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nectric Discharge, Dr. J. N. Collie and Prof. W. Ramsay, 

 R.S., 478; Density of Helium, Wm. Ramsay, F.R.S., 

 , iS : Practical Proofs of Chemical Laws, Vaughan Cornish, 

 ) ; a Substitute for Sulphuretted Hydrogen, 32; Action of 

 - 1 icon on Iron, Chromium and Silver, Henri Moissan, 47 : 

 \otion of Chlorine on Normal Propyl Alcohol, Andre 

 iirochet, 48 ; Ozotoluene, Adolphe Renard, 48 ; Nitration of 



aMenthone, M. Konovaloff, 48 ; Death of A. M. Villon, 59 ; 

 the Phenomenon of Decomposition by Pressure, W. Spring, 

 -o ; Silicides of Nickel and Cobalt, M. Vigouroux, 71; 

 ivstallised Normal Calcium Chromite, E. Dufau, 71 ; the 

 \icoholates, H. Lescoeur, 71 ; Properties of Emulsion from 

 Mushrooms, Em. Bourquelot and H. Herissey, 71 ; Death 

 of Prof. Geo. Lawson, 86 ; Carbonic Snow, P. Villard and 

 R. Jarry, 88 ; Action of Sulphur Vapour on Copper, R. 

 Ajipleyard, 95 ; Methyleugenol and Eugenol, Ch. Moureu, 

 00 : Origin of Atmospheric Oxygen, T. L. Phipson, 96 ; 

 I'ectase in Plants, G. Bertrand and A. Mallevre, 96; Struc- 

 ture of Earthy Silicates, A. Lacroix, 96 ; a probably New 

 Element in Terbium Earths, Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 96 ; Milk, 

 its Nature and Composition, C. M. Aikman, loi ; Prof. 

 Ramsay's Researches, Lord Kelvin, 114; Chemical Society, 

 118, 142, 214, 310, 357, 454, 499; Action of Phenol on 

 Mercurous Iodide, Maurice Fran9ois, 119; Manganese Sili- 

 cide, M. Vigouroux, 119; New Series of Hydrazines, F. D. 

 Chattaway and H. Ingle, 119; Free Hydrazine, Lobry de 



IJruyn and A. van Ehenstein, 328 ; Hydrazine Hydrate, 

 kbry de Bruyn, 328 ; Constitution of Nitrosulphates, E. 

 ■vers and T. Haga, 119 ; Normal Hexane, G. L. Thomas 

 pd S. Young, 119; Constituents of Polygonum cuspidal um 

 fcot, A. G. Perkin, 1 19 ; Action of Hydrofluoric Acid on 

 pystallised Silicon, G. S. Newth, 119; Para-Ethoxyquino- 

 me, C. Grimaux, 119 ; Rapid Estimation of Nitric Nitrogen 

 in Vegetable Products, P. Pichard, 119; the Critical Tem- 

 perature of Hydrogen, Dr. L. Natanson, 131, 249 ; the 

 Behaviour of Hippuric Acid, K. Voshimura, 137 ; the Major 

 Premiss in Physical Chemistry, Robert B. Warder, 139; 

 Efflorescence of Double Ferrous Aluminium Sulphate on 

 Bricks exposed to Sulphur Dioxide, D. Paterson, 142 ; 

 Presence of Sodium in Electrolytic Aluminium, Henri 

 Moissan, 144 ; Death of Dr. A. de C. Pinto, 160 ; on the 

 New Gases obtained from Uraninite, J- Norman Lockyer, 

 F. R.S., 163, 526; Action of Alcohol on Mercurous Iodide, 

 Maurice Fran9ois, 168 ; Distribution of Boric Acid in Nature, 

 H Jay, 168; New Heavy Liquid, S. L. Penfield, 178; 

 Effect of Mutual Replacement of Manganese and Iron on 

 Optical Properties of Lithiophylite and Triphylite, S. L. 

