II CONTENTS. 



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Fermentation of cane molasses and estimation of sugars present, Harker 420 



Methods of determining total solids in wine, Roncali 420 



Determination of esters, aldehydes, and furfural in whisky, Tolman and Trescot 420 



Determination of lead number in maple sirup, Winton and Kreider 420 



New method of determining glycogen, Pfliiger 420 



Text-botik of physiological chemistry, Abderhalden 420 



Fifth annual meeting of the Association of German Food Chemists 421 



Report of chemical section of Wellcome research laboratories, Beam 421 



Annual report on progress in agricultural chemistry, 1905, Dietrich et al 421 



Drug legislation in the United States, Keliler and Ragan 421 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



The classification of climates. Ward 421 



Changes of climate, Ward 422 



Climate [of Alaska], Alibe, jr 422 



Work of Weather Bureau and its relation to transportation, Bowie 422 



Public weather service of the German Empire, Grohmann 422 



Meteorological observations at Storrs, Stocking, jr 422 



Meteorological observations, Ostrander, Lindblad, and Barry 423 



[Meteorological summary for 1904-5], Burke 423 



Meteorological observations during 1905 423 



Antigua meteorological returns, 1905 423 



British rainfall, 1905, Mill 423 



The rains of the Nile Basin in 1905, Lyons 424 



Physiography of the River Nile and its basin, Lyons 424 



Hail, Loisel ." " 424 



On hail and weather shooting, Baur 424 



The mechanics of water softening, Royle 424 



Underground waters of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois, Glenn 424 



Effect of copper upon water bacteria, Kellerman and Beckwith 425 



Use of B. prodigiosus as an indicator m water examination, Hilgermann 425 



Prevention of stream pollution by distillery refuse, Stabler 425 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Soil analyses, Mann 426 



Composition of soils of French Guiana, Hebert 426 



The soils of the INIuganj steppe, Sacharov 426 



Contribution to study of sand in tropical soils. Van Bijlert 426 



Influence of cultivation on conservation of moisture, Chouchak 426 



How long does lime last in the soil? Hall 426 



Chemical and physical action of salt water on soils, Hissink 427 



Effect of fertilizers on reaction of soils, Veitch 427 



Insoluble alkaline compounds formed in dead leaves, Berthelot 427 



Insoluble alkaline compounds in organic matter of soils, Berthelot 427 



Insoluble alkaline compounds formed by artificial humus, Berthelot 427 



Experiments with wood charcoal, Berthelot 427 



Irrigating sediments and their effects upon crops, Forbes 427 



Assimilation of nitrogen by leguminous plants 428 



Influence of bacteria on metamorphosis of nitric acid in soil, Stoklasa et al 428 



Anaerobic nitrogen-collecting bacteria, Haselhoff and Bredemann 429 



Formation of crystals in cultures of denitrifying bacteria, Hutchinson 429 



The new nitrogenous fertilizers, Sebelien 429 



Nitrogenous fertilizers in 1905, Rordam .- 430 



Oxidation of atmospheric nitrogen in the electric arc, Perkin 430 



Water power in electro-chemical manufacture of fertilizers, Cote 430 



Calcium cyanamid ( Kalkstickstoff ) , Frank 430 



Results of tests f)f calcium cyanamid as a fertilizer 430 



Lime nitrogen, nitrogen lime, and nitrate of lime, Gerlach 430 



Chilean nitrate deposits 430 



Chilean nitrate of soda industry and the new cartel, Krische 430 



Mountains of saltpeter, Dunn 430 



Utilization of peat V)Ogs for production of nitrates, Miintz and Laine 430 



Nitrate of soda and nitrate and nitrite of lime, Grandeau 431 



The action of nitrite on plants, Stutzer 431 



