Printed by A. Strahan,
Printers-Street, London.
_Diagram from Conversation XIII_


                  Original Compound                   Sulphat of Soda.

                     Soda  8  Sulphuric Acid

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                           | Quies-                           |
                           | cent                           |
  Result                                     Result  Nitrat       Divellent Attractions 6} 13   Sulphat
  of Soda                                    of Lime
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                           | Attrac-                           |
                           | tions                           |

              Nitric Acid  4  Lime
                          --
                          12

                  Original Compound                   Nitrat of Lime.


INDEX.



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 A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   IJ   K 
 L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   V   U   W   Y   Z 

U, V are alphabetized as shown. J is not separated from  I.

A

Absorbent vessels, ii. 304

Absorption of caloric, i. 59. 66

Acetic acid, ii. 75. 197

Acetous fermentation, ii. 232

—— acid, ii. 193. 232

Acidulous gaseous mineral waters, ii. 129

—— salts, ii. 200

Acids, i. 262. ii. 69

Aeriform, i. 36

Affinity, i. 19. ii. 1

Agate, ii. 51

Agriculture, ii. 252

Air, i. 182. ii. 262

Albumen, ii. 277. 288

Alburnum, ii. 267

Alchemists, i. 4

Alcohol, or spirit of wine, ii. 215. 222

Alembic, i. 258

Alkalies, ii. 19

Alkaline earths, ii. 50. 58

Alloys, i. 344

Alum, or sulphat of alumine, ii. 55. 95

Alumine, ii. 54

Alumium, i. 13

Amalgam, i. 347

Ambergris, ii. 358

Amethyst, ii. 58

Amianthus, ii. 66

Ammonia, or volatile alkali, i. 363. ii. 20. 35

Ammoniacal gas, ii. 36

Ammonium, i. 13

Analysis, i. 287

—— of vegetables, ii. 165

Animals, ii. 276

Animal acids, ii. 75. 290

—— colours, ii. 292

—— heat, ii. 337

—— oil, ii. 178. 283

Animalization, ii. 276. 297. 315

Antidotes, ii. 41. 87

Antimony, i. 14

Aqua fortis, ii. 105

—— regia, i. 340. ii. 144

Arrack, ii. 220

Argand’s Lamp, i. 208

Arsenic, i. 14. 340. 348

Arteries, ii. 304. 323

Arterial blood, ii. 305. 326. 338

Asphaltum, ii. 240

Assafœtida, ii. 188

Assimilation, ii. 298

Astringent principle, ii. 198

Atmosphere, i. 90. 181. ii. 262

Atmospherical air, i. 182

Attraction of aggregation, or cohesion, i. 16. ii. 2

—— of composition, i. 16. ii. 1

Azot, or nitrogen, i. 182, ii. 100

Azotic gas, i. 182

B   Index top

Balsams, ii. 165. 188

Balloons, i. 245

Bark, ii. 193. 265

Barytes, ii. 44. 58. 61

Bases of acids, i. 263. ii. 69

—— gases, i. 183

—— salts, ii. 5

Beer, ii. 212. 220

Benzoic acid, ii. 74. 197

Bile, ii. 308

Birds, ii. 347

Bismuth, i. 14

Bitumens, ii. 239

Black lead, or plumbago, i. 304

Bleaching, i. 32. ii. 89. 140.

