INDEX. 



ABSORPTION of heat, 356, 357. 



of light, 296, 298, 321. 

 Acetic acid, 117, 159, 184. 

 Achromatic lenses, 338. 

 Acids, 135, 136, 137, 138, 207, 208. 

 Actinic rays, 314, 315, 351, 359-384. 

 Adhesion, 11, 12, 241-254. 

 Ageing, 246. 

 Air, 144-146, 171, 172, 193, 232, 233. 267, 



268-271, 273, 274. 

 Air thermometer, 268-271. 

 Albumin, 124. 

 Alcohol, distillation of, from spirituous 



liquors, 46. 



inflammability, 48, 49. 

 production of, 173-179. 

 properties of, 210, 230, 250, 266. 

 separation of oils from, 95. 



of water from, 46-48. 101. 

 Alizarin, 246. 



Alkalies, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140. 

 Allotropic state, 20. 

 Alloys, fusibility of, 26. 

 Alum, 66, 67, 124, 197. 

 Aluminium, 225, 284. 



acetate, 246, 247. 



sulphate, 247. 



Amalgam, 242. 



Ammonia, 80-84, 118, 119, 125, 135, 136, 138, 

 141, 151, 152, 172, 182, 184, 185, 194, 195, 

 221, 222, 234. 



Ammonium bromide, 360. 

 carbonate, 59. 



chloride (sal-ammoniac), 58, 

 59, 136, 152, 170, 171, 182, 

 194, 195, 221. 

 nitrate, 172. 

 nitrite, 171. 

 sulphate, 136, 152, 222. 

 sulphide, 235. 

 ,, sulphydrate, 141. 

 Anaesthetics, 173. 

 Animal matter, 181. 

 Animals, 180. 

 Antacids, 135. 

 Antimony, 202, 203, 222, 223. 



sulphide, 151, 220, 222, 223. 

 Antimony potassium tartrate (tartar- 



emetic), 150, 151. 

 Aqua regia, 203, 204. 

 Aspirators, 53. 

 Aurora borealis, 289. 



BARIUM carbonate, 119. 

 ,, chlorate, 221. 



chloride, 179. 



nitrate, 120, 128, 179, 211, 221. 

 sulphate, 120, 180, 383. 



Barometers, 232, 233. 

 Beer, 244. 



Benzene, 96, 266, 300. 

 Benzoic acid, 60. 



Bicarbonate of lime. See Calcium bicar- 

 bonate. 

 , , of magnesia. See Magnesium 



bicarbonate. 

 Bismuth, crystallised, 25. 



oxide, 222 



properties of, 94, 222. 

 Bleaching, 153, 154, 202. 



powder, 153, 170, 221. 

 Blood, 321. 



Bodyless lady, 305, 307. 

 Boiling liquids in test-tubes, 17. 



of liquids, 37-42. 

 Bones, 184, 215, 216. 

 Boric acid, 211. 

 Brass. 275. 

 Bread, 178, 179. 

 Brilliancy, 290. 

 Bromine, 94, 95, 156, 209. 



CADMIUM chloride, 141, 151. 

 iodide, 360. 

 nitrate, 361. 



sulphide, 151. 



Calcium bicarbonate, 148, 149, 150. 

 butyrate, 123. 

 carbonate, 128, 147, 148, 149, 150, 



215. 



chloride, 119, 128, 215. 

 fluoride (fluor spar), 226, 289, 382. 

 hypochlorite, 153. 

 phosphate, 216. 

 sulphate, 149, 227, 228. 

 sulphide, 289. 

 tartrate, 182. 

 Calomel, 158. 

 Camera lucida, 300, 301. 

 obscura, 341-343. 

 Camphor, 58, 59, 71. 

 Capillarity, 72, 250-254. 

 Carbon (charcoal), 134, 184, 198, 200, 201, 

 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 233, 234, 238, 239, 

 240, 243, 244. 



Carbon dioxide, decomposition of, 180. 

 flame extinguished by, 75- 



production of, 107-109, 



119, 173-179, 180, 199, 

 215, 218, 228. 



,, properties of, 109-111, 115, 



143, 146, 147, 148, 261, 



solution of, 75-79, 84, 85, 

 86, 139. 



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