326 INDEX Ma } ,'Jh!'! *V! i Potassium, chlorplatinatc method for, 244, 245, 288 chromato, indicator, 223 dichromate, light filter, 129 standard solution of, 178 hydroxide, standard solution of, 277 in fertilizers, 271, 287 in insoluble minerals, 243 in soils, 243 iodide, reagent, 178 perchlorate method for, 247, 289 permanganate for nitrogen availa- bility, 286 standard solution of, 65, 67, 68, 72 sulphate in nitrogen determi- nation, 154 thiocyanate for soil acidity, 265 Potential plant food in soils, 233 Potentiometer method for Pjy, 138 Powdered milk, 219 Precipitate, correction for volume of, 133 Precipitates, drying of, 26 ignition of, 28 Hisso. of crystals, 25 Freeip itatio n, 24 Preparation of samples, 17 of insecticides, 293 Preservatives in milk, 215 Prideaux on indicators, 16 Primary standards, 9 Prism, Amici, 116, 117 Nicol, 125 Protein nitrogen in feeds, 155 Proteins, formal titration of, 209 in cheese, 227 in evaporated milk, 217, 218 in milk, 199, 209, 210, 213 Ptyalin, 163 Pulfrich refractometer, 119, 174 Q Quantitative determinations, 48 Quartering samples, 19, 20, 21 Quartz, optical activity of, 127 wedge compensation in polari- metry, 127 Quinine sulphate, specific rotation of, 123 R Radiation corrections in calorimctry, 106, 111 Raffinose, 133, 136 Reducing sugars in feeds, 157, 158, 159 Reduction of iron, 71, 74 Reedy and Haag on soluble arsenic, 303 Refraction, angle of, 113 index of, 113, 120, 174, 226 Refractometer, Abbe", 114, 115, 174, 175 butyro-, 118, 174 dipping, 118, 119, 174 Pulfrich, 119, 174 Refractometry, 113 light for, 115 Regnault-Pfaundler radiation cor- rection, 107 Reichert-Meissl number for butter, 197, 225, 226 for oils, etc., 183, 186, 188, 196, 197, 225, 226 Resin oil, optical activity of, 192 Reversion of phosphates, 275 Rhead and Ridgell on organic matter in soil, 248 Rhotaniuni, 32 Richards on calorimetry, 41 Ricinoleic acid, 177 Ricinolein, 190 Rider, chain, 37 weight, 36 Ridgell iSee Rhead). Riffle, 21 Ripening products of cheese, 227 Rock phosphate, phosphorus in, 89, 91, 279 Rohrig tube, 205, 218, 221