Index 



[Supplement to Naiut 

 June I, 1893 



of Carbonic Oxide, M. L. de Saint- Martin, 384; Chemistry 

 of Osaiium, A. E. Tutton, 400; the Preparation of Glucina 

 from Beryl, J Gibson, 405 ; the Hydrocarbons derived from 

 Dipentene Dihydrochloride, W. A. Tilden and S. Williamson, 

 405 ; Sulphonic Derivatives of Camphor, F. S. Kipping and 

 W. J. Pope, 405 ; Thionyl Bromide, J. Hartog and W. E. 

 Sims, 405 ; Desulphurisalion of the Substituted Thioureas, 

 A. E. Dixon, 405 ; Salts of Active and Inactive Glyceric 

 Acid : the Influence of Metals on the Specific Rotatory Power 

 of Active Acids, P. F. Frankland and J. R. Appleyard, 405 ; 

 Dibromo-;8-lapachone, S. C. Hooker and A. D. Gray, 405 ; 

 the Conversion of Para- into Ortho-Quinone Derivatives, S. C. 

 Hooker, 405 ; a Method for the Preparation of Acetylene, M. 

 W. Travers, 406 ; Gases in Living Plants, J. G. Arthur, 427 ; 

 on Some Recent Determinations of Molecular Refraction and 

 Dispersion, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. K.S.,429 ; the Action of 

 Nitrosyl Chloride and of Nitric Peroxide on some Members 

 of the Olefine Series, W. A. Tilden and J. J. Sudborough, 

 430 ; Piperazine, W. Majert and A. Schmidt, 430 ; the Con- 

 nection between the Atomic Weight of the Contained Metals 

 and the Magnitude of the Angles of Crystals of Isomorphous 

 Series, A. E. Tutton, 430 ; the Preparation of Phosphoric 

 Oxide Free from the Lower Oxide, W. A. Sbenstone and C. 

 R. Beck, 430 ; on Isaconiline (Napelline), W. R. Dunstan 

 and E. F. Harrison, 430 ; the Composition of some Com- 

 mercial Specimens of Aconitine, W. R. Dunstan and F. H. 

 Carr, 430 ; Synthesis of Oxazoles from Benzoin and Nitriles, 

 F. R. Japp and T. S. Murray, 430 ; Stereochimie, J. H. 

 Van't Hoff, 436; Prof. Percy Frankland, F.R.S., 510; 

 Prof. F. R. Japp, F.R.S., 510: Ruthenium, M. Joly, 

 451 ; on Stas's Determination of the Atomic Weight 

 of Lead, M. G. Hinrichs, 456 ; the Chemical Properties 

 of the Diamond, M. Muissan, 472 ; on the Industrial 

 Preparation of Aluminium, M. A. Ditte, 479 ; Note 

 on the Preparation of Platinous Chloride, and on 

 the Interaction of Chlorine and Mercury, W. A. Shenstone 

 and C. R Beck, 479 ; the Action of Phosphoric Anhydride 

 on Fatty Acid-, F. S. Kipping, 479 ; Regularities in the 

 Melting Points of Certain Paraffinoid Compounds of Similar 

 Constitutions, F. S. Kipping, 479 ; some Relations between 

 Constitution and Physical Constants in the case of Benzenoid 

 Amines, W. R. Hodgkinson and L. Limpach, 479 ; Electro- 

 lysis of Sodic Eihylic Camphorate, J. Walker, 479 ; the 

 Hydrates of Hydrogen Chloride, S. U. Pickering, 479 ; a 

 New Base from Corydalis Cava,]. A. Dobbieand H. Lander, 

 479 ; Metallic Osmium, MM. Joly and Vezes, 497 ; Further 

 Studies on Hydrazine, A E. Tutton. 522 ; on the Preparation 

 of a Variety of Swelling Graphite, M. Henri Moissan, 527; 

 Origin of Colour, VII. VIII. and IX., H. E. Armstrong, 551 ; 

 Formation of the Ketone 2 : 6-Dimethyl-i-Ketohexaphane, 

 F. S. Kipping, 551 ; Note on the Interactions of Alkali 

 Metal Haloids and Lead Haloids, and of Alkali Metal 

 Haloids and Bismuth Haloids, Eleanor Field, 551 ; an 

 Isomeric Form of Benzylphenylbenzylthiourea, A. E. Dixon, 

 551 ; on the Carburization of Iron, John Parry, 560; the 

 Amide and Imide of Sulphuric Acid, Dr. Traui e, A. E. 

 Tutton, 566 ; the Densities of the Principal Gases, Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S., 567; New Mode of Preparing Hypo- 

 nitrous Acid, Dr. Wilhelm Wislicenus, 588 ; on Nitrogenised 

 Copper, MM. Paul Sabatier and J. B. Senderens, 600 ; Isolation 

 of Amidophosphoric Acid, H. N. Stokes, 615, 616; Cryohy- 

 drates in Systems of two Salts, Bakhius Roozeboom, 624 ; 

 the Peptone of Kiihne, Mr. Pekelharing, 624 ; Agricultural 

 Chemistry, Drainage Waters of Cultivated Lands, M. P. P. 

