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INDEX 



{^Nature, Dec. \, li 



Cemetery in Paris, Discovery of Ancient Gaulish, 184 



Centi-ampere or the Deci-ampere Balance for the Measure- 

 ment of the E.M.F. of a Single Cell, on the Application of 

 the. Sir William Thomson, P\R. S., 522 



Central Asia : Casey's Journey in, 139; Earthquake of June 9, 

 1887, in, Venukofif, 312 



Century of Electricity, T. C. Mendenhall, 266 



Ceylon, Monsoon Rainfall in, F. J. Waring, 214 



Ceylon Birds, Folk-lore of, 381 



Chadwick (Edwin), Health of Nations, Benjamin Ward 

 Richardson, 385 



Challenger Expedition, Zoological Results of the, 26, 121 ; 

 Polyzoa of the, Geo. Busk, F.R.S., 74 



Champernowne (Mr.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 88 



Chandler, on the Great Southern Comet, 1887 a, 185 



Charleston Earthquake, Abstract of the Results of the, C. E. 

 Dutton and Everett Hayden, 269, 297 



Chatin (M. Ad.), on a New Species of Truffle, 23 



Chauffajon's Orinoco Explorations, 17 



Chauveau (A.), Relations between Chemical and Mechanical 

 Work of Muscular Tissue, 382, 408 



Chauveau and Kaufmann, Experiments for determining the 

 Coefficient of Nutritive and Respiratory Activity of the 

 Muscles at Work and in Repose, 23 



Chemistry : Synthesis of Juglon, 15 ; Chemical Society, 23, 47, 

 117, 166, 335 ; Chemistry for Beginners, R. L. Taylor, 28; 

 Dr. K. Olszewski on the Determination of the Boiling-point 

 of Ozone, 42 ; on the two Tetrabromureted]Hydrocamphenes, 

 W^. de la Royere, 45 ; the Proteids of the Seeds of Abrtis 

 precatorius (Jequirity), Dr. Sidney Martin, 70; Synthetic 

 Acetic Acid and Kindred Forms, Louis Henry, 72 ; on the 

 Liberation of Ammonia by Vegetable Soils, Berthelot and 

 Andre, 72 ; Experiments in Agricultural Chemistry, J. Raulin, 

 456 ; a Question for Chemists, Harry Napier Draper, 77 ; an 

 Important New Reaction : Products of Action of Acetylene 

 upon Benzene containing Aluminium Chloride, MM. Varet 

 and Vienne, 89 ; New Colouring-matters from Roshydrazine, 

 Dr. J. H. Ziegler, iii ; Chemical Decomposition caused by 

 Pressure, Van 't Hoff and Spring, ri6 ; on A'kaloids in Plants, 

 MM.Errera, Maistrian, and Claustrian, 116; a New Chloro- 

 bromide of Silicon, Prof. Emerson Reynolds, 137 ; New 

 Method of Substitution of Chlorine in Hydrocarbon, MM. 

 Colson and Gautier, 137; the Atomic Weight of Fluorine, Prof. 

 Christensen, 160; Decomposition by Dr. W. Spring's Com- 

 pressing Machinery, 160 ; a New Class of Voltaic Combina- 

 tions in which Oxidizable Metals replaced by Alterable Solu- 

 tions, Dr. C. R. A. Wright and C. Thompson, 166 ; Chemical 

 Science in Melbourne University, Dr. Orme Masson, 184; 

 a Double Huoride of Potassium and Germanium, Profs. 

 Kriissaiid Nilson, 209; Molecular Condition of Phosphorus, 

 Arsenic, and Antimony, Prof. V. Meyer, 231 ; Thorium, Drs. 

 Kriiss and Nilson, 255; the "Dead Space" in Chemical 

 Reactions, Herr Liebreich, 280 ; on Transition between 

 Aromatic and Fatty Series, Berthelot and Recoura, 312 ; 

 Chemical Affinity and Solution, Wm. Durham, 318 ; Dis- 

 covery of New Elements, Profs. Kriiss and Nilson, 324 ; 

 Chemistry of the Rare Earths, A. E. Tutton, 357 ; Heat of 

 Formation of some Crystallized Tellurides, 360 ; new Fluores- 

 cences with well-marked Spectral Bands, L. de Boisbaudran, 

 360 ; Silicates of Thorine, Troost and Ouvrard, 360 ; Owens 

 College Course of Practical Organic, Julius B. Cohen, 363 ; 

 Constitutional Formulas of the Progress of Organic, 368; 

 Opening Address in Section B of the British Association, 

 by Dr. E. Schunck, F.R.S., 442; Dr. Ladenburg on 

 Cadaverin, 453 ; Remarkable Relation between Certain 

 Physical Constants and Chemical Valency, Dr. C. Bender, 

 375 ; Nature of Chemical Action between Acids and Zinc, 

 SjDring and Van Aubel, 400; Titanates of Zinc, Lucien 

 Levy, 432; Compressibility of some Solutions of Gas, F. 

 Isambert, 432; Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Dr. C. 

 Remigius Fresenius, 411; Chemical and Physiological 

 Equation of Alcoholic Fermentation, Prof. Delpino, 456 ; 

 New Oxides of Manganese, Dr. Franke, 476 ; Toluylendia- 

 mine, MM. Engel and Kiener, 504; Chemistry and Heat, 

 R. G. Durrant, 507; Germanium, Dr. Clemens Winkler, 

 525 ; Chemical Teaching, 525 ; on the Teaching of Chemistry^ 

 M. M. Pattison Muir, 536 ; Chemical Action in a Magnetic 

 P leld. Prof. H. A. Rowland, 547 ; the Atomic Weight of 

 Gold, by J. W. Mallet, F.R.S., 568 ; the Atomic Weight of 



Zirconium, Dr. G. H. Bailey, 568 ; Torsion Balances, Dr. A. 

