INDEX. 



[The numbers refer to the sections.] 



A. 



Absorbent power of charcoal, 96. 



Acetates, 508. 



Acetous fermentation, 552. 



Acetous fermentation explained, 554. 



Acid, boracic, 269. 



Acid, carbonic (foot-note on page 84), 



102, 110. 



Acid, hydrochloric, 222. 

 Acid, hydrochloric, preparation of, 



224. 



Acid, hydrocyanic, 166. 

 Acid, muriatic, 222. 

 Acid, nitric, 71. 

 Acid, phosphoric, 257. 

 Acid, picric, 440. 

 Acid, prussic, 166. 

 Acid, pyroligneous, 436. 

 Acid salts, 80. 

 Acid, stearic, 514. 

 Acid, sulphuric, fuming, 241. 

 Acid, sulphuric, manufacture of, 242. 

 Acid, sulphuric, Nordhausen, 241. 

 Acid, sulphuric, properties of, 244. 

 Acid, sulphuric, uses of, 247. 

 Acid, tannic, 509. 

 Acidity of wines, 541. 

 Acids, nomenclature of, 79. 

 Acids, organic, 508. 

 Acids, organic, how derived, 424. 

 Acids, tests for, 78. 

 Actinism, 393. 

 Adhesion, 37. 



Affinity, bonds of, 44. 

 Affinity, chemical, 38. 

 Affinity, Providence seen in, 39. 

 Air, a mixture proved, 139. 

 Air, analysis of, 118. 

 Air and nitric oxide contrasted, 85. 

 Air, composition of, 45. 

 Air, impurities in the, 138. 

 Air in water, composition of, 134. 

 Air, water in the, 137. 

 Albumen, 562. 

 Albumen, vegetable, 468. 

 Albuminoids, 470. 

 Alcohol, amount of, in wines, 542. 

 Alcohol, amylic, 545. 

 Alcohol made from starchy substan- 

 ces, 543. 



Alcohol, methylic, 437. 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 537. 

 Alcohols, how derived, 422. 

 Alkaline earths, 310. 

 Alkaloids related to amines, 425. 

 Alkaloids, vegetable, 531. 

 Allotropism, 65, 101. 

 Alloys, nature of, 279. 

 Alum, common, 327. 

 Alumina, 326. 

 Aluminium, 325. 

 Amalgamation, 377. 

 Amalgams, 278. 

 Amber, 527. 

 Amines defined, 425. 

 Ammonia in guanos, 501. 

 Ammonia in rain-water, 477. 



