Conversation XXVI [Mrs. B.] the air had been previously consumed [previouly] [Mrs. B.] this is by the Tartan Arabs [_text unchanged: Tartar?_] [Mrs. B.] or studying the inventions of art, let us, therefore [; for ,] Index Arrack [_body text has “arack”_] [Cold] ---- from evaporation, i. 102. 113. 150 [_volume number missing_] Culinary heat, i. 88 [_volume number missing_] [Decomposition] ---- of ammonia, i. 363. ii. 37 [ammonnia; _“i” invisible_] Frankincense [Francincense] [Freezing mixtures] ---- by evaporation, i. 104. 150, &c. [_volume number invisible_] Glue, ii. 281. 287 [_volume number missing_] N. [_anomalous . unchanged_] Phosphorous acid, i. 274. ii. 99 [_volume I body text always has “Phosphorus acid”_] [Sulphat] ---- lime, or gypsum, or [gypsum of] [Sulphur] ---- flowers of, i. 257 [_volume number missing_] [Thermometers] ----, Centigrade, i. 43 [Centrigade] [Thermometers] ----, differential, i. 46 [differentiial] V, U [_alphabetized as shown_] Zirconia, ii. 44 [Zicornia] Zirconium, i. 14 [Zicornium ... 13] Inconsistencies and variant spellings: Standard spellings in this book include: bason, judgment, embrio, volcanos (plural), potatoe (singular) Inconsistencies include: capitalization of “Fig.” or “fig.” hyphenization of words such as “oxy-muriatic” “glauber salt” and “Glauber’s salt” both occur Variant forms include: opake, opaque aëriform, aeriform (with and without dieresis) gasses, gases phosphoret, phosphuret (but always carburet) Libya, Lybia dy(e)ing [from “dye”] nap(h)tha pla(i)ster slak(e)ing earthen-ware, earthen ware “sulphurous”, “naphtha” are used in the Contents and the Index; “sulphureous”, “naptha” in the body text forms in “-xion” (such as “connexion”) appear only in the Contents and the Index Volume I has more archaic forms than Volume II: “shew”, “inclose” are sometimes used instead of “show”, “enclose” “carbone” with final “e” appears in one Plate caption. (In the same plate’s header, the “e” appears to have been removed by the engraver.) “develope(ment)” is more common in Volume I, “develop(ment)” in Volume II “-ize” and “-yze” forms (for later “-ise” and “-yse”) are common in Volume I, rare in Volume II except in the Index The “Dr. Marcet” mentioned in a few footnotes and figure captions is the author’s husband. Humphry Davy (“Sir H. Davy”) was knighted in 1812, between the 3rd and 4th editions of the book. Reminder: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * End of Project Gutenberg's Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2, by Jane Marcet