INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



421 



Cause, induction and causal investi- 

 gations, 19; the world of causes is in 

 the microscopic, 26; Mill's Canons 

 deal with s, Herschel and Bacon 

 on s, 51 ; causal enquiries, 85-88 ; 

 importance of causal enquiries, 

 85-86, 88 ; proper conception of , 

 86; the causal view of nature not 

 exclusive, Mill on causal view of 

 induction, 86; relation to static 

 aspects, 86-88; generalised causes 

 should be sought, study of effects, 

 88; definition of , 88; proofs of 

 causal facts, 115. 



Chemistry, 19, 21, 30, 57, 58, 84, 86, 

 93, 105, 106, 107, 115, 274, 275, 

 345, 346, 360, 363, 393; the proto- 

 element, 5, 6, 17 ; allotropic forms, 

 prediction of elements, transmuta- 

 tion of elements, vital chemistry, 6; 

 ultimate relations of the elements, 

 17; nature of flame, 19; alchemy 

 and , 29; production and reduc- 

 tion of organic compounds, their 

 qualities and internal arrangement, 

 existential relation of the elements, 

 87; nomenclature of , 128; scope 

 of , 173; presence in the air of 

 argon, helium, neon, krypton, and 

 xenon, 262 ; gun cotton exploded by 

 detonation, 263; allotropic forms, 

 273-274, 276; lower and higher 

 compounds, 276; isomeric aspects 

 of compounds, 281 ; study of valen- 

 cies, 297; Lavoisier on organic com- 

 pounds, 314; influence of heat on 

 chemical elements, and of cold on 

 life, 318; leading problems of , 

 332; elements and compounds in 

 process of decomposition, 337; 

 from ether to protoplasm, 344; the 

 energy necessary, for disintegrating 

 elements, 344; diffusion of gases, 

 356; helium, argon, 375; chemist 

 must develop also the life of prac- 

 tice, 382; chemical nomenclature, 

 393. 



Child, study and education, 8; the 

 mind, 22-25; influence of cultural 

 environment on , 24; dependence 

 on human advance, social environ- 

 ment, and personal circumstances, 

 24; opportunities for methodological 

 training, 34; learning to write, 35; 

 increase in weight, 102; school sub- 

 jects and the , 103 ; theory of the 

 repeating man's history dubious, 

 103-104; ren's alleged tendency 

 to generalise, 104; requirements 

 of ren and adults, 281 ; moral edu- 

 cation of , 290-293; educational. 



possibilities in ren, 304-306; in- 

 fectious diseases in ren, 333. 



Circumstances, Child's, 24; favour- 

 able for investigators, 97; alter 

 cases, 295. 



Civics, study of, 17::. 



Classification, 104, 153, 340, 349, 411; 



of the sciences, 3,30-31,338; con- 

 crete example of of data. 227-230 ; 

 the process of , 392-402; sum- 

 mum genus and infima species, 392; 

 ancient nomenclatures and termino- 

 logies, 393; classifying final results, 

 394-396; s represent a historic 

 growth, 396; outline scheme of the 

 content of knowledge, 397; develop- 

 ment of outline scheme, 400, 402; 

 desirability of a volume giving a 

 succinct, survey of present-day 

 knowledge, 402. 



Class interests, 26. 



Comparison, 142. 



Compass, relation of navigation to, 8. 



Comte, on research regardless of 

 practical utility, 34; source of his 

 fundamental conceptions, 36-37; 

 his fifteen laws, 147; on articula- 

 tion of the sciences, 185; his plea 

 for an inter-specialist science, 197. 



Concentration, need of , in obser- 

 vation, 257; in scientific work ge- 

 nerally, 312; in generalisation, 326; 

 in deduction, 369. 



Concept, 142. 



Conservation and conservatism, justi- 

 fication of, 226; narrowmindedness 

 and conservatism, 334. 



Conservation of energy, 5, 93, 331, 355. 



Conservation of matter, 5. 



Consumption, 283; prevention of , 

 139. 



Co-operation, the life-breath of human 

 society, 3, 225; in school, 103; 



in scientific work, 211-215; - 

 should be nation-wide and inter- 

 national, 211; traceable to anti- 

 quity, 21 1-212; ubiquitous to-day, 

 212-213; systematic needed, 213; 

 advice, assistance, and criticism, 

 213; lack of -- highly prejudicial 

 to welfare and progress, 214; sug- 

 gested scheme of international - 

 in science, 214; becoming in- 

 creasingly practicable, 214; -- in 

 industrial research and relations, 

 also in preparing legislation, 214- 

 215; need of in every department 

 of life, 225; meaning of , 372-373. 



Cosmology, as science of sciences, 3, 

 22, 182; outline scheme of , 

 397, 400. 



