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r ientirtc works published under the will of | C^NOZOIC ROCKS, the tertiary rocks hare 



he Rev. Francis Henry Earl of Bridgewater. 

 to illustrate the power, wis.lom, and good- 

 ness of God, as manifested in creation. 

 There are eight of them in all. 



BRITANNIA METAL, an alloy of tin with 

 a small proportion of antimony and copper. 



BROMUKOUM, a heavy volatile liquid 

 similar to chloroform, but in which bromine 

 takes the place of chlorine. 



BRONZING LIQUID, a solution for bronzing 

 iron, Ac., composed of chloride of antimony 

 and sulphate of copper ; also a solution of 

 chloride of platinum for bronzing brass. 



BRYONINE, a poisonous bitter principle 

 found in the roots of Bryonia alba. 



BRYOZOA, an order of polypes of which 



been with doubtful propriety so called by 

 those who believe in the introduction of new 

 life forms into the world during the tertiarj 

 epoch. Sir Charles Lyell was compelled in 

 Irs later works to admit, before the evi- 

 dences which progressive discovery had 

 brought to light, that there must have been 

 but one period of animated cioatiou. This 

 would certainly make the term Camozoic, 

 or Kainozoic, as signifying new life, 

 untrue ; but the name is convenient. 



C.ESIUM, a primary alkaline metallic ele- 

 ment, discovered in 18(50 by means of spec- 

 trum analysis by Kirchhoff and Bunsen in 

 the water of Durckheim and Badeu. It was 

 of the most triumphant 



the sea- mat or flustra is an example. demonstrations that had beeu yet found of 



BUDE LIGHT, a burner invented by Mr. i the minute accuracy of spectrum analysis. 

 Gurney, of Bude, Cornwall, to supply oxy-| CAINCIC ACID, an acid found in the bark 



gen gas to the combustion of gas or oil 

 The expense and trouble, however, ren 

 dered it impracticable for general purposes. 



BUHL WORK.. See BOULE. 



BULBODIUM, an underground stem simila 

 to a rhizome. 



BULGE WAYS, timber supports used ii 

 supporting the sides of a ship in building an< 

 launching, which float away when the vesse 

 is la'irched. 



BUMBELO, a flattened ovoid glass flask. 

 Used for the sublimation of camphor. 



BURGEE, a flag terminating in two 

 points. 



BUTIC ACID, a matter found in combina- 

 tion with glycerine in ordinary butter. 



BUTTS, those short unequal ridges which 

 occur in the ploughing of a field whose ridges 

 are not parallel to either of the sides. 



BUTYL, the radical or base of butylic 

 alcohol and a number of other compounds. 



BYZANTU 



HISTORIANS, a series of 



authors who wrote history during the con 

 tinuance of the Eastern Empire for the 

 nine centuries preceding the fall of Constan- 

 tinople. Their works are Byzantine history, 

 general history, and special works on Roman 

 institutions and customs, &c. 



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CACHEXIA, a bad condition or habit of 



of cainca root. 



CALABAR or ORDEAL BEAN, a poisonous 

 l>ean obtained from Physostigma Venenosa. 

 It, is used as an ordeal to test guilt in 

 Africa, where, if it produces vomiting in the 

 accused, it is held to indicate innocence ; if 

 purging, guilt. Dr. Christison nearly lost 

 " is life from eating a fourth of one of 

 them, and some children were poisoned at 

 Liverpool by them. 



CALCANTHUM, sulphate of iron or copperas 



is so called by Pliny. 



CALCEDONYX, an agate in which white 

 and greyish translucent chalcedony alter- 

 nate. 



CALCEOLARIA, a genus of shrubby herba- 



aus South American flowering plants, with 

 flowers resembling an old-fa-hioned slipper ; 

 whence the name, from calceolus. 



CALCIGRADE, from calx and gradior, a 

 term signifying that an animal's heel sinks 

 deeper than the other parts of the foot in 

 walking. 



CALCILE, a term comprehending all the 

 varieties of carbonate of lime. 



CALDERITE, a massive Nepal garnet. 



CALIDUOT, a conductor of heat ; more 

 larticularly any pipe arrangement for heat- 

 ug houses or churches, &c. 



CALLUS, the matter by which fractured 

 )ones are reunited, being a deposit of new 

 -one. 



CAI.OKIFACIENT, non-azotised portions or 

 constituents of food, which are supposed to 



body, giving rise to cachectic affections. [be required In the maintenance of animal 



CACODYLE, or Kakodyle. See ALCARSIN. heat, such as sugar, starch, fat, and gummy 

 CADASTRAL, a term applied to surveys, matters 



signifying that they are of an extensive cha- 1 CALORIFIC RAYS, the heating but invisible 

 racter or on a great scale. Cadastral maps rays of any centre of heat 

 represent the objects in their relative posi- j CALOTYPE, or KALOTYPE, the name given 

 tions and dimensions, and with much" to photographic pictures produced by the 

 greater accuracy than the maps of topo-' action of light on certain salts of silver! 

 graphical surveys. The cadastral scale is See PHOTOGRAPHY 



called the 25-rnch scale, being very nearly! CAM WOOD, a dye wood yielding a finer 

 25 inches to the mile. and more permanent red than Brazil wood 



CADET'S FUMING LIQUID. See ALCARSIN. 'it is the product of an African tree, Baphta 

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