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kedy ata ti d m . fia.64., (I* TMrd Bd 



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ELB1BXTABY INTKODrCTIOS TO THE STVPY OF 1 ffi SCIENCE IN ITS 



BY 



EDWARD SOLLY 



F. R. S 



RELA'i 



P. G. S 



TO AGR 



)f umber osHhe 



Agricultural Society of England, Professor of Chemistry to the Hortii rural 



roinuam's Military Sfifearv at Addissjosaba 



t? : London, Lecturer on Che: y in the Honourable East India 



PH3PA.CXS TO TH2 TEOKD lOmoV 



sjj ia assy 'arm 

 li^aioftt Ob 



numerous s u sjn c ation s, very eonslslsrable addiions have been made to this little? book 

 edition** having been introduced. Bruf description* of the tier* important of the d 



i«r, Cooker/, Ac , have been added, together with some atvount of the Sc4ss»titi< 



ad the whole has been carefully revised and eorrec*am. M 



dition • aever.il i 



•fit scnYs? mat*, not 

 Brewing, tie Manufacture 



'rtaiplea involved in these arts, Nunesrous osos •a»ljas**f ag vi cultural 



of 





tauom 







plants om 



laft— —"* guano 

 Aftsstf, chemical 



Iftainlinir ia 



a* [mines 



air 



■Otis 

 air -aasataa 







Air 



Air, innsmmmhls 



Air, ccwpo«itioo of 

 Mr rssJstsensnpres- 



Alr »»eight of ( 



■ 

 Albnseia, vegetable 



Ateebol 



Alt 



Ikali. testfw 

 / rolaoJe 



Alkatiea 

 atkeUss, vegetable 



May 



A >ndJ 



Alum 





absorbs 

 oaf* 



Ahum as in toil, use 



sf [of 



Ahmima,phn*phate 



Alaaiioa. uicateot 

 Ala sua*, sulphate j 

 Aluminum [off 



Aluminum, oxide of 



nrs 



bsorbed 

 bj alumina 

 HfcttOfua absorbed 



by statrcoal, dec. 



ABBaeaia, carbon- 



ste< f 



smwmia, fixing off 

 A~anmria in air 



Aaaeaonia in rain- | 

 water I 



Asttnvwia. loss of I 

 Atninsaele, muriate | 

 Ammonia, puoe. 



phste 

 Ammonia, salts of 

 Amm o ni a, sulph 

 Ammonia, urate of 

 Analysis 

 Animal heat 

 A aim a i manures 

 Aetmal principles, 



proximate 



Aafcnal suoetances 

 Apimals, breathing: j 

 of [of 1 



Animals* fatteain* 

 Aaaaata 

 Apale Jelly 

 Aquafortis 



Atprnl 

 Arrack 

 Arrow root 



B!ack Cafiant jelly 



Blood 



Blunts* 



Bones 



Brett 



Brandy 



Braas 



Bread 



Bricks 



Brimstone 



Britain gum 



Bromide of macro e- 



Bromides [slum 



Bromine 

 Brown stoat 

 Buckwheat 

 Buds 

 Burning 



Burning li I 

 burning of plants 



Burnt day 



Burnt sugar 



Butter 



1'. utter, clarified 



Butter, how co- 

 loured 



Butt r, melted 



Butter, salt 



Bu'yrtc add 



Cabbage 



Cabbage, red 



Oal amine 



Calomssa 



Cslcinnuchloride of] 



Calomel 



Camphor 



Candles 



Candle, burning of 



Cane 



Cane sugar 



Caoutchouc 



Caramel 



Carbon 



Carben in plants 



Carbonate of am. 