Blow-pipe, i. 324. ii. 226

Blood, ii. 306. 317

Blood-vessels, ii. 298

Boiling water, i. 93

Bombic acid, ii. 75. 290

Bones, ii. 298, 299

Boracic acid, i. 365. ii. 131

Boracium, i. 13. ii. 132

Borat of soda, ii. 133

Brandy, ii. 218

Brass, i. 344

Bread, ii. 233

Bricks, ii. 56

Brittle-metals, i. 14

Bronze, i. 341

Butter, ii. 351

Butter-milk, ii. 352

C   Index top

Calcareous earths, ii. 65

—— stones, ii. 123

Calcium, i. 13

Caloric, i. 12. 33

——, absorption of, i. 66

——, conductors of, i. 70

——, combined, i. 122

——, expansive power of i. 35

——, equilibrium of, i. 50

——, reflexion of, i. 54. 67

——, radiation of, i. 52. 61

——, solvent power of, i. 96. 102

——, capacity for, i. 124

Calorimeter, i. 156

Calx, i. 183

Camphor, ii. 165. 185

Camphoric acid, ii. 74. 197

Caoutchouc, ii. 165. 189

Carbonats, ii. 25. 129

Carbonat of ammonia, ii. 41

—— lead, i. 320

—— lime, ii. 59. 130

—— magnesia, ii. 67

—— potash, ii. 25

Carbonated hydrogen gas, i. 302

Carbon, i. 282. ii. 329

Carbonic acid, i. 290. 359. ii. 327

Carburet of iron, i. 304. 342

Carmine, ii. 295

Cartilage, ii. 303

Castor, ii. 359

Cellular membrane, ii. 311

Caustics, i. 349

Chalk, ii. 62. 123

Charcoal, i. 282

Cheese, ii. 356

Chemical attraction, i. 15. ii. 9

Chemistry, i. 3

Chest, ii. 318

China, ii. 54

Chlorine, i. 214

Chrome, i. 14. 340

Chyle, ii. 305. 317

Chyme, ii. 316

Citric acid, ii. 74. 197

Circulation of the blood, ii. 322

Civet, ii. 359

Clay, i. 48. ii. 55

Coke, ii. 241

Coal, ii. 240. 252

Cobalt, i. 14

Cochineal, ii. 295

Cold, i. 50. 58

—— from evaporation, i. 102. 113. 150

Colours of metallic oxyds, i. 319

Columbium, i. 14. 340. 348

Combined caloric, i. 122

Combustion, i. 190

——, volatile products of, i. 207

——, fixed products of, i. 207

——, of alcohol, ii. 225

——, of ammoniacal gas, ii. 42

——, of boracium, ii. 133

——, by oxymuriatic acid or chlorine, ii. 142

——, of carbon, i. 289

——, of coals, i. 207. 297

——, of charcoal by nitric acid, ii. 102

——, of candles, i. 236. 309. ii. 179

——, of diamonds, i. 292

——, of ether, ii. 230

——, of hydrogen, i. 229.

