II CONTENTS. 



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Distillation apparatus for nitrogen determinations, Bloch 1111 



Passerini'scalcimeter, Fantechi _ 1111 



An accurate form of gas analysis apparatus, Bone and Wheeler 1111 



Regulations for the examination of feeding stuffs at Haarlem 1111 



Chemicals and allied products 1112 



Sugar chemistry, von Lippman 1112 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Studies of the evaporation of water over lakes and reservoirs, Bigelow 1112 



Monthly Weather Review 1112 



Meteorological observations at ]Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and Barry. . . 1113 



Weather report for 1907, Day 1113 



Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 1113 



Determination of nocturnal radiation at Vienna, Krgmar and Schneider 1113 



The climate and weather of Baltimore, Fassig 1113 



Climatology [of South Carolina] , Bauer and Watson 1114 



Climatological conditions as related to agriculture in Cuba, 1907, y Carbonell. 1114 



Contribution to the climatology and hydrography of Central America, Merz. . 1114 



Weather conditions in Denmark, 1906-7, Willaume-Jantzen 1114 



Observing and forecasting the weather, Horner 1114 



On the need of ground water observations, Kriiger 1114 



Surfacewatersupply of Colorado River ancl Great Basin drainage. Meeker et al. 1114 



Water resources of Beaver Valley, Utah, Lee 1115 



The water soluble humus substances in Norwegian fresh waters, Aschan 1115 



Progress in the chemistry of water, Goldberg 1115 



Studies on the filtration effect of ground water, Kabrhel 1 115 



Sewage disposal for institutions and small communities, Horton 1115 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The fertility in Illinois soils, Hopkins and Pettit 1115 



Report of work at Holly Springs branch experiment station, 1906, Ames 1116 



Analysis of soils from Mount Barker 1117 



On the types of "Szik" soils of the Hungarian Alfold, von Sigmond 1117 



Alkali soils, their nature and reclamation, Shutt 1117 



Results of chemical soil analysis vs. vegetation experiments, Opitz 1117 



Absorption of vapors and gases by soils, Patten and Gallagher 1118 



The flocculation of turbid liquids by salts. Hall and Morison 11 19 



Protective action of colloids on clay suspensions, Keppeler and Spangenberg. . 1119 



On the radioactivity of certain soils, Howell 1120 



Oxidation in soils. Influence of partial sterilization, Darbishire and Russell. . 1120 



The increase of nitrogen in certain .soils due to nitroculture, Wright 1120 



Inoculation of soils and seeds, Demolon 1120 



The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by plants, Woolcock 1 120 



The efficiency of pure culture inoculation for legumes, Stevens and Temple. . . 1121 



Pure cultures for legume inoculation, Kellerman 1121 



Legume bacteria, Edwards and Barlow 1 121 



On the behavior of nitrate in paddy soils, Daikuhara and Imaseki 1121 



On soil sickness, Pouget and Chouchak 1 122 



P^xperiments on the application of fertilizers and crop rotations, Budrin 1 122 



Experiments with artificial fertilizers for sugar beets, Lubanski 1123 



Comparative fertilizer experiments with nitrogen for sugar beets, Otto 1 123 



^Experiments with nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia, Clausen 1123 



Action of calcium cyanamid on oats under different conditions, Gedroitz 1123 



Some observations on manuring with bone dust, Uchiyama 1 123 



On the action and residual effects of Thomas-ammonium phosphate, Bachman . 11 24 



Nitrate production of South America, Winslow 1124 



On the synthesis of ammonia from its elements, Brunei and Woog 1 124 



Improvements in the production of ammonia 1124 



New nitrogenous fertilizers, Grandeau 1124 



The utilization of the nitrogen of the air, Gurwitsch 1124 



Preparation of nitric acid from air by means of the electric flame, Moscicki. . . 1125 



The action of the electric spark on nitrogen and oxygen, Briner and Durand. . 1 125 



Li(iuid air: Its manufacture and applications, Claude 1125 



Lime nitrogen, nitrogen lime, and lime niter, Grabner 1125 



