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U^^^SuZ/ietmnt to Nature, 

 I^^K Dtcetnber i, 1892 



^^^Kittenger Obiervration 



Inaex 



Hger ObiervAtions, Preliminary Account of 

 Circulation based on the, Dr. A. Buchan, 383 



Oceanic 



Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 221 



Chandler (Dr.), Variation of Latitude, 21 1, 476 ; Refraction in 

 Micometric and Photographic Measures, 401 



Chapman (C. H.), An Elementary Course in Theory of Equa- 

 tions, 199 



Chapman (Dr. H. C), the Brain of the Gorilla, 229 



Characters, Acquired, the Bearing of Pathology upon the Doc- 

 trine of the Transmission of, Henry J. Tylden, 302 



Characters Acquired, the Transmission of, through Heredity, 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, 504 



Charcot and Darboux (MM.), the Calculator Inaudi, 167 



Charcot (Dr.), A Shaking Cure for Nervous Complaints, 451 



Charpentier (Aug.), the Retardation in the Perception of the 

 different Ways of the vSpectrum, 192 



Chart of the Heavens, Photographic, H. C. Russell, 576 



Chassy (A.), on the Laws of Electrolysis, 47 



Chatham Islands, Aphanapteryx and other Remains in the, 

 Henry O. Forbes, 252 



Chatham Islands, Discovery of the Bones of a Flightless Bird 

 in the, H. O. Forbes, 408 



Cheetah Killed by Wild Boar, C. Meares, 178 



Chemistry : Prof. Emil Fischer on the Constitution of the 

 Dulcitol Group, 16 ; Chemical Society, 22, 94, 141, 189, 

 311 ; Turacin, Prof. A. H. Church, F.R.S., 22 ; the Separa- 

 ion of Arsenic, Antimony, and Tin, J. Clark, 22 ; Platinous 

 ~ iloride as a Source of Chlorine, Shenstone and Beck, 22 ; 

 Bcomposition of Mannitol and Dextrose by Bacillus etha- 

 icus, Frankland and Lumsden, 22 ; Adhesion of Mercury 

 Glass in presence of Halogens, W. A. Shenstone, 22 ; 

 Preparation of Glycollic Acid, H. G. Colman, 22 ; 

 ction of Silicon Tetrachloride on substituted Phenylamines, 

 E. Reynolds, 22 ; Chemistry of Compounds of Thiourea 

 Miocarbimides with Aldehyde-Ammonia, A. E. Dixon, 

 Atomic Weight of Boron, J. L. Hoskyns-Abrahall, 23 ; 

 )f. Ramsay and Miss Aston on the Atomic Weight of 

 jron, 403 ; Boron Trisulphide, H. Moissan, 340 ; Boron 

 ?entasulphide, H. Moissan, 364 ; Death and Obituary Notice 

 of Prof. A. W. Hofmann, 37 ; Proposed Institute in Memory 

 of Prof, von Hofmann, 449 ; Acetyl Fluoride, prepared by 

 M. Maurice Meslans, 40; the Nature and Chemical Behaviour 

 of Acetyl P'luoride, Meslans, 63 ; a New Case of Abnormal 

 Solution, Decrease of Solubility of Ethyl Bromide in Ether 

 with increase of Temperature, F. Parmentier, 48 ; Occurrence 

 of Fluorine in different varieties of Natural Phosphates, Ad. 

 Carnot, 48 ; Fossil Wood containing Fluorine, T. L. Phip- 

 son, 580 ; Thermal Value of Replacement of Hydrogen in 

 Phenolic Hydroxyl, M. de Forcand, 48 ; the International 

 Conference on Chemical Nomenclature, Prof. H. E. Arm- 

 strong, F. R.S., 56 ; Molecular Masses of Dextrine and Gum 

 Arabic, as determined by their Osmotic Pressures, C. E. 

 Linebarger, 67 ; Action of Potassium Cyanide on Ammo- 

 niacal Copper Chloriile, E. Fleurent, 71 ; Sodium Trimethyl- 

 carbinol, De Forcand, 71 ; the New Element, Masrium, A. 

