Abyssinia, Page142Adhesion,201Affinity, Chemical,197,199Air,17fixed,112Albert Durer,130Alchemy,194Alcohol,137Alexander,161Alexandria,168Allspice or Pimento,51Alluvial formations,152Almonds,61Alphabet, invention of,43Alum,74Alumina,154Amalgam,20Amber,18Ambergris,66Analysis and Combination,195Anemometer,206Angelo, Michael,162Anno Domini,35Apelles,182Apollo,178Arabic, gum,94Arabia, Felix and Deserta,72Archipelago,32Architecture,156orders of,159,160Argil,154Armenia,67Arrow-root,134Arsenic,126Artesian Wells,203Arts,190liberal,190fine,191mechanical,191Art of writing,191Asbestus,76,78Astronomy, science of,187Athenians,23Atmosphere,17Attraction,201Audiphone,204Aurora, the,21Aurora Borealis,22Australia,31Author,54Azores, islands of,62Azote gas,113Babel, tower of,144Babylon,145Bacon, Roger,99Baize,32Barbarians,170,183Barilla or Soda,105Bark,35Peruvian,36Barley,24sugar,49Barometer,96Aneroid,203Barrel organ,179Bathometer,206Beaver,70,71,74Bell, A.G.,204Black lead,122Blowpipe,208Bodies, natural,197Bombazine,40Books first printed,59Books, of what made,37,57Bottles,54Box, musical,179Brandy,137Brass,84Bread-fruit,86Bricks,144Butter, vegetable,87tree,87Cable,214Cacao-nut tree,27Cadmus,43Calaminaris, Lapis,84Calcareous rocks,150Calico,28Caloric,14,114Calomel,97Cambray,41Cambric,41Camera Obscura,209Camlet,41Camphor,140Candles,106Candy, Sugar,49Cannon,100Canoe,36Cantaleup,67Canvas,33Caoutchouc,107Capers,61Carbon,112Carbonic acid,112Carmine,138Carpets,32Carthage,164Cashmere shawls,46Cassia,40Castor or beaver,70Castor oil,66Cat, civet,141domestic, singular property of its fur,19gut,179Caviare,135Cayenne pepper,53Chaldea,187Chalk,115Charcoal,81Chemistry,193-200Cherry-tree,35Chinese or India ink,76China orange,62Chocolate,27Chronometer,206Chrysalis,42Cider,136Cinnamon,39Citrons,62Clay or argil,154Clocks,98Cloth,29Cloves,38,39Coal,81Cochineal,37,38,138Cocoa-nut tree,34Coffee,26Cohesion,201Coin,165Combustion,113Compass, Mariners',95Commerce,170Constellations,188Consul, Roman,147Copernicus,189Copper,83Copperas,75Coral,109-112Cork,37Corn,23Cotton,28gins,29Cow-tree,88Crape,40Cretans,23Crimson,138Crusades,172,173Crystallization,14Currants,46Cyrus,146Damask,34Dates,68,69Decomposition,196Deluge,191Dew,13,14Diamond,127Diaper,33Distillation, process of,137Drake, Sir Francis,92Dyeing, things used in,138Dynamite,100Dynamo-electric machine,214Eads, Jas. B,218Earths,151argillaceous,152calcareous,150silicious,152Earthenware,55Earthquakes,155Ear-trumpet,204Ebony,132Edison, Thos. A.,205Egyptian Pyramids,158Egyptians,23Electrical machine,19properties in bodies,19Electricity,18,210Electric Battery,211Current,210Electro-Magnet,104Magnetic Teleg'ph.,104,213Electron,18Electrotyping,212Elephant,133Emerald,129Engraving,130Ermine,73Etruscans,182Evergreen,65Fermentation, acetous,138vinous,138Ferro,88Field, Cyrus W.,214Figs,48Fine arts,191Fitch, John,103Flannel,34Flax,33Flint,153Floating,202Florence,64Fossil or rock salt,78Franks,170Frankincense,142Franklin, Benj.,215Fulton, Robert,103Fur,73Galileo,101,189Galls,75Gamboge,139Gas,114hydrogen,114nitrogen or azote,113oxygen,113Gelatine,135Gems,127Genoa,63,172Geologist,151Geology,151Geometry,102Gin,137Ginger,50Glass,53house,54windows,54looking,55Gloves,73Goat, Angora,41Gold,118Goths,170Granite,148,149Gravitation,201Gravity,202Gray, Elisha,205Gulf Stream,215Gum,93arabic,94Gunpowder,99,100Guns,100Hail,16Harp,176Hats,70Hemp,33Herculaneum,154Hermetic Seal,96Herschel, Sir William,190Hieroglyphics,191Holland,33Honey,136Hops,137Howe, Elias,218Hybla,136Hydrogen,114Hymettus,136Ice,15Idria, quicksilver mines of,97India rubber,107or Chinese ink,76Indigo,138Ink,74used by the ancients,75Inlaying,132Insect, coral,109-111Ionians,60Iron,82Isinglass,132Islands, Volcanic,155Ivory,135Jaca