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SCOTT, ALEXANDER 



1887. Vapour density of Na, K, AgCl, PbCl 2 , CdBr 2 , CrCl 3 , 

 MnCl 2 , 361 



1893. Composition of water, 127 ; combining volumes of 



hydrogen and oxygen, 334 

 SEEBECK, THOMAS JOHANN, b. 1770, Reval ; d. 1831, Berlin 



1808. Amalgam from ammonia, 265 

 SMITH, ALEXANDER. Properties of dried calomel, 530 

 SODDY, F. Radio-elements, 466 ; isotopes, 467 

 SODDY AND HYMAN