INDEX. 



381 



Buckwheat, 933. 

 Buds, 720. 

 Burning, 38. 



— lime, 9, 118, 233. 



— ofplants, 544, 906. 

 Burnt day, 880. 



— sugar, 344. 

 Butter, 574. 



— clarified, 679. 



— how colored, 580. 



— melted, 630. 



— sak, 581. 

 Butyric acid, 378. 



C. 



Cabbage, 960. 



— red, 114. 

 Calamine, 305. 

 Calcium, 226. 



— chloride of, 241. 

 Calomel, 300. 

 Camphor, 612. 

 Candles, 517. 



— burning of, 30 94. 

 Cane, 550. 



— sugar, 340. 

 Caoutchouc, 537. 

 Caramel, 345. 

 Carbon, 37, 86. 



— in plants, 39, 91, 316. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, 155. 



— iron, 274. 



— lead, 311. 



— lime, 118, 229, 530, 595. 



— magnesia, 249. 



— potash, 200. 

 •— soda, 218. 



Carbonates decomposed by acids, 



117,228. 

 Carbonic acid gas, 37, 103. 



— necessary to plants, 106. 



681,699,711. 



— decomposition of, 38, 700. 

 Carbonic oxide, 127. 

 Carburetted hydrogen, 83, 131. 

 Carcases, 800. 



Carrot, 336, 580. 

 Caseine, 568. 



— vegetable, 347. 

 Castor-oil, 510, 938. 



Caustic potash, 201. 

 Cellars, foul air in, 1?0, 176. 

 Cellulose, 322. 

 Chalk, 88, 118, 758,875. 

 Chamomile, 430. 

 Changes, chemical, 3. 

 Charcoal, 35, 86, 879, 883. 



— absorbs ammonia, 162, 



463, 654. 



— burning of, 129. 



— disinfecting powers of, 



162. 

 Charring, 90. 

 Cheddar cheese, 586. 

 Cheese, 682. 

 Cheltenham salts, 224. 

 Cherry-tree gum, 335. 

 Cheshire cheese, 687. 

 Chestnuts, 331. 

 Chloride of calcium, 241. 



— gold, 292. 



— magnesium, 251. 

 Chloride of potassium, 205, 892. 



— silver, 296. 



— sodium, 189, 216. 



— zinc, 307. 

 Chlorides, 186. 

 Chlorine, 185. 

 Churning, 574. 

 Chyle, 607. 

 Chyme, 607. 



Circulation of the blood, 607. 

 Cider, 394. 

 Cinnabar, 301. 

 Citric acid, 496. 

 Clay, 255. 



— burnt, 880. 



— iron ore, 274. 

 Climate differences of, 42, 736. 

 Clover, 976. 



Coagulation of albumen, 347, 560. 



Coal-ashes, 881. 



Coal-gas, 83, 134, 154, 537. 



Coal-tar, naphtha, 134, 537. 



Cocoa-nut oil, 511. 



Cognac brandy, 397. 



Cohesion, 89, 



Coke, 129, 287. 



Colophony, 538. 



Color of soils, 662. 



Colors, changing of, 113. 



— vegetable, 113, 324, 541. 



