. 16 

 , , relative abun- 



dance of ... 19 

 Manna ... .. ... ... 193 



Mannitol, the aldehyde of ... 193 

 ,, oxidation by plati- 

 num black .. 193 

 ,, relation to hexoses 200 

 Maimose, occurrence of .. 193 

 Manures, American plan of 

 expressing value 



of 183 



,, analysis of ... 173 



,, analysis of nitro- 

 genous ... 174, 175 

 ,, analysis of super- 

 phosphate by old 



method 173 



,, artificial, divisions 



of 140 



, , determination of 



nitrogen in ... 177 

 ,, determination of 



P 2 5 in 178 



,, miscellaneous ... 169 

 , , nitrogenous . . . 140 



,, objects aimed at in 



use of 108, 109, 110 

 ,, phosphatic ... 149 



,, phosphatic, arti- 

 ficial Thomas 

 Phosphate meal 163 

 ,, phosphatic, Wiborgh 



phosphate ... 163 

 potash ... 164, 165 

 ,, table giving valua- 

 tion of 182 



,, unit value of 181, 182, 183 



use of 110 



,, valuations from 



analysis ... 180 

 ,, valuable constitu- 

 ents of 110 



,, value of field ex- 

 periments with.. 184 

 ,, Wagner's expres- 

 sion of value of 184 

 Mercuric chloride ... ... 380 



Mercury salts, effect of oilplants 380 



PAGE. 

 Meerschaum ... ... ... 15 



Meletriose, occurrence and 

 properties of ... ... 196 



Mercerised cotton, production 



of 191 



Metabolism, process of . 224 

 , , classification of 



products of ... 225 

 Mica, composition and occur- 

 rence of ... ... .... 40 



Micro-organisms, see " Bac- 

 teria" ... ... ... 77 



Milk, acidity of ... .. 314 



, , ash of, amount of ... 314 

 , , ash of, analyses of ... 315 

 ,, condensed, composition 



of various forms of... 340 

 ,, condensed, preparation 



of 340 



, , chief antiseptics used in 



preserving ... ... 343 



,, "deep setting*' of ... 330 

 ,, determination of fat in 

 by "Adams's'' me- 

 thod 346 



,, determination of fat in 

 by centrifugal volu- 

 metric methods . . . 348 

 ,, determination of fat in 



by Gerber process . . 350 

 ,, determination of fat in 

 by Leffmann - Beam 

 process ... ... 348 



,, determination of fat in 

 by Werner - Schmid 



method 348 



, , determination of specific 

 gravity by specific- 

 gravity bottle . . . 352 

 , , determination of specific- 

 gravity by lactometer 352 

 , , determination of specific- 

 gravity by Westphal 



balance 352 



,, determination of total 



solids in ... 351, 352 

 , , divisions of constituents 



of 305 



,, fat in 307 



,, ,, heat of combustion 



of 308 



,, ,, index of refrac- 

 tion of ... 308 

 ,, ,, phj^sical proper- 

 ties of 307 



the "fore" 328 



, , gases contained in ... 315 

 ,, of various animals 328, 329 

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