m Sulphate. Chapter VIII., =Iron.=--Analytical
Characteristics of Iron Salts--Analysis of Pyritic Lignite--Ferrous and
Ferric Sulphates--Rouil Mordant--Index.

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=MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.= By HERBERT INGLE, F.I.C., Lecturer
on Agricultural Chemistry, the Yorkshire College; Lecturer in the
Victoria University. [_In the press._

=Contents.=

Chapters I., Introduction.--II., The Atmosphere.--III., The Soil.--IV.,
The Reactions occurring in Soils.--V., The Analysis of Soils.--VI.,
Manures, Natural.--VII., Manures (continued).--VIII., The Analysis of
Manures.--IX., The Constituents of Plants.--X., The Plant.--XI,
Crops.--XII., The Animal.

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=LUBRICATING OILS, FATS AND GREASES:= Their Origin, Preparation,
Properties, Uses and Analyses. A Handbook for Oil Manufacturers,
Refiners and Merchants, and the Oil and Fat Industry in General. By
GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S. Second Edition. Sixty-five Illustrations. 313
pp. Demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other
Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

=Contents.=

Chapters I., =Introductory.= Oils and Fats, Fatty Oils and Fats,
Hydrocarbon Oils, Uses of Oils.--II., =Hydrocarbon Oils.= Distillation,
Simple Distillation, Destructive Distillation, Products of Distillation,
Hydrocarbons, Paraffins, Olefins, Napthenes.--III., =Scotch Shale Oils.=
Scotch Shales, Distillation of Scotch Oils, Shale Retorts, Products of
Distilling Shales.

Separating Products, Treating Crude Shale Oil, Refining Shale Oil, Shale
Oil Stills, Shale Naphtha Burning Oils, Lubricating Oils, Wax.--IV.,
=Petroleum.= Occurrence, Geology, Origin, Composition, Extraction,
Refining, Petroleum Stills, Petroleum Products, Cylinder Oils, Russian
Petroleum, Deblooming Mineral Oils.--V., =Vegetable and Animal Oils.=
Introduction, Chemical Composition of Oils and Fats, Fatty Acids,
Glycerine, Extraction of Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils, Animal
Oils, Vegetable Oils, Rendering, Pressing, Refining, Bleaching, Tallow,
Tallow Oil, Lard Oil, Neatsfoot Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Nut Oil, Cocoa-nut
Oil, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Rape and Colza Oils, Arachis Oil, Niger Seed
Oil, Sperm Oils, Whale Oil, Seal Oil, Brown Oils, Lardine, Thickened
Rape Oil.--VI., =Testing and Adulteration of Oils.= Specific Gravity,
Alkali Tests, Sulphuric Acid Tests, Free Acids in Oils, Viscosity Tests,
Flash and Fire Tests, Evaporation Tests, Iodine an