INDEX. 



501 



Levigation 2G 



Lcvulose 115 



Lime, burned 209 



Lime in marl, 206— in water, 27:3 — 

 reactions and estimation, see 



calcium 



Limestone, 209— allialies in, 209— 

 value for mortar lime, 210— for 



hydraulic cement 211 



Litmus-paper, blue and red IG 



Maijnesia (calcined) as reagent, 17 



—magnesia mixture 17 



Magnesium, elimination from mix- 

 ture of metals, etc., 157 — esti- 

 mation as pyrophosphate, Go— 

 reactions, 02- separation from 

 calcium as pyrophospliate, G4 — 



by sulphuric acid 05 



Malic acid, estimation, 104 — in 

 wine, 282 — occurrence, 145— re- 

 actions 104 



Malt, as reagent 17 



Manganese, elimination from mix- 

 ture of substances, 15G— estima- 

 tion, 71— occurrence, 146— reac- 

 tions 71 



Manganic binoxide as reagent 17 



Manures, commercial, general con- 

 siderations, 224 — nitrogen in, 

 225— phosphoric acid, 224— po- 

 tassa, 225 — statement of analy- 

 sis, illustrated, 225 — tariff of 



prices for valuation of, 226 



Manure of the farm-yard, 213— am- 

 monia in, 214 — aqueous extract 

 of, 214 — ash, carbonic acid, 213 

 -insoluble part, 214, 216 — nitro- 

 gen, organic matter, 213— state- 

 ment of analysis, illustrated, 

 217— sulphur, sulphuric acid in, 



214— water 213 



Marl, alkalies in, 207 — carbonic 

 acid, 200 — humus, 208— lime and 

 magnesia, 207 — nitrogen, 208 — 

 phosphoric acid, 207— silt analy- 

 sis of, 205— water 20G 



Marl, burned 208 



Meal (see also seeds) 2G2 



Measurement of solutions 40 



Mercuric nitrate as reagent, 17 — 



standard solution of 122 



Mercurous nitrate as reagent 17 



Milk, albumen in, ash, casein, £63 — 

 fat, 264, 265— lacto-protein, etc., 

 266— protein compounds, 263— 

 sugar (lactose) 266— VogeFs op- 

 tical test, 265— water 263 



Milk of lime as reagent 17 



Nessler's solution as reagent, 55— 



estimation of ammonia witli. .. 58 

 Nitric acid as reagent, 8 — estima- 

 tion of by fusion of nitrate with 

 silica, 92— by insolubility of am- 

 nionic nitrate in alcohol, 93 — 

 by SchliJssing's process, 89— in 

 beets 260— in Chili saltpetre, 

 240— in farm-j-ard manure, 215— 

 in fodder aqueous extract, 255— 



in soil 185 



Nitric acid, reactions 88 



Nitrogen in beets, 258 — in bone- 

 black, 230— in bone-meal, 228 — 

 in commercial manures, 225 — 

 in foddei-, 252, 254— in guano, 

 232 — in manure of the farm- 

 yard, 213,215, 216— in marl, 208— 

 in soil, 173— in superpiiosphate, 



235— in urine 219 



Nitro-hydrochloric acid, sec aqua 



regia 



Nitrous acid in water 273 



Organic matter, estimation by igni- 

 tion in muffle, 149— ignition in 

 platinum dish, 149— by titration 

 with potassic permanganate, 

 151— in manure of the farm-yard, 

 213, 215— in soil, 183— in urine, 



21S— in water 272 



Oxalic acid as reagent, 9— estima- 

 tion by conversion into carbon- 

 ic acid, 101— by titration with 

 potassic permanganate, 100 — in 

 guano, 233— reactions of, 99— 



standard solution of 50 



Oxygen, preparation of 17 



Pea, as fodder plant, statement of 



analysis of 257 



Peat ashes 250 



Pectose in beets 258 



Peruvian guano 232 



Phosphate, see superphosphate 



Phosphatic guano 234 



Phosphoric acid, S3— elimination by 

 ammonic molybdate, 85, 157— by 



