I 



Supplement to Nature,'^ 

 December 9, 1897 J 



Index 



XI 



Solubility of Platinum-Silver Alloys in Nitric Acid, J. Spiller, 

 143 ; Death of Prof. Dr. R. Fresenius, 159 ; Obituary Notice 

 of, 202 ; Light Action on Chlorine and Hydrogen, Armand 

 Gautier and H. Helier, 167 ; Action of Light on Solution of 

 Nitrobenzene in Concentrated Sulphuric Acid, R. J. Friswell, 

 359 ; History of Iodides of Phosphorus, A. Besson, 191 ; a 

 Method of Oxidation and Chlorination, A. Villiers, 191 ; 

 Oxidising Action of Manganous Salts, Gab. Bertrand, 191 ; 

 Determination of Resin Oil in Essence of Turpentine, A. 

 Aignan, 192 ; a Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and 

 Practical, William A. Tilden, F.R.S., 147, 197; M. M. 

 Pattison Muir, 147 ; Death of Prof. P. Schutzenberger, 203 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 274; Thermal Phenomena attending 

 Change of Rotary Power of Freshly-prepared Solutions of 

 Carbohydrates, H. T. Brown and S. Pickering, 214 ; 

 Optical Inversion of Camphor, F. S. Kipping and W. J. 

 Pope, 214; Racemism and Pseudoracemism, F. S. Kipping 

 and W. J. Pope, 214 ; New Gold Salts of Solanaceous 

 Alkaloids, H. A. D. Jowett, 214; Production of Camphenol 

 from Camphor. J. E. Marsh and J. A. Gardner, 214; the 

 Oxidation of Fenchene, J. A. Gardner and G. B. Cockburn, 

 214; Apigenin, A. G. Perkin, 214; Colour of Phosphor- 

 escence of Strontium Sulphide, J. R. Mourels, 240 ; Molecular 

 Volumes of Crystallised Carbohydrates at 0°, M. Pionchon, 

 240 ; Trioxymethylene and Paraformaldehyde, M. Delepine, 

 240; Studien iiber Dampfspannkraftmessungen, Georg W. A. 

 Kahlbaum, 246 ; the Molecular Volume or Cross-section of 

 Ciases, A. A. Noyes and H. M. Goodwin, 253 ; Reduction of 

 Molybdic Acid by Hydrogen, M. Guichard, 263 ; Caroubinol, 

 Jean Ef&ont, 263 ; Russium, Prof. Chroustchoff, 276 ; Re- 

 duction of Molybdic Anhydride by Hydrogen, M. Guichard, 

 288 ; Action of Benzoyl Chloride on Monosubstituted Deri- 

 vatives of Orlhodiamines,Fernand Muttelet, 288 ; Employment 

 of Copper Salts in Estimation of several Elements in Cast 

 Iron and Steel, MM. Ad. Carnot and (ioutal, 287 ; Study of 

 Oxygen at Low Pressure, Prof. R. Threlfall and Florence 

 Martin, 288 ; the Electro-Chemical Equivalent of Silver, 

 Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 292; State in which Elements other 

 than Carbon are found in Cast Iron or Steel, MM. Ad. Carnot 

 and Goutal, 311, 336 ; Action between Methylnitramine and 

 Potassium Nitrate in Aqueous Solutions, Prof. Franchimont, 

 .312 ; Action of Copper Hydrate on Solutions of Silver Nitrate, 

 Paul Sabatier, 312 ; Diamonds^ Sir William Crook es, F. R.S., 

 325 ; Relation between Electrical and Chemical Properties of 

 Crystal, J. Beckenkamp, 335 ; Phthalic Green, A. Haller 

 and A. Guyot, 336 ; Death of Prof. Victor Meyer, 346 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 449 ; Molecular Refraction of Dissolved 

 Salts and Acids, ii., J. H. Gladstone and W. Hibbert, 359 ; 

 Space Formula for Benzene, J. N. Collie, 359 ; Production of 

 Nitro- and Amido-Oxypicolines, A. Lapworth and J. N. 

 Collie, 359; the Absorption of Water by Deliquescent 

 Substances, H. W. Hake, 359 ; Reduction of Perthio- 

 cyanic Acid, F. D. Chattaway and H. P. Stevens, 359 ; 

 Conversion of Chloronaphthalenedisulphonic Acids into 

 dichloronaphthalenedisulphonic Acids, H. E. Armstrong 

 and W. P. Wynne, 359 ; Formation of Diacetanilide, G. 

 Voung, 360 ; 5-Ketopinic Acid and Camphoric Acid, W. S. 

 Gilles and F. F. Renwick, 360 ; Stereoisomeric Di-derivatives 

 of Camphor and Nitrocamphor, T. M. Lowry, 360 ; Com- 

 mencement of Combination between Hydrogen and Oxygen, 

 M. Berthelot, 360 ; Symmetrical Tetramethyldiamidophenyl- 

 dianthranotetramethyldiamide from Corresponding Oxan- 

 thranol, MM. A. Haller and Guyot, 360 ; Manganese in 

 Ligneous Tissue, G. Guerin, 360 ; Iodine in Parathyroid 

 Glandules, E. Gley, 360 ; the Phase-Rule, Wilder D. 

 Bancroft, 362 ; Separation of Aluminium and Beryllium by 

 Action of Hydrochloric Acid, F. S. Havers, 387 ; Ketonic 

 Ethers, A. Collet, 388 ; a Theoretical Point in Dyeing, L60 

 Vignon, 388 ; a New Alkaloid, Retamine, M. Battandier 

 and M. Malosse, 388, 536; Death of D. T. Bogomoloff, 

 451 ; Iodine and Bromine produced by Fumaroles 

 of Vesuvius, Dr. R. V. Matteucci, 472 ; the Chlorination 

 Process, E. B. Wilson, 494 ; Histoire de la Philosophic 

 Atomistique, Leopold Mabilleau, P. J. Hartog, 513; Reform 

 of Chemical and Physical Calculations, C. T. J. Hanssen, 

 515 ; Oxycellulose, Leo Vignon, 536 ; Influence of Colouring 

 Matter on Fermentation of highly Coloured Red Wines, P. 