 Deherain, 287 ; Proposed Inve-tigat on of Chemical Com- 

 position of Soils in Cape Colony, 301 ; on the Organic Sub- 

 stances constituting Vegetable Soil, MM. Berthelot and 

 Andre, 551 



Chersky (I. D.), Death of, 232 



Chicago Exhibition, Ceylon's Contribution to, 156 



Chicago Exhibition, Instruments for the Earthquake Laboratory 

 at the. Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., F. Omori, 356 



Chicago, the University of, 278 



Child (Theodore), Death of, 65 



China : Railways in, 400 ; Remarkable Cold Wave over, B. J. 

 Skertchly, 516 



Cholera, a New Method of Treatment for, 83 



Chromatic Curves of Microscope Objectives, on the, Dr. W. H. 

 Dallinger, 501 



Chronology ; the Calendar System of the Ancient Aztecs, 



Zelia Nuttall, 156 

 Cider, the Improvement by Wine-Yeast of, Nathan, 208 

 City and Guilds of London Institute ; Improvements in Techno- 

 logical Examinations, 612 

 Clapham Junction and Paddington Railway, 515 

 Clark (G. M.), Determination of Low Temperatures by 



Platinum Thermometers, 95 

 Clark (H. L.), the Flight-Speed of Wild Ducks, 374 

 Clark (Prof. W. B.), the Surface Cunfiguralion of Maryland 

 j from the Meteorological point of view, 585 

 j Clayton (H. H.), Cloud Observations at Blue Hill (Mass.) 

 I Observatory, 183 

 Cleveland (D.), the Trap-door Spider, 375 

 Cliff and Cave Dwellings in Central Arizona, J. W. Tourney, 



112 

 Climate of New South Wales, Physical Geography and, H. C. 



Russell, F.R.S., 258 

 Climate, Fossil Floras and. Sir William Dawson, F.R.S., 556, 



J. Starkie Gardner, 582 

 Climate, Fossil Plants as Tests of, A. C. Seward, 267, 364 ; 

 ' J. Starkie Gardner, 267, 364 ; Chas, E, De Ranee, 294, 342 

 Climatology : Indications of a Rainy Period in Southern Peru, 



A. E. Douglass, 38 ; Recent Researches on the Influence of 



Forests, Dr. Schubert, 480 

 Climbing Plants, Dr. H. Schenck, W. Botting Hemsley, 



F.R.S.,514 

 Cline (I. M.), Hot Winds in Texas, May 29 and 30, 1892, 454 

 Clouds, the Niagara Spray, Chas. A. Carus-Wilson, 414 

 Clowes (Prof. Frank), a New Portable Miner's Safety-Lamp, 



596 

 Co-planar Vectors and Trigonometry, the Algebra of, R. Baldwin 



Hay ward, F.R.S., 266 

 Coal Bricks, Anthracite, the Manufacture of, 396 

 Coal Pits and Pitmen, R. Nelson Boyd, 481 

 Coccidas, the Use of Ants to Aphides and, T. D. A. Cockerell, 



608 

 Cockerell (T. D. A.), the Use of Ants to Aphides andCoccidse, 



608 

 Codman (J. E.), No:es on the Use of Automatic Rain Gauges, 



261 

 Cohn (Dr. F.), Comet Holmes, 326 

 Coincidence of Solar and Terrestrial Phenomena, Prof. G. E. 



Hale, 425 

 Cold, Interesting Results in Application of, 184 

 Cole (Frank J.), British Earthworms, 295 

 Cole (Prof. Grenville A. J.), Geology of Scotland, loi ; the 



Afterglow, 127 ; Glacial Drift of the Irish Channel, 464 

 Colenso (Rev. W., F. R.S.), Some Reminiscences of the 



Maoris, 41 

 Colgan (Nathaniel), What is the True Shamrock ? 302 

 College of Science, Durham, Appeal for Relief from Financial 



Difficulties, 585 

 College of Science, Newcastle, Laying Foundation Stone of, 



129 

 Colles (G. W., jun.). Distance of the Stars by Doppler's 



Principle, 596 

 I Collett (Sir H.), Super- .\bundant Rain, 247 

 I Collie (J. N.). the Production of Naphthalene Derivatives from 

 j Dehydracetic Acid, 311 

 I Collie (N.), Production of Orcinol, &c., from Dehydracetic 



Acid, 238 

 Colliery Explosions, Colliers and, R. Nelson Boyd, 481 

 I Colonial Mete <rology, C. J. Symons, F.R.S., 390 

 Colorado, on the High Altitudes of, and their Climates, Dr. C. 



J. Williams, 333 

 Colorimeter for Comparing Intensity of Colour in Solution, 



Papasogli, 131 

 Colour : Helmholtz on Hering's Theory of. Prof. J. D. Everett, 



F.R.S., 365 ; the Cause of the Sexual Differences of Colour 



in Eclectus, Prof. A. B. Meyer, 486; Sensitiveness of the 



Eye to Light and Colour, Captain W. de W. Abney, F.R.S., 



538 ; Origin of Colour, VII. VIII. and IX, H. E. Armstrong, 



551 ; Colour Blindness, Dr. W. Pole, 335 ; Note on the 



Colours of the Alkali Metals, G. S. Newth, 55; Wm. L. 



Duf'ley, 175 ; Iridescent Colours, Alex. Hodgkinson, 92 ; 



Baron C. B. Osten-Sacken, 102 

 Colson (R.), Demonstration by means of Telephone of existence 



of Interference of Electric Waves in Closed Circuit, 96 