 monia 



Carbonate of iron 



Carbonate of lead 



Carbonate of lime 



Carbonate of mag- 

 nesia 



Garbon at* of potash 



Carbonate of soda 



Oar bona tea decom- 

 posed by ids 



Carbonic acid gas 



Carbonic 

 necessary to plant* 



Carbonic acid gas, 

 decomposition ot 



Carbonic oxide 



Carburettad bydro- 



Carcasea [gen 



Carrot 



Gaaeine 



Casein e, vegetable 



Castor oil 

 Caustic potash 

 Cellar*, foul air in 

 Cellulose 

 Chalk 

 Chamomile 





Changes, chemical 



Cbareor 



■oke, 



J truss 





ctiem 



BaixonKs 

 namooo 



a 



HarlfT -straw 



Barley sugar 

 Barm 



Barometer 

 Bees 



-meat 



of the 

 [blood 



Bay salt 

 Bean, field 



Beaa straw 



kidney 



Beech nuts 



. Bavarian 



Beet-root sugar 

 Bell metal 

 Bus 



J**ary compounds 

 gyaosphateoflime 

 ah art rate of potash 



mm 



Bleaching by culo- 



BlSaSe 



by suU 



absorb 



iof 

 Charcoal, burning 

 Charcoal, dlslnfses 



hag powers of 

 ChsiTsag 



Cheddar cheese 

 Cheese 



Cheltenham salts 

 Cherry-tree gum 

 Cheshire cheese 



Cheestanee 



Chlorides 



Chlorine 



Churning 



Chyle 



Chyme 



Circulation 



Cider 



Cinnabar 



Citric acid 



Clay 



Clay, burnt 



Clay iroa ore 

 Climate, differences 



Clover [ot 



Coagulation of al- 



Coal ashes [bum en 



CoeWas 



Coal-tar, naphtha 



Cocoa-nut oil 



Cognac brandy 



Cohesion 



Coke 



Coiophoay 



Colour of soils [of 



Colours, ch an gi n g 



Colours, vegetable ] 