 Carles and G. Niviere, 536 ; the New Government Labora- 

 tories, James Woodward, 553 ; Physics and Chemistry in 

 Relation to Medicine, Sir James Crichton-Browne, F.R.S., 



556 •, Stability of Phosphorescent Sulphides of Strontium^ 

 J. R. Moureto, 560 ; Parastannyl Chloride, R. Engel, 560^ 

 Double Chlorides formed by Cinchonamihe, Leon Boutrou 

 and P. Genvresee, 560; the Improvement of Humo" 

 Earths, J. Dumont, 560 ; a New Class of Organic Acids, 

 Stanley Kipping, 589 ; Death of Dr. Edmund Drechsel, 594] 

 a New Mixed Platinum Salt, M. Vezes, 608 ; Methrid of 

 ■ Separation of Bromine from Mixture of Alkaline Bromide and 

 Chloride, H. Baubigny and P. Rivals, 608 ; Reversible Trans- 

 formation of Styrolene into Merastyrolene under Influence 

 of Heat, Georges Lemoine, 608 ; Temperature of Maximum 

 Density of Solutions of Barium Chloride, L. C. de Coppet, 

 ' 608 : Action of Nitric Acid on Potassium Cobalticyanide, 

 E. Fleurent, 608 ; Biological History of Phosphatfe.s, L. Jolly, 

 608 ; Physikalische Chemie fiir Anfanger, Dr. C. M. va» 

 Deventer, 612; a Detailed Course of Qualitative Chemical 

 Analysis, Arthur A. Noyes, 612. See also Section B of the 

 British Association 

 Cheshire, Appearance of a Noddy in, F. Congreve, 544 

 i Chinese Calendar Computation, Paul d'Enjoy, 37 

 I Chlorination Process, the, E. B. Wilson, 494 

 i Chobe River, the New Africa : a Journey up the, Aurel Schulz,. 

 j August Hammar, 340 



I Christiansen (Dr. C), Elements of Theoretical Physics, 222 

 \ Christie (Robert W. D.), Sieve for Primes, 10 

 I Christie (Miller), Primula elatior'in Britain, 232 

 ; Chronology : Chinese Calendar Computation, Paul d'Enjoy,. 

 i 37; Styles of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 180, 277 



Chronographs, Experiments made with the Bashforth Chrono- 

 ' graph to find the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of 

 I Projectiles, Francis Bashforth, 314 

 j Chronometers, Prof. Raoul Gautier, 324 

 Chroustchoff"(Prof.), Russium, 276 

 Chuard (E.), Calcium Carbide as Phylloxericide, 143 

 I Chudzinski (Dr. Theophil), Death of, 413 

 I Citerni (Lieut.), the Second Bottego Expedition in Somaliland, 

 I 550 



Citizen Bird : Scenes from Bird Life, Mabel O.sgood Wright 

 I and Elliot Coues, W. Warde Fowler, 516 

 Civilisation, Modern, Science and, Sir William Roberts, F.R.S., 



621 

 Clark Cells, Prof. Webster on, 462 • 

 Clark (Alvan G.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 158; Prof. 



Hale, 574 

 Clarkson (Dr. Arthur), a Text-book of Histology, 50, 293 

 I Classification of Stellar Spectra, a New, A. Fowler, 206 

 \ Claxton (T. F. ), Magnetic Disturbances at Mauritius connectecB 

 j with Auroral Display, 523 



Claypole (Prof. E. W.), on the First Traces of Man in North 

 i America, 486 ; on the Antiquity of Man in America, 487 



Climatological Record for British Empire in 1896, 560 

 ; Clinical Examination of the Blood for Diagnostic Purposes, » 



Guide to the. Dr. Richard C. Cabot, 100 

 i Clodd (lidward). Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley, 



! 52 



I Cloez (Ch. ), Nitrosomethyl-diphenylamine, 23 



! Cloizeaux (Prof L. de). Death of, 59 



i Cloud- Height, Determination by Search- Light of, Prof. Cleve- 



\ land Abbe, 422 



i Clouds : Illustrative Cloud Forms, C. D. Sigsbee, 196 

 Cloudy Condensation, some Nuclei of, John Aitken, F.R.S., 71 

 Clusters, Variable Stars in. Prof. S. I. Bailey, 454 

 Coal, our Coal Resources al the Close of the Nineteenth Century^ 



j Edward Hull, F.R.S., Bennett H. Brough. 389 

 Coal from the pre-Carboniferous Recks of Canada, Prof. Ellis- 



1 on, 463 



' Coal Damp, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster's Experiences, 58 



{ Coal Damp, Improvement of Grisometer, N. (irehanl, 119 



! Coal Shipment by Travelling Belts, Thomas Wrightson, 352 

 Coastal Waters, Coccoliths in our, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., Dr. 



H. H. Dixon, 468 

 Cobalt, Prof. Richards on the Atomic Weight of, 462 

 Coccoliths in our Coastal Waters, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., Dr. 



H. H, Dixon, 468 

 Cockburn (Ci. B.), the Oxidation of Fenchene, 214 

 Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Physiological Specific Characters, 

 II ; Utility of Specific Characters, 31 ; Species or Subspecies, 

 391 

 Cohen (Dr. E. ), Inversion Constant of Sugar in Aqueous Solu- 

 tion, 264 



