Part 2 — INDEX.

Absorbers, best, 192

not conductors, 185

not reflectors, 192

radiators, 197

Absorption of heat, 184

not conduction, 184

of light, 364

Accidental colors, 407, 408

Acetate of lead, 426

Acetic acid, 426

Acid of drinks, 269

of fermentation, 269

Activity affected by cold, 91

Activity affected by heat, 93

Aerated water, 267

Aeronauts feel pain, 254

Age affects the sensation, thought, judgment, 425

power of walking, 425

Air, 240

always in motion, 293

bad conductor, 13, 177, 178

bad radiator, 219, 237

cold, 177

colder than blood, 181

composed of two gases, 27, 240

cooled by convection, 220

cooled by rain, 159

cools hot iron, 246

density diminished by rain, 337

descends when cold, 289

double current in a room, 290

dries linen, 160

elements of, 33

expanded by heat, 103

full of smells, 152

gets fire up, 50

healthful, 252

heated, 219, 245, 246, 289

heated not by sun, 290

in a room, 252

inflammable, see hydrogen

in summer, 313

of cities unhealthy, 243, 253

of the country healthy, 243, 252

on land colder than on water, 224

on land cold at night, 230

preserved normal, 244

purified by lightning, 27

rusts iron, 257

still before a tempest, 146

strong, 108

varies in temperature, 335

Aisles famous for echoes, 417

Alcohol, 109, 270, 271

Ale, 109

bottled, 268

froth of, 109

froth increased by heat, 268

Alkali, 45

Anenometer, 314

Anglers hate a magpie, 153

Angle of incidence, 370

of reflection, 370

Animal heat, 83, 85, 243, 277

Animals and vegetables co-dependent, 244

Ants love honey-dew, 221

Appetite, 89, 90, 91

(See hunger.)

Apples full of air, 105

roasted, 105

soft, 106

April showers, 307

Aqua fortis, 426

Argand lamps, 83

Arnott’s stoves smell of sulphur, 56

smoke, 69

Ascent in balloons painful, 145

Ashes soften water, 345

Asses bray in wet weather, 148

Aurora borealis, 142, 285

coloured, 143

white, 142

a prognostic, 143

Avenues, 380

Azote, see nitrogen

Bales catch fire spontaneously, 57

Balloons, 146

inflated, 109

rise, 110

Balls of fire, 6

Banisters wet, 216

Barley malted, 270

Barometer, 317

affected by cold, 328

affected frost, 329

affected heat, 328

affected thaw, 329

affected wind, 327

rules for its rise and fall, 330

sudden change in, 330

use of, 319

varies most in winter, 327

varies least in summer, 327

when highest, 328

when lowest, 328

Barren land collects no dew, 209

Bass notes in music, 412

Bass preserves flowers from frost, 206

Bathing, danger of, 387

with ether for inflammation, 157

Beakers broken by hot water, 126

Beasts covered with hair, 176

Beds damp, 157

Beer, fermentation of, 269

flat, 273

froth increased by bottling, 268

froth increased by heat, 268

raisins and raw meat improve it, 273

stale, 275

soured by lightning, 27

not old beer, 27

spoiled, if the vent-peg be left out, 273

yeast added to make it work, 271

Beer-vats dangerous, 265

Bells heard at a distance, 412

cracked, sound harsh, 411

silenced by a touch, 411

Bell-metal, 410

Bellows, 51

Bins purified, 266

Birds covered with feathers, 176

Black, 402

cloth warm, 186

eyes, 191

glass for spectacles, 408

hat turns red at the sea-side, 344

Hole of Calcutta, 250

kid gloves, 188

lead, 258

lead prevents rust, 258

mist, 144

skin, 190

tea-pot, 197

tea-pot used by cotters, 198

tea-pot set on a hob to draw, 198

will never blister, 190

Blacks, 60

none to railway engines, 60

Blacksmiths strike fire by nails, 96

Bladders inflated by heat, 103

Blaze, blue, 46

green, 45

yellow, 46

between the bars of a grate, 45

Blazing coals burn quickly, 39

Blood red, 242

purple, 242

Blowers, 70

Blowing cools broth, 180, 247, 312

tea, 248

Blue, 401

glasses, 407

sky, 132

sublimate, 426

Body warm, 87

Boiling, 234

water bubbles, 114, 283

makes it flat, 275

is in a ferment, 232

rattles, 116

runs over, 115, 233

swells, 114

one pot will not boil in another, 118

retarded by a spoon, 117

retarded by salt, sugar, 118

Bottled ale, &c., 268

Brackish water unfit for railway engines, 263

Bread heavy, 276

made with yeast, 276

Breath exhaled, 244

visible in winter, 217

Breathing difficult on a mountain, 255

previous to a storm, 255

Breeze at watering places, 310

evening, 309

morning, 308

of islands, 309

speed of, 313

(See wind.)