 Penfield and J. H. Pratt, 190 ; Reduction of Selenic Acid 

 hy Hydrochloric Acid, F. A. Gooch and P. S. Evans, jun., 

 190; Reduction of Selenic Acid by Potassium Bromide in 

 Acid Solution, F. A. Gooch and VV. S. Scoville, 190; 

 lodometric Determination of Selenious and Selenic 

 Acids, F. A. Gooch and A. W. Peirce, 286 ; 

 Direct Combination of Nitrogen with Metals, A. Rossel, 

 192 ; Crystallised Chromous Sulphide, A. Mourlot, 192 ; 

 Lithium Subchloride, M. Guntz, 192 ; Aspergillus 

 or'zie, E. Sorel, 192 ; a Laboratory Manual of Organic 

 Chemistry, Dr. Lassar-Cohn, J. B. Cohen, 195 ; Death 

 of Dr. Sickenberger, 203 ; the Direct Absorption of 

 Nitrogen by Metals, MM. Limb, Rossel, Frank and Des- 

 landres, 204 ; the Molecular Structure of Hardened Steel, 

 M. Osmond, 205 ; Camphoic Acid, J. E. Marsh and J. A. 

 Gardner, 214; New Derivatives from a-dibromocamphor, M. 

 i). Forster, 214 ; Isomeric ir-bromo-a-nitrocamphors, A. Lap- 

 worth and F. S. Kipping, 214; Derivatives of ir-bromocam- 

 phoric Acid, F. S. Kipping, 214 ; ir-chlorocamphoric Acid, 

 V. S. Kipping and W. J. Pope, 214; Derivatives of a-hydrio- 

 (line, C. Revis and V. S. Kipping, 214; Alkaline Reduct'on 

 of Metanitraniline, R. Meldola and E. R. Andrews, 214 ; 

 Trouve's Calcium Carbide (Acetylene) Lamp, 226 ; the Com- 

 bustion of Acetylene, H. Le Chatelier, 239 ; Acetylene, 349 ; 

 Acetylene Theory of Luminosity, V. B. Lewes, 357 ; Pro- 

 ducts of Combustion of Acetylene Burner and Explosive 

 Mixtures of Acetylene with Air, N. Grehant, 599 ; Fixation 

 of Nitrogen by Alkaline Earth Metals, L. Maquenne. 239 ; 

 Titanium Silicide, L. Levy, 239 ; Rotatory Power of Super- 

 fused Rhamnose, D. Gernez, 239 ; Syntheses of Acid 

 Chlorides and Amide Hydrochlorides, A. Colson, 239 ; 

 Action of Halogens on Formaldehyde, A. Brochet, 239 ; 

 Kurzes Handbuch der Kohlenhydrate, B. ToUens, 242 ; Prac- 



tical Inorganic Chemistry, Dr. G. S. Turpin, 243 ; Physik- 

 alische-Chemische Propaedeutik, H. Griesbach, 196 ; Action 

 of Nitrogen Peroxide on Halogen Salts of Tin, V. Thomas, 

 263 ; Mode of Decomposition of Amides and AmidoCom- 

 pounds, OEchsner de Coninck, 263 ; the Scientific Founda- 

 tions of Analytical Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald, 267 ; the 

 Chemical Society's Helmholtz Memorial Lecture by Prof, G. 

 F. Fitzgerald, 296 ; Dimethylaniline Derivatives, C. de B. 

 Evans, 310 ; Formation of Ammonium Amalgam, J. Proude 

 and W. H. Wood, 310 ; Molecular Volumes of Organic Sub- 

 stances in Solution, W. W, J. Nicol, 310; 2 : i /8-Naphthy- 

 laminesulphonic Acid and corresponding Chloronaphthalene- 

 sulphonic Acid, H. E. Armstrong and W. P. Wynne, 310 ; 

 Disulphonic Acids obtained by sulphonating i ; 3-a-naph- 

 thylamine and i : 3-0-chloronaphthelene-sulphonic Acids, 

 H. E. Armstrong and W. P. Wynne, 311 ; Solubility of 

 Sodium Thiosulphate in Alcohol, P. Parmentier, 311 ; New 

 Method of preparing Roussin's Salt, C. Marie and R. 

 Marquis, 311 ; Action of Carbonyl Chloride on Hydrogen 

 Compounds, A. Besson, 311 ; Etude chimique du Glycogene 

 chez les Champignons et les levures. Dr. G. Clautrian, 315 ; 

 Anleitung zur Molekulargewichtsbestimmung, Dr. Gotthold 

 Fuchs, 315 ; the Liquefaction of Air and Research at Low 

 Temperatures, Prof. J. Dewar, F. R.S., 329 ; the New Process 

 for the Liquefaction of Air and other Gases, 515 ; the Part 

 played by Carbonic Acid Gas in Air, Prof Abbe, 373 ; the 

 Distribution of Carbon Dioxide in Air, 374 ; Action of Heat 

 on Mercurous Iodide, Maurice Fran9ois, 335 ; Absorption of 

 Light by Solutions of Indophenols, MM. Bayrac and Ch. 

