INDEX
Reading edition
A
Acetic acid (glacial), 73
Acids, early notions of, 1
——, fatty, 78
——, mineral, 68
——, vegetable, 68
Agate, 61
Air-saltpetre, 42
Alkali Acts, 44
——, caustic, 96
——, metals, 95
——, mild, 80
—— waste, 87
Alkalis, properties, 3
Aluminium acetate, 73
Alums, the, 26
Amethyst, 61
Ammonal, 36
Ammonia, 97
——, synthetic, 99
Ammonite, 99
Ammonium carbonate, 99
—— chloride, 98
—— nitrate, 99
—— sulphate, 99
Anhydride, an, 21
Anode, 103
Argol, 76
Asbestos, 63
——, platinized, 19
Ash, black, 84
——, pearl, 93
——, soda, 10, 92
Atolls, 51
Atomized water, 18
B
Bacon, Roger, 32
Basic slag, 58
Basil Valentine, 12
Beryl, 63
Black liquor, 74
Blasting gelatine, 35
Bleaching powder, 46
Blue-john, 47
Boiler scale, 54
Bonbonnes, 31
Bone, 56
—— ash, 57
—— black, 56
—— meal, 56
Borax, 59
Bordeaux mixture, 7
Boric acid, 58
Boyle, Robert, 2
Burgundy mixture, 6
C
Calcium acetate, 5
—— bicarbonate, 54
—— carbonate, 50
—— fluoride, 47
—— nitrate, 29
—— phosphate, 56
—— sulphate, 27
Calc spar, 50
Caliche, 29
Calico printing, 26
Carbon, 49
Carbonic acid, 49
—— —— gas, 49
Castner process, 105
Catalytic action, 20
Cathode, 103
Cat’s-eye, 61
Cavendish, H., 40
Cellulose, 46
Chalcedony, 61
Chalk, 50
Chert, 66
Chili-saltpetre, 29, 39
China clay, 62
Citric acid, 77
Chlorides, 47
Chlorine, 46
Chrome yellow, 28
—— red, 28
110
Compound, 7
Compounds, binary, 8
Contact action, 20
—— process, 18
Copper refining, 107
—— sulphate, 5, 27
Coral reefs, 51
Cordite, 34
Cream of tartar, 76
Crops, rotation of, 37
Crystallization, water of, 9
Crystals, 9
D
Davy, Sir Humphry, 95
Derbyshire spar, 47
Devitrification, 65
Dynamite, 35
E
Efflorescence, 82
Electrode, 103
Electrolysis, 102
Electrons, 103
Electrotype blocks, 107
Element, definition of, 7
Elements, list of, 8
Explosives, 32
F
Felspars, 62
Ferrous acetate, 74
—— sulphate, 25
Flint, 61
Fluorspar, 48
Formic acid, 78
Fur in kettles, 54
G
Garnet, 63
Gas, laughing, 99
—— lime, 12
—— liquor, 98
Gay Lussac tower, 16
Glass, 64
——, annealing of, 65
——, Bohemian, 63
——, etching on, 47
——, flint, 63
——, lead, 63
——, soda, 63
——, water, 66
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Glauber’s salt, 10
Glover tower, 17
Glue, 56
Graphite, 108
Greek fire, 32
Guncotton, 34
Gunpowder, 32
Gypsum, 27
H
Haber process, 100
Halogen, 43
Hardness, permanent, 53
——, temporary, 53
Hartshorn, salt of, 99
——, spirits of, 97
Hornblende, 63
Hydriodic acid, 48
Hydrobromic acid, 48
Hydrochloric acid, 43
Hydrofluoric acid, 47
I
Iceland spar, 50
Ions, 103
Iron pyrites, 11
J
Jade, 63
Jasper, 61
K
Key industries, 10
L
Lake, 26
Lead acetate, 75
—— chambers, 17
—— chamber process, 14
——, sugar of, 75
—— sulphate, 27
——, white, 75
Leblanc soda process, 82
Leguminosae, 37
Lemon, salts of, 77
Lime burning, 51
——, caustic, 97
—— kiln, 51
Limestone, 50
Litmus, 2
Lupin root, 37
112
M
Marble, 50
Marking ink, 28
Meerschaum, 63
Mica, 63
Mordants, 26
Mycoderma aceti, 68
N
Neutralization, example of, 4
——, explanation of, 3
Niagara, 101
Nitre, 29
—— pots, 14
Nitric acid, 30
—— ——, from air, 40
—— ——, importance of, 28
—— —— manufacture of, 30
—— ——, properties, 31
—— ——, red fuming, 31
—— oxide, 16
Nitrogen cycle, 37
——, fixation of, 100
—— peroxide, 16
Nitroglycerine, 34
O
Olein, 78
Onyx, 61
Opal, 61
Orthoclase, 62
Oxalic acid, 77
P
Palmitin, 78
Pearls, 51
Peregrine Phillips, 21
Philosopher’s stone, 2
Phosphoric acid, 57
Plaster of Paris, 27
Potash, caustic, 97
——, mild, 93
Potassium, 95
—— bicarbonate, 94
—— nitrate, 29
Propellants, 33
Prussian blue, 25
Pyrites burners, 14
Pyroligneous acid, 73
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Q
Quartz, 61
—— fibres, 62
——, smoky, 61
Quicklime, 5, 51
R
Red liquor, 73
Rock crystal, 61
Rupert’s drops, 65
S
Sal ammoniac, 99
—— prunella, 29
Salt cake, 84
——, common, 47
——, formation of a, 4
Saltpetre, 29
Salts, from carbonates, 5
——, from oxides, 5
——, from metals, 4
——, insoluble, 6
Sandstone, artificial, 66
Saponification, 79
Schweinfurt green, 27
Shells, egg, 51
——, oyster, 51
Silica, 61
—— ware, 62
Silicic acid, 62
Silver bromide, 48
—— chloride, 48
—— iodide, 48
—— nitrate, 28
—— sand, 61
Soap, hard, 79
——, soft, 79
Soda, baking, 88
——, bicarbonate of, 6, 88
——, bread, 88
——, caustic, 96
——, mild, 80
——, natural, 82
——, washing, 3, 5, 81
—— water, 49
Sodium, 95
—— nitrate, 29
—— sulphate, 27
Soil bacteria, 38
Solvay process, 90
Sorrel, salts of, 77
114
Spent oxide, 11
Stalactite, 53
Stalagmite, 53
Stearin, 78
—— candles, 79
Stone ammonia, 99
Suffioni, 60
Sulphur, 11
—— dioxide, 11
—— trioxide, prep. of, 19
Sulphuric acid, properties, 20, 24
—— anhydride, 21
Sulphurous acid, 11
Superphosphate, 57
T
Tallow, 79
Tartaric acid, 76
Tinkal, 61
Trinitrotoluene, 35
V
Verdigris, 74
Vert de Montpellier, 74
Vinegar, 68
——, malt, 70
——, wine, 70
Vitriol, blue, 5
——, nitrated, 16
——, oil of, 12
W
Ward, Dr., 12
Water, hard, 53
——, soft, 53
——, softening of, 54
Wood ashes, source of potash, 3
—— ——, used as soap, 2
Z
Zinc chloride, 5
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