INDEX 



A. 



Absorption of manure, 780. 

 Acetate of iron, 489. 



— lead, 311,489. 



— lime, 490. 



— soda, 490. 

 Acetates, 489. 

 Acetic acid, 476. 



— fermentation, 375, 393, 408, 



Acid, acetic, 476. 



— benzoic, 992. 



— butyric, 378. 



— carbonic, 37, 103, 106, 681, 



699,711. 



— citric, 496. 



— humic, 679. 



— lactic, 329, 377, 445, 570. 



— margaric, 515. 



— malic, 502. 



~ muriatic, 186, 216. 



— nitric, 163, 217, 772. 



— oleic, 516. 



-- oxalic, 130, 503. 



— phosphoric, 195, 245. 



— pyroligneous, 325, 488. 



— silicic, 259. 



— stearic, 514, 518. 



— sulphuric, 179. 



— sulphurous, 173, 288. 



— tartaric, 498. 

 Acid, uric, 609. 

 Acids, 109. 



— organic, 493. 



— test for, 113. 



Action of plants on the air, 39, 745. 



Active principles, 543, 635. 

 Adulteration of guano, 1005. 

 Affinity, chemical, 3, 7. 

 After damp in mines, 133. 

 Air, 21,29,638. 



— contains ammonia, 150, 638. 



— contains carbonic acid, 37, 



638. 



— contains water, 41, 638. 



— inflammable, 81. 



— necessary to life, 107, 606. 



— composition of, 26, 29, 37. 



— resists compression, 22. 



— weight of, 54, 69. 

 Alabaster, 237. 

 Albumen, 559. 



— vegetable, 346. 

 Alcohol, 368, 396, 403. 

 Ale, 427. 



— bottled, 121. 



— ripening of, 434. 

 Alkali, test for, 116. 



— volatile, 151. 

 Alkalies, 198. 



— vegetable, 643. 

 Alloys, 314. 

 Almonds, 938. 



Alum, 213, 257, 457. 

 Alumina, 254, 324, 542, 654. 



— absorbs ammonia, 654, 



880. 



— in soil, use of, 654. 



— phosphate of, 256. 



— silicate of, 267. 



— - sulphate of, 257. 

 Aluminum, 254. 



— oxide of, 254. 



