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Formalin as means of preventing plugging in determination of fat, C. 



Beger - 833 



Determination of the fat content of butter, H. Luhrig 834 



New method for detection of cocoanut oil in butter. Wysman & Reijst 834 



Value of Schiff' s reagent for detection of formaldehyde in milk, Utz 834 



Relation of cows' milk to Schiff "s reagent and a test for formalin, E : chhol3_ 834 



Separation of nitrogenous bodies in cheese, R. Harcourt 834 



Extracts from proceedings of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1905, H. W. 



Wil y 834 



Agricultural chen-is v y, . Morgen and W. Zielstorff 834 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Text-book of meteorology, J. Hann 835 



The study of meteorology, F . Waldo _ . .- 835 



Recent advances in meteorology and meteorological service in Japan, S. T. 



Tamura . 835 



Weather report, 1905, J. B. Reynolds 835 



Meteorologic d observations, J. E. Ostrander, C. H. Chadwick, and T. A. 



Barry 835 



Report of meteorologist, N. Helme 835 



Meteorological data. H. L. Price 836 



Observations on the intensity and duration of rainfall, A. Woeikof _ . 836 



Rainfall per day and hour in Northwest England, A. Woeikof 836 



Distribution of summer rains in Germany, E. Less 836 



Possible period of sunshine and its normal value for Germany, Grossmann. 836 



Relation of temperature of the layers of the air, A. Woeikof 836 



Daily temperature periods in lowest layer of the air, M. Sassenfeld _ 836 



Importance of drainage for elimination of danger from frost, L. Lindelof 



etal 836 



International catalogue of scientific literature. F — Meteorology 836 



Lightning report, J. B. Reynolds. . . _ 836 



Geology and water resources of Oklahoma, C. N. Gould 836 



Preliminary list of deep borings in United States, N. H. Da; ton 837 



Purification of waters for industrial purpos s. D. Peniakoff 837 



Sterilization of water by me ns of ozone, E. Pilatte 837 



Notes on water softening, W. M. Gardner and L. L. Lloyd 837 



Hints on water supply . _ . 837 



The sanitary protection of water supplies, K. Allen . 837 



The sanitary value o t' a water analysis, L. P. Kinnicutt 838 



Detection of fejal contamination of drinking water, Christian 838 



Sewerage and sswage purification, M. N. Baker 838 



Review of laws forbidding pollution of inland w T aters in the United States, 



E. B. Goodell 838 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Treatise on soils for farmers and foresters, E. A. Mitscherlich . 838 



Classification and nomenclature of cultivated soils, H. Lagatu 839 



The soil survey of Illinois. C. H. Oathout 839 



Soils of the Bahama Islands, C. N. Mooney 1 . 839 



Soils of Rhenish Palatinate and relation to geological formations, E. Blanck. 839 



The soil of Gascony , L. A. Fabre 840 



Some observations on humus soils, G. Salomone 840 



Marsh soils, F. Schucht , 840 



Swamp soils, R. Harcourt 1 840 



Effect of different soils upon composition of crops, W. P. Gamble 840 



Physical analysis of soils, J. B. Reynolds 840 



Experiments on peat soil, W. H. Day 841 



Experiments on aeration, W. H. Day 841 



Experiments on evaporation and transpiration, W. H. Day 841 



The constitution of arable soil, A. Delate and H. Lagatu 841 



Soil builders at work, S. W. Fletcher 842 



Feldspar and mica as sources of potash, D.N. Prianishnikov 842 



Insoluble potassium compounds contained in humic substances, M. Ber- 



thelot 842 



