The Romance of Modern Chemistry

INDEX Candles, 45, 107, 244, 245, 246 Cane sugar, 228, 229, 230 Carbamide, 250, 251, 253 Carbides, 137, 200 Carbohydrates, 227 Carbolic acid, 284 Carbon, 53, 114 Carbonates, 86, 94 Carbon dioxide, 43, 108, 116, 185, 217, 270, 271, 326 Carbonic acid snow, 185 Carbon monoxide, 45, 152 Cast-iron, 63 Catalysis, 125, 330, 331 Celluloid, 235, 236, 256 Cellulose, 132, 235 Ceria, 329 Charcoal, 53, 57, 171, 230 Cheese, 228 Chemistry and electricity, 290 Chili saltpetre, 202, 224, 249 Chocolate, 265 Coal, 131 Coal gas, 145, 148 Coalite, 160 Coal tar, 283, 289 Coal Tar Jubilee, 287 Coins, 75 Coke, 147, 149 Combustion, 107, 115 Combustion, spontaneous, 127 Commercial chemistry, 249 Compounds and mixtures, 33 77 Contact process, 331, 332 Copper, 71, 299 Cream of tartar, 318 Creosote oil, 283 Crookes, Sir William, 202 Crystalline substances, 53 Crystallisation, 314, 315 Crystallisation in metals 322 323 D Daniell cell, 292 Davy, Sir Humphry, 163, 297 Dead Sea, 101 Destructive distillation, 142 Detonator, 175 Dewar, Sir James, 187, 190 Dextrin, 234 Diamond, 63, 54 Diffusion, 303, 304, 338 Discovery of argon, 341 » , „ bromine, 340 » . ,, cæsium, 213 » » „ helium, 213 > • „ mauve, 285 „ „ oxygen, 336 » ,, rubidium, 213 Dissociation, 194 Distillation, 101, 194 Distillation of coal tar, 284 Döbereiner, 125, 338 Draught, 109 Drying gases, 327 Drying oils, 240, 241 Dynamite, 178 E Edible fats, 239, 240 Egg substitutes, 267, 268 Electricity and chemistry, 290 Electricity v. gas, 283, 329 Electric furnace, 197 „ lamps, 69, 70, 71 Electrolysis, 297, 298, 299 Electi )lytes, 311 Electro-plating, 74 Elements, 30 Elements in meteorites, 205 Elements in the sun, 212 Emery, 257 Endothermic processes, 168 Energy in coal, 152 Engraving on metals, 82 344