 Springer, 569 ; Integral Weights in Chemistry, T. Sterry 

 Hunt, 569 ; Action of Light on the Hydracids of the Halo- 

 gens in Presence of Oxygen, Dr. A. Richardson, 569 ; the 

 Present Position of the Alkali Trade, A. E. Fletcher, 569 ; on 

 the Constituents of the Light Oils of Blast-Furnace Coal Tar 

 from the Garthsherrie Works, Watson Smith, 569 ; a New 

 Apparatus for condensing Gases by Contact with Liquids, 

 Prof. Lunge, 569 ; the Extent to which Calico-printing and 

 the Tinctorial Arts have been affected by the Introduction of 

 Modern Colours, Chas. O'Neill, 569 ; Chemistry of Cotton 

 Fibre, F. H. Bowman, 569 ; Isomeric Change in the Phenol 

 Series, O. R. Ling, 569 ; on Methylene Blue and Methylene 

 Red, Prof. Bernthsen, 569 ; on the Constitution of Azimido 

 Compounds, Drs. Noelting and Abt, 569 ; Velocity of Forma- 

 tion of Acetic Ether, Prof. Menschutkin, 569 ; the Relation 

 of Geometrical Structures to Chemical Properties, Prof. 

 Wislicenus, 569 ; Note on Valency, Prof. Armstrong, Solu- 

 bility of Isomeric Organic Compounds, Prof.§Carnelley, 569 ; 

 Alcohol and Water Combinations, Prof. Mendeleef, 570 ; on 

 the Constitution of Atropine, Prof. Ladenburg, 570; the 

 Reduction-products of the Nitro-paraffins and Alkyl Nitrites, 

 Prof. Dunstan and T. S. Dymond, 570 ; on a Partial Separa- 

 tion of the Constituents of a Solution during Expansion by 

 Rise of Temperature, J. W. Mallet, F. R.S., 570; a New 

 Method for determining Micro-organisms in Air, Prof Car- 

 nelley and Thomas Wilson, 570 ; the Absorption Spectra 

 of Rare Earths, Dr. G. H. Bailey, 570; the Absorp- 

 tion-Spectra of the Haloid Salts of Didymium, Dr. G. 

 H. Bailey, 570; on Solution, W. Durham, 570; Phenol 

 Phenomena of Neutralization and their Bearing on the 

 Nature of Solution, W. W. J. Nicol, 570; Notes on 

 some Peculiar Voltaic Combinations, C. R. A. Wright, 

 F.R.S., and C. Thompson, 570; the Present Aspect 

 of the Question of the Sources of Nitrogen in Vegetation, Sir 

 J. Lawes, F.R.S., and Dr. Gilbert, F.R.S., 570; Dis- 

 persion Equivalents and Constitutional Formulae, Dr. J. H, 

 Gladstone, 570 ; on Organic Vanadates, J. A, Hall, 570 ; 

 on some New Cinnamic Acids, Dr. Cohen and Prof. Perkin, 



570 ; the Antiseptic Properties of Metallic Salts, Prof. Car- 

 nelley, 571 ; Antiseptic Properties of some Fluorine Com- 

 pounds, W. Thomson, 571 ; on the Composition of Water by 

 Volume, A. Scott, 57^ 5 on some Vapour Densities at High 

 Temperature, A. Scott, 571 ; on the Estimations of the Halo- 

 gens and Sulphur in Organic Compounds, R. T. Plumpton, 



571 ; on the Derivatives and Constitution of the Pyrocresols, 

 W. Bott and Prof. Schwarz, 571 ; New Tetrahydric Alcohol, 

 M. Combes, 587 



Chepstow, Fourth Report of the B.A. Committee on Project for 

 establishing a Meteorological Observatory at, 498 



Chert in the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Ireland, on the 

 Organic Origin of the, and its Similarity to that in the Cor- 

 responding Strata in North Wales and Yorkshire, Dr. Geo. 

 Jennings Hinde, 591 



Cheshire (F. R.), Bees, " Fertile Workers," 47 



Children, Mental Development in, 4S3 



Chile, Meteorology in, 136 



China : Notes on the Geology of Part of the Eastern Coast of, 

 and the Adjacent Islands, 163 ; the Question of Chinese 

 Equivalents for our Scientific Terms, 307 ; ProjDosed Introduc- 

 tion of Mathematical Science into Chinese Government 

 Examinations, 325 ; Chinese Gingers, 374 ; Re^Dort of the 

 B.A. Committee on our Present Knowledge of the Flora ot 

 China, 518; Typhoons of the China Seas, Capt, D. Ruete, 

 565 



Cholera, Dissemination of, 540 



Christensen (Prof), the Atomic Weight of Fluorine, 160 



Christmas Island, Capt. W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., Capt. 

 J. P. Maclear, 12 ; Flora of, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 

 78 



Cinnamic Acids, on some New, Dr. Cohen and Prof. Perkin, 

 570 



City and Guilds of London Institute, 476 ; Technological 

 Examinations, 476 



Clark (Alvan), Obituary Notice of, 476 



Clark (J. Edmund), Slate Ripples on Skiddaw High Man,. 

 388 



Clarke (Dr. Hyde), Thought without Words, 52 



Clarke (J. F. M.), Three Weeks in Norfolk, 457 



