A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. / With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.

by Anonymous

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INDEX.

• Abyssinia, Page [142]
• Adhesion, [201]
  
• Affinity, Chemical, [197], [199]
• Air, [17]
  
  • fixed, [112]
• Albert Durer, [130]
• Alchemy, [194]
• Alcohol, [137]
• Alexander, [161]
• Alexandria, [168]
• Allspice or Pimento, [51]
• Alluvial formations, [152]
• Almonds, [61]
• Alphabet, invention of, [43]
• Alum, [74]
• Alumina, [154]
• Amalgam, [20]
• Amber, [18]
• Ambergris, [66]
• Analysis and Combination, [195]
• Anemometer, [206]
• Angelo, Michael, [162]
• Anno Domini, [35]
• Apelles, [182]
• Apollo, [178]
• Arabic, gum, [94]
• Arabia, Felix and Deserta, [72]
• Archipelago, [32]
• Architecture, [156]
  
  • orders of, [159], [160]
    
• Argil, [154]
• Armenia, [67]
• Arrow-root, [134]
• Arsenic, [126]
• Artesian Wells, [203]
• Arts, [190]
  
  • liberal, [190]
    
  • fine, [191]
    
  • mechanical, [191]
    
• Art of writing, [191]
• Asbestus, [76], [78]
• Astronomy, science of, [187]
• Athenians, [23]
• Atmosphere, [17]
• Attraction, [201]
• Audiphone, [204]
• Aurora, the, [21]
• Aurora Borealis, [22]
• Australia, [31]
• Author, [54]
• Azores, islands of, [62]
• Azote gas, [113]

• Babel, tower of, [144]
• Babylon, [145]
• Bacon, Roger, [99]
• Baize, [32]
• Barbarians, [170], [183]
• Barilla or Soda, [105]
• Bark, [35]
  
  • Peruvian, [36]
    
• Barley, [24]
  
  • sugar, [49]
    
• Barometer, [96]
  
  • Aneroid, [203]
    
• Barrel organ, [179]
• Bathometer, [206]
• Beaver, [70], [71], [74]
• Bell, A.G., [204]
• Black lead, [122]
• Blowpipe, [208]
• Bodies, natural, [197]
• Bombazine, [40]
• Books first printed, [59]
• Books, of what made, [37], [57]
• Bottles, [54]
• Box, musical, [179]
• Brandy, [137]
• Brass, [84]
• Bread-fruit, [86]
• Bricks, [144]
• Butter, vegetable, [87]
  
  • tree, [87]
    

• Cable, [214]
• Cacao-nut tree, [27]
• Cadmus, [43]
• Calaminaris, Lapis, [84]
• Calcareous rocks, [150]
• Calico, [28]
• Caloric, [14], [114]
• Calomel, [97]
• Cambray, [41]
• Cambric, [41]
• Camera Obscura, [209]
• Camlet, [41]
• Camphor, [140]
• Candles, [106]
• Candy, Sugar, [49]
• Cannon, [100]
• Canoe, [36]
• Cantaleup, [67]
• Canvas, [33]
• Caoutchouc, [107]
• Capers, [61]
• Carbon, [112]
• Carbonic acid, [112]
• Carmine, [138]
• Carpets, [32]
• Carthage, [164]
• Cashmere shawls, [46]
• Cassia, [40]
• Castor or beaver, [70]
• Castor oil, [66]
• Cat, civet, [141]
  
  • domestic, singular property of its fur, [19]
    
  • gut, [179]
    