 E. Tutton, 79 ; Masrite and Masrium, H. D. Richmond and 

 Hussein Off, 94 ; the Existence of two Acetaldoxines, Dun- 

 stan and Dymond, 94 312; Sulphonic Acids derived from 

 Anisoils (i.), G. T. Moody, 94; Formation of Trithionate by 

 Action of Iodine of mixture of Sulphite and Thiosulphate, 

 W. Spring, 94 ; Determination of Temperature of Steam 

 from boiling Salt Solutions, J. Sakurai, 94 ; Note on 

 an Observation by Gerlach, of the Boiling-point of 

 a Solution of Glauber's Salt, J. Sakurai, 94 ; Con- 

 tribution to the History of Silico-Carbon Compounds, P. 

 Schutzenberger, 96 ; Elements of Critical Points of Ciibonic 

 Acid, E. H. AmE^at, 96; Odoriferous Properties of Fatty 

 Alcohols, Jacques Passy, 96 ; Laboratory Practice, a Series of 

 Experiments on the Fundamental Principles of Chemistry, 

 Jo^iah Parsons Cooke, 99 ; on the Relative Densities of Hydro- 

 gen and Oxygen, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., loi ; Density of 

 Nitrogen, Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S., 512 ; Cyanide of Arsenic, 

 M. Guenez, 109 ; Dibromomalonic Acid, G. Massol, 119; 

 Agricultural Chemistry : Soils and Manures, John M. H. 

 Munro, 125 ; Micro - Organisms of the Soil, Prof. 

 Alfred Springer, 576 ; Jahrbuch der Chemie, 133 ; 

 Redetermination of the Atomic Weights of Copper, Dr. 

 Richards, 134 ; Micro- Organisms in their Relation to Chemi- 

 cal Change, Prof. Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S., 135; 

 ithe Magnetic Rotation of Compounds supposed to contain 



Acetyl or of Ketonic Origin, W, H. Perkin, 141 ; the Ori- 

 gin of Colour : ii. the Constitution of Coloured Nitro-Com- 

 pounds ; iii. Colour as an Evidence of Isodynamic Change, 

 H. E. Armstrong, 142 ; Studies on Isomeric Change ; iv. 

 Halogen Derivatives of Quinone, I., A. R. Ling, 142 ; Halo- 

 gen Derivatives of Quinone, II. A. R. Ling and J. L. Baker, 

 142 ; Crystalline Forms of Sodium Salts of Substituted Anilic 

 Acids, W. J. Pope, 142 ; Formation of a Hydrocarbon 

 (CigHja) from Phenylpropionic Acid, F. S. Kipping, 142; Met- 

 allic Derivatives of Acetylone, R. J. Plimpton, 142 ; Note on 

 Diastatic Action, E. R. Moritz and T. A. Glendinning, 142 ; 

 a Hydrosilicate of Cadmium, G. Rousseau and G. 

 Tite, 144 ; the Atomic Weight of Oxygen, Robt. 

 Lehfeldt, 151 ; Application of Measurement of Density 

 to Determination of Atomic Weight of Oxygen, A. 

 Leduc, 387 ; the New Laboratory of the Case School- 

 Cleveland, Ohio, C. F. Mabery, 160 ; the Crystal, 

 lography of Certain New Salts (Fluoximolybdates of 

 Copper and Zinc) obtained by Prof. F. Mauro, Prof. E. 

 Scacchi, 162 ; Conditions of Formation and Decomposition 

 of Nitrous Acid, V. H. Veley, 188 ; Certain Ternary Alloys, 

 vi. Aluminium, &c., C. R. A. Wright, K.R.S., 18S ; 