Bricks for cold feet, 173

Brick stoves, 174

Bricklayers cannot work in a frost, 359

cover new work with straw, 359

Brilliancy, 364

Brine retards boiling, 119

tested, 361

Broth cooled by breath, 247, 312

by convection, 247

by stirring, 247

Bubbles in tea, 419

of boiling water, 114

Bulk for bulk, 110

Burns cured, 157

Burning glasses, 2

Caloric, 1

Cambric handkerchiefs cool, 184

Cambridge, rain of, 340

Candles, 74

burn, 74

burn blue, 148

cotton, not easily blown out, 79

easily blown out, 51, 78

and rekindled, 51, 55

extinguished, 79

flame hot, 75

flame hollow, 76

flame pointed, 77

flame purple below, 76

flame tends upwards, 77

flame yellow, 76

gas of, 281

held at a door, 290

hottest above the flame, 79

give light, 76

make glass damp, 78

need snuffing, 81

Palmer’s, 80

prevent our seeing abroad, 378

reflected in a window, 379

rush, easily go out, 79

smoke, 81

spirt, 155

suddenly introduced give pain, 365

wax, need no snuffing, 81

Candlestick rags catch fire spontaneously, 58

Capillary veins, 84

Captain Ross, 414

Carbon, 33, 74

Carbonate of lime, 426

of soda, 426

Carbonic acid gas, 37, 108, 249, 264

deleterious, 250, 264

in human bodies, 84

its presence detected, 264

Carburetted hydrogen gas, 279, 280

Carpets warm, 169

Carriage wheels catch fire, 99

Carriage windows misty, 213

Casks charred, 73

Cart grease, 100

Cathedral aisles famous for echoes, 417

Cats in wet weather, 147

prowl by night, 367

rub their ears, 150

see in the dark, 367

wink before a fire, 367

Cattle uneasy in wet weather, 148

Caverns famed for echoes, 416

Ceilings sooty, 71

Cellars cold in summer, 256

warm in winter, 256

Cerebellum, 424

Cerebrum, 424

Chalk, 426

Charcoal, 72

bad conductor, 166

fire, 72

fire deleterious, 265

purifies water, 72

removes the taint of meat, 72

Charring bread, 73

casks, 73

wood, 73

Chemical action, 30

Chestnuts crack when roasted, 104

not if slit, 105

Chimney pots, 71

Chimneys smoke, if a room be too close, 61

remedy, 62

in vestries, valleys, 66

remedy, 67

in wind, 66, 111

if too long, 62, 116

if too short, 62

if too large, 69

remedy, 70

when the draught is slack, 63, 69

when the door is on the same side, 68

remedy, 68

when it needs repairing, 68

sweeping, 68

when two fires are in one room, 65

remedy, 65

China broken by hot water, 125

Choke damp, 264, 279

Church bells heard at a distance, 151

Churchyards smell offensively, 283

Chyle, 242

Cider, 269

Cinders, 43

iron, 43

will not blaze, 48

Cirro-cumulus clouds, 136

Cirro-stratus clouds, 134

Cirrus clouds, 134

Citizens pale, 243

Citric acid, 426

City air unhealthy, 253

Clean kettles, 186

Cleanliness connected with the dietary, 93

Clear day overcast, 304

Clear nights exhilarating, 144

Clocks heard, at a distance, 151, 413

Close rooms unhealthy, 253

Cloth collects but little dew, 208

Clothes gather damp in summer, 211

wet, 157

Clothing for workmen, 164

promotes warmth, 176

Clouds, 127

cause of, 129

classes of, 134

colour of, 132

compound, 136

compound simple, 134

differ from fog, 128, 227

dissipated, 304

distance from the earth, 129

edges most luminous, 399

electrical, 131

fall in rainy weather, 337

float, 128

height of, 4, 120

highest and lowest, 130

intermediate, 135

light, 120

motion of, 133

red, 132, 399

round mountain tops, 137

thickness of, 130

thickness how ascertained, 130

vary in shape, 129, 130

vary in colour, 133

where most abundant, 129

where least, 129

use of, 137

velocity of, 314

wind affects them, 129, 131

Coal gas, 280

mines explode, 281

Coals black, 403

Cold weather affects the barometer, 328

makes us love fat, 90

makes activity, 91

out of doors, 312

promotes hunger, 91

Collapsing, 289

Colour of clouds, 132, 133

Colours vary, 400

some warm, some cold, 187

Combining not mixing, 25

Combustion, see fire, 33, 85

cause of, 36

elements of, 36

heat of, 37

increased by wind, 58

in the veins, 84

Communication of heat, 164

Compound clouds, 136

Compression, 102

Condensation, 98, 102

Condensed air, 289

Conduction, 164

not absorption, 184

Conductors, best, 165

worst, 166

not absorbers, 185

of lightning, 22

dangerous, 24

Convection, 219, 231

Convective currents, 245

cool broth, 247

cool iron, 247

Cooking vessels with wooden handles, 166

Cooper applies hot hoops, 122

Copper sonorous, 410

tarnishes, 259

Copper-hole, 60

roars, 60

roars not when the door is open, 60

Cornea, 388

Corns ache in wet weather, 256

Corpse cold, 95

Corrosive sublimates, 426

Cotton bales catch fire spontaneously, 57

handkerchiefs hot, 184

Countrymen ruddy, 243

Cowls, 67, 111

Crowds produce drowsiness, 251

head-ache, 249

vitiate air, 249

unhealthy, 250

Culinary vessels have wooden handles, 166

should be sooty, 71, 201

Cultivation promotes dew, 210

warmth, 160

Cumulo-stratus clouds, 136, 137

Cumulus clouds, 134, 135

Cup in a pie, 120

why full of juice, 124

Damp banisters, 217

beds, 158

