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C. Simmonds, 43'^ ; the Afterglow of Electric Discharge 

 in Nitrogen, Hon. R. j. Strutt, F.R.S., 439; Properties 

 of Binary Mixtures of some Liquefied Gases, Dr. B. D. 

 Steele and L. S. Bagster, 453; a Manual of Practical 

 Inorganic Chemistry, Dr. A. M. Kellas, 466 ; Trans- 

 formation of Phenyl-o/3-pentenic Acid into its ^S-Isomer, 

 J. Bougault, 463 ; Acetylene Pinacone, Georges Dupont, 

 463 ; Method for the Complete Destruction of Organic 

 flatter in the Detection and Estimation of Mineral 

 Poisons, Pierre Breteau, 463 ; Action upon Green Plants 

 of some Substances Extracted from Coal-tar and Em- 

 ployed in Agriculture, Marcel Mirande, 464 ; Monographs 

 on Biochemistry, the Fats, Prof. J. B. Leathes, 502 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of Julius Wilhelm Briihl, 

 517; Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, Prof. Komppa, 522; 

 Estimation of the Organic Matters in Unpolluted and 

 Polluted Waters with Potassium Bichromate and Sul- 

 phuric Acid, Dr. W. E. Adeney. 531 ; Kapillarchemie, 

 Dr. Herbert Freundlich, 534 ; the Microscopical Examina- 

 tion of Food and Drugs, Prof. H. G. Greenish, 538 ; 

 Death of Dr. Leonard Parker Kinnicutt, 547 ; Crystal 

 Structure and Chemical Composition, Prof. W. J. Pope, 

 F.R.S., 5-51 ; Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, Prof. J. 

 Zenneck, 5.^6 ; Recent Advances and Problems in 

 Chemistry, Prof. Emil Fischer, :;-;8 ; Preparation of the 

 Black Enamel of the Italo-Greek Potteries, A. Verneuil, 

 565 ; Ketones derived from Phenylpropionic Acid, J. B. 

 Senderens, 56^ ; New Methods for the Synthesis of 

 Nitriles, M. Grignard, 565 ; the Dehydration of Salts, 

 Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 565 ; Direct Esterification by 

 Catalysis, Paul Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 565 ; the Magni- 

 tude of Magnetism deduced from the Coefficients of 

 Magnetisation of Solutions of Iron Salts, Pierre Weiss, 

 56.=; 



Chertier (Georges), the Nitrous Esters of Cellulose, 34 



Chesneau (Prof. M. G.), Theoretical Principles of the 

 Methods of Analytical Chemistry, based upon Chemical 

 Reactions, 330 



Chevalier (Aug.), Ou^m^ River Curious Phenomenon, 49 



Chevaliir (Father), the Apparent Diameter of Jupiter, 51 



Child Problems, Dr. G. B. Mangold, 538 



China, Gleanings from Fifty Years in, A. Little, 275 



China, Native Working of Coal and Iron in, 251 



Chofardet (P.), Observations of CeruUi's Comet (1910c) 

 made at the Observatory of Besangon with the Bent 

 Equatorial, i2q 



Chree (Dr. C. F.R.S.). on the Electricity of Rain and its 

 Origin in Thunderstorms, Dr. George C. Simpson, 81 ; 

 Supposed Propagation of Equatorial Magnetic Disturb- 

 ances with Velocities of the Order of 100 Miles per 

 Second, 160; the Recent Earthquakes in Asia, 33;; 

 Russian Magnetic Observations, Prof. Ernst Leyst, 388 



Chronology : a Preliminarv Studv of Chemical Denudation, 

 F. W. Clarke. 177 : the'Age of the Earth, G. F. Becker, 

 173 ; Proposed Calendar Reform, T. C. Chamberlin, 6Xx : 

 M. Grosclaude. 4:^4 ; a Perpetual Calendar, Sir William 

 Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., :;40 ; W. T. L.. 540 



Chronometry : Accuracy of Time on Magnetograms, G. W. 

 Walker, 236 ; Standard Time in France, 277 : Daylight 

 Saving Bill. 41-; ; System of Fixed or Differential 

 Synchronisation, Ernest Esclangon, 463 ; Synchronisation 

 of Clocks, 482, 516; Time Ball, 483: Government Bill 

 for Adoption of Greenwich Time as Official Time in 

 France, 518 



Cisotti (U.), Dynamical Reaction of a Liquid Jet, 463 



Civilisation, Engfineering and, Alexander Siemens at Insti- 

 tution of Civil Engineers, ^q 



Clarification of Liquids by the Process of Tanking, the, 

 Rowland A. Earp. 308 



Clarke (F. W.), a Preliminary Studv of Chemical Denuda- 

 tion, 173 



Claude (Georges), the Preparation of Argon, 65 : 

 Luminescent Tubes containing Neon, 262 



Claude (M.), Telephonic and Radio-telegraphic Comparisons 

 of Chronometers by the Method of Coincidences between 

 Paris and Brest, 161 



Cleland (Dr. J. Burton), the Ha?matozoa of Australian 

 Batrachians, 130 ; Occurrence of Pentastomes in Aus- 

 tralian Cattle. 130 



Climatic Conditions and Organic Evolution, Ivor Thomas, 

 36 



Clinch (George), some Unexplored Fields in British 



Archaeology, 22 

 Clocks, Synchronisation of, 482, 516 

 Clough (W. T.), Elementary Experimental Electricity and 



Magnetism, 135 

 Coal : die Entstehung der Steinkohle und der Kaustobio- 

 lithe uberkaupt, Prof. H. Potoni^, 199; Native Working 

 of Coal and Iron in China, 251 

 Coal Dust Experiments, Records of the First Series of tho 

 British, conducted by the Committee Appointed by the 

 Mining Association of Great Britain, Prof. W. Galloway. 

