Nature, 1 

 Ap7-U II, 1912J 



Index 



xxiu 



Botany (continued) : 



Structure in the, R. H. Compton, 604; Lotus corni- 

 culattis, H. E. and E. F. Armstrong and E. Horton, 

 198 ; (Enothera, Aspects of the Mutation Problem in, 

 Dr. R. R. Gates, 165 ; Orchids, Figures with Descrip- 

 tions of Extra-tropical South African, i ; die Anzucht 

 Tropischer Orchideen aus Samen, Dr. H. Burgeff, 75 ; 

 Phanergamia (Clare Island Survey), R. LI. Praeger, 

 165 ; Rose, Reversion of the Double to Single Form, 

 J. Violle, 133 

 Boy Labour and Apprenticeship, R. A. Bray, 372 

 Bradford Technical College, Extension, 23 

 Bread-making, Technology of, including the Chemistry and 

 Testing of Wheat, Flour, &c., Wm. Jago and Wm. C. 

 J ago, 238 

 Brewing and Modern Science : Cantor Lecture, Prof. Adrian 



J. Brown, F.R.S., 391 

 Bridges : Ponts Suspendus, G. L. le Cocq, 442 

 Brownian Movement observed in Gases at Low Pressures, 



M. de Broglie, 437 

 Butterflies : the Distastefulness of Anosia plexippus, A. M. 

 Banta, R. 1. Pocock, F.R.S., 243 ; Butterflies and Moths : 

 Clare Island Survey, W. F. de V. Kane, 369 ; Distaste 

 of Birds for Butterflies, H. C. Bryant, 516 



Cacao : a Manual of the Cultivation and Curing of, 

 J. H. Hart, 375 



Canada, Historical Geography of, J. D. Rogers, 440 



Cancer : Report on Investigations of Imperial Cancer Re- 

 search Fund, Dr. E. F. Bashford, 158 ; Induced Cell- 

 reproduction and Cancer, H. C. Ross, J. W. Cropper, 

 and E. H. Ross, 174 



Candlemas Day, Rev. O. Fisher, 517 



Catalogue of Scientific Literature for the Nineteenth 

 Century, 182 



Cellulose, see Wood Pulp 



Cements, Calcareous, B. Blount, 19 



Central Technical College Old Students' Assn. Dinner, 572 



Chalk and Ice, R. W. Pocock, 517 



Chemical Apparatus : Perforated Silica Plate for excluding 

 Flame Gases from a Crucible during Ignition, A. C. 

 Cumming, 304 



Chemical Technology : Subject List of Works in the 

 Library of the Patent Office, YN— ZB, 76 



Chemistry : 



General : Relative Volumes of the Atoms of Carbon, 

 Hydrogen, and Oxygen, when in Combination, 

 Hawksworth Collins, 5 ; Institute of Chemistry : Lec- 

 tures, 19 ; Dangerous Mixtures, H. Calam, 42 ; Report 

 of the Government chemist, 219; Atomic Weights: 

 Report of International Committee, 321 

 General Text-books : an Introduction to Chemical 

 Theory, Dr. A. Scott, F.R.S., 40; Senior Chemistry, 

 Dr. G. H. Bailey, and H. W. Bausor, 107 ; Playbooks 

 of Science : Chemistry and Chemical Magic, V. E. 

 Johnson, 140 ; Traits de Chimie G^n^rale, Prof. W. 

 Nernst, Prof. A. Corvisy, 276 ; Contemporary Chem- 

 istry : a Survey of the Present State of Chemical 

 Science, E. E. Fournier d'Albe, 410 

 Special: Albumin, Coagulation by Heat, L. Vallery, 

 269 ; Alcohols, Action of Caustic Potash on Primary : 

 Preparation of the corresponding Acids, M. Guerbet, 

 403 ; Alcohols, Action of Caustic Potash upon the 

 Secondary-, M. Guerbet, 471 ; Alcohols, Aromatic, 

 Method of Preparation of, G. Vavon, 573 ; Aldehyde, 

 Tetrolic, Unsuccessful Attempts to Prepare, P. L. 

 Viguier, 133 ; Alkaline Phosphides, New, L. Hack- 

 spill and R. Bossuet, 471 ; Allylammonium Nitrite, 

 Prafulla Chandra Ray and Rasik Lai Datta, 337 ; 

 Amides, Hypoiodous, E. Boismenu, 133 ; Amides, 

 Hypochlorous, E. Boismenu, 40-^ ; Amides and Esters 

 of the Fatty Series, Reduction of, by the Metal-ammo- 

 niums, E. Chablay, 573 ; Amino-acids : Condensation 

 in Presence of Glycerol, Action on Sugars, L. C. 

 Maillard, 201, 436; Ammonia, Use of Liquid, in 

 Chemical Reactions : Alcoholates, E. Chablay, 67 ; 

 Calcium, Ethylates of, M. de Forcrand, 402 ; Mole- 

 cular Weight of Lime : Atomic Weight of Calcium, 

 O. de Coninck, 403 ; Catalytic Esterification of Dibasic 

 Acids in the Wet Way, J. B. Senderens and J. 



Aboulenc, 99 ; Catalytic Preparation of Alcoholic 

 Amines, P. Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 269 ; Catalytic 

 Decomposition of Formic Esters, P. Sabatier and A. 