house, 217

Danger in a storm, 12

in attics and cellars, 16

a crowd, 18

theatre, &c., 19

before a fire, 15

near a tree, 12

river, 14

flocks and herds are exposed to, 19

those who bar shutters, 18

lean against a wall, 17

or carriage, 20

who ring bells, 15, 17

run, 15

Dark colours warm, 186

radiate heat, 197

Davy, Sir H., 281

Day-light produces hunger, 88

Dead bodies cold, 95

taller than living, 423

Deal snaps in fire, 107

Decanting liquor, 274

spirting, 274

Depression of spirits, 145

Descent in a diving bell painful, 146

Deserts hot and dazzling, 405

Dew deleterious, 220

differs from rain, 226

distilled after a hot day, 219

especially if the wind is westerly, 218

unequally, 207

in open places, 204

in valleys and hollows, 207

on clothes, 211

cultivated lands, 210

grass, 209

leaves, &c., 208

none beneath a tree, 204, 205

a flower awning, 205

hedge or wall, 205

none in a cloudy night, 204

in a windy night, 207

especially if easterly, 218

none on stones, cloth, 208

deserts, gravel, metal, rocks, wool, 209

Dew-drops round, 223

flattened, 223

roll on cabbages, 223

roses, 224

Digging promotes warmth, 161

Digestion, 91

Dinner covers, 202

Dirt warm, 93

Distant bells heard, 413

clocks, 151

objects appear small, 381, 382

sight, 390

spectacles for, 391

Distance makes things invisible, 384

Distilled vinegar, 426

Divers suffer pain, 255

Diving bell, 146

Doors swell and shrink, 151

Dogs uneasy in wet weather, 147

Dough, 274

set before a fire to rise, 276

Double concave glasses, 389

convex glasses, 391

Draining lands promote warmth, 160

Draught at a door, 314

key-hole, 314

window, 315

slack, 63, 64, 69

Dreams, 424

foolish things, 424

Drops of rain roll on dust, 155

Drowned men restored, 101

Drums, 411

Dry wood for kindling, 44

burns best, 107

snaps about, 107

Dryest months, 328

Dublin, rain of, 340

Duck dry in water, 224

Dunghills hot, 277

Dusty shoes hot, 194

Dyeing changes a colour, 401

Ear-trumpets, 415

Earth, bad conductor, 181

cool in summer, 182

cracks by frost, 357

crumbles in spring, 358

warm in whiter, 131

Earth-fog, 221

Earthen tea-pots, 197, 198

set on a hob to draw, 198

East wind cold, 302

dry, 303

prevents dew, 218

Eat more in cold, 90

less in warm weather, 91

Echo, 416

Echoes, two or more, 418

Effervescence, 269

soon subsides, 275

Egg cracked when boiled, 239

tested, 178, 239

Electricity affects the clouds, 131, 133

excited by friction, 29

felt at the elbow joints, 27, 29

hot, 3

of clouds, 4

positive & negative, 16

England grows warmer and warmer, 160

winds of, 300

east dry, 302

morning at watering places, 310

most prevalent, 300

north cold, 312

north-east dry, 305

south rainy, 303

warm, 303

south-west rainy, 304

west rainy, 304

when highest, 301

lowest, 301

See March wind.

Epsom salts, 426

Esquimaux love blubber, 92

Equatorial current, 298

Ether, 47

boils, 119

used for freezing, 360

used for inflammation, scalds, burns, 157

European skin white, 191

Evaporation, 156

freezes, 360

Evening clouds, 132

grey, 140

red, 138, 399

Evening rainbow, 141

Evergreens frost-bitten, 230

Ewers broken by frost, 349

Expansion by heat, 103

Extinguishers, 79

made of paper, 79

Eyes, two, 368

see single, 369

affected by blue glasses, 407

fire-light, 407

the sun, 407

Face soon scorched, 196

Fanning, 179, 313

Far sight, 390

spectacles for, 391

Farriers apply hot shoes, 123

Fat men swim best, 362

Feathers warm, 176

Feeling, 425

Feet cold before a fire, 53

wet dangerous, 157

Fermentation, 269

of dough, 276

Fender and fire-irons cold, 185

Fiddle-strings musical, 411

snap from wet, 339

Fine weather braces, 147

Finger feels cold when wet, 157

Fire black and red, 38, 40

blazes, 39

not in frost, 48

burns blue, 148

cause of, 36

charcoal, 72

damp, 280

effect upon the eyes, 407

extinguished, 54

by water, 107

fiercest in winter, 49

out of doors, 50

grotesque figures in, 40

heat of, 280

how increased, 63

hot, 37

kindled at the bottom, 42

light dazzles, 366

lighted with paper and wood, 41

luminous, 46

poker draws up, 52

radiates heat, 196

red hot, 38

reflected on windows, 379

sun dulls it, 49

thaw dulls it, 50

wind intenses it, 51

See combustion.

Fire-irons cold, 185

rust, 257

prevented, 258

Fishes ascend and dive, 363

seem nearer than they are, 388

cold, 94

Flame of a candle, 76

described, 77

blown out easily, 78

damp, 78

hollow, 76

hottest above, 79

pointed, 77

purple and yellow, 76

smokes, 81

Flame of a fire between the bars of a grate blue, 46

green, 45

yellow, 46, 47

Flannel warm, 94

used for foot-warmers, 173

Flash, see lightning

Flat beer, 273

improved, 273

Flavour discerned by the taste, 425

Flint and steel, 97

Flowing water freezes slowly, 354

makes rough ice, 354

oscillates, 348

pure, 347

Flower awnings arrest dew, 205

purify air, 253

Flowers smell sweetest at night and before rain, 152

Flues blacked, 238

See chimney.

