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INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Pancreatic juice, characteristic 

 constituents 



of 270 



,, composition 



of 270 



,, properties of 270 



,, ,, total solids in 270 



Paraffin series of hydrocar- 

 bons, constitution of ... 9 

 Parapectic acid, production by 



hydrolysis of pectose . . . 201 

 Parchment paper, preparation 



of 192 



" Paris green" as an insecticide 376 

 "Pasteurisation," changes 



effected by 342, 343 



" Pasteurisation," process of 



342, 343 



Peat, analysis of fibres from 117 

 ,, chief constituents of ... 117 

 ,, injurious compounds 



present in ... ... 117 



,, value as litter ... ... 116 



Pectase, the enzyme ... ... 201 



Pectic acid, production of ... 201 

 Pectin, how produced ... 201 



,, substances, composi- 

 tion and occurrence 



of ... 201 



Pectose, occurrence of ... 201 

 Pentosan, composition of ... 190 

 Pentosans, occurrence in fod- 

 ders , ... 256 



, , total amount present 



in some plants. . . 197 

 Pentoses, the most^mpprt-ant 196 

 Peptone, calorific power of ... 5 

 Pepsin, action of. . : ... ... 269 



,, ,, on albuminous 



bodies ... 269 

 , , action of phenol on ... 269 

 , , , , of salicylic acid 



on 269 



,, effect of temperature 



on 269 



Perchlorates, effect of on ger- 

 mination of seeds . . . 142, 143 

 Permanganates as disinfec- 

 tants ... 



Perseitol 200 



Petroleum as an insecticide . . . 377 

 Phenol as a disinfectant . . . 372 

 ,, constitution and pro- 

 perties of 272 



Phenols, composition and pro- 

 perties of ... 210 



Phenyl sulphuric acid in urine 277 



PACJE. 



Phosphate,ahiminium, proper- 

 ties of 151 



,, dicalcium, proper- 

 ties of 150 



,, ferric, properties of 151 

 ,, monocalcium, pro- 

 perties of 150, 151 

 ,, tetracalcium, pro- 

 perties of ... 151 

 ,, tricalcium, proper- 

 ties of 150 



,, Wiborgh, compo- 

 sition of ... 164 

 ,, Wiborgh, reactions 

 occurring during 

 preparation ... 163 

 Phosphatic manures ... ... 149 



,, manures, chief 



varieties of ... 150 

 ,, manures, valuable 



and objectionable 

 ingredients of ... 176 

 ,, nitrogenous ma- 



nures, valuable 

 and objectionable 

 ingredients of ... 176 

 Phoephorcarnic acid in milk . . . 312 

 Phosphoric acid, availability 



of in basic slag 162 

 ,, -acid, determina- 

 tion of in ma- 

 nures 178 



,, acid, determina- 



tion of in soils 99 

 ,, acid, free, prepa- 



ration and pro- 

 perties of ... 151 

 ,, acid in drainage 



water 77 



,, acid in guano ... 130 



,, acid, limit of in 



soils 102 



,, acid, manurial 



value of ... 303 

 ,, acid, proportion in 



foods retained 

 by animals . . . 302 

 ,, acid, retention of 



in soils . ... 62 

 ,, acid, states of 



combination in 

 manures ... 179 

 Phosphorites, extent of mining 



industry of ... 152 



,, use of 152 



,, different varie- 



ties of , . 152 



