INDEX
TO THE
FIRST VOLUME.
- Acid, sulphuric, 12; how made, properties and uses of, 145
- Acid, phosphoric, 12
- Acid, carbonic, 12
- Acid, fluoric, 13; how made, properties and uses of, 120
- Acid, boracic, 13
- Acid, muriatic, 13; How made and uses of, 132
- Acid, nitric, 14; How made, and uses of, 138
- Adamant. See Diamond.
- Adamantine spar. See Corundum.
- Adularia, description and uses of, 70
- Agate, description, uses, &c. of, 61, 62
- ——, different kinds of, 63
- Alabaster, description and uses of, 117
- ——, calcareous, account and uses of, 111, 112
- Alkalies, 18
- Alumine, 15, 123
- Alluvial depositions, 235
- Alum, description and uses of, 123, 124
- ——, Roman and Roche, 123
- ——, how procured and made, 123
- Amalgams, what they are, 176
- Amazon stone, description and use of, 69
- Amber, description and history of, 161
- ——, where found, and how wrought, 162
- ——, uses and properties of, 163
- ——, varnish, 163
- ——, gum animè often mistaken for, 164
- Amethyst, oriental, 32
- ——, common, description and uses of, 48
- Amianthus. See Asbestos.
- Ammonia, muriat of. See Sal-ammoniac.
- Antimony, description of, and whence obtained, 215
- ——, how prepared, and uses of, 216, 217
- ——, butter and glass of, 217
- ——, oxides of, 217
- Antimonial powder, of what composed, 217
- —— wine, how prepared, and use of, 217
- Aqua marine, description, value, and uses of, 39, 40
- ——, where found, how cut and set, 40
- Aqua fortis, mode of manufacturing, and uses of, 138
- Aqua regia, of what made, 139
- Argil, 15
- Arsenic, description of, and whence obtained, 212
- ——, how prepared for use, and the uses of, 213
- ——, poisonous effects of, how counteracted, 213
- ——, how to know from any other substance, 213
- Asbestos, use of, for making incombustible cloth, &c., 93, 94
- Asphalt, description of, where found, and uses of, 149, 150
- Avanturine, description, uses, and value of, 50
- ——, imitations of, how made, 50
- Axestone, description and use of, 89
- Azure stone, description and uses of, 67, 68
- ——, imitation of, how made, 68
- B.
- Barilla. See Soda.
- Barium, 17
- Barytes, description and uses of, 120
- ——, sulphat of, 121
- Basalt, description and uses of, 95, 96
- Bath stone, description and uses of, 114
- Bell metal, of what made, 188
- Beryl. See Aqua marine:aqua-marine#.
- Betton’s British oil, what it is, 146
- Biscuit porcelain, what it is, and how made, 75
- Bismuth, description and uses of, 217, 218
- ——, singular fusible metal prepared from, 218
- ——, experiment with, illustrative of metallic crystal, 234
- Bitumen. See Asphalt, 149
- ——, elastic, 149
- Black chalk, description and use of, 80
- ——, pencils, how made, 80
- Black tin, what it is, 200
- Bloodstone, description and uses of, 59
- ——, singular specimen of, 59
- Blue John. See Fluor spar.
- Blende, 209
- Bole, description and uses of, 87
- Bologna phosphorus, or Bononian stone, how prepared, and properties of, 121
- Boracic acid, 13
- Borax, description of, whence and how obtained, 134
- ——, preparation and uses of, 135
- Bottles, how made, 55
- Brass, how made, and uses of, 187
- —— wire, properties and uses of, 187
- Bricks, how made, 72
- Brimstone. See Sulphur.
- Bristol diamonds, 47
- Bronze, how made, and uses of, 187
- Burning spring, description of one in Shropshire, 147
- Burr-stone, or millstone, description of, 44
- ——, where found, uses of, and how split, 45
- Buxton diamonds, 47
- C.
- Cachalong opal, description and use of, 65
- Calamine, description and uses of, 209-211
- Calcareous substances, 17, 97
- Calcedony, description and uses of, 56, 57
- Calcium, 18
- Calomel, how made, and uses of, 177
- Caloric, 9
- Calp. See Lias.
- Caoutchouc mineral, 149
- Carbon, 20
- Carbonats, 13
- Carbonic acid, 12
- Carbuncle, 43
- Carnelian, description, uses, and value of, 57
- Cat’s-eye, description of, how cut, and uses of, 50
- Cave of Fingal, account of, 96
- Cairn gorum crystal, whence obtained, how wrought, and uses of, 49
- Ceruse. See White lead.