——, of iron, i. 200. 322

——, of metals, i. 321

——, of oils, i. 208. ii. 178. 309

——, of oil of turpentine by nitrous acid, ii. 6

——, of phosphorus, i. 272

——, of sulphur, i. 261

—— of potassium, i. 358. ii. 132. 138, 139

Compound bodies, i. 9. ii. 14

—— or neutral salts i. 333. ii. 4

Conductors of heat, i. 71

——, solids, i. 73

——, fluids, i. 78

——, Count Rumford’s theory, i. 79

Constituent parts, i. 9

Copper, i. 14. 331

Copal, ii. 187. 224

Cortical layers, ii. 265. 267

Cotyledons, or lobes, ii. 256

Cream, ii. 351

Cream of tartar, or tartrit of potash, ii. 200. 222

Cryophorus, i. 154

Crystallisation, i. 338. ii. 47

Cucurbit, i. 258

Culinary heat, i. 88

Curd, ii. 351. 354

Cuticle, or epidermis, ii. 310

D   Index top

Decomposition, i. 8. 20

—— of atmospherical air, i. 181. 209

—— of water by the Voltaic battery, i. 220

—— of salts by the Voltaic battery, ii. 14

—— of water by metals, i. 225. 334

—— —— by carbon, i. 301

—— of vegetables, ii. 202

—— of potash, i. 356

—— of soda, i. 56

—— of ammonia, i. 363. ii. 37

—— of the boracic acid, ii. 132

—— of the fluoric acid, ii. 136

—— of the muriatic acid, ii. 139

Deflagration, ii. 118

Definite proportions, ii. 13

Deliquescence, ii. 95

Detonation, i. 219. ii. 116

Dew, i. 105

Diamond, i. 285

Diaphragm, ii. 320

Digestion, ii. 316

Dissolution of metals, i. 165. 316. 333

Distillation, i. 259. ii. 218

—— of red wine, ii. 218

Divellent forces, ii. 12

Division, i. 7

Drying oils, ii. 181

Dying, ii. 191

E   Index top

Earths, ii. 44

Earthen-ware, ii. 53. 57

Effervescence, i. 298

Efflorescence, ii. 94

Elastic fluids, i. 37

Electricity, i. 12. 25. 160. 220. ii. 139

Electric machine, i. 169

Elective attractions, ii. 9

Elementary bodies, i. 8. 12

Elixirs, tinctures, or quintessences, ii. 225

Enamel, ii. 57

Epidermis of vegetables, ii. 269

—— of animals, ii. 310

Epsom salts, ii. 63. 95

Equilibrium of caloric, i. 50

Essences, i. 307. ii. 183. 224

Essential, or volatile oils, i. 307. ii. 183

Ether, i. 111. ii. 229

Evaporation, i. 103

Evergreens, ii. 274

Eudiometer, i. 276

Expansion of caloric, i. 36

Extractive colouring matter, ii. 165. 190

F   Index top

Falling stones, i. 319

Fat, i. 306. ii. 311

Feathers, ii. 300

Fecula, ii. 176

Fermentation, ii. 205

Fibrine, ii. 277. 289

Fire, i. 7. 27

Fish, ii. 346

Fixed air, or carbonic acid, i. 290. ii. 125

—— alkalies, ii. 20

—— oils, i. 307. ii. 165. 177

—— products of combustion, i. 207

Flame, i. 237

Flint, ii. 30. 51

Flower or blossom, ii. 271

Fluoric acid, ii. 54. 134

Fluorium, or Fluorine, i. 12. ii. 136

Formic acid, ii. 290

Fossil wood, ii. 242

Frankincense, ii. 187

Free or radiant caloric, or heat of temperature, i. 33

Freezing mixtures, i. 142

—— by evaporation, i. 104. 150, &c.

