ANA 



420 



AZO 



Alkaline Bases, salts contained in 

 fertile soils, 153. 



Salts in plants, sources of, 151. 

 Allantoin^ 70. 

 Alloxan, 352. 

 Alloxantin, 352. 

 Alumina, in fertile soils, 147. 



Its influence on vegetation, 147. 



Mistaken in ashes, 148. 

 Amber, origin of, 363. 

 Ammelin, 70. 

 Ammonia, 70, 86, carbonate of, from 



urine, 191. 



how fixed, 191. 



Cause of nitrification, 338. 



Changes colors, 87. 



Condensed by charcoal, 104. 



Conversion of, into nitric acid, 

 338. 



Decomposition of by plants, 266. 



Early existence of, 123. 



Fixed by gypsum, 191. 



From animals, 174. 



Contained in beet-root, &c., 93. 



maple juice, 94. 



— — stables, &c., 192, 



Furnishes nitrogen, 104. 



Loss from evaporation, 99. 



prevented, 280. 



Produced by animal organism, 

 123. 



Product of decay, 88. 



disease, 408. 



Properties of, 88. 



Quantity absorbed by charcoal, 

 104. 



by decayed 



wood, 104. 



In rain water, 90. 



How detected, 91. 



Separated from soils by rain, 104. 



In snow water, 91. 



Solubility of, 89. 



Sulphate of, 281. 



Transformation of, 86. 

 Ammoniacal Liquor, 283. 

 Amylin, its effect, 74. 

 Analysis of decayed wood, 359. 



Of fire-damp, 372. 



Of fishes, 177. 



Of horse-dung, 177. 



Of peat, 185. 



Of guano, 201. 



Of lentils, 159. 



Of oak-wood, 358, 



Of night-soil, 179. 



Of salt water, 124. 



Analysis, of soils, 217, 245. 



Of wood coal, 367, 368. 

 Animal food, preservation of, 330. 



Life, connexion of, with plants, 

 22. 



Bodies, products of decay, 88. 



complex, 302. 



Animals, excrements of, 189. 



Nutriment of, 22. 

 Annual plants, how nourished, 135. 

 Anthoxanthum Odoratum, acid in, 



97. 

 Anthracite, 373. 

 Antidotes to Poisons, 381. 

 Apatite, 156. 

 Apotheme^ 31. 

 Arable Land, 146. 

 Aromatics, their influence on fer- 

 mentation, 343. 

 Argillaceous Earth, its origin, 147. 

 Arragonite, transformation of, 298. 

 Arrow Root, 140. 

 Arsenious Acid, action of, 381. 

 Artificial Manure, 199, 287. 

 Ashes, as manure, 182, 198. 



Comparative value of, 182. 



Of fir- wood. 111. 



Of pine trees, 110. 



Of plants, origin of salt in, 125, 



Importance of examination of, 

 112. 



Of wheat, 158. 



used as a manure, 213. 



Of bones, 183. 



Of peat, 185. 



Of coals, 198. 



Phosphate of lime in, 183. 

 Assimilation, of carbon, 30. 



Of carbonic acid, and ammonia, 

 131. 



Of hydrogen, 80 - 84. 



Of nitrogen, 85 - 105. 



Its power, 140. 

 Atmosphere, ammonia in, 29, 92. 



'Composition of, 27. 



How maintained, 44. 



Composition is invariable, 40. 



Carbonic acid in the, 28-41. 



Motion of, 46. 



Oxygen in, 26. 

 Atoms, motions of, 297. 



Permanence in position of, 297. 

 Attraction, powerful, overcome, 309. 

 Azores, glairin found there, 34. 



Carbonic acid at the, 79. 



Silica in hot springs of, 170. 

 Azotey 25. 