- Chalk, description and uses of, 99
- ——, black, description and uses of, 80
- ——, red, how prepared, and uses of, 199
- Chinese grotesque figures, of what made, 84
- Choke damp in coal-mines, what it is, how produced, and how to prevent the injurious effects of, 154
- Chrysoberyl, description, value, and uses of, 35
- Chrysolite, description of, how cut, and uses of, 95
- Chrysoprase, description of, how cut, imitations, and uses of, 58, 59
- Cinnabar, artificial, how manufactured, and use of, 177
- Cinnamon stone, 44
- Clay, various kinds, description and uses of, 71, 72
- Clay-slate. See Roofing-slate.
- Coal, description of, where found, and value of, 151
- ——, supposed origin, and various uses of, 155
- Coal mines, account of, 152
- Coal trade, history, &c. of, 154-156
- Coal, cannel, what, why so called, and uses of, 157
- ——, stone, Kilkenny, or Glance, and Welsh, 158
- ——, Bovey, or brown, 158
- ——, pitch, 158
- ——, parrot, 157
- Cobalt, account of, whence obtained, and uses of, 220
- ——, oxide of, 221
- Coke, uses of, 156
- Copper, description and ancient uses of, 183
- ——, mines of Anglesea described, 183
- ——, how extracted from the ore, &c., 183
- ——, uses of, 185, 186
- ——, vessels, in what respects pernicious, 185
- ——, oxide of, uses of, 186
- ——, alloys of, 186
- ——, white, of what made, and uses of, 188
- ——, how to gild, 172
- ——, sulphat of. See Vitriol, white.
- Copperas. See Vitriol-green.
- Cornish diamonds, 47
- Corrosive sublimate, what it is, and uses of, 177
- Corundum, description and uses of, 34
- Crystal, description and uses of, 45-47
- ——, where found, how wrought and polished, 46, 47
- Culm, what it is, and the uses of, 157
- D.
- Derbyshire spar. See Fluor spar.
- Diachylon plaster, how made, and uses of, 206
- Diamond, description of, 23
- ——, where found, how obtained, and how known, 23, 24
- ——, properties of, 24
- ——, how cut, polished, and set, 26
- ——, value and uses of, 26, 27
- ——, account of several remarkable diamonds, 27, 28, 29
- ——, Buxton, Cornish, and Carrara diamonds, 47, 102
- Drawing slate. See Black chalk.
- Dropping well at Knaresborough, 113
- Dutch gold, how made, 187
- Dykes, mineral, 3
- E.
- Earth, 14
- earthenware, how manufactured, 71
- Eau-de-luce, of what made, 164
- Egyptian pebble, description and uses of, 61
- Electron of the ancients, what it was, 162
- Emerald, description of, where found, how set, and how valued, 38
- ——, oriental, 32
- ——, false, 49
- Emery, description, properties, and uses of, 33
- ——, how prepared for use, 33
- ——, red, 43
- Epsom salts, description of, how made, and uses of, 126
- F.
- Faults, in mining, what they are, 3
- Felspar, common, description and uses of, 69
- ——, Labrador, 69
- Figure stone, description and uses of, 84
- Filtering stone, of what made, 233
- Fire damp in coal-mines, what it is, how produced, &c., 19, 153
- Flint, description and uses of, 53, 54
- ——, gun-flints, how made, 54
- Florence marble, description and use of, 115
- Fluat of lime, 119
- Fluats, 13
- Fluoric acid, what it is, 13
- —— ——, how to etch on glass by means of, 120
- —— ——, mode of obtaining, 120
- Fluor spar, description and properties of, 119
- —— ——, how manufactured, and the uses of, 119
- Flux, white, of what made, 137
- ——, black, 137
- Freestone, description and uses of, 233
- French chalk, description and uses of, 92
- Fuller’s earth, description and use of, 87
- Fulminating powder, 176
- Fulminating silver, extraordinary properties of, 182
- Fumigating of rooms, how effected, 133
- Fur in tea kettles, how formed there, 114
- G.