tree,87Japanese,181Jetties of the Mississippi,218Jupiter,148Kaleidoscope,210Kiln,73Lace,41Lapis calaminaris,84Laudanum,91Laws, How made,148Lead,121black,122Leather,72Legislative Powers,147Lemon,62Lenses,95Leo the Tenth,184Lesseps, Ferd. de,217Levant,75Libanus, Mount,90Licorice,89Light,207Drummond,207Electric,208,211Lime,207Magnesium,208Lightning,17Rod,215Lime, a fruit,63Lime, an earth,73,112quick,150Linen,32Liquids,197,198Lithography,131Loadstone,95Logwood,139Lombards,170Lucca,64Lucullus,35Lungs,89Lyre,178McCormick, Cyrus H.,218Mace,51Magic,99Mahogany,107Malt,137Maltese orange,62Mangoes,85Manioc plant,134Manna,89,90Marble,116Parian,117Mariners' compass,95Marine salt,78Marl,101Mathematics,101Mead,136Mechanics,102Mediterranean,171Megaphone,206Melons,67Mercury,97the god,178Metals, primitive,83Metallurgy,123Microphone,205Microscope,102Milan,40Millet,50Mineral oil,65tar,140Mines,84coal,81Mint,166Mirrors,54,55Mohair,46Mahomed,72Money,163Morphia,91Mortar,148Morse, S.F.B.,213Mosque,72Mother-of-pearl,132Mt. Cenis Tunnel,216Muscles,21Music, vocal,176Musical instruments,174boxes,179Musk,141Myrrh,141Nantes, Edict of,45Natron,105Nature, kingdom of,197Navigation,166-174Nabuchodonosor,146Needles,57Nero,185New South Wales,31Newton, Sir Isaac,189Nicotine,92Nitre,100Nitrogen,113Northern Lights,22Nutmegs,50Oats,24Obelisk,158Oils,65Oil, olive,64Oil, castor,66mineral,65Olives,63,64Olive branch, the emblem of Plenty,64Opium,91Orange,61Ore,83Organ, barrel,179Oxide,83Oxygen,113Painters, celebrated,184Painting, art of,180Palm,68,69Palma Christi,66,67Pantheon,146Paper, invention of,57mill,58linen,58Papyrus,58Parchment,59Pearls,131Pearl oyster,131barley,24Pendulum,98Pepper,52cayenne,53Pericles,159Perry,136Petroleum,65Phenicia,54Philosopher's stone,194,195Phonograph,205Phosphorus,125Photography,209Pins,57Pimento,51Pisa,172Pitch,140Platina,123Pliny,54,182Plumbago,122Poetry,185-187Poets, celebrated,186Polypus,108Pompeii,154Porcelain,56Potash,53Potatoes,24Primitive Earths,153Printing,59Prism,208Protestant,58Ptolemies,189Pyramid,158Pythagoras,188Quicksilver,97Rabbins,55Rain,16Rainbow,208Raisins,47Raleigh, Sir Walter,92Raphael,183,184Refugee,58Republic,65Resin, gum,93Rhubarb,94Rice,48Rock or fossil salt,78calcareous,150transition,151Roebling, John A.,217Rubies,128Rum,137Rye,24Sable,74Sago,49palm,50Salt,78,79marine,78rock,78spring,79Saltpetre,100Saracens,168Scarlet,138Schools of painting,184Sciences, Arts and,190Sculpture,160Seal, an animal,74Senate,147Sesostris,177Seville orange,62Shoes,72Sicilians,23Sidon,167Silex,153Silicious earths,152Silk,41,45worm,42-43Silver,119Slate,149Snow,16Soap,105Soda,105Specific Weight,202Spectacles,94Spectrum,208Spermaceti,106Spinning-jenny,30Spirits of wine,137Sponge,108Starch,133Steam engine,102navigation,103Steel,150Stethoscope,204Stereoscope,209Stereotyping,212Still,137Stockings,71Strata,151Suez Canal,216Sugar,48candy,49barley,49maple,49Sulphur,124Sumatra,66Suspension Bridges,217Tallow,106tree,106Tamarinds,67Tan,73Tapioca,134Tar,139Tasimeter,206Tasmania,31Tea,25Telegraph,104,213Telephone,204Telescope,101Thebes,43Thermometer,97Thermo-Electricity,211Thibet Goat,46Thunder,17Tides,201Tin,120Tobacco,91Toddy,34Tortoise,178Tower, leaning of Pisa,172Troy,177Turpentine,143Turquois,129Tuscans,182Twilight,21Tyre,167United States Government,147Vapor,14Vellum,60Velvet,45Venice,171Venus,171Vine,136Vinegar,138Vitriol,75Volcanic formations,152Volcano,154Vulcanite,108Watches,98Water,14melon,67decomposition of by vegetables,15tree,88Wax,106Weaving,30-32Whale,66Whitney, Eli,218Wieliczca,80Wind,17Windows,54Wine,136Woad,139Wood, Jethro,218Wood engraving,130Wool,29-31Writing, art of,191Yams,85Zinc,84Zoophytes,108