Coita 



Combination 



Combination, 



Combining weights 

 Combustion 



ombinlng 

 tters 



Combustion , results 



Common salt [of 



Composition of ani- 

 mal matter 



Composition of or- 

 ganic matter 



Composition of 

 plants 



Composition of soils 



om position of 

 stones 

 Compounds 



ntegion 

 Contagious matter 

 ooksry 



Copper 



Copper in plsntf 



«'"Hper, oxide 



»pper, pyrites 

 Copper, salts of 

 Copper, sulphate of 



Copperas 



Coprolitea 



Corn 



.rrosi ve sublimate 



•*tton 

 C nfjhlog 



Cream 



Cream cheese 



Cream of tartar 



Crops, rotation of 



to nit re 



Cultivated land 



Curd of milk 



Currants 



H ACCESS EOT Y PS 



Dahlia 



Death of plants 

 Decay [lime 



Decay, influence of 

 Decay, like burning 

 Decay of humus 

 Decay of plants 

 Decay, results of 

 Decay, under water 

 Decomposition 



Decomposi'i.in, in- 

 duced [rocks 

 Decomposition of 

 Decomposition, 



spontaneous 

 Deliquescence 

 Dew 

 Dextrine 

 IHamond 

 Diastase 



Digestion [merit of 

 Digestion, 'lerisni,s 

 Disease* of plants 

 Distillation 

 Ditch scrapings 

 Double salts 

 Dough 



rain age 



Draining 



under 

 Dung 

 Dutch ru 

 D.v eing 

 Earth 

 F th nut 

 Bart ha 



Earths, alkaline 



matter in 

 the air 



srthy silicates 



Berth y substances 

 in plants 



Effervescence 

 *g, white of 

 laine 



Bleetricity, influ- 

 ence on plants 



Slements 



Embryo 



Epsom salts 



Equivalent 



Excrement [fowl 



Excrements of s?a 

 xhaustion of *oila 

 xpansion [damp 

 x plosion of fire- 



Faint% distiller's 



Fallowing 



Fsrm-yard dung 



Fat 



Fat of animals 



Feathers 



F eed ing off with 



Ferment [sheep 



Fermentation 



Fertility 



Fibre, woody 



Fibrin, animal 



Fibrin, vegetable 



Finings 



Fir-ashes 



Fire 



Fire-damp 



Fish, refusa 

 Fixed oil 



Fixing ammonia 



Flame 



Flax 



Flesh 



Flint 





CONTENTS OP 



num. Flooring malt Latent heat 



Flour 



Flour, damaged 

 Flowers 

 Flowers, their ciYect 



on the air 

 Fluorides 

 P taurine 

 Food of animals 

 Food, chemical cse 

 F plants [of 



Formation o( seed 

 Formation of soils 

 Foul smells 

 Pree* g. effiscts of 

 Freesuig of water 

 ' ruit 



Fruit, ripening of 

 Fuel [chlorine 



Fumigating \y 

 Fumigation by -ul- 

 Fungt [pliur 



Fur s m water 



■ALVANISED II 



(Jame, \ reserving 



Oas 



Gas coal 



Uss, inflammable 



^h* an actum of 

 Gas liquor 

 Gas liquor, strength 

 Gas tar [of 



* a* trie juice 



Gelatine 

 Get ■ 



Jermination 

 ntninaiKin acce- 

 ;in [ rated 



Glass 



■ Jlauber salts 

 i.tiadine 



'il»uc ii > ir cheese 



(Jlue 



Glue, refuse 



G 1 u t » • n 



rlwerine 

 Gold 



Gold, chloride 

 Gold of Pleasure 



Gold, mosaic 

 Jccaebernes 

 Grain of Wheat 

 Grains, spent 

 Grape sugar 



Grapes 



Grass 



(rraviry 



Gravity, specific 



Greaves 



Green manures 



Green vitriol 



Growth of plants 



Guano 



Gum 



Gum arabic 



Gum, British 



Gum, cherry-tree 



Gun formation of 



Gum, resin 



Gun cotton 



Gunpowder 



Gntta perch a 



yletun 

 Gypsum 

 IAIB 



liird water 

 Hartshorn 

 Hay 

 Heat 



Hedge*, foul 

 Hemp-seed 



Holland* 



Honey 

 H o< ,f ■ 



Hops 



Hordein 



Horn 



Humatet 



Ilumic acid 



Humus 



Hydrogen 



Hydrogen, carbu- 



retted [of 



Hydrogen, lightness 

 Hydrogen, suiphu- 

 I cs [retted 



Iceland moil 

 Indian corn 



Imliau rubber 

 Indigo 



Inflammable air 



Inorganic matter in 



plants 



Inorganic manures 

 Inulin 



Iodides 



Iodtne 



Iodine in sea water 

 Iron 



Irrigation 



Isinglass 



Ivory 



Tusif 1 



K el? 



Kidneys 



Kiln-drying 



Kirschwas'er 

 Lactic acid 



THE VOLUME. 