- Galena, what it is, 203
- Gangue, in mining, what it is, 4
- Garnet, precious, where found, how cut, and value of, 42, 43
- –– ——, how set, and uses of, 42
- ——, common, 43
- ——, Syrian and pyrope, 43
- Gas, what it is, 10
- Gas lights, history and uses of, 156
- —— ——, how produced, 156
- –– ——, how exhibited on a small scale, 156
- Gems, engraving, cutting, and value of, 21-23
- ——, imitations of, 22
- Giant’s causeway, account of, 95
- Gilding on iron or copper, how performed, 172
- —— in or-moulu, what it is, 172
- —— on silver, how performed, 172
- —— on the edges of tea-cups, 173
- —— wax, how made, and use of, 172
- ——, ancient mode of, 172
- ——, on wood, 172
- Glass, how made, 55
- ——, bottles, how made, 55
- ——, window and plate, how made, 55, 56
- ——, annealing of, the use of, 56
- ——, how to etch on, 120
- ——, Muscovy. See Mica.
- Glauber salt, description of, how obtained, and uses of, 123
- —— ——, pleasing experiment with, 134
- Glimmer. See Mica.
- Glucine, 16
- Gneiss, 226
- Gold, description and properties of, 167, 168
- ——, how obtained from mines in America and Europe, 168
- ——, found in Ireland and Scotland, 168, 169
- ——, mode of extracting from the ore, 169
- ——, value and uses of, 170
- ——, coinage or sterling gold; and gold of the new standard, 170
- ——, description of the stamps on gold plate, 170
- ——, how alloyed, 170
- ——, coinage gold of Portugal, America, France, Spain, Holland, and Morocco, 170
- ——, trinket and pale gold, how alloyed, 170
- ——, ductility and tenacity of, 170
- Gold leaf, how beaten, 171
- Gold wire, 173
- Gold thread and lace, what they are, 173
- Gold powder for painting, how made, 173
- ——, Dutch, how made, 187
- Gold-beaters’ skin, how made, and uses of, 171
- Granite, description and uses of, 225
- ——, various kinds of, 225
- Goulard, of what made, 207
- Grey-wacka, 232
- Grindstones, of what made, 234
- Gritstone, description and uses of, 233
- Gun-barrels, how browned, 141
- Gun-flints, how made, and how to choose, 54
- Gunpowder, how made, 137
- Gypsum. See Alabaster.
- ——, fibrous, description and uses of, 118
- H.
- Hair, pernicious effects of preparations to colour the, 181
- Heliotrope. See Bloodstone.
- Hone, or whetslate, description and use of, 80
- Hyacinth, description and uses of, 30
- Hydrogen, 19
- I.
- Inflammable air, 19
- Ink, indelible, for marking linen, how made, 181
- ——, sympathetic, how made, 222
- Instantaneous light, matches and bottles for procuring, how made, 145
- Iron, description and uses of, 190
- ——, mines, account of, 190
- ——, how extracted from the ore, 191
- ——, cast iron, what, and uses of, 191
- ——, wrought iron, how made, and uses of, 191
- ——, how preserved from rust, 193
- ——, native, account of extraordinary masses of, 197
- ——, magnetic, or loadstone, description and uses of, 197
- ——, white, what, 201
- Iron pyrites, description and uses of, 198
- ——, how to gild on, 172
- ——, sulphat of. See Vitriol, green.
- J.
- Jade, description and uses of, 88
- James’s powder, of what made, 217
- Jargoon, description and uses of, 29
- Jasper, description and uses of, 60
- ——, various kinds of, 61
- ——, agate. See Agate.
- Jet, description, properties, and uses of, 158
- ——, imitation of, 160
- K.
- Kaolin, what it is, and how made, 74
- Ketton stone, description and use of, 114
- L.
- Labrador felspar, description and uses of, 69
- Lapis lazuli. See Azure stone.
- Lapis ollaris, description and use of, 90
- Lazulite. See Azure stone.
- Lead, description of, 203
- ——, how extracted from the ore, 218
- ——, pig lead, what it is, 204
- ——, ancient and modern uses of, 204
- ——, injurious effects of leaden vessels, 204
- ——, alloys and oxides of, 205
- ——, silver, how obtained from, 178, 207
- ——, white, how manufactured, and uses of, 205
- ——, red or minium, how manufactured, and uses of, 206
- ——, sugar of, 207
- ——, how detected in wine, &c., 207
- ——, pleasing experiment with, 207
- Lead mines, account of, 203
- Lemnian earth, how obtained and use of, 86
- Lias, use of for multiplying drawings, 116
- Lime, 17; how burnt, and various uses of, 97
- —— water, how made, 98
- Lime carbonat of, 99
- Lime sulphat of, 117
- Lime fluat of, 119
- Limestone, description and uses of, 99
- ——, primitive, 228
- ——, transition, 232
- Litharge, how made and uses of, 206
- —— plaster, of what made, 206
- Loadstone, description of, where found, and uses of, 197
- Loam, description and uses of, 73
- Looking-glasses, process of silvering, 176
- Lunar caustic, what it is, and uses of, 181
- Lydian stone, description and uses of, 53
- M.