Frost, i. 94

Fruit, ii. 271

Fuller’s earth, ii. 55

Furnace, i. 304

G   Index top

Galls, ii. 199

Gallat of iron, ii. 98

Gallic acid, ii. 74. 197, 198

Galvanism, i. 163

Gas, i. 182

Gas-lights, i. 240

Gaseous oxyd of carbon, i. 296

—— nitrogen, ii. 111

Gastric juice, ii. 316

Gelatine, or jelly, ii. 277. 280

Germination, ii. 256

Gin, ii. 221

Glands, ii. 298. 307

Glass, ii. 30

Glauber’s salts, or sulphat of soda, ii. 92

Glazing, ii. 57

Glucium, i. 13

Glue, ii. 281. 287

Gluten, ii. 165. 177

Gold, i. 14. 323

Gum, ii. 170

—— arabic, ii. 170

—— elastic, or caoutchouc, ii. 189

—— resins, ii. 165. 188

Gunpowder, ii. 116

Gypsum, or plaister of Paris, or sulphat of lime, ii. 95

H   Index top

Hair, ii. 300

Harrogate water, i. 268. 341

Hartshorn, ii. 35. 39. 281. 285

Heart, ii. 323

—— wood, ii. 268

Heat, i. 26. 33

—— of capacity, i. 127. 135

—— of temperature, i. 33

Honey, ii. 175

Horns, ii. 282. 300

Hydro-carbonat, i. 241. 303

Hydrogen, i. 214

—— gas, i. 215

IJ   Index top

Jasper, ii. 51

Ice, i. 138

Jelly, ii. 281

Jet, ii. 240

Ignes fatui, i. 277

Ignition, i. 119

Imponderable agents, i. 12

Inflammable air, i. 215

Ink, ii. 98. 199

Insects, ii. 349

Integrant pans, i. 9

Iridium, i. 14

Iron, i. 14. 319. 328

Isinglass, ii. 194. 285

Ivory black, ii. 295

Iodine, i. 214. ii. 157

K   Index top

Kali, ii. 34

Koumiss, ii. 356

L

Lac, ii. 358

Lactic acid, ii. 75. 290. 356

Lakes, colours, ii. 190

Latent heat, i. 133

Lavender water, ii. 184. 224

Lead, i. 14. 318. 330

Leather, ii. 193. 287

Leaves, ii. 260

Life, ii. 159. 168

Ligaments, ii. 303

Light, i. 12. 26. ii. 261

Lightning, i. 248

Lime, ii. 59

—— water, ii. 61

Limestone, ii. 60

Linseed oil, ii. 178

Liqueurs, ii. 224

Liver, ii. 308

Lobes, ii. 256. 332

Lunar caustic, or nitrat of silver, i. 350. ii. 119

Lungs, ii. 319. 330

Lymph, ii. 304

Lymphatic vessels, ii. 304

M   Index top

Magnesia, ii. 44. 66

Magnium, i. 13

Malic acid, ii. 74. 197

Malt, ii. 211

Malleable metals, i. 14

Manganese, i. 14. 317

Manna, ii. 176

Manure, ii. 247

Marble, ii. 123

Marine acid, or muriatic acid, ii. 136

Mastic, ii. 187. 224

Materials of animals, ii. 277

—— of vegetables, ii. 165

Mercury, i. 14. 346

——, new mode of freezing, i. 155. 347

Metallic acids, i. 340

—— oxyds, i. 316

Metals, i. 12. 314

Meteoric stones, i. 342

Mica, ii. 66

Milk, ii. 299. 306. 350

Minerals, i. 315. ii. 44. 158

Mineral waters, i. 296. ii. 129

—— acids, ii. 73

Miner’s lamp, i. 249

Mixture, i. 99

Molybdena, i. 14. 340

Mordant, ii. 165. 192

Mortar, ii. 53. 65

Mucilage, ii. 170

Mucous acid, ii. 74. 171. 197

—— membrane, ii. 311

Muriatic acid, or marine acid, ii. 136

Muriats, ii. 151

Muriat of ammonia, ii. 35. 152

—— lime, i. 100

—— soda, or common salt, ii. 136. 151

—— potash, ii. 138

Muriatium, i. 13

Muscles of animals, ii. 298. 303

Musk, ii. 359

Myrrh, ii. 188

N.   Index top

Naphtha, i. 357. ii. 240

Negative electricity, i. 25. 161. 185

Nerves, ii. 279. 298. 308

Neutral, or compound salts, i. 333. ii. 4. 22. 69

Nickel, i. 13. 343

Nitre, or nitrat of potash, or saltpetre, ii. 32. 104. 116

Nitric acid, ii. 100

Nitrogen, or azot, i. 181. ii. 100

—— gas, i. 182. 211

Nitro-muriatic acid, or aqua regia, ii. 144