Lead 

 Leather 



Leaven 



Leaves 



emi , fall of the 

 eaeee fiVe of 



Lees of wine 



I egumine 

 1. us 



Li Is 



Lettuce 



Light, efforts of 



Light, influence on 



plants 



Lighting a fire | 



Lignin i 



Lime 



1 ne, action on soil 



i • and salt 

 Lime, biphosphate 



Lime, burning [of 



Lime, carbonate 

 In. . cau*tio 

 1 ine, ciirate 

 Lime, Indrate of 

 Lime in plants 

 Lime, muriate of 

 Lime, nitrate of 

 Lime, oxalate of 

 Lime, phosptesa of 



Lime, silicate of 

 Lime, slaking 

 Limestone [slan 

 Limestone, msgne- 

 Lime, sulphate of 

 Lime, superphos- 

 phate of 

 Lime, when useful 



Lime, when not to 



be used 

 Limes, juice of 

 Linen 

 Linseed 

 Liqueurs 

 Liquid manure 

 Liquid manure 



Litharge [tanks 



Liver 



Loss of manure 



Lucerne 



Lungs of animals 



Macaroni 



Magnesia 

 Magnesia, carbon- 

 ate of 

 Magnesia in plants 

 Magnesia, muriate 



Magnesia, phos- 

 phate of 



Magnesia, silicate of 

 -gnesia, sulphate 

 of 



Vagnesian lime- 

 stone 



Magnesium 



Magnesium, chlo- 

 ride of 



Magnesium, oxide of 



M ze 

 J Malt 

 MaMing 

 M«lic acid 

 Manganese 

 Manganese in 



plants 

 Manganese in soils 

 Manganese,oxide of 

 Mangold Wurxel 

 Manures 



Maple gar 

 Maraschino 



Marble 



Mark « t rapes 



Margarine 

 Marl 

 Mashing 

 Mead 



le it b-MItng 

 Meat roasting 



Medicines, action of 



Mercury 



Mercury, chlorides 



Mercury, oxides of 



Mercury, sulphurs* 



Metal alloys [of 



Metallic oxides 



Metallic salts 



Metals 



Milk 



Millet 



Minium 



M ixture 



Mixture of soils 

 Molasses 



Mord aunts 



Mortar 



Mosaic gold 

 Mould 



Moulderin? 