- Magnesia, how prepared and uses of, 125
- Malachite, description and uses of, 188
- Manganese, description of, how obtained, and uses of, 222
- Marble, description and uses of, 100
- ——, statuary, 102—105—109
- ——, Pentelic, Greek white, and Parian, 101
- ——, Carrara, Luni, and Verde antique, 102
- ——, Sienna, Brocatello, Mandelato, Verde di Prato, Lago Maggiore, Bretonico, and Campan, 103
- ——, Griotte, Marquese, Sarencolin, St. Beaume or Languedoc, Breccia of the Pyrenees, 104
- ——, white Spanish, Seville, Tortosa, Grenada, Spanish Breccia, 105
- ——, Lumachelli, Sicilian, Swiss, Portuguese, Russian, Asiatic marble of Tabriz, African, American, 106
- ——, Petworth, Purbeck, 107
- ——, Babbicombe, Derbyshire, Kendal, Mona, Tirie, 108
- ——, Assynt, Isle of Sky, Sutherland, Glen Tilt, 109
- ——, Blairgowrie, Glenavon, Ballichulish, Blairmachyldach, 110
- ——, mode of cutting and polishing, 111
- ——, black, 111
- ——, Florence, 115
- ——, Cottam, 116
- Marcasite. See Pyrites.
- Marking ink, for linen, &c. how made and used, 181
- Marl, description and uses of, 114
- Matrix, 4
- Meerschaum, how obtained, prepared, and used, 84
- Mercury, the ores of, 173
- ——, how extracted from the ore, 175
- ——, properties and uses of, 175, 176
- Mercury mines in India, description of, 175
- Metals, different states in which they are found, 165
- ——, how obtained and prepared for use, 165
- Meteoric stones, description of, 193
- —— ——, extraordinary instances of their falling from the air in 1492, 1672, 1704, 1795, 1814, &c., 195
- —— ——, opinions of learned men respecting, 197
- —— ——, properties of, 194
- Mica, description of, how obtained, and uses of, 81
- Mica slate, or micaceous schistus, 227
- Millstones. See Burr Stone.
- ——, Peak, what formed of, 233
- ——, of granite, 225
- Millstone grit, description and uses of, 233
- Mineral green, of what made, 141
- Mineral oil. See Petroleum.
- Minerals, systematic arrangement of, 4
- Mineral tar, description and uses of, 148, 149
- Minium, how manufactured, and uses of, 206
- Mochoa stone, description and use of, 63
- —— ——, imitations of, how made, 63
- Mona marble. See Serpentine.
- Moonstone, description and use of, 70
- Mountains, comparative heights of the principal, 237
- Muriatic acid, 13
- Muriats, 13
- Muscovy glass. See Mica.
- Music plates, of what made, 217
- N.
- Naphtha, where found, uses and properties of, 146
- Natron, description of, how obtained and uses of, 128
- Nephrite. See Jade.
- Nickel, description and uses of, 208
- ——, oxide of, and for what used, 209
- Nitrats, 14
- Nitrat of silver, uses of, 181
- Nitre, description of, how and whence obtained, 136
- ——, how manufactured, and uses of, 136, 137
- Nitric acid. See Aqua fortis.
- Nova Mina topaz, 37
- O.
- Ochre, red, description and uses of, 199
- Obsidian, description and uses of, 66
- Oil, rancidity of, how corrected, 207
- Onyx, description and use of, 57
- Opal, description of, where found, use and value of, 63
- ——, imitations of, 64
- ——, Hydrophanous, singular quality, use, and value of, 64
- ——, Common, 65
- ——, Mother of pearl, and wood opal, 65, 66
- Orpiment, yellow, description and uses of, 214
- ——, red, 214
- Oxides, 11
- Oxygen, 10
- —— gas, 11
- P.
- Paint, white, how to prevent pernicious effects of, 205
- —— ——, made of oxide of zinc, 211
- Paviour’s flags, of what made, 234
- Paving stones, 225, 233
- Pearl-ash, what it is, and how prepared, 136
- —— white, of what made, and use of, 218
- Pebbles, 46
- Petrifactions. See Tufa.