Nitrous acid gas, ii. 101. 106

—— air, or nitrit oxyd gas, ii. 107

Nitrats, ii. 116

Nitrat of copper, ii. 5

—— ammonia, ii. 113. 118

—— potash, or nitre, or saltpetre, ii. 32. 104. 116

—— silver, or lunar caustic, ii. 19

Nomenclature of acids, i. 264. ii. 69

—— compound salts, ii. 4. 22

—— other binary compounds, i. 278

Nut-galls, ii. 98. 199

Nut-oil, ii. 178

Nutrition, ii. 297

O   Index top

Ochres, i. 320

Oils, i. 285. ii. 306

Oil of amber, ii. 241

—— vitriol, or sulphuric acid, ii. 80

Olive oil, ii. 178

Ores, i. 315

Organized bodies, ii. 159

Organs of animals, ii. 290. 310

—— vegetables, ii. 159. 265. 271

Osmium, i. 14. 348

Oxalic acid, ii. 74. 197

Oxyds, i. 198

Oxyd of manganese, i. 117. 317

—— iron, i. 204. 319

—— lead, i. 319

—— sulphur, ii. 91

Oxydation, or oxygenation, i. 196

Oxygen, i. 11. 181. 201. 211

—— gas, or vital air, i. 182. 201

Oxy-muriatic acid, ii. 140

Oxy-muriats, ii. 153

Oxy-muriat of potash, ii. 155

P   Index top

Palladium, i. 13. 348

Papin’s digester, i. 120. ii. 284

Parenchyma, ii. 256. 266

Particles, i. 16

Pearlash, ii. 24

Peat, ii. 242

Peculiar juice of plants, ii. 268

Perfect metals, i. 14. 324

Perfumes, i. 308. ii. 183

Perspiration, ii. 333. 329

Petrification, ii. 237

Pewter, i. 344

Pharmacy, i. 14

Phosphat of lime, ii. 99. 299

Phosphorated hydrogen gas, i. 277

Phosphorescence, i. 29

Phosphoric acid, i. 273. ii. 99

Phosphorous acid, i. 274. ii. 99

Phosphorus, i. 270

Phosphoret of lime, i. 278. 341

—— sulphur, i. 279. 341

Pitch, ii. 187

Plaster, ii. 65

Platina, i. 14. 323

Plating, i. 345

Plumbago, or black lead, i. 304

Plumula, ii. 257

Porcelain, ii. 56

Positive electricity, i. 25. 161. 185

Potassium, i. 13. 357. ii. 15

Pottery, ii. 56

Potash, i. 356. ii. 22

Precipitate, i. 22

Pressure of the atmosphere, i. 112. 116

Printer’s ink, ii. 144

Prussiat of iron, or prussian blue, ii. 291

—— potash, ii. 291

Prussic acid, ii. 75. 290

Putrid fermentation, ii. 235. 360

Pyrites, i. 341. ii. 97

Pyrometer, i. 38. 42

Q   Index top

Quick lime, ii. 59

Quiescent forces, ii. 12

R   Index top

Radiation of caloric, i. 52

——, Prevost’s theory, i. 52

——, Pictet’s explanations, i. 54

——, Leslie’s illustrations, i. 61

Radicals, ii. 5. 69

Radicle; or root, ii. 257

Rain, i. 104

Rancidity, ii. 182

Rectification, ii. 223

Reflexion of caloric, i. 54. 64

Reptiles, ii. 349

Resins, ii. 165, 186. 266

Respiration, ii. 317. 326

Reviving of metals, i. 327

Rhodium, i. 14. 348

Roasting metals, i. 316

Rock crystal, ii. 61

Ruby, ii. 53

Rum, ii. 219

Rust, i. 318. 328

S   Index top

Saccharine fermentation, ii. 208

Sal ammoniac, or muriat of ammonia, ii. 35

—— polychrest, or sulphat of potash, ii. 91

—— volatile, or carbonat of ammonia, ii. 41

Salifiable bases, ii. 5

Salifying principles, ii. 5

Saltpetre, or nitre, or nitrat of potash, ii. 32. 104. 116

Salt, ii. 91

Sand, ii. 30. 51

Sandstone, ii. 51

Sap of plants, ii. 165. 260. 262. 270. 272

Sapphire, ii. 58

Saturation, i. 101.

Sapphire, ii. 58

Saturation, i. 101

Seas, temperature of, i. 33.

Sebacic acid, ii. 75. 182. 290. 353

Secretions, ii. 307

Seeds of plants, ii. 210. 271

Seltzer water, i. 289. ii. 63. 129

Senses, ii. 310

Silex, or silica, ii. 30. 51

Silicium, i. 13.