Flutes, 412

Fly-poison, 422

Fogs, 225, 226

arrest sound, 413, 414

cause of, 129

differs from cloud, 128, 227

mist, 227

dispersed by wind, 228

by sun, 227

frozen, 231

in autumn, 228

in marshes, 226

valleys, 228

none in a frosty night, 227

Food converted to blood, 242

cooled by the breath, 312

Foot-prints frozen, 350

Foot-warmers, 173

Forked lightning, 5

dangerous, 5

Forests catch fire spontaneously, 102

France warmer than of yore, 162

Freezing mixtures, 360

Friction (see rubbing), 98

excites electricity, 29

sets forests on fire, 102

Frogs cold, 94

Frost affects barometer, 329

sound, 414

braces, 147

breaks ewers, 349

tiles, stones, rocks, 350

pipes, 351

cracks earth, 357

expands water, 352

prevents fog, 227

warm, 356

Froth of beer, 269, 350

Frozen ruts and footprints, 350

Fruits cool the blood, 92

fall to the earth, 419

pleasant in summer, 92

Fuel for the body, 87

Fumigation for sick rooms, 421

Fur, bad conductor, 166

for clothing, 175

warm, 171

Furnaces of brick, 174

lined with clay, 174

Furr of kettles, 262

steam engines dangerous, 263

Gallery hot, 249, 316

Gas, 112

of candles, 281

Gauze wire of safety lamps, 282

prevents explosion, 282

German silver tarnishes, 260

German tinder, 102

Germany warmer than of yore, 162

Ghosts, 286

Gideon’s miracle, 211

Ginger pop, 268

acid, 269

Glasses broken by hot water, 125

covered with mist, 214

which soon subsides, 215

dulled by a hot hand, 215

by breath, &c., 215

See spectacles.

Glass a reflector, 194

soon cools, 212

See looking-glass.

Glauber salts, 426

Gloves, black kid, 188

Lisle thread, 188

Glow-worms glisten by night, 368

God’s wisdom 182, 208, 210, 302, 308, 352, 357

Gold never tarnishes, 260

Goulard, 426

Grapes never ferment, 272

Grass promotes warmth, 161

collects dew, 209

Grate, see stove

Gravel collects no dew, 209

Gravity, 419

Gray morning, sign of a fine day, 140

Grease liked in cold weather, 90

loathed in hot, 92

prevents rust, 258

used for wheels, 100

Green colour, 401

wood does not burn, 107

Grottoes famous for echoes, 416

Ground frost, 229

Growth promoted by moonlight, 220

Gulls fly to sea, 154

to land, 154

Gusty weather makes a smoky house, 71

Hail, 331, 334

cause of, 335

accompanied with thunder, 335

falls in summer, 335

Hair, bad conductor, 166

covered with dew, 217

Halls famous for echoes, 417

Halo round the moon, 143

Hard work promotes hunger, 88

Hat covered with dew, 217

turned red at the seaside, 344

Hawks see near and far, 392

Hay-stacks catch fire spontaneously, 58

Haze round the sun, 143

moon, 143

affects sound, 414

Head aches in a crowd, 249

itches in wet weather, 150

Hearth-rug warm, 169

Hearth-stone cold, 169

hot, 170

Heat, 1

and light, 47

affects barometer, 328

sound, 414

animal, 83, 85, 277

applied to the bottom of boilers, 234

effects of, 2, 4, 103

expands water, 352

from beaten iron, 95

latent, 31, 75, 96

of candles, 75

dunghills, 277

fire, 37, 277

lime, 278

radiates, 196

sources of, 2

Heavy bread, 160

Hills larger in a fog, 148

Hoar frost, 228

not found on trees, 230

under shrubs, &c., 230

of frozen fog, 231

on clear nights only, 229

on grass, 229

tombstones, 189, 230

very partial, 229

Honey-dew, 220

ants fond of, 221

effects of, 221

injures plants, 221

Hot cloudy night oppressive, 144

Hot weather abates activity, 93

appetite, 90

love for grease, 92

Hottest place at church, 316

Hoops used red hot, 122, 123

Horse shoes fitted hot, 123

Horses strike fire, 98

snuff up air, 152

uneasy in dull weather, 148

Houses catch fire spontaneously, 56

smoke in valleys, 66

Hunger, 88

promoted by cold, 90

day-light, 88

singing, speaking, work, 88

See appetite.

Hydrogen gas, 34, 74

Ice, 349

lighter than water, 349

grows thicker, 353

dissolved by snow, 357

melted by sun, 126

Ice-bergs famous for echoes, 417

Idiots, 424

Ignis fatuus, 285

cause of, 286

Impure water purified, 72

Indian mode of striking fire, 99

Inflammable air, 34, 74

Insensible perspiration, 213

Intermediate clouds, 135

Iron, bad conductor, 185

cinders, 43

contains latent heat, 96

cooled by air, 246

convection, 246

radiation, 246

matches, 96

rust, 257

when most common, 258

prevented, 258

sonorous, 410

stoves, 174

Ironing-box, 155

Islands equable in temperature, 311

subject to wind, 309, 311

Itching in wet weather, 150

Jack o’lanthorn, see ignis fatuus

Jet of flame through bars, 45

Juice of lemons, 426

Jungle of Hindostan fatal, 266

Kendal rainy, 340

Keswick rainy, 340

Kettle boils over, 115

quickly when covered with soot, 186

slowly when clean, 186

when new, 186

bottom should be sooty, 200

cold when water boils, 200

inside white, 200

lid hot, 201

furr, 262

holder, 167

not full after boiling, 115

runs over, 233

through the spout, 115

sings, 113, 233

top bright, 200

Kindling wet, 43

Lakes which never freeze, 355

Lamps, 74

Argand, 83

smoke, 82, 83

spirit, 155

See candle.