- Petrifying springs, at Knaresborough and Matlock, 113
- Petroleum, description, properties, and uses of, 157
- Petunzè, 69
- Pewter, of what made, 202
- Phosphats, 12
- Phosphoric acid, 12-20
- Phosphorus, 19
- Pinchbeck, of what made, and use of, 187
- Pipe-clay, description and use of, 72
- Plaster of Paris, of what made, and use of, 118
- Plate glass, how made, 56
- Plating of copper, &c. how performed, 180
- Platina, description, properties, and uses of, 166, 167
- Pompey’s pillar, of what formed, 230
- Ponderous earth. See Barytes.
- Porcelain-clay, description and use of, 74
- ——, Chinese, French, and English porcelain, account of, 74
- ——, how manufactured, glazed, and painted, 74, 75
- ——, biscuit, how made, 47, 75
- Porphyry, description and uses of, 229
- Portland stone, description and use of, 114
- Potash, description of, how obtained, and use of, 135
- Potstone, description and use of, 90
- Pottery, how made, 73
- Powder blue, of what made, and use of, 222
- Prince’s metal, what it is, and for what used, 187
- Printer’s types, of what made, 205, 218
- Pumice, description and use of, 67
- Pyrites, description, properties, and uses of, 198, 199
- Q.
- Quartz, description, properties, and uses of, 44
- ——, rock, 231
- Queen’s ware pottery, of what made, 73
- Quick lime, how made, 98
- Quicksilver. See Mercury.
- R.
- Red chalk and Reddle, description and uses of, 199
- Realgar, description and uses of, 214
- Rocks, systematic arrangement of, 7, 224
- ——, primitive, description of, 224
- ——, secondary, 231
- ——, transition, 232
- ——, floetz or flat, 233
- ——, volcanic, 235
- Rock oil. See Naphtha.
- Roe stone. See Ketton stone.
- Roofing slate, description of, 76
- —— ——, how to choose, 77
- —— ——, Welsh and Westmoreland, 78
- —— ——, French, 76
- —— ——, various uses of, 77-80
- Rolling stones, of what made, 234
- Rotten stone, description and use of, 76
- Rouge, of what made, 84, 91
- Rubellite, valuable specimen of, 41
- Ruby, Oriental, description of, 31
- ——, whence imported, value, properties, and uses of, 31, 32
- ——, spinel, description, value, and uses of, 32
- ——, Balais, 32
- ——, false, 49
- Ruin marble. See Florence marble.
- S.
- Sal ammoniac, description of, how made, and uses of, 138, 139
- Salt, common, description and uses of, 129
- ——, mines in Poland, description of, 129
- ——, mines in Chester, 130
- ——, mountains of, in Spain, 130
- —— springs, 131
- Salt, how manufactured, 131
- ——, bay, 132
- ——, spirit of, how made, and uses of, 132
- Saltpetre. See Nitre.
- Sand, common, description and uses of, 52
- Sandstone, 234
- Sapphire, Oriental, description of, how cut and set, 30
- ——, properties, value, and use of, 30, 31
- ——, false, or water, 49
- Sardonyx, 57
- Scots pebbles, description and use of, 62
- Scythe-stones, how made, 234
- Sea froth. See Meerschaum.
- Sea water, description and properties of, 244
- —— ——, cause of its bitterness, and saltiness, 244
- —— ——, uses of, 245
- Serpentine, description and uses of, 89, 90
- Shell silver, how prepared, 181
- Shot, how made, 205
- Sienite, description and uses of, 230
- Silex, 15
- Siliceous earth, 15
- Silicium, 15
- Silver, description of, 177
- —— mines of Potosi and Norway, account of, 177, 178
- ——, found in Scotland, 178
- ——, extracted from lead, 178
- ——, how extracted from its ores, 178
- ——, value and uses of, and how alloyed, 179
- ——, marks or stamps on silver plate explained, 179
- ——, nitrat of, uses of, 181
- ——, fulminating, extraordinary properties of, 182
- ——, experiments with preparations of, 182
- ——, how to gild, 172
- Silver plate, how cleaned, 179
- ——, ductility of, 179
- Silver wire, 179
- Silvering of looking-glasses, process of, 176
- —— of metals, how performed, 186
- —— of paper and wood, 181
- Slate. See Roofing slate, and Writing slate.
- Slate pencils, how made, 78
- Slickenside, extraordinary properties of, 218
- Smalt, of what formed, and uses, 221
- ——, strewing, 221
- Smaragdus, 38
- Snowdon diamonds, what they are, 47
- Soap, how made, 127
- Soap, boiling, illustration of, 127
- ——, white, yellow, and soft, of what made, 128
- —— of glass, what it is, 223
- Soapstone. See Steatite.
