554 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 



1 858. Abnormal vapour densities explained by dissociation, 521 

 1865. Molecular heats of compounds, 367 



KUNKEL, JOHANN (1638-1703). 



Preparation of phosphorus, 177 

 LADENBURG, ALBERT (1842-1911) 



1872. Vapour-density of tin triethyl and tetramethyl, 361 

 LANE, TIMOTHY, (1734-1807) 



1769. Fixed air dissolves iron, producing chalybeate water, 



108 



LAMBERT, BERTRAM. Properties of pure iron, 533 

 LASSONE, JOSEPH MARIE FRANCOIS, (1717-1788) 



1776. Discovery of carbonic oxide, 137 

 LAURENT, AUGUSTE, &, 1807, Langres ; d.> 1853, Paris 



1837. On nuclei, 415 



1846. Hydrogen and chlorine as compounds, 421 



1854. Chemical Method (issued after his death by Biot, tr. 

 Odling, 1854). Acids as hydrogen-salts, 249 



LAVOISIER, ANTOINE LAURENT, ., 1743, d., 1794, Paris, a 



victim of the French Revolution 



1772. Sulphur and phosphorus gain in weight when burnt, 



1 68, 178 



1772. "Destruction of the Diamond by Fire," 99 

 1774. " Calcination of Tin in Closed Vessels," 35 



1774. Physical and Chemical Essays (Opuscules Physiques et 



Chimiques). Fixed air formed in reduction of red 

 lead by charcoal, 95 



1775. "The Nature of the Principle which combines with 



Metals during their Calcination and which increases 

 their Weight." (Nov. 1774) Fixed air from red pre- 

 cipitate and charcoal, 97 ; eminently respirable air 

 from red precipitate alone, 97 ; fixed air an oxide of 

 charcoal, 98 



1776. " Existence of Air in Nitrous Acid and on the means of 



Decomposing and Recomposing this Acid." Corn- 

 position of nitric acid, 199; decomposition of nitric 

 acid in presence of mercury, 200 ; combination of 

 nitric oxide and oxygen, 200 



1777. "Combustion of Kunkel's Phosphorus," 178; phos- 



phoric acid, 179 



1777. " Dissolution of Mercury in Vitriolic Acid and its reso- 

 lution into Gaseous Sulphurous Acid and eminently 

 respirabie air." Composition of sulphuric acid, 168 



1777. " Vitriolisation of Martial Pyrites." Oxidation of pyrites 

 174 