Silk, ii. 359

Silver, i. 321

Simple bodies, i. 10. 12

Size, ii. 281

Skin, ii. 279. 310. 193

Slakeing of lime, i. 147. ii. 56

Slate, ii. 51. 66

Smelting metals, i. 316

Smoke i. 208

Soap, ii. 24

Soda, i. 363. ii. 33

—— water, i. 299

Sodium, i. 13. 363

Soils, i. 42. ii. 245

Soldering, i. 345

Solubility, ii. 92

Solution, i. 96

—— by the air, i. 102

—— of potash, ii. 28

Specific heat, i. 126

Spermaceti, ii. 358

Spirits, ii. 313

Steam, i. 140. 182

Steel, i. 305

Stomach, ii. 315

Stones, ii. 46

Stucco, ii. 65

Strontites, ii. 44. 68

Strontium, i. 13

Suberic acid, ii. 74. 197

Sublimation, i. 257

Succin, or yellow amber, ii. 241

Succinic acid, ii. 74. 197. 241

Sugar, ii. 165. 174. 208

—— of milk, ii. 355

Sulphats, ii. 5. 91

Super oxygenated sulphuric acid, ii. 70.

Sulphat of alumine, or alum, ii. 54. 95

—— barytes, ii. 58

—— iron, ii. 96

—— lime, or gypsum, or plaster of Paris, ii. 95

—— magnesia, or Epsom salt, ii. 67. 95

—— potash, or sal polychrest, ii. 91

—— soda, or Glauber’s salts, ii. 92

Sulphur, i. 256

—— flowers of, i. 257

Sulphurated hydrogen gas, i. 165. 268

Sulphurets, i. 341

Sulphurous acid, i. 254. ii. 88

Sulphuric acid, i. 74. ii. 265

Sympathetic ink, i. 354

Synthesis, i. 287

T   Index top

Tan, ii. 192

Tannin, ii. 165. 192

Tar, ii. 187

Tartarous acid, ii. 74. 197

Tartrit of potash, ii. 222

Teeth, ii. 300

Tellurium, i. 14

Temperature, i. 33

Thaw, i. 158

Thermometers, i. 40

——, Fahrenheit’s, i. 42

——, Reaumur’s, i. 42

——, Centigrade, i. 43

——, air, i. 44

——, differential, i. 46

Thunder, i. 248

Tin, i. 14. 344

Titanium, i. 14. 348

Turf, ii. 242

Turpentine, ii. 187

Transpiration of plants, ii. 260

Tungsten, i. 14. 340

V   Index top

Vapour, i. 36. 49. 93. 182

Vaporisation, i. 103

Varnishes, ii. 187

Vegetables, ii. 158

Vegetable acid, i. 310. ii. 74. 197

—— colours, ii. 190

—— heat, ii. 272

—— oils, ii. 177

Veins, ii. 304. 323.

Venous blood, ii. 305. 326. 338

Ventricles, ii. 324

Verdigris, i. 352

Vessels, ii. 304

Vinegar, ii. 232

Vinous fermentation, ii. 212

Vital air, or oxygen gas, i. 182

Vitriol, or sulphat of iron, ii. 81

Volatile oils, i. 307. ii. 165. 183. 224. 269

—— products of combustion, i. 207

—— alkali, i. 363. ii. 20. 35

Voltaic battery, i. 164. 220. 356. ii. 15

U   Index top

Uranium, i. 14

W   Index top

Water, i. 215. ii. 262

——, decomposition of, by electricity, i. 200. 225

——, condensation of, i. 32

—— of the sea, i. 86

——, boiling, i. 93

——, solution by, i. 96

—— of crystallisation, i. 339

Wax, i. 309. ii. 180. 358

Whey, ii. 351

Wine, ii. 212

Wood, ii. 267

Woody fibre, ii. 156. 196. 267

Wool, ii. 300

Y   Index top

Yeast, ii. 234.

Yttria, ii. 44.

Yttrium, i. 13.

Z   Index top

Zinc, ii. 14. 344

Zirconia, ii. 44

Zirconium, i. 14.

Zoonic acid, ii. 75. 220