Chemistry of the Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter an Essay, Principally Concerning Natural Phenomena Admitting of Interpretation by Chemical Science, Illustrating Passages of Scirpture

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Absorbers of heat, 54 Absorption of water by seeds,--soils, 61 Acacia vera, 275 Acanthus diverted from ita natural growth, 115 Acetic acid, 284 Acid vapours injure plants, 150 Aeration of water, 235 Atrial moisture attracted by soils, 75 Air-pump construction, and the use of the, 165 Albumen, 43,46 Alcohol, 276-floatation of, on water, 318 mixture of, with water evolves heat, 163 specific gravity of, 815 Alphabetical list of elements, 4 Altitude of the atmosphere, 21 Alumina, or pure clay, 36 Aluminum, the metal of alumina or clay, 34 Ammonia, 33,274 Analysis, examples of, 68 Ancient elements, 14 Andes, climate of the, 171 Anhydrous, definition of the term, 20 Animal bodies, elements of, 44 functions influenced by light, 140 Animals, clothing of, 397 Animated kingdoms, mutual de-pendence of the, 51 Annuals, 120 Antiseptic power of ice, 328 Apparatus required in chemistry, I Apartments fumigated, 260 ventilated, 387 warmed, 386 April showers, 72 Aquatic plants decompose carbonic acid, 239, 243 Aqueous vapour, 423.. absorption and transpiration of, by plants, 118,119 detected in air, 180 Arctic circle, water of the, 309-----regions, intense cold of the, 365 Aroma of flowers, 263 Artificial ice, 402 Ashes of vegetables, 282 weight of, from wheat and other straw, 188 Atmospheric air, 15 affected by lightning, 17--altered in nature by cotrbustion. 81 by germination, 86 by respiration, 83 analysed, 15, 18, 88-aqueous vapour of detected, 180 assumed as a stan-Atmospheric air, condensation of, evolves heat, 164 contains ammonia, carbonic. nitrogen, oxygen,-watery density of, dimi-15 vapour, 18,180 nishes in proportion to altitude. 170-deposition of dew from, 216--expansion of, by._ growth of plants in a confined portion of, 152-hydration of, ne-cessary ...