- Soda, description and uses of, 126
- ——, carbonat of, 128
- ——, muriat of, 129
- ——, sulphat of, 133
- Solder, of what made, 205
- Soot, uses of, 156
- Spanish chalk, 84
- Spanish white, of what made, 100
- Spelter. See Zinc.
- Stalactites, description and uses of, 112
- Stalagmite, 112
- Steatite, description and uses of, 83
- Steel, how made, and uses of, 192, 193
- ——, Damascus, what, 192
- ——, cast, how made, 192
- ——, how to preserve from rust, 192
- Strontian, 17
- Stucco, of what made, 118
- Sulphur, 19; description of, and how manufactured, 143
- ——, uses and properties of, 143, 144
- ——, singular experiment with, 145
- Sulphuric acid, how prepared, properties and uses of, 145
- Sympathetic ink, how made and used, 222
- T.
- Table slates, how made, 78
- Talc, common, or Venetian, description and uses of, 91
- ——, indurated. See French chalk.
- Tamarind-tree, petrified. See Woodstone.
- Tartar, emetic, how prepared, 217
- Tea-cups, how to gild, 173
- Tea-urns, how browned, 141
- Thunderbolts. See Meteoric stones.
- Tiles, how made, 72
- Tin, description of, 200
- ——, alloys of, 202
- ——, block, and tin plate, what, and uses of, 200, 201
- ——, how extracted from the ore, 200
- Tin mines, and steam works, account of, 200
- Tin putty, how made, and uses of, 202
- Tin foil, how made, and uses of, 203
- Tin-glass. See Bismuth.
- Tincal. See Borax.
- Tinning of iron and copper, how performed, 201
- Tobacco pipes, how made, 73
- —— ——, Turkish, of what made, 84
- Topaz, description of, where found, and how obtained, 35, 36
- ——, value, uses, and properties of, 36
- ——, Oriental, 32
- ——, Brazilian, Saxon, Bohemian, blue, pink, white, or Nova Mina, 37
- Tourmaline, description and properties, and uses of, 40
- Trap, primitive, 228
- Tripoli, description and use of, 76
- Tufa, description and uses of, 113, 114
- Turkey stone, description and uses of, 81
- Turquoise, description of, how imported, and uses of, 189
- ——, spurious kind, how detected, 190
- Tutenag, of what made, and uses of, 210
- U.
- Ultramarine, how made, and uses of, 68
- Umber, description and use of, 199
- V.
- Verde antique marble, 102
- Verdigris, how made, and uses of, 186
- ——, distilled, what, and uses of, 186
- Vermilion, what it is, and how made, 177
- Vesuvian, description and use of, 43
- Vienna white, of what made, 100
- Vitriol,
- ——, blue, description of, how made and uses of, 140
- ——, green, or iron vitriol, 199
- ——, white, 141
- ——, spirit of. See Sulphuric acid.
- —— ——, pleasing experiment with, 142
- W.
- Water, uses and analysis of, 238, 239
- ——, rain, description and properties of, 240
- ——, ice and snow, description, properties, and uses of, 240
- ——, spring, river, and stagnant, 241-245
- ——, putrid, how to render sweet, 243
- ——, sea, 244
- ——, Malvern, 246
- ——, Bristol Hot-well, 246
- ——, Matlock and Buxton, 248
- ——, Bath, 249
- ——, Aix-la-Chapelle, or Aken, 250
- ——, Borset, 252
- ——, Vichy, 253
- ——, Carlsbad, 254
- ——, Sedlitz, 255
- ——, Epsom, 256
- ——, Seltzer, 256
- ——, Tunbridge, 257
- ——, Spa, 258
- ——, Pyrmont, 259
- ——, Cheltenham, 260
- ——, Brighton chalybeate, 261
- ——, Harrowgate, 262
- ——, Moffat, 264
- Whet-slate, description and uses of, 80
- Whiting, of what made, 100
- Window glass, how made, 55
- Wine, antimonial, how prepared, and use, 217
- ——, how to detect the adulteration of, 207
- Woodstone, description and uses of, 51
- Writing slates, how made, 78
- Y.
- Yttria, 16
- Z.
- Zaffre, what, how made, and uses of, 221
- Zinc, whence obtained, and how extracted from the ore, 209
- ——, uses and properties of, 210
- ——, oxide of, used as paint, 211
- ——, white, how prepared, 141
- Zircon, 29