- 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, 2947
- ——, formation of a, 4
- Saltpetre, THE END
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