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SUPPLEMENT 



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ALCY.IXS. 

 ALOERITE 



e ALCEDO. 

 n altered scapolite in dente 



error arose from the reading of the passage, 



" But of that day and hour knoweth no man, - 



but tke Father," without the correlative | square prisms, found m the calc spar of 



MBBM " I and the Father are one." I Franklin, New Jersey. 



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name given to an obscure genu it- arsenic 83'66 copper. It has a silver like 



with reniform or semicircular-shaped colour) but become3 taruished under alrno- 



not admitted to Paradise nor condemned to 

 Hell. 



ALABANDIXE, the Ethiopian carbuncle, 

 so called by Pliny from their being cut and 

 polished at Alabanda ; the manganese glance 

 or manganblende of modem mineralo- 



gists. 



ALAB<.KCHES, the name of the chief 

 magistrate of the Alexandria Jews. His 

 duty was to raise and pay the taxes. The 

 word is supposed to be a corruption of 

 Arabarches. 



ALANIN, a crystalline white body obtained 

 from hydrocyanic acid and aldehyd- 

 aiiiionia. It is converted into lactic acid 

 by hyponitrous acid. 



ALARIA, a genus of seaweed or algae, of 

 which the badderlocks or henware, A. escu 

 Iviita, is an example. 



ALBARIUM OPUS, a superior stucco used 

 for the ceilings of baths, for which tectorium 

 oput appears to have been substituted by the 

 .Romans. See VITRCVIUS, chap. x. It was 

 by some critics mistakenly supposed to be 

 only a name for whitewash. 



ALBATA, an alloy of brass with nickel or 

 tin, to which iron is sometimes added, so 

 called from its white colour. 



ALBATI, a sect of Christian hermits who 

 lived and s'ept on the highways, so called 

 from their white linen dresses. 



ALBERTITE, or Albert Coal, a bituminous 

 coal of Hillsborough County, New Bruns 

 wick. Similar coal has also been found 

 in Ross-shire in the old red sandstone 

 formation, 



ALBIN, a Bohemian variety of apophyl 

 lite of a white opaque appearance, found at 

 Aussig. 



ALCARSIN, the oxide of cacodyl, a liquid 

 called also Cadet's fuming liquid. It ha* an 

 intense stench, and is formed by heating 

 together arsenious acid and acetate of potash 

 It is highly poisonous and volatile. 



ALCORNINE, a crystallisable body obtained 

 from alcornoque bark. 



ALLEMONTITE, the arsenical antimony of 

 Allemont, Dauphiny. 



ALLITURIC ACID, one of the products of 

 alloxan boiled with hydrochloric acid. 



ALLOMERISM, the permanence of particu- 

 ar crystalline forms maintained by certain 

 compounds when the proportions of the com- 

 ponents are varied. 



ALLOMORPHITE, a variety of sulphate of 

 baryta found at Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg, 

 in scaly masses. 



ALLOTROPY, the variability of certain 

 bodies when subjected to different tempera- 

 tures, such as that exhibited by the ele- 

 mentary body phosphorus, which as first used 

 in the manufacture of lucifer matches was 

 found to be poisonous and injurious to the 

 health of those engaged in the manufacture, 

 but, by discovery of its allo tropic p;operties, 

 is now prepared in a perfectly harmless 

 orm. Allotropy affects the colour, texture, 

 fusibility, and solubility, &c., of various 

 odies. 



ALLOXAV, a product of the action cf 

 nitric acid on uric acid. It gives a purple 

 tinge to the cuticle. Its composition 

 8 ^8 ^4 ^10 ^2' 



ALLOXANIC Acid, a product of the action 

 if caustic baryta and heat on alloxan. 



ALLUAUPITE, hydrated double phosphate 

 if soda, peroxide of iron , and protoxide of 

 manganese, from Chanteloupe, near Limoges, 

 France. 



ALLYLE, f C g H 5> ) the supposed bases of 



the volatile oil of garlic. 



ALMAORERITE, a native anhydrou< sul- 

 phate of zinc found in crystals isomorphoui 

 with sulphate of baryta at Barranco Jaroso, 

 in the Sierra Almagrera, Spain. 



ALMACANTAR, an old astronomical term 

 for a small horizontal circle of the sphere. 



ALMERY or AMBRY, a niche in a wall 

 near an altar, to hold the articles pertaining 

 to it ; also, more comprehensively, a closet 

 for containing plate, deeds, Ac. 

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