Lamp-glasses, 83

Land air cold, 224, 311

breeze unhealthy, 309

Laplanders clad in skin, 183

Latent heat, 31, 75, 96

Laziness promoted by want of food, 89

by heat, 93

Lead tarnished, 259

Leaves collect dew unequally, 208

green, 404

light green in spring, 404

in a pond, 419

pale in dark places, 403

promote cold, 161

yellow in autumn, 408

Lid of kettles, &c. hot, 201

Light bread, 276

Light, 363

composed of various colours, 400

divided by a prism, 393

from a flint, 97

of candles, 76

fire, 46

sun, 363

reflected, 364

speed of, 364

sudden painful, 365

Lightning, 3

balls, 6

barks and snaps trees, 27

comes from clouds, 16

from earth, 16

conductors, 22

dangerous, 24

follows dry weather, not wet, 28

forked, 5

fuses metal, 27

kills animals, 7

knocks down churches, 24

maims, 8

passes down the outside of a tree, 14

passes through the inside of animals, 14

purifies air, 27

rare in winter, 28

sheet, 6

summer, 11

common, 28

straight, 6

turns beer sour, 27

not old beer, 27

milk sour, 25

See danger, safety.

Lilac steel rusts, 259

prevented, 259

Lime and water, 26, 30

burned, 278

hot, 277

purifies bins, 266, 421

sewers, 267, 421

Lime-wash for rooms, 422

Lincoln, rain of, 340

Linen cool wear, 183

dried, 160, 316

Linseed oil boils, 119

Liquefaction, 126

Liquids, 112

bad conductors, 172, 232

cooled, 235

Lisle thread gloves, 188

Liverpool, rain of, 340

London fog, 225

rain of, 340

Long flues, 110

grass promotes cold, 161

Log of wood, 2

two burn better than one, 44, 52

Looking-glass, 369

Lucifer matches, 284

Lunar caustic, 426

Mackarel scales, &c., 136

Macintosh prevents cold, 158

Madness from starvation, 86

Malt, 270, 272

Man a swimmer, 362

no bigger than a crow, 382

Manchester, rain of, 340

Magpies indicate weather, 153

Marble, 426

March comes in like a lion, 306

goes out like a lamb, 306

dry good, wet bad, 306

flowers undesirable, 307

wind dry, 305

Marsh damp, 280

Marsupium, 392

Meat-covers, 202

Meat liked in cold weather, 90

loathed in hot, 92

taint removed, 422

tainted by moonlight, 220

Mechanical action, 95

Mercury of barometer bright, 260

concave, 325

convex, 325

its rise and fall, 325

Metal collects no dew, 209

feels colder than wood, 168

hotter than wood, 167

fused by fire, 127

by lightning, 27

good conductor, 165

handles burn, 166

reflectors, 193

tea-pots, 197

Milk soured by lightning, 25

Miners’ danger, 283

prevented, 265

Mirror, 369

Mist arrests sound, 414

black, 144

cause of, 224

differs from cloud, 128

dew, 222

fog, 227

seems to rise, 222

vanishes at sunrise, 227

white, 144

Mixing not combining, 25

Money hot in a pocket, 168

Monsoon, 300

Months, driest, 328

wettest, 329

Moon, distance and size, 383

largest at horizon, 149, 378

reflected in water, 376

in a well, 374

seems flat, 383

larger than stars, 383

Moonlight makes plants grow, 220

taints meat, 220

Morning breeze, 308

gray, 140

rainbow, 141

red, 139, 399

streaks, 132

Mortar, 278

adhesive, 279

crumbles, 358

Motes in a sun-beam, 248

Mould hardened by sun, 163

Mouldiness prevented, 422

Mountains cold, 100, 195

collect rain, 338

famous for echoes, 417

impede respiration, 255

noiseless, 416

Muriate of soda, 426

Musical instruments, 411

flat, 412

Nails for matches, 96

Naves fitted on hot, 122

Near-sight, 388, 391

spectacles for, 389

Negative electricity, 66

Negroes, why black, 190

with black eyes, 190

New kettles boil slowly, 186

Night allays hunger, 88

exhilarating, 144

oppressive, 144

produces cold, 89

rainbow at, 141

Nimbus clouds, 137

Nitrate of silver, 426

Nitric acid, 28, 426

Nitrogen, 36

North wind cold, 302

dry, 303

North-east wind dry, 305, 320

November rainy, 308, 338

Oak attracts lightning, 257

Old people far-sighted, 390

hold objects at a distance, 392