 Ethylene Derivatives of Diazoamide Compounds, R. Meldola 

 and F. W. Streat field , 1 89 ; Action of Light on Silver Chloride, 

 H. B. Baker, 189 ; Estimation of Slag in Wrought Iron, A. 

 E. Barrows and T. Turner, 189 ; Corydaline, ii. J. J. Dobbe, 

 and A. Lauder, 190 ; Action of Bromine on Althylthiocar- 

 bimide, A. E. Dixon, 190 ; Hydrolytic Functions of 

 Veast, i., J. O'SuUivan, 190; Lapachic Acid and its 

 Derivatives, S. C. Hooker, 190; the Oxidation of Nitrogen 

 by Means of Electric Sparks, Dr. V. Lepel, 210 ; Me- 

 tallic Carbonyls, Ludwig Mond, F.R.S., 230 ; Dr. Gladstone 

 on the Molecular Refraction and Dispersion of Metallic 

 Carbonyls and of Indium, Gallium and Sulphur, 402 , 

 Estimation of Uric Acid in Urine, F. G. Hopkins; 

 236; Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry, P'orster Morley 

 and M. M. Pattison Muir, Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 242; 

 the Precise Determinationof the Critical Density, E. Mathias, 

 263 ; the Composition of Water and Gay-Lussac's Law of 

 Volumes, A. Leduc, 263 ; on the Carburization of Iron, 

 John Parry, 283 ; Inorganic Synthesis of Azoimide (N3H), A. 

 E. Tutton, 286 ; Determination of Density of Gases, H. 

 Moissan and H. Gautier, 288 ; Production of Pyridine 

 Derivatives from Lactone of Triacetic Acid, N. Collie and 

 W. S. Myers, 311 ; Fermentation of Arabinose by Bcuilltts 

 ethaceticus, P. F. Frankland and J. Macgregor, 311 ; Re- 

 solution of Lactic Acid into its Optically Aciive Components, 

 T. Purdie and J. W. Walker, 311 ; New Method of Determin- 

 ing Number of NHj Groups in certain Organic Bases, R. 

 Meldola and E. M. Hawkins, 311; Preparation of Alkyl 

 Iodides, J. Walker, 312 ; Products of Dry Distilla- 

 tion of Bran with Lime, W. F. Laycock and F. 

 Klingemann, 312 ; Proto-iodide of Carbon, H. Moissan, 312 ; 

 Action of Paraffin Nitrites on Muscular Tissue, Dr. J. T. 

 Cash, F.R.S., and W. R. Dunstan, 339; Sal- Soda manu- 

 facture in United States, Prof. C. F. Mabery, 332 ; Exist- 

 ence in Earth of an Acid Mineral Substance as yet undeter- 

 mined, P. de Mondesir, 387 ; the Industrial Preparation of 

 Carbonic Acid in France, 399 ; Opening Address in Section B 

 by Prof. Herbert McLeod, F.R.S., at the British Association, 

 327 ; Prof. Crum Brown on Electrolytic Synthesis, 401 ; 

 Prof. Ramsay on the Impurities in Chloroform, 401 ; Prof. 

 Lewes on the Luminosity of Hydrocarbon Flames, 401 ; Ex- 

 periments on Flame, Prof. Smithells, 402 ; the Reaction of 

 Hydrogen with Mixtures of Hydrogen and Chlorine, Dr. J. 

 A. Harker, 402 ; Prof. Clowes on a proposed new Safety 

 Lamp, 402 ; Prof. Roberts Austen on the Effect of Small 

 Quantities of Foreign Matter on the Properties of Metals, 

 402 ; Dr. G. H. Bailey on Impurities of Town Air, 402 ; 

 Subsection on Chemical Oceanography, 408 ; Application 

 of Chemical Analysis for fixing age of Prehistoric Human 

 Remains, Adolphe Carnot, 412 ; Heat of Production of some 

 Chloride Compounds, M. Berthelot and Matignon, 436 ; 

 Quantitative Determination of Peptone, L. A. Hallopteau, 

 436 ; Echinochrome, a Respiratory Pigment, A. B. Griffiths, 

 508 ; Ptomaine obtained from cultivation of Micrococcus 

 tetragemis, A. B. Griffiths, 508 ; a New Course of Experi- 

 mental Chemistry, with Key, John Castell-Evans, 511 ; Fuels 

 and their Use, Dr. J. Emerson Reynolds, F.k.S., 527; 

 Action of Bromine in presence of Aluminium Bromide on 