• Caviare, [135]
• Cayenne pepper, [53]
• Chaldea, [187]
• Chalk, [115]
• Charcoal, [81]
• Chemistry, [193-200]
• Cherry-tree, [35]
• Chinese or India ink, [76]
• China orange, [62]
• Chocolate, [27]
• Chronometer, [206]
• Chrysalis, [42]
• Cider, [136]
• Cinnamon, [39]
• Citrons, [62]
• Clay or argil, [154]
• Clocks, [98]
• Cloth, [29]
• Cloves, [38], [39]
• Coal, [81]
• Cochineal, [37], [38], [138]
• Cocoa-nut tree, [34]
• Coffee, [26]
• Cohesion, [201]
• Coin, [165]
• Combustion, [113]
• Compass, Mariners', [95]
• Commerce, [170]
• Constellations, [188]
• Consul, Roman, [147]
• Copernicus, [189]
• Copper, [83]
• Copperas, [75]
• Coral, [109-112]
• Cork, [37]
• Corn, [23]
• Cotton, [28]
  
  • gins, [29]
    
• Cow-tree, [88]
• Crape, [40]
• Cretans, [23]
• Crimson, [138]
• Crusades, [172], [173]
• Crystallization, [14]
• Currants, [46]
• Cyrus, [146]

• Damask, [34]
• Dates, [68], [69]
• Decomposition, [196]
• Deluge, [191]
• Dew, [13], [14]
• Diamond, [127]
• Diaper, [33]
• Distillation, process of, [137]
• Drake, Sir Francis, [92]
• Dyeing, things used in, [138]
• Dynamite, [100]
• Dynamo-electric machine, [214]

• Eads, Jas. B, [218]
• Earths, [151]
  
  • argillaceous, [152]
    
  • calcareous, [150]
    
  • silicious, [152]
    
• Earthenware, [55]
• Earthquakes, [155]
• Ear-trumpet, [204]
• Ebony, [132]
• Edison, Thos. A., [205]
• Egyptian Pyramids, [158]
• Egyptians, [23]
• Electrical machine, [19]
  
  • properties in bodies, [19]
    
• Electricity, [18], [210]
• Electric Battery, [211]
  
  • Current, [210]
    
• Electro-Magnet, [104]
  
  • Magnetic Teleg'ph., [104], [213]
    
• Electron, [18]
• Electrotyping, [212]
• Elephant, [133]
• Emerald, [129]
• Engraving, [130]
• Ermine, [73]
• Etruscans, [182]
• Evergreen, [65]

• Fermentation, acetous, [138]
  
  • vinous, [138]
    
• Ferro, [88]
• Field, Cyrus W., [214]
• Figs, [48]
• Fine arts, [191]
• Fitch, John, [103]
• Flannel, [34]
• Flax, [33]
• Flint, [153]
• Floating, [202]
• Florence, [64]
• Fossil or rock salt, [78]
• Franks, [170]
• Frankincense, [142]
• Franklin, Benj., [215]
• Fulton, Robert, [103]
• Fur, [73]

• Galileo, [101], [189]
• Galls, [75]
• Gamboge, [139]
• Gas, [114]
  
  • hydrogen, [114]
    
  • nitrogen or azote, [113]
    
  • oxygen, [113]
    
• Gelatine, [135]
• Gems, [127]
• Genoa, [63], [172]
• Geologist, [151]
• Geology, [151]
• Geometry, [102]
• Gin, [137]
• Ginger, [50]
• Glass, [53]
  
  • house, [54]
    
  • windows, [54]
    
  • looking, [55]
    
• Gloves, [73]
• Goat, Angora, [41]
• Gold, [118]
• Goths, [170]
• Granite, [148], [149]
• Gravitation, [201]
• Gravity, [202]
• Gray, Elisha, [205]
• Gulf Stream, [215]
• Gum, [93]
  
  • arabic, [94]
    
• Gunpowder, [99], [100]
• Guns, [100]

• Hail, [16]
• Harp, [176]
• Hats, [70]
• Hemp, [33]
• Herculaneum, [154]
• Hermetic Seal, [96]
• Herschel, Sir William, [190]
• Hieroglyphics, [191]
• Holland, [33]
• Honey, [136]
• Hops, [137]
• Howe, Elias, [218]
• Hybla, [136]
• Hydrogen, [114]
• Hymettus, [136]