lose their sensation, thought, volition, 425

lose their power of walking, 425

spectacles for, 391

Oil, 74

linseed, 119

of turpentine, 119

of vitriol, 426

One pot will not boil in another, 118

how to make it boil, 118

Oxalic acid, 426

copper, 259

iron, 257

Oxide of lead, 259, 426

platinum, 261

potassium, 262

silver, 260

sodium, 262

Oxygen, 34

of air, 97

its use, 240

supports combustion, 240

sustains life, 240

Out-of-door work produces hunger, 89

Owls prowl at night, 367

see in the dark, 367

sleep all day, 367

Paleness, 243

Palmer’s candles, 80

Paper burns, 41

not always, 44, 53

extinguishers, 79

puckers from wet, 339

used for kindling, 41

Papillæ, 425

Paris, plaster of, 426

rain of, 340

Parlours smell of smoke in summer, 71

Partition walls to arrest sound, 415

Pea-soup fog, 225

Percussion, 95

Perspiration, 89

Petals, 402

Petrels, 154

Phosphate of lime, 284

Phosphorus, 283, 284

Phosphuretted hydrogen gas, 283

Piano-forte, 412

Pickle tested, 361

Pie with a cup, 120

full of juice, 121

Pin puts a candle out, 81

Pineal gland, 424

Pipes broken by frost, 351

Piston, 102

Plants collect dew, 208

deleterious in bedrooms, 405

grow out of walls, 316

Plaster of Paris, 426

of stoves falls away, 124

Plasterers cannot work in frost, 359

Platinum, 261

its use, 261

never tarnishes, 261

Plate warmer, 188, 193

Ploughing, promotes warmth, 161

Plumbago, 258

prevents rust, 258

Poison for flies, 422

Poker draws up fire, 52

cold, 172, 238

how to carry it when hot, 237, 238

rusts, 258

prevented, 258

Polar current, 298

Poor averse to cleanliness, 93

ventilation, 94

lazy, 89

Pores of wood, 106

Porter, froth of, 109

set before a fire, 109

stale, 275

Positive electricity, 16

Potatoes, green, 405

yellow, 404

Potassium, 262

burns in water, 262

Primrose, 402

Prisms divide light, 393

Pump handle cold, 168

water hard, 363

Purple steel rusts, 259

its rust prevented, 259

Putrefaction, 277, 278

Putrefying bodies smell, 284, 285

Quadrupeds swim, 362

Radiation, 195

cools iron, 247

Radiators are absorbers, 197

Rags catch fire spontaneously, 58

Railway steamers, 218

Rain, 331, 336

affected by wind, 337

after lightning, 11

arrests sound, 413

cause of, 326, 336

cools air, 159

differs from dew, 226

falls in drops, 336

fertilizing, 307, 337

from passing clouds, 336

heaviest in summer, 341

least at the poles, 342

melts salt, 346

sugar, 345

most in mountainous places, 338

most in winter, 341

near the equator, 341

not salt, 347

on dust, 223

prognostics of, 137

purifies air, 338

sudden change, 326

Rainbow, 394, 397

colours reversed, 396

morning, 141

night, 141

two, 395

Rain drops, 336

vary in size, 337

Rain-water smells offensively, 345

soft, 344

stagnant, 347

Rainy months, 308

parts of England, 340

Rattling of kettle-lid, 116

Ray of light divided, 393, 400

Reading aloud produces hunger, 88

Red colour, 401

rose, 401

sky, 132, 399

sun-rise, 139

sun-set, 139

Reflected light, 364

Reflection of heat, 192, 370

Reflectors, 192

help the roast, 194

keep kitchen cool, 194

not absorbers, 192

should be clean and bright, 189, 192

should not be painted, 189

Refraction, 386, 394

Refrangible, 132

Retina, 388

Reverberation, 417

Rice for food, 93

Rivers flow slowest at sides, 348

freeze unequally, 354

never frozen at bottom, 352

not wholly frozen, 353

shallow freeze fastest, 354

seem shallower than they are, 387

warm when frozen, 354

Roast apples, 105

soft, 106

chestnuts, 104

Road dark from a light room, 194

Rocks collect no dew, 209

broken by frost, 350

Room cooled, 159, 315

ventilated, 375

warmed by fire, 237

Rose red, 401

Ross Captain, 414

Rotting leaves promote cold, 161

Rubbing, 99

hands to warm them, 101

melts ice, 101

restores suspended animation, 101

See friction.