 4S7 

 Cocos-Keeling Atoll, the, Rev. E. C. Spicer, 41 ; F. Wood- 

 Jones, 41, 106, 139; the Reviewer, 42, 106; Madge W. 

 Drummond, 107, 206 

 Cofjgia (M.), Observations of the New CerulH Planet 



(K.U.) 1910, 65 

 Cohen (Ernst), Properties of Zinc Amalgam as Affecting 



the Clark Cell, 248 

 Cohn (Prof. E.), Principles of Relativity, 452 

 Coker (Prof. E. G.), Photo-elasticity. 347 

 Cole (Dr.). Blackhead in Turkeys, 85-6 

 Cole (Prof. Grenville A. J.), Submarine Geology of the 

 West Coast of Ireland, 388 ; Weathering on the Surface 

 of a Sheet of Fine-grained Diorite near Rathmullan, 

 •^88: Lehrbuch der Geologie von Deutschland, Prof. J. 

 Walther, 468 : Geologie von Deutschland und den 

 angrenzenden Gebieten, Prof. R. Lepsius. 468 ; Geologie 

 von Ostpreussen, Prof. A. Tourquist, 468 

 Cole (L. J.l. Bird-marking in the United States, 147 

 Coleman (Dr. L. C), the Palm Disease, "Kolerc^a."' 



217 

 Coleoptera Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinas), the 

 Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 

 G. J. Arrow, 467 

 Colliery Surveying, Field and, T. A. O 'Donahue, 405 

 Colliery Warnings, Prof. Henry Louis, 336, 438 ; the 



Author of the Warnings, 437: R. M. Deeley. :;i2 

 Collin (J. E.), New Species of Small Hairy Flies of the 

 Genus Limosina taken from a Coprophagous Beetle in 

 Cevlon, 246 

 Collins (F. Howard). Death of, 146 

 Collins (J. H.), Wood-tin, 127 

 Colour Contrast in Photomicrography, Messrs. Wratten 



and Wain Wright. 319 

 Comets : Halley's Comet. 21 ; M. Bassot. 97: H. E. Wood, 

 340 ; Messrs. Innes and Worssell, 350 ; Father Goetz. 

 3^0; Profs. Nijland and van der Bilt. 350: F. Sy. 351; 

 Dr. J. Mascart. 3^1 ; M. Jamain, 3^;! ; the Motion of 

 Molecules in the Tail of Halley's Comet, Prof. Lowell. 

 21 ; Ephemeris for Halley's Comet, Dr. Ebell, 51 ; 

 Selenium Photometer Measures of the Brightness of 

 Halley's Comet, Joel Stebbin. 51 ; Recent Helwan Photo- 

 graphs of Halley's Comet, Prof. Barnard, 180 ; Observa- 

 tions of, made at the Nice Observatorv with the Gautier 

 Equatorial of 76 cm. Aperture, M. Javelle, 129 ; Con- 

 dition of the Atmosphere during the Recent Proximity 

 of, H. G. A. Hardinge. 130 : the Spectrum of, C. P. 

 Butler. IQ3 ; Discovery of a Comet, Dr. Cerulli, 87 : 

 Cerulli's Comet, T9io<?. Prof. Hartwig, 119; Dr. Ebell. 

 1 19 ; Obser\' ations of. made at the Observatory of 

 Besangon with the Bent Equatorial, P. Chofardet, 129 ; 

 Cerulli's Comet (i9ioe), Identified with Faye's Short- 

 period Comet, Prof. Pickering, 150; Dr. Ebell, i^o; Dr. 

 Schiller, 151 ; Dr. Ristenpart. i^i ; Dr. Cerulli. 151 : 

 Observations of Cerulli's Comet made at the Observatory 

 of Lyons. J. Guillaume. 161 ; Ephemeris for Faye's 

 Comet, iQioe, Dr. Ebell. 180; Identity of the Cerulli 

 Comet with the Faye Comet, G. Fayet, 103 ; Faye's 

 Comet, G. Fayet, 248 : Observations of the Faye-Cerulli 

 Comet made at the Obser\-atory of Marseilles with the 

 Comet Finder, M. Borrclly, 261 ; Elements for Faye's 

 Comet. i9ioe. Prof. Ristenpart and Dr. Prager. 310; 

 Mr. Meyer and Miss Levy. 319 ; Ephemeris for Faye's 

 Comet, Dr. Ebell. ^23 ; Metcalf's Comet, 1910&. Dr. 

 Ebell. 87. 310; Definitive Elements for the Orbit of 

 Comet 1904 IT. (1904^). J. Sedla^ek. 218; Investigation 

 of the Orbit of Wolf's Comet, 1898-1911. M. Kamensky, 

 248; Comets due to Return in 1911. Mr. Lynn, 348: 

 Cometary Theories. Messrs. Roe and Graham. 486 ; Prof. 

 Eginitis. 486 



