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\ Supplement to Nature, 

 L June i6, 1898 



Methylic and Ethylic Glycerates and Tartrates, P. Frankland 

 and T. S. Patterson, 383 ; Correlation between Reduction of 

 Carbonic Acid by Nascent Hydrogen, Electrolysis, and Photo- 

 lysis, A. Bach, 384 ; New Colour Reaction of Phenylhydra- 

 zine, Louis Simon, 384 ; a Crystallised Hydride of Dicam- 

 phene, A. Etard and G. Meker, 407 ; Action of Cyanamide on 

 Bromanil with Potash, H. Imbert, 407 ; Organic Phosphorus, 

 J. Jolly, 407 ; Detection of Manganese in Plants and Vegetable 

 Earths of Colorimetric Method, P. Pichard, 408 ; Influence 

 of Silent Electrical Discharge on Air, W. A. Shenstone and 

 W. T. Evans, 430 ; Chemical Action of the Silent Dis- 

 charge : Oxides of Carbon and Nitrogen, M. Berthelot, 455 ; 

 Chemical Action of the Silent Discharge : Alcohols and 

 Ethereal Derivatives in Presence of Nitrogen, M. Berthelot, 

 45S> 479 ; Orthochlorobromobenzene, J. J. Debbie and 

 F. Marsden, 430 ; Indian and American Podophyllum, W. R. 

 Dunstan and T, A. Henry, 430 ; the Condensation of 

 Formaldehyde with Ethylic Malonate, E. W. Haworlh and 

 W. H. Perkin, jun., 430; Chemical Actions of the Silent 

 Discharge, M. Berthelot, 431, 455, 479, 503; Cinchonine 

 Derivatives, E. Grimaux, 431 ; Combination of Phosphoric 

 Anhydride with Benzene, H. Giran, 431 ; Mucinoid Substance 

 produced by Bacteria, A. Charrin and A. Desprez, 431 ; 

 Bitterness in Wines, J. Bordas, MM. Joulin and Rackowski, 

 431 ; Ktypeite, A. Lacroix, 431 ; Myrticolorin, H. G. Smith, 

 431 ; Handbooks of Practical Science, No. II. Chemical 

 Experiments, G. H. Wyatt, 435 ; Quantitative Practical 

 Chemistry, A. H. Mitchell, 435 ; Introduction to Chemical 

 Methods of Clinical Diagnosis, D. H. Tappeneiner, 436 ; 

 Pharmacology of Aconitine, &c., J. T. Cash, F.R.S., and 

 W. R. Dunstan, F.R.S., 453 ; Anhydrous Barium Sulphide, 

 A. Mourlet, 455 ; Action of Carbon Monoxide on Palladious 

 Chloride, E. Finck, 455 ; Hydrocinnamide, M. Delepine, 

 455 ; an Oxyptomaine, O. de Coninck, 455 ; Oxidation 

 of Sorbite to Sorbose, Gabriel Bertrand, 455 ; a Treatise 

 on Chemistry, H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer, 457 ; the 

 Chemistry of the Garden, Herbert H. Cousins, 463 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Dr. Ferdinand Hurter, 469 ; Prepara- 

 tion of Anhydrous Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide, 

 J. Wade and L. C. Panting, 478 ; Production of Nitre- and 

 Amido-Oxyluditines, J. N. Collie, T. Tickle and L. Hall, 

 478 ; Benzene Hexabromide, F. E. Matthews, 478 ; Action 

 of Bromine on Benzene, J. N. Collie and C. C. Frye, 478 ; 