Ruddiness, 243

Ruins famed for echoes, 416

Running, promotes warmth, 87

Running water freezes slowly, 354

makes rough ice, 354

oscillates, 348

promotes warmth, 87

pure, 347

Rush lights easily blown out, 79

extinguished by a pin, 81

Rust, 257

prevented, 258

when most troublesome, 258

Safety in a storm abroad, 20

at a slight distance from a tree, 20

best to be wet, 22

in a carriage, 20

in bed, 22

in-doors, 21

Safety lamp, 281, 282

Sailors rarely catch cold, 158

St. Bride’s church destroyed by lightning, 24

Salt, 426

and snow cold, 357

and water, 31

bad for washing, 343

crackles in a fire, 44

dissolves ice, 357

by water, 346

especially hot water, 346

retards boiling, 118

white, 403

of lemons, 426

smelling, 426

water unfit for railway engines, 263

Sand dazzling, 405

Saturday’s kettle boils fastest, 199

Saucepan boils best when black, 199

slowly when new, 199

lids should be clean and bright, 199

Scald cured, 157

Scum of fermentation, 272

Sea-beach healthy in the morning, 310

not healthy at night, 310

Sea before storm, 146

heaves and sighs, 146

not much heated by sun, 296

Sea-gulls, 154

Sea water easier to swim in than fresh, 360

rarely frozen, 355

gives cold, 158

salt, 346

Sea-waves, 312

Sedentary pursuits abate hunger, 90

Seeing in a glass, 369

into a dark street, 366

light room, 378

ourselves in a small mirror, 371

the same object, 365

when used to darkness, 366

Sensation destroyed, 424

of feeling, 425

of taste, 425

Sewers purified, 267

Shade cool, 183

Shadow in water, 371, 372

Shadow larger as the object approaches a light, 379

Sheen, 405

Sheep bleat, 148

Sheet lightning, 6

Sheets wet, 157

Ships out at sea, 385

Shirts of linen, 183

Shoes hot when dusty, 194

Sick rooms purified, 421

Sides of a pond covered with leaves, 419

Swimming, 112

Silver meat-covers, 202

should not be chased, 202

tarnishes, 260

Simple clouds, 134

Singing of a kettle, 113

of boiling water, 233

produces hunger, 88

Single magpie unlucky, 153

Skin, black does not scorch, 191

white does, 191

itches, 150

Sleep elongates the body, 423

body feels not in, 425

dreams in, 424

ears hear not in, 423

eyes see not in, 423

mind wills not in, 424

tongue tastes not in, 423

Sleet, 332

Slit chestnuts, 105

Smelling salts, 426

Smells in wet weather, 152

of church-yards, 283

of putrefying bodies, 284

Smoke, 39, 59

curls, 59

falls, 152

of fresh coals, 39

lamps diminished, 83

by a glass, 83

rises, 110

useful in cooking, 201

Smoky chimneys, 59

See chimney.

Smoke-jacks, 112

Snow, 331

arrests sound, 413

bad conductor, 333

cause of, 331

falls in winter, 332

not in summer, 334

like wool, 175

nourishes the earth, 333

on mountains, 334

soon melts beneath a hedge or wall, 206

use of, 332

warm, 332, 333

white, 334, 402

Snow and salt cold, 31, 357

Soap, 344

cleansing, 344

hard, soft, 344

yellow, 344

Soap-bubbles, 348, 398

change colour, 399

Soapy water bubbles, 348

Soda water, 268, 269

Sodium, 262

decomposes water, 262

Soft soap, 344

Solids, 112

Soot in summer, 71

on ceilings, 71

Sooty kettles, 186

Sound, 409

affected by frost, 414

heat, 414

arrested by wet, 413

velocity of, 410

diminished by rarity of air, 416

heard best by night, 414

inaudible on mountains, 147

South wind rainy, 303, 320

warm, 303

South-west wind rainy, 304

Sparks from a fire, 106

a flint, 97

a horse-shoe, 98

Spectacles, 389

black, 408

blue, 407

for aged, 390

near sights, 389

Split bells, 411

Sponge swells when wet, 339

Spontaneous combustion, 56, 57, 58, 85

Spoons become dull, 26

in water, 387

retard boiling, 117

Speaking promotes hunger, 88

Spring best late, 307

water cool, 182

sparkles, 269

Springs prevent freezing, 356

Sprinkling to cool rooms, 159

Stagnant water, 347

full of worms, 347

Stale beer, &c., see beer, 275

Stars distance and size of, 383

invisible by day, 368

seem flat, 384

seen in a well, 368, 374

seen on mountains, 376

twinkle, 406

Starvation, 86

produces madness, 86

Steam, 127

engines burst, 236

invisible, 116, 235

of a kettle, 236

why visible, 117

what becomes of it, 117

Steel and flint, 97

rusts, 259

prevented, 259

Stillness before a storm, 146

Stirring cools broth, &c., 247

Stockings difficult to draw on when wet, 340

Stones broken by frost, 350

cold, 169

collect no dew, 208

snap in fire, 108

unfit for fuel, 43

Storms, 146

direction of, 28

places of danger in, 12

safety in, 20

Straw covered over brickwork, 359

over trees, 359

water-pipes, 359

Street dark from a light room, 194

Stoves crack, when lighted, 123

when cooling, 123

of bricks, 174

on a floor, 52, 237

rust, 257

not often, 258

prevented, 258

settings fall away, 124

warm a room, 237

Strata of air, 9

Stratus clouds, 135

Streets seem to meet at bottom, 381

watered, 159

Stucco peels off in frost, 358

Sublimates, 426

Sublimation, 426

Sudden light painful, 365

Sugar at top of tea melts quickly, 421

left at the bottom of a cup melts slowly, 420

melted by water, 345

especially by hot water, 346

retards boiling, 118

stirred melts quickly, 420

white, 402

of lead, 426

Sulphate of lime, 426

magnesia, 426

soda, 426

zinc, 426

Sulphuric acid, 426

and water, 30

boils, 110

Summer allays hunger, 90

clothes for, 187

creates dislike of grease, 92

love of fruit, 92

lightning, 11

Sun-beams full of mites, 248

Sun affects eyes, 407

dazzles, 364

dulls fire, 40

largest at horizon, 149, 377

not seen in a well, 373

seems flat, 384

source of heat, 2

reflected in water, 375

Sun-rise red, 139

Sun-set gray, 140

red, 138

yellow, 139

Super-acetate of lead, 426

Swallows fly low, 152

Swan dry in water, 224

Swimmers sink, 361

Swimming, 262

Syrup boils, 119

Table salt, 426

Tainted meat cured, 72, 422

water, 72

Tallow, 74

Tarnish, 259

Tartar emetic, 426

Tartrate of potash, 426

Tarts have a cup inside, 120

full of juice, 121

Tea cooled by blowing, 248

by stirring, 247

in a saucer, 163

green deleterious, 423

poison for flies, 423

Tea-pot, bright metal, 197

tarnishes, 260

black earth, 197

preferred by some, 198

set on a hob, 198

Telescopes, 385

Tempest, 146

affects weather, 326

See storms.

Thaumatrope, 406

Thaw affects barometer, 329

cold, 320, 356

dulls fire, 50

Thermometer, 307

Thick clothing unhealthy, 164

Thunder, 8

after lightning, 12

bolts, 11

deep growl, 10

irregular roar, 9

one crash, 8

rolling, 10

See danger, safety, storm.

