A Compendium of Useful Information for the Practical Man/Chemistry

See also ../Acids/; ../Agricultural Chemistry/; ../Air/; ../Alchemy/; ../Alkalies/; ../Assaying/; ../Atomic Theory/; ../Atomic Weights/; ../Atoms/; ../Catalysis/; ../Color/; ../Combustion/; ../Condensation/; ../Crystallography/; ../Dissociation/; ../Electrochemistry/; ../Evaporation/; ../Fermentation/; ../Fire/; ../Gases/; ../Geochemistry/; ../Ions/; ../Metallurgy/; ../Microchemistry/; ../Mineralogy/; ../Molecules/; ../Periodic Law/; ../Pharmacy/; ../Photochemistry/; ../Photographic Chemistry/; ../Physics/; ../Physiological Chemistry/; ../Plants - Chemistry and Nutrition/; ../Poisons/; ../Radioactivity/; ../Reagents/; ../Receipts/; ../Salts/; ../Sanitary Chemistry/; ../Solution Chemistry/; ../Spectrum Analysis/; ../Stereochemistry/; also headings beginning Chemical, and names of chemical elements and substances List of subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs By Mary Josephine Briggs, American Library Association Chemical Names for Some of the More Common Drugs Alcohol - Aqua Vitae Blue Vitriol - Sulphate of Copper Calomel - Chloride of Mercury Chalk - Carbonate of Lime Chloroform - Chloral Hydrate Corrosive Sublimate - Bi-chloride of Mercury Epsom Salts - Sulphate of Magnesia Glauber's Salts - Sulphate of Sodium Green Vitriol - Ferrous Sulphate Glucose - Grape Sugar Lime - Oxide of Calcium Lunar Caustic - Nitrate of Silver Oil of Vitriol - Sulphuric Acid Potash - Oxide of Potassium Plaster of Paris - Gypsum Red Lead - Oxide of Lead Salt - Chloride of Sodium Saltpeter - Nitrate of Potassium Soda - Carbonate of Sodium Sugar of Lead - Acetate of Lead Verdigris - Sub-acetate of Copper Vinegar - Acetic Acid Volatile Alkali - Ammonia White Vitriol - Sulphate of Zinc White Zinc - Oxide of Zinc Our pocket compendium of practical information: a library in a nut-shell By Chrome Steel Works, Brooklyn