 Manganic Salts, C. E. Rice, 478 ; Potassium Carbonate, 

 W. C. Reynolds, 478 ; Colouring Matters of Indian Dye 

 Stuff, "Asbarg," A. G. Perkin and J. A. Pilgrim, 478 ; Me- 

 tallic Salts of Yellow Colouring Matters, A. G. Perkin and 

 P. J. Wood, 478 ; Preparation of Beryllium by Electrolysis, 

 P. Lebeau, 479 ; Chemical Estimation of Carbon Monoxide 

 in Air, M. Nicloux, 479 ; Method of Estimating Carbon 

 Monoxide in Air, A. Gautier, 552 ; Estimation of Carbon 

 Monoxide largely diluted with Air, A. Gautier, 503 ; Disso- 

 ciation of Barium and Manganese Carbides, MM. Gin and 

 Leleux, 479 ; Partial Decomposition of Chloroform in Or- 

 ganism, A. Desgrez and M. Nicloux, 480 ; Action of Sorbose 

 Bacterium on Polyhydric Alcohols, Gabriel Bertrand, 480 ; 

 Molecular Mechanism of Electrolytes, W. M. Hamlet, 494 ; 

 Analysis of Red Rain Dust, Thomas Steel, 494 ; Connection 

 between Electrical Properties and Chemical Composition of 

 various Glass, Prof. Andrew Gray, F.R.S., and Prof. J. J. 

 Dobbie, 500 ; Rontgen Photographs of Metallic Alloys, C. T. 

 Heycock and F. H. Neville, 503 ; New Silicide of Chromium, 

 Ch. Zettel, 504 ; New Method of Fractionating Yttrium 

 Earths, G. tjrbain, 504 ; Production of Oxidation of Gly- 

 cerine by Sorbose Bacterium, Gabriel Bertrand, 504 ; Action 

 of Different Salts on Plant-structure, Charles Dassonville, 

 504 ; Arbeiten des physikalisch-chemischen Instituts der 

 Universitat Leipzig aus den Jahren 1887 bis 1896, Dr. John 

 Shields, 508 ; Calcium Carbide and Acetylene, 523 ; Re- 

 duction of Bromic Acid and Law of Mass Action, W. Judson 

 and J. W. Walker, 525 ; Action of Ferric Chloride on Eth- 

 ereal Salts of Ketone Acids, R. S. Morrell and T- M. Crofts, 

 525 ; Volatility of Sulphur, T. C. Porter, 525 ; Cannabinol, 

 T. B. Wood, W. T. N. Spivey and T. H. Easterfield, 525 ; 

 Chemistry of Thorium, B. Brauner, 526 ; Compound Nature 

 of Thorium, B, Brauner, 526; Praesodidymium and Neo- 

 didydium, B. Brauner, 526 ; Action of Ammonia on Acetyl- 

 urethane, G. Young and E. Clark, 526 ; Formation of Oxy- 

 triazoles from Semicarbazides, G. Young and B. M. Stock- 

 well, 526 ; Formation of oa-dihydroxypyridine, S. Ruhemann, 



526 ; Action of Alkyl Iodides on Silver Malate and Lactate, 

 T. Purdie and G. D. Lander, 526 ; Action of Reagents on 

 Carbon Monoxide, A. Gautier, 526 ; Neodymium, O. Bou- 

 douard, 527 ; Chlorine Derivatives of Phenyl Carbonates, E. 

 Barral, 527 ; Alembic Club Reprints, No. 13, . the Early 

 History of Chlorine, No. 14, Researches on Molecular Asym- 

 metry, 534 ; James Watt and the Discovery of the Composition 

 of Water, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 546; Iodide of Tung- 

 sten, Ed. Defacqz, 552 ; Biochemical Preparation of Crystal- 

 lised Dioxyacetone, Gabriel Bertrand, 552 ; Palladium Chloride 

 as Detective of Minimal Quantities of Carbon Monoxide, 

 MM. Potain and Drouin, 552 ; the Tutorial Chemistry, Part ii. 

