166 INDEX.
Carcases, 135Carrot, analysis of, 160Casein, 92Castor oil, 82Caustic lime, 142Caustic potash, 87Caustic substances, 24Chalk, 4, 19, 26, 124,142Changes, chemical, 84,110Charcoal, 10, 19,137,144Chairing, 20Cheltenham salts, 51Chemical changes, 84,110Cherry-tree gum, 78Chloride of sodium, 41Chlorine, 40, 151Cider, 27Citric acid, 82Clay, 61
Clay, burnt, 137, 144Climate, effects of, 119Clover, analysis of, 158Coal, ashes of, 144Coal gas, 18, 29Cocoa-nut oil, 82Cohesion, 20Coke, 71Colour, 40Colour of soil, 100Colours, changing of, 24Colours of plants, 81Colouring matter, 83Combination, 2Combining numbers, 250Combining weights, 151Combustion, 8, 22Combustion, results of, 11Common salt, 41,47,147Composition of bodies, 150Composition of soils, 99Composition of water, 16Compounds, binary, 75Compounds, all definite, 29 •Compounds, saline, 24Compounds, ternary and quaternary,75
Contagion, 37Contagious matters, 40Copperas, 133Cora, 100
Crops, rotation of, 123Cubic nitre, 48Cultivated lands, 121
Decay, 22
Decay of humus, 104Decomposition, 4
Decomposition of stony particles, 98
Deliquescent, 60
Dew, 14
Diamond, 19
Division, mechanical, 99
Draining, 140Dung, 134Dutch rushes, 65
Earths, 43, 54Earthy substances, 86Earthy substances in plants, 118Effervescence, 55Elements, 5Embryo, 111Embryo of a seed, 116Epsom salts, 60Equivalent weights, 151Excrements, 131Excrements of sea-fowl, 132Experiments, 141
Fallowing, 122Farm-yard manure, 139Fat, 90, 134, 137Fatty substances, 136Fermentation, 27, 85Fertility, 121Fibre, woody, 76Fibrin , 89, 153Fire damp, 28Fire, lighting a, 11Fixed oil, 82Fixing ammonia, 53, 133Flax, 77, 84
Flesh of animals, 90, 134Flint, 62
Flowers, use of, 114
Food of animals, 92
Food of plants, 94,129
Food, too great a supply of, 130
Formation of seed, 114
Formation of soils, 98
Foul smells, 40, 127
Fruit, ripening of, ] 15
Fruit and seeds, 117
Fruit, unripe, 82
Fungi, 134
Fumigation, 37
Gas, 8
Gas, inflammable, 18Gas liquor, 145Gas-works, 52
Gas-works, ammoniacal liquor of, 145Gas-works, refuse of, 145Gelatin , 89, 137, 153| Germination, 106,107,110Germination in oxygen, 108Glass, 50, 63Glauber’s salts, 51Glue, 90, 137Gluten, 80, 86, 153Good air, 8Grass, 100Green bones, 137Green manures, 139