 Camichel, 335 ; Production of Pure Gaseous Formic Alde- 

 hyde, A. Brochet, 336 ; the Electrical Manufacture of 

 Chlorate of Potash and Calcic Carbide, 349 ; Action of 

 Sodium Alcoholate on Aromatic Amides, J. B. Cohen and W. 

 H. Archdeacon, 357 ; Action of Sugar on Ammoniacal Silver 

 Nitrate, J. Henderson, 357 ; Rotation of Optically Active 

 Compounds in Organic Solvents, P. Frankland and R. H. 

 Pickard, 357 ; Transformation of Alkyl-Ammonium Cyanates 

 into corresponding Ureas, J. Walker and J. R. Appleyard, 

 357 ; the Acid Fluorides, MM. Meslans, F. Girardet, and A. 

 Colson, 359 ; the Acid Fluorides, A. Colson, 376 ; a Hydride 

 of Lithium, M. Guntz, 359, 402; the Iodine Molecule in Solu- 

 tion, Dr. W. W. J. Nicoll, 383 ; Campholide, A. Haller, 

 383 ; Silicide of Copper, M. Vigouroux, 384 ; Bromide 

 and Chlorobromide of Thionyl, A. Besson, 384 ; a Crys- 

 tallised Sulpho-phosphide of Tin, A. Granger, 384 ; 

 Death of Dr. K. Stblzel, 399 ; Uranium Carbide, H. Mois- 

 san, 402 ; Phosphoric Anhydride and Metaphosphoric Acid, 

 W. A. Tilden and R. E. Barnet, 406 ; Lead Tetracetate, A. 

 Hutchinson and W. Pollard, 406 ; Improved Methods of 

 Determining Urea by Hypobromite Process, 406 ; Luteolin, 

 A. G. Perkin, 406 ; Products of Dry Distillation of Bran 

 with Lime, W. F. Laycock, 406 ; Cerium and Lithium Car- 

 bides, H. Moissan, 407 ; Rapid Method of Estimating Arsenic, 

 R. Engel and J. Bernard, 407 ; Composition of Fire-damp, 

 Th. Schloesing, jun., 407; Metallic Residues extracted from 

 Amalgams at Low Temperature, M. Guntz, 423 ; Density of 

 Oxygen and Hydrogen, Prof. E. W. Morley, 428 ; Combina- 

 tion of Oxygen and Hydrogen at Low Temperatures, A. 

 Gautier and H. Helier, 480 ; Organic Matter in Expired Air, 

 Drs. Billings and Mitchell, 429 ; Carbide of Manganese, 

 H. Moissan, 431 ; Borides of Nickel and Cobalt, 431 ; New 

 Mode of Formation of Nitroprussides, C. Marie and R. 

 Marquis, 432 ; Death of Dr. A. D. Kennedy, 443 ; the 

 Yellow Colour of 2 : 3-Hydroxynaphthoic Acid, H. E. Arm- 

 strong, 454 ; Etherification, H. E. Armstrong, 454 ; Con- 

 ditions of Inversion in Asymmetric Compounds, H. E. 

 Armstrong, 454 ; Production of Naphthalene and Isoquin- 

 oline Derivatives from Dehydracetic Acid, J. N. Collie and 

 N. T. M. Wilsmore, 454 ; a Difficulty in Determination of 

 Nitrogen by Absolute Method, W. R. Dunstan and F. H. 

 Carr, 454 ; Preparation of Silico-chloroform, C. Combes, 

 455 ; Oxidation of Crotonic Aldehyde, E. Charon, 455 ; 

 Handbuch der Mineralchemie, C. F. Rammelsberg, 459 ; 

 Report of Committee on Cylinders of Compressed Gas, 472 ; 

 Composition of Russian Essence of Aniseed, MM. G. 

 Bouchardat and Tardy, 480 ; Carbides of Yttrium and 

 Thorium, H. Moissan and £tard, 480; Determination of 

 Mass of Cubic Decimetre of Distilled Water, J. M, de 

 Lepinay, 480 ; Explosion of Cyanogen, H. B. Dixon, E. H. 

 Strange and E. Graham, 499 ; Explosion of Chlorine Per- 



