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INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Soils, water in, Deherain's 



experiments with 74, 75 

 ,, water in, loss of soil con- 

 stituents by drainage 76 

 Soot, usefulness as a manure 138 

 Sorbinose, occurrence and pro- 

 perties of 194 



Sorbitol in berries of mountain 



ash 194 



Spathic iron ore ... ... 16 



Starch, action of diastase on 196 

 , , action on iodine . . . 188 

 ,, calorific power of ... 5 

 , , granules, size and phy- 

 sical condition of ... 188 

 ,, occurrence and func- 

 tion of in plants . . . 187 



soluble 188 



,, union with alkaline 



earths 188 



Stassfurt deposit of potash salts 164 

 ,, ,, average per- 



centage com- 

 position of . . 168 



Stoapsin, action on fats 270, 271 

 Stearic acid, constitution and 



occurrence of. . 202 

 ,, ,, series of satu- 

 rated acids . . . 202 

 Steatite, composition of ... 41 

 ,, occurrence of mag- 

 nesium as ... 15 

 Steel production by Bessemer 



process .. ... 159 



,, production by Thomas- 



(lilchrist process ... 160 

 ,, production, see " Basic 



slag" 158 



Stems, cause of rigidity of ... 227 



,, function of 230 



" Sterilisation," process of ... 342 

 , , changes due 



to ... 342 



Stoma, action and function of 230 

 Stomata, number per square 

 centimetre ... ... ... 233 



Straw, analyses of various 



kinds of 116 



,, lupin, pentosans in... 256 

 rye, ,, ... 256 



Straws, composition of ... 253 

 " Stoppings," amount of fat 



in ... 328 



.Strychnine, composition of ... 220 

 Succinic acid, constitution of 206 

 ,, ,, as product of 



fermentation 

 of hexoses ... 193 



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Sugar, cane, calorific power of 5 



,, milk ,, ,, 5 



Sugars, class of the ... ... 186 



,, pentose, production 



from gums ... 190 



, , properties of the . . . 186 

 ,, subdivisions of the 



class of ... 186,187 

 Sulphur as a fungicide . . . 376 



as an insecticide . . . 377 

 function of in plants 212 

 occurrence and pro- 

 perties of ... ... 12 



relative abundance of 19 

 dioxide as a disinfec- 

 tant . 371 



,, ,, atmospheric 35 



Sulphuric acid, application to 



manure heap ... 127 

 ,, acid, determination 



of in the soil ... 102 

 ,, acid, use in manu- 

 facture of ammo- 

 nium siilphate ... 146 



Sunflower-seed cake 280 



,, cake, diges- 



tible con- 

 stituents of 289 

 ,, cake, percent- 



age of oil in 280 

 Superphosphate, analyses of 

 m a n u r e 

 similar to.. 156 

 ,, application 



to manure 

 heap ... 126 

 "basic" ... 157 

 ,, ' 'basic," com- 



parison 

 with basic 

 slag ... 158 

 ,, "double'' ... 156 



,, essential con- 



stituents of 154 

 ,, expression of 



analytical 

 results of 



156, 157 



,, expression of 



analytical 

 results of, 

 old method 173 

 ,, expression of 



analytical 

 results of, 

 newer me- 

 thod . 173 