 Metals, G. H. Bailey, 559 ; Detection of Sawdust in Flour, 

 G. A. Le Roy, 576 ; Yeast and Alcoholic Fermentation, 

 Prof. J. Reynolds Green, F.R. S., 591 ; the Freezing Point, 

 Boiling Point, and Conductivity Methods, Harry C. Jones, 

 606; the Bakerian Lecture, Dr. W.J. Russell, V. P. R.S., 

 607 ; Influence of Temperature on Reactions, A. Colson, 624 ; 

 Ammoniacal Bromides of Silver, M. Jarry, 624 ; Alkaline 

 Sulphantimonites, M. Pouget, 624 ; General Reaction of 

 Ethylenic Hydrocarbons, G. Deniges, 624 ; Chemical Influ- 

 ence of Light on Carbon Disulphide, D. Berthelot, 599 ; 

 Absorption of Oxygen by Pyrogallate of Potassium, D. Berthe- 

 lot, 599 ; Combinations of Pyridine and Trimethylamine with 

 Formic and Acetic Acids, G. Andre, 600 

 Chessin (Prof. A. S.), Hyper-Elliptic Integrals, 308 

 Chevigne (Lieut, de), the Navigability of the Niger, 442 

 China : through China with a Camera, John Thomson, 539 

 Chinese Names, the Spelling of, Freiherr von Richthofen, 545 

 Chlorine, the Early History of. Alembic Club Reprints, 534 

 Chloroform, Sir James Young Simpson and, H. Laing Gordon, 



361 

 Chloroform, Deaths under, Past and Present, 614 

 Cholera, Bacteriological Test for, Dr. Klein, 132 

 Chree (Dr. Charles, F.R.S.), a Magnetic Storm, 492 ; Mag- 

 netic Disturbances during January and February 189S, 515 

 Christ (Dr. II.), Die Farnkr'auter der Erde, 338 

 Christiansen (C), Origin of Contact Electricity, 237 

 Christie (Robert W. D.), Abridged Long Division, 390 

 Christison (Dr. J. Sanderson), Crime and Criminals, 75 

 Christmas Island, Natural History of, 397 

 Christmas Mummers, Laurence Gomme, F.S.A., 175 

 Chromosphere, Carbon in the, Dr. Hale, 374 

 Chronograph, a New Artillery, 368 

 Cicatrisation, Histological Mechanism of, L. Ranvier, 335, 



383 . , 



Cider, Influence of Bismuth Subnitrate on hardemng of, MM. 



Leon Dufour and Daniel, 239 

 Cinematograph in Astronomy, M. Camille Flammarion, 419 

 CiviHzation, the Dawn of, Egypt and Chaldsea, G. Maspero, 



196 

 Clairvoyance, the Alleged Vision through Opaque Objects, 



324 

 Clark (E.), Naphthylureas, 93 ; Action of Ammonias on Acetyl- 



urethane, 526 

 Clark (W. E.), Birds of Franz Josef Land, 575 

 Clayden (A. W. ), Photography of Meteorological Phenomena, 



502 

 Clayton (H. H.), Twenty-seven-day Auroral Period and Moon, 



404 

 ClemenCic (I.), Magnetic After-Effect, 401 

 Gierke (Agnes M.), the Concise Knowledge Astronomy, 266 

 Climatology of the Globe, Julius Hann, 290 

 Clinical Diagnosis, Introduction to Chemical Methods of, D. H. 



Tappeneiner, 436 

 Cloud-Formation, Action of Radiation from Uranium Salts in, 



C. T. R. Wilson, 47 

 Clouds : La Photographie et I'Etude des Nuages, Jacques 



Boyer, 509 

 Clowes (F.), Action of Magnesium on Cupric Sulphate Solution, 



166 

 Clusters, Variables in Star, 400 



Coal Gas, the Commercial Uses of, Thos. Fletcher, 29 

 Coal Gas, the Use of Compressed, C. E. Ashford, 485 

 Coal Mined in United Kingdom in 1897, 545 

 Coastal Waters, Coccoliths in our, Drs. J. Joly, F.R.S., and 



Henry H. Dixon, 80 

 Cobalt, the Atomic Weights of Nickel and, 374 

 Coccoliths in our Coastal Waters, Drs. J. Joly, F.R.S., and 



Henry H. Dixon, 80 



