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Vol. 21 

 No. 9 



THURSDAY, JANUARY i. 1880. j 



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The Chemistry of Common Life. 



BY THE LATE 



JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, F.R.S., etc.. 



. or CHEMISTRY ,N THE BWVBHSITY OF DURHAM j AUTHOR OF » LEC 

 AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN 10 THE PRESENT TIME, 



by 

 ARTHUR HERBERT CHURCH, M.A., Oxon.. 



ITS SOURCES. CONSTITUENTS, AND USES;" " THE LABORATORY CUR 

 WATER," ETC. 



: AGRICULTURAL STUDENT$ • 



The Aik we Breathe. 

 The Water we Drink. 

 The Son. we Cultivate. 

 The Plants we Rear. 

 The Bread we Eat. 

 The Beef we Cook. 



SUMMARY OF CON TEATS. 



The Beyeraoes we Infuse. 

 The Sweets we Extract. 

 The Liquors we Ferment. 

 The Narcotics we Indulge in. 

 The Poisons we Select. 

 The Odors we Enjoy. 



The Smells we Dislike. 



The Colors we Admire. 



What we Bkeathf. and Breathe for 



What, How. and Why we Dig 



The Body we Cherish. 



The Circulation of Matter. 



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Prof«.„. ,„ k .. • , EXTRACT FROM ED/TOR'S TKEFACE. 



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preparing this eduion for the press, my first aim has been to roUcMhe rn«hJ!i .v. . P re « m . ,D l»« '" ,h ' Popular scientific literature of the dav In 

 .happy circumstance that I had the opportunity of consu ^Tprofeslor lohn^.o «', !Sll\ 1*° """'/ "' *">!<**°' Johnston's work . . da > '„ * 

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 really valuable matter, but to learn thetind of addition which he contempla ed ' n0t °" ly t0 '""borate with my revision some 



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