Mouldlness 



Mucilage 



M uri a te of ammonia 



Muriate of lime 



Muriate of mngne- 



Mnrtateof soda{sia 



Muriates 



Muriatic acid 



Muscle 



M usee v ado sugar 



Musk 



Must 

 Mustard 



N a rtrr a a 

 Nascent state 

 stural vegetation 



[«f 



d 



Niirhtsoii [fs 



^btsuii, c 

 Nitrate of lime 

 Nitrate of potash 

 Nit te of soda 

 Nitrate of silver 



NitraSas 



isies, in plants 



Mitre 



Nitre beds 

 Nitre, cubic 

 trie «» «l 



acid in B 

 NltrofSO [nure 



Noyeaa 



Nutrition of plants 



>utriii«iu of aui- 



Oafl ashes [mala 

 I lass 



i I I >urs of pi ants 

 oil 



Oilcake 



<>it, castor 



Oil of cloves 

 oil, cocoa-nut 



Oil, dregs I 



'il, drying 

 Oil. fat | 



Oil. fixed 



il. i *ed 



«»il f mustard 

 Oil of lavender 

 Oil of lemons 



| Oil of turpentine 

 <il of vitriol 

 Oil, olive 

 Oil, poppy 

 Oil, rape 

 <>U, rock 



Oilseeds 



Oil, volatile 

 Oleine 

 opodeldoc 

 Ores, roasting of 



Organic acids 

 Organic manures 

 Organic matter 

 Organic substances 



in soils 

 Organic transform-- 



atmus 

 Organised matter 



Oxalate in me in 

 Oxalic acid [plants 

 Oxalis 



Oxide, carbonic 

 Oxide of copper 

 ( )xide of iron 

 Oxide of lead 

 Oxide of manganese 

 Oxide of mercury 

 Oxide of silver 

 Oxide of tin 

 < urtdes, metallic 



Oxygen 



Paikt, white 



Palm juice 



Paper bleached by 



Paring [chlorine 

 Parmesan ch 

 Parsnip 

 Ps • 



Fear lash 



Peas 



Peat ashes 

 Pectins 



Per-oxides 



Perry 



1'ersalU 



Petrs 



Petre, salt 



Pewter 



Phosphates 



Phosphoric 



Phosphoric 



plants 

 Phosphoric 



bone 

 Phosphoric 

 Phosphorus 



Pickling cabbage 

 Pine-apples 



Pipes, bursting of 



Pitch 



Plants, composition 



Hants, death of [of 



Plants, decay of 



Plants decompose 



carbonic acid [air 

 Plants, effect of, on 



the 



Plants, elements of 

 Plants, food of 

 Plants, growth of 

 Plaster ot Paris 

 Plaster stone 

 P.ougn, subsoil 

 Plums 

 Polenta 



: Pond mud 

 Poaay seed 



•r 



Potash 



Poanrh, bi relate 

 .)tash,bitartrAte oi 



>tesh, carbonate of 

 Potash justir 

 j Potash in plants 

 : Potash in the soil 

 1 ash, muriate of 

 jush, nitrate of 

 h, salts of 

 Potash, silicate of 

 Potash, sulphate of 

 Potashes 

 PotasMum 



Potassium, chloride 





ilicsteof lime 

 ate magn 



f^atasl 



tllrites 



WBMc f • 1 



v »lkdeemg 



sow, chloride «f 

 r, i rsus of 

 l\er. oxide of 



Sllvn 



: 



el 





acid 

 acid in 



acid in 



[water 



acid in 



Potato [of 



utato haulm 



plrit 

 raio starch 

 »taio, sweet 



Pottery 

 rineiples, active 



ro) :ions 

 Protein 



roto-saits 



rot oxides 

 Proximate animal 



runitig [j 

 Pntretai »n 

 Putrefaction, influ- 



enee <»f lime in 

 Putrefving animal 



matter 

 Piv i id tsrtnentation 



Pu r»d urine 



nttv powder 



1 Writes 



Pi rites, copper 



Pyroltgm ous acid 



Pvr suites 

 P>roK) lie spirit 



USTZ 



Quaternary com- 

 Qulcklii [pounds 



QuicksP\f r 



Rain water 



Raisins 



Rape seed 



K.ipe viuo 



Red cabbage 

 Red lead 



Kef use of gas works 

 Rennet 



testa • 



Respiration (tion 

 'tesuits of combus- 

 Ke -ults Of putrefac- 

 Khubarb • [tion 

 Rice 



Ripening oi fruit 

 River mud 

 River water 

 Road drift 



ock salt 

 Rocket [tion of 



Rocks, disintegra- 

 Roman vitriol 

 Roots 



Rotation of crops 

 Ruby 



am 

 Hushes, Dutch 

 Rust of iron 



Bjse straw 

 Saccharins matter 

 tetj-iamp 



sago 



Sainfoin 

 Sal-ammoniac 

 Saline compounds 

 Saiiue draughts 

 Saline manures 

 Salt 



Salt and lime 

 Salt bay 



Salt, common 

 Salt in sea water 

 Salt, rock 

 Salt, spirit cf 

 Salt, sea 



Siiv« 



I 

 , resin 



kimuiatlmHk 



kin 



■aking of Urns 



Lis, foul 



Straw ashes 



rnw Ol barley 



Mr <w>ofbaekwaea% 



tra> lentils 



Straw of tnsise 



iw« s 



iw of rye 



traw of vs i 



raw of wheat 



trmig measures 



:-ul» »n!u 



Subsail 



8ubse41 plcssghifif 



ubssratum 



wU uon from 



sugar (charcoal 



Sugar, barley 



Sugar, rands 

 8ugar, form a tion « 

 Si «»f lead 



Sugar of milk 

 Sugar, refining 



Sugar refiners' 

 waste 



Sulphates 

 Sulphur 



Supliur in plant! 

