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Index 



Measurement of nitric oxide, 69 



Meat guano, 138 



Methyl orange, 40 



Microscopic examination of oil cakes, 



101 



water, 201 



Milk, analysis of, 178 



Mineral phosphates, analysis of, 121 



Moisture, estimation of, 5-7 



in bones, 134 



butter, 190 



cheese, 198 



grass, 104 



guano, 136 



hay, 104 



mineral phosphates, 121 



oil cakes, 92 



refuse manures, 146 



roots, 112 



soils, 162 



superphosphates, 146 



Molybdate and magnesia method for 



estimation of phosphoric acid, 132 



— method for estimation of phos- 

 phoric acid, 131 



Mountain limestone, 176 

 Mucilage in linseed cake, 101 

 Muffle furnace, 16 

 Muriate of potash, analysis of, 149 



Nessler's solution, preparation of 



202 

 Nitrate of soda, analysis of, 151 

 Nitrates, estimation of, 69 



— in soils, 166 



water, 209 



Nitric nitrogen, estimation of, 69 



— oxide, measurement of, 74 

 Nitrogen, estimation of, 56 



in bones, 135 



dissolved bones, 144 



grass, 108 



guano, 137 



nitrates, 69 



presence of nitrates, 66 



refuse manures, 147 



soil, 166 



Nitrogen, estimation of, in water, 



185 

 — organic, 68 

 Nitrometer, 80 

 Normal solution, definition of, 37 



of potash, 42 



sulphuric acid, 40 



Note book, entry in, 21 



Oil cakes, analysis of, 92 



— estimation of, in fish manure, 138 



in oil cakes, 93 



Organic matter, estimation of, in 

 bones, 134 



in mineral phosphates, 121 



refuse manures, 146 



soils, 161 



superphosphates, 139 



Palm nut meal, 104 



Patagonian guano, 138 



Permanent hardness, estimation of, 



in water, 208 

 Peruvian guano, 138 

 Phenol-phthalein, 40 

 Phosphate, German, 129 



— mineral, analysis of, 120 



— West Indian, 129 

 Phosphates, estimation of, in cheese, 



192 

 Phosphoric acid available in soils, 



159 



estimation of, 26 



citric acid method, 124 



in bones, 135 



guano, 136 



— - mineral phosphates, 



124 



_ ii cakes, 148 



refuse manure, 146 



slag, 131 



soil, 162 



superphosphate, 140 



molybdate and magnesia 



method, 132 



