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