 Suphuret of iron 

 ulphuret of lead 



[»huret of silver 

 .!,.[. ureU- 

 melting 



Soap 

 Soap-boiling 



Soap, decomposi- 

 p, sofr [tion of 



'oap, transparent 

 .Soap, 3 el low 



apuiaker's ash 

 Soda 



Soda, carbonate of 

 Sod i in rocks 

 Soda in plants 

 Soda iaanils 



Soda, in uri at oof 

 a, nitrate of 

 da, silicate of 

 oda, sulphate of 



Solium 



Sodium, chloride Of 



oft water 



oil 



oils, analysis of 

 Soil, colour ot 

 Sods, composition r 



Soils, exhaustion of 

 Soils, formation of 

 Soils, mixture of 

 s<iiU, nature of 

 Solder 



ot 

 Sorrel 

 Soup 



iiceinc gravity 

 Spices 

 Spirit proof 



pi i it, pyroxylic 

 pirit of salt 



piritof-wtae 

 S ponge 

 Spring water 



spriugs 



tries 



Tar 



rarniah on silver 



Terra 

 i Tartaric acid 



'^irtrate* 

 T 



TVraarvc '• pounds 

 restni w??etahls 

 rhermonieter 



i erbolt 



iies 



eof 



Tin plate 



... sulphurct Of 



» «sest 



ed ohaese 



Tolsasro 



rsanii 



rro(Heal 

 Tubers 



Turf-ssI 



TurutefflO 

 Torntps 



Tur^ntiae 



Turr>ei oe, oil of 



IJsati ot ammonis 



irea 



Uric arid 



Hrine 



Ju of leaves 



Use of plants 



lUqu'haugh 



v*s n condensed 



I i -!d 



Vapour in the air 

 Vegerab'e alkalies 

 Vegetable manure 

 Vegetables, b ing 

 Veins [of 



Vi inilion 



eash 



Vinegar 



V mettar distilled 

 Vinous fuimenta- 



Vitriol, blue [ 



V 10I, green 

 Vitriol, oC 

 Vitriol, white 



V kali 



Vulatilc (»U 



Salt, solution of, in j Stall feeding 



altpetre [water Starch 

 Salts 

 Sand 

 Sapphire 

 Sawdust 

 Schiedam 

 Sea fowl, excre- 

 Sea-water [ments of 



Sea-weed 



Seeds 



Seed, formation of 

 Seed-, germination 

 Seeds, steeping [of 



idUtz powders 

 Selection by roots 

 Semolina [of plants 

 Shell sand 

 Shells 

 Siiex 



iliea 

 Silica in plants 



i ilea in Roil, use ot 

 icate of alumina 



m 

 tearic acid 

 Wearrc e 

 -Hill 



Stilton cbeeso 

 • ulphuret of tin 

 Sulphuretted hy- 

 drogen 



pterhracid 

 uiphnrous add 



Salpborosjs acid 



checks ferment a- 

 5unh"ower [tioa 



sunflower seed 



uper-salta [Urn 

 Super* pho*ph«rt ^ 

 8uper-tartrate of 

 Swedes [pel 



lABA-SHtER 



Tannin 



Tauning 

 Tapioca 



WaLwrrs 



Wash, cttstillers* 

 Water 



Water, action on 



Water, air in [lead 

 Water, composition 

 S of 



Water, freezing of 

 Water, hard 

 Water.impuritiea in 

 Water, mineral 

 Water necessary to 

 plants 



Water, New Rlvfr 

 r, phosphoric 



acid in 

 Water, pure 

 Water, rain 

 Water, sea 

 Water, soft 

 Water, spring 

 Wa C hemes 

 V Water, well 

 Wax 



\V« od-ash 

 Weeds, 



eds, burning of 

 s, \ faction 

 vT , spread of [of 

 Wheat grain 

 Wheat straw 

 Wheat starch 



Whey 



Whiskey 



Wl ©lead 



White of egg 



Wine 



Wine, brandy 



Wine, domestic 



Wiae* fermentation 



Wine, fining of [of 



Wine, pricked 

 Wiae, rip* niog of 

 Wine, vinesjsss 



Wood wsiiea 

 W«»od spirit 

 V ody libra 

 Wool 

 Wool djfeing 



i, mi.l refuse 

 Wool rags 



Wool soap 



Wort 



Wort, foxiness of 



Xylojdine 

 Yeast 



Veass as -ire 



Yeast, ar al 



| Yeasty bad 



Ysast, dry 



Zjno 



Zmc, ckleride of 



Zinc, oxile of 



' Kinc, sai iate of 



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