INDEX 
TO THE 
FIRST VOLUME. 
ACID sulphuric, 12; how made, properties and uses of, 145 
phosphoric, 12 
carbonic, 12 
fluoric, 13 5 how made, properties and uses of, 120 
boracic, 13 
muriatic, 13 ; how made and uses of, 132 
nitric, 14 ; how made, and uses of, 138 
Adamant* See Diamond. 
Adamantine spar. See Corundum. 
Adularia, description and uses of, 70 
Agate, description, uses, &c. of, 61, 62 
-, different kinds of, 63 
Alabaster, description and uses of, 117 
, calcareous, account and uses of, 111, 112 
Alkalies, 18 
Alumine, 15, 123 
Alluvial depositions, 235 
Alum, description and uses of, 123, 124 
, Roman and Roche, 123 
* , how procured and made, 123 
Amalgams, what they are, 176 
Amazon stone, description and use of, 69 
Amber, description and history of, 161 
, where found, and how wrought, 162 
, uses and properties of, 163 
, varnish, 163 
, gum anime often mistaken for, 164 
Amethyst, oriental, 32 
' , common, description and uses of, 48 
Amianthus. See Asbestos. 
Ammonia, muriat of. See Sal-ammoniac. 
Antimony, description of, and whence obtained, 215 
, how prepared, and uses of, 216, 217 
, butter and glass of, 217 
-, oxides of, 217 
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