 Mailhe, 436 ; Catalytic Formation of Esters of the 

 Formenic Series, P. Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 471 ; 

 Chloride, Europous, G. Urbain and F. Bourion, 269 ; 

 Coal-tar Dyes, the Chemistry of, Prof. I. W. Fay, 

 Prof. A. G. Green, 271 ; Copper Nitrate, Pre- 

 paration and Properties of Basic, and Hydrates 

 of, A. C. Cumming and A. Gemmell, 304; 

 Copper Salts, Action of Alkaline Sulphites 

 on, H. Baubigny, 573 ; Cyclopentanone, Some 

 Derivatives of, M. Godchot and F. Taboury, 166; 

 Ferric Salts, Reduction of by Sulphurous Acid and 

 by Zinc Dust, A. C. Cumming and E. W. Hamilton 

 Smith, 304 ; f"jVe-damp, the Rare Gases in, C. Moureu, 

 A. Lepape, 67 ; Fire-damp, Ratios of the Rare Gases 

 between themselves and with Nitrogen in, Ch. Moureu 

 and A. Lepape, 166 ; Hydro-aromatic Ketones, Syn- 

 theses of some New, G. Darzens, H. Rost, 33 ; Hydro- 

 carbons, Three Normal Saturated : Triacontane, &c., 

 A. Gascard, 403 ; Hydrogen Peroxide, Action upon the 

 Oxygen Compounds of Iodine, V. Auger, 166; Lac 

 tarinic Acid, J. Bougault and C. Charaux, 99; Mag- 

 nesium Silicide : Preparation and Decomposition by 

 Acids, A. Besson, 437 ; Molybdates, Method for 

 Separating Phospho- from Silico-, P. M^likoff, 403 ; 

 Monobromacrolein, Properties, M. Lespieau, 133 ; 

 Monochlorurea, Action of upon Ketones, A. B^hal and 

 A. Detoeuf, 269 ; Nitrogen, New Determination of the 

 Atomic Weight, E. Wourtzel, 437 ; Nitrous Oxide, 

 Synthetic Formation of, C. Matignon, 471 ; Platinous 

 Bromide, Complex Compounds of, with Organic Sul- 

 phides, Z. Tchougaeff and Mile. D. Fraenkel, 403 ; 

 Rhodium, Electric Colloidal, A. Lancien, 201 ; Silver, 

 True Atomic Weight of, G. D. Hinrichs, 471 ; Sodium- 

 diacetamide, Jitendra Nath Rakshit, 337 ; Sparteine, 

 Degradation and Symmetry of, C. Moureu and A. 

 Valeur, 471, 572 ; Starch, Formation of Dextrine from, 

 by Drying, G. Malfitano and Mile. A. MoschkofT, 573 ; 

 Sulphur Compounds, Volatility of, M. Del^pine, 33 ; 

 Triarylcarbinols, Action of Formic Acid on, A. Guyot 

 and A. Kovache, 437 ; Trypsin, Loss of Activity of, by 

 Dialysis into Distilled Water, and Regeneration by 

 Addition of Salts, A. Frouin and A. Compton, 166 ; 

 Trytophane, Condensation with certain Aldehydes, 

 Miss A. Homer, 268 ; Urea, the Estimation of, MM. 

 Desgrez and Feuilli^, 166 ; Xenon, the Spectrophoto- 

 metric Estimation of, Ch. Moureu, A. Lepape, 33 



Mathematical : Higher Mathematics for Chemical 

 Students, J. R. Partington, 74 



Physical : General : Theoretical Chemistry from the 

 Point of View of Avogadro's Rule and Thermo- 

 dynamics, Prof. W. Nernst, H. T. Tizard, 74 ; the 

 Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut fiir physikalische Chemie und 

 Elektrochemie at Dahlem near Berlin, Prof. Wm. D. 

 Harkins, 100 ; a Handbook of Physics and Chemistry, 

 H. E. Corbin and A. M. Stewart, 107 ; Physikalische 

 Chemie der Zelle und der Gewebe, Prof. Rudolf Hober, 

 Prof. B. Moore, 140 ; Physico-chemical Tables, J. 

 Castell-Evans, Dr. J. A. Harker, F.R.S., 344 



Physical : Special : Cryoscopy in fused Sodium Thiosul- 

 phate, A. Boutaric, 99 ; Cryoscopy in Sodium Thiosul- 

 phate crystallised with Five Molecules of Water, C. Leen- 

 hardt and A. Boutaric, 437 ; Diffusion, Temperature 

 Coefficient of, B. W. Clack, 23 ; the Dissolecule and 

 van't Hoflf's Formula, A. Colson, 201; Equilibrium: 

 Vorlesungen iiber die chemische Gleichgewichtslehre 

 und ihre Anwendung auf die Probleme der Mineralogie, 

 &c.. Prof. R. Marc, 103 ; Chemical Equilibria in Solu- 

 tion, R. Dubrisay, 201 ; Electric : Volatilisa- 

 tion of the Electrodes in Neon Tubes, G. Claude, 32 ; 

 Abhandlungen der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesnllschaft fiir 

 angewandte physikalische Chemie, Band ii., Nr. v. : 

 Messungen elektromotorische Krafte galvanischer 

 Ketten mit wasserigen Elektrolyten, R. Abegg, Fr. 

 Auerbach, R. Luther, 74 : Formation of Hydrogen 

 Peroxide under the Silent Electric Discharge, A. Bes- 

 son, 99 ; Application of Positive Rays to the Study of 

 Chemical Reactions, Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., 200; 

 Determination of the Coefficient of Interdiffusion of 



