INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Acetone, action on cellulose nitrates of diluted, 46 Acid-cellulose, 68 Acids, volatile, from cellulose, 145 Æschynomene aspera, 135 Alcohol from cellulose and wood, 146 Alcoholic soda, mercerisation results with, 26 Alkali-cellulose, effects of long storage on, 31 Amyloid, vegetable, 153 Arabinose from gluconic acid, 117 'Ash' of plants, 13 Bacterium xylinum, 85 Barley plant, chemical processes in the, 103 ---- straw, carbohydrates of, 105 Bleaching, 166 Bran, digestion of, 139 Brommethylfurfural, 8, 84, 86 Carbohydrates, action of hydrogen bromide on, 86; action of hydrogen peroxide on, 114; nitrated, as food for mould fungi, 43; nitrates of, 41; quantitative separation of, 96 Carbohydrates of barley straw, 105; of wheat, 137; of yeast, 113 'Caro's reagent,' 118 'Celloxin,' 71 Cellulose, alcohol from, 146; constitution of, 77, 92; fermentation of, 76; industrial uses of, 155; iodine reaction of, 21; methods for the estimation of, 3, 4, 16, 19, 97; nitration of, 43; saccharification of, 73; ultimate hydrolysis of, 11; volatile acids from, 145 ---- acetates, monoacetate, formation of, 40; tetracetate, constitution of, 80 ---- benzoates, 34; from structureless cellulose, 36; from three varieties of cotton, 35; monobenzoate, properties of, 36; dibenzoate, properties of, 37; acetylation of, 130; nitration of, 38 ---- derivatives, commercial aspects of, 171; saccharification of, 73 ---- nitrates, 44, 45, 83; structureless, 45, 51; cupric reducing power of, 73; instability of, 50, 53 ---- sulphocarbonate, 27; effects of the nature of the cellulose, 28; ---- —— solutions, analysis of, 32; iodine reaction of, 33; loss of carbon bisulphide, 33; viscosity of, 30 Cell-wall constituents, 97 Cereal celluloses, 101, 105 Chitin, 112 Chlorination, Cross and Bevan's method, 19; statistics of, 134 Chloro-lignone, 126 Collodion. See Silk, artificial Cotton, lustreing effect of mercerisation, 23; mercerised, structural properties of, 25; pentosane content of, 148 'Crude fibre,' 17 Cuprammonium solvent, 21, 58, 173 Currants, pectin of, 152 Denitration of collodion silk, 56; of jute nitrate, 133; products of, 74 Dioxybutyric acid, 71 Elder pith, 137 Eriodendron, seed hair of, 92 Explosives, 44; sporting powders, 52 Fermentation of cellulose, 76; of furfuroids, 108; of sugar from wood, 148 Fibres, report on miscellaneous, 139 Flax boiling, 168; spinning, 161 Fodder plants, pentosanes of, 122 Fungi, tissue constituents of, 109 Furfural from cellulose, oxycellulose, and hydrocellulose, 70; derivative from lævulose, 8; estimation as hydrazone and phloroglucide, 119, 121; oxidation of, 114, 118 (refer also 'Pentosanes') Furfuroids, 8, 10, 102, 105; assimilation of, 108 Gabriel's method of cellulose estimation, 18 Gluconic acid, action of hydrogen peroxide on, 117 Glucosamin, 112 Hemicellulose, 96, 97; determination and separation of, 100 Hönig's method of cellulose estimation, 18 'Hydralcellulose,' 68 Hydrocellulose, 73; nitration of, 43 Hydrogen peroxide, oxidations with, 114 Hydroxyfurfural in lignocellulose, 9, 116, 118 Incandescent mantles of artificial silk, 14, 15 Industrial appliances of cellulose, 155 Iodine reaction of cellulose, 21 Isosaccharinic acid, 71 Jute, composition of, 141; quality of, 140; treatment of, 142 (refer also Lignocellulose) ---- acetate, 129 ---- benzoate, 127; acetylation of, 130; nitration of, 132 ---- nitrate, 131 Ketoses, physiological importance of, 9 Lange method of cellulose estimation, 18, 98 Lead compounds of nitrated carbohydrates, 49 Lignin, 100 Lignocellulose, constitution of, 133; esters of, 125; hydroxyfurfural in, 9; new type of, 135 Lignone complex, properties of, 126 'Lignorosin,' 151 'Lustra-cellulose.' See Silk, artificial Malt, pentosanes of, 122 Mather system of boiling textiles, 167 Mercerization, 22; shrinkage during, 24 Mercerised yarn, strength and elasticity of, 25, 26 Methylhydroxyfurfural, 84 Mould fungi, nitrated carbohydrates as food for, 43 Mycosin, 113 Nitrated carbohydrates, lead compounds of, 49 Nitrates of carbohydrates, 41 Nitrocellulose (see Cellulose nitrates); silk, 55 'Normal' cellulose, definition of, 27 Normal paper, 160 Oxycellulose esters, 72; nitration of, 43; researches on, 71, 72, 74; résumé of properties, 94 Oxygluconic acid, 117 Paper, deterioration of, 155; normal standard, 160; pulp, spinning of, 169 Peat, constituents of, 154 Pectins, 151, 152 Pentosanes, 100, 109, 144; constituents of cotton, 124; constituents of fodder, 122; estimation of, 121; of seeds during germination, 124 'Permanent tissue,' 103 Phloroglucinol, 119, 121 Plant tissues, carbohydrates of, 96, 97, 99 Plants, source of unsaturated compounds in, 145 Powders, manufacture of sporting, 52 Saccharification of cellulose and derivatives, 73 Schulze method of cellulose estimation, 18, 98 Schweizer solution, 101 Seeds, pentosanes in germinating, 124 Silica in plant tissues, 13 Silk, artificial, 54, 62, 63, 172; bibliography of, 60; from cuprammonium, 58, 64, 173; from nitrocellulose (collodion), 55, 63, 172; from viscose, 59; from zinc chloride, 59; reactions of, 64 ---- natural, reactions of, 64 Straws, 101, 105 Succinic acid from furfural, 118 Sulphite waste liquors, 149, 164 'Swedish' filter paper, 14 Tissue constituents, 99, 109 Trees, composition of trunk woods, 142 Viscose and viscoid, 157, 158, 159 ---- silk, 59, 175 ---- —— specific gravity of, 34 (refer also Cellulose sulphocarbonate) 'Vulcanised fibre,' 20 Weende, method of cellulose estimation (crude fibre), 17, 98 Welsbach mantles, 14; Clamond type, 15 Wheat grain, insoluble carbohydrates of, 137 Wood, alcohol from, 146, 148 Wood-cellulose, waste liquors, 149 Wood-gum, 144 Wood-pulp, processes, 162 Wood, trunks of trees, 142 Yeast, carbohydrates of, 113 Zinc chloride, artificial silk, 59; solvent action of, 20