XIV CONTENTS. 



II. THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF SODIUM, ASTON. 



The Work Done, 147. Confirmation of Cl = 35.5, 

 148. The Silver Chloride Process Tested, 149. 



Determinations by Henry Gautier, 152. My Carbide 

 Process, 153. La Pleiade de Chimistes d' Alsace, 154. 

 Monsieur Henri Moissan, 155. Friedel and Schiitzen- 

 berger, 156. 



On the True Atomic Weight of Boron, Hinrichs, 158. 



III. THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF NITROGEN, LORD RAYLEIGH : 



Statement, 159. Density Determinations and Atomic- 

 Weights, 160. Atomic Weight of Nitrogen, 1882, 160. 

 Lord Rayleigh's Discovery, 161. Density Recognized 

 for Atomic Weight Determination, 163. Why did not 

 Clarke Drop Stas at the End? 164. Density Determin- 

 ations by Leduc, 166. Leduc's Atomic Weights, 167. 



B. The Folly and Fraud of Stas and his School. 



Determinations by Chemical Means, 169. 



I. THE CHALLENGE OF STAS: 



The Challenge, 170. Syntheses of Silver Nitrate by 

 Stas, 174. Table of Results, 177. Postscriptum, 181. 



II. THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF NITROGEN BY CHEMICAL 



MEANS: 



Taken according to Stas and Clarke, 182. a. Syn- 

 thesis of Silver Nitrate, 186. b. The Silver Nitrate 

 and Potassium Chloride Ratio, 191. c. The Meanest 

 u Mean " and its Impossible Probable Error, 195. 



III. CHEMICAL ACTION CHANGES WEIGHT OF MATTER: 



The Old Axiom, 198. Clarke's Grand Discovery, 

 199. The Author's Confession, 201. Die Erhaltung des 

 Stoffes, Ostwald, 203. The Two Penitent Brothers, 

 Ostwald and Hinrichs, 204. Ragnarok, 204. 



IV. HERESY IN THE CHURCH OF STAS : 



Clarke ignores Landolt, 205. How does Ostwald get 

 Manuscripts, 206. The great Result of Landolt, 207. 

 Annihilated by Clarke, 207. Si Quaeris, Circumspice, 

 207. The Conflict Landolt-Clarke, both Stasians, 208. 

 Reductio ad Absurdum, 209. 