Tigers prowl by night, 367

sleep all day, 367

see in the dark, 367

Tiles broken by frost, 350

Timber charred, 73

Tin blowers, 70

foot-warmers, 173

reflectors, 193

See reflectors.

Tinder blown, 97

Toast and water, 73

for the sick, 73

Tomb-stones frosted, 230

Tongs rust, 258

prevented, 258

Trade-winds, 198

Transparency, 405

Treble, 412

Trees barked by lightning, 29

collect dew, 208

covered with bass, &c., 359

look more distant in a fog, 148

promote warmth, 161

purify air, 253

shade of, cool, 183

Tumblers, see glasses

Twilight, 399

Two eyes, 368

see single, 369

Unslit chestnuts, 104

Use of barometers, 317

clouds, 137

smoke in cooking, 201

snow, 332

Valley chimneys smoke, 66

Vaporization, 126, 127

Vapour of a carriage, 214

of a room, 212

of sea not salt, 163

Vats fatal, 265

Vegetable and animal life co-dependent, 244

Vegetables collect dew, 208

cool the blood, 92

Velocity of clouds, 314

light, 364

sound, 410

wind, 313

Vent peg, 273, 274

Ventilation, 315

sought by the well-fed, 94

not by the ill-fed, 94

Verdigris, 426

Vertical sun, 293

Vestry chimneys smoke, 66

Violets blue, 402

Walls wet in winter, 216

Want connected with dirt, 93

Warm clothes, 187

some things more than others, 165

Wash-hand-basin, 171

Washing, water for, 275

should not be hard, 343

Water, 38, 342

and lime, 30

and sulphuric acid, 30

ashes soften, 345

bad conductor, 171, 234

boiling, 119, 232, 234

bubbles, 114, 233

rattles, 116

runs over, 115, 233

sings, 233

cleans dirty linen, 344

cold, 177

converted to steam, 127, 343

cools slowly, 225

deep, freezes slowly, 356

dried up in summer, 162

expands by frost, 351

by heat, 351

extinguishes fire, 54, 107

flat when boiled, 275

fluid, 342

flowing, pure, 347

for washing, 275

freezes at the surface, 253

hard, 343

unfit for washing, 343

how preserved cool, 191, 202

hot, 191

heated, 232

intenses fire, 54

mixed with salt, boils slower, 119

not heated above boiling, 235

of a spring cool, 182

purified, 72

purifies bins, &c., 267

salt, bad for washing, 343

shallow, freezes fastest, 355

slackens flame, 55

soft, 344

best for washing, 345

sparkles, 269

stagnant, 347

full of worms, 347

stale, 275

swells with boiling, 114

will not bubble without soap, 348

warm when frozen, 354

Water pipes broken by frost, 351

covered with litter, 359

Watering plants by the saucer, 420

streets, 159

Waves, 312

Wax, 74

Wax candles need no snuffing, 81

Weather affected by tempests, 326

prognostics of, 137

told by barometer, 318

rules, 319

Weather toys, 339, 340

Well, moon seen in, 374

stars seen in, 368

sun not seen in, 373

West Wind promotes dew, 218

rainy, 304, 320

Wet clothes cold, 157

feet dangerous, 157

finger cold, 157

kindling, 43, 44

sheets, 158

summer, cold winter, 160

weather offensive, 145, 148

Wettest months, 329

Wheels catch fire, 99

greased, 100

kept cool by water, 162

Wheel-ruts frozen, 350

Wheelwright, 122

White, 402

blisters, 190

body linen, 186

crust on clothes, 163

dresses for summer, 186

not fit for winter, 187

mist, 144

vitriol, 426

Wicks cotton, need snuffing, 81

have a knob when long, 80

not upright when long, 80

Palmer’s wicks need no snuffing, 80

smoke, 82

See candles.

Will o’ the wisp, see ignis fatuus.

Wind, 287

affects barometer, 327

clouds, 129, 131

after lightning, 11

altered by clouds, 295

by seas, 295, 296

brings dry, 305

rain, 305

cause of, 287, 292

changes the shape of clouds, 132

cold, 117, 180, 312

dispels clouds, 131, 138

fog, 228

draws up fire, 51

dries linen, 316

feels hot sometimes, 181

in England, 300

increases clouds, 131, 138

makes barometer fall, 320

chimneys smoke, 66

of a morning, 308

of an evening, 309

prevents dew, 206

rate of travelling, 313

regular, 297

See England, monsoon, north, south, west &c., trade-winds &c.

Winding passages famed for echoes, 417

Windows blazing with the sun, 372

not at noon, 372

covered with frost, 214

mist, 211

carriage, dull, 213

rattle, 418

Wine glasses, see glasses

Wine made without yeast, 271

Winter clothing, 187

promotes hunger, 90

Wisdom of God, 182, 208 210, 352, 357

Wood burns, 41

spontaneously, 55

charred, 73

hot at one end, cold at the other, 165

ignited by friction, 99

kindling, 41

dry, 44

wet, 107

two logs burn best, 44, 52

sends forth sparks, 106

will not melt, 127

Wooden handles, 166

Wool bad conductor, 166

collects no dew, 209

warm, 176, 333

Woollen clothing, 175

Work produces hunger, 88

Yeast, 271

makes light bread, 276

not used in wine, 271

Yellow flame gives best light, 47

soap, 344

sun-set sign of wet, 139

FINIS

JARROLD AND SONS, PRINTERS, NORWICH.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Archaic and inconsistent punctuation and spelling retained.

Inconsistent question formats were regularized.