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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. 1905 Excerpt: ...silica, 122 Briquettes, 108 British thermal units, 118 Brimstone, 39 Bull-dog, special, 95 Bunsen battery, 133 Bunsen's photometer, 75 CALCINATION, 125 Calorific value, 102, 116, 117 Calorimeter, 116, 118 Candle-power, 73 Cannel, 100 Capacity for heat, 19 Carbon, 51--in steel, 51--air consumed by, 120--filament, 138--in coal, 98--bisulphide, 107--in peat and wood, 105--heating effect of, 118--in black damp, 58 Carbon dioxide, 37, 55--dioxide at high altitudes, 38--dioxide in after-damp, 56--dioxide and flame extinction, So--dioxide in aerated waters, 56--dioxide in fire extincteurs, 56--dioxide, diffusion of, 56--doixide, dangerous amount of, 57--dioxide, effects of, on life, 58 Carbon dioxide, tests for, 58--dioxide in air after breathing, 57, 58--dioxide, preparation of, 58 Carbonate of iron, 125 Carbonates, 44., 45 Carbonic oxide, 53, 54, 118--oxide, air consumed by, 120--oxide and black smoke, 54, 102--oxide, antidote for, 54--oxide from gob fires, 55--oxide in after-damp, 55--oxide in blast-furnace gas, 55--oxide, tests for, 55--oxide and blasting-powder, 83--oxide, effect of, on coal dust, 83, 84 Carbonite, 95 Carburetted hydrogen, 60 Cartridges, lime, 92 Cells, 132, 133 Cellulose, 105 Centigrade degrees, 21 Charcoal, 52, 53, 105--animal, 52--absorbent power of, 53 Charles's law, 9--law and ventilation, 78 Chemical welding, 140, 141 Chemicals, common names of, 143 China clay, 121 Choke damp, 55 Clay ironstones, 125 Clays, 121-123 Clinker, 106, 107 Clowes' lamp, 64-66 Coal, 98--carbon in, 98, 102--specific gravity of, 98, 102, 11o, in--total carbon in, 98--bituminous, 99, 101--flaming, 101--caking and non-caking, 101--splint, 101--steam, 101--house, 101--firing, 101--ash in, 98, 101, 102, 106, 112--calorific value of, 102--tar from, 102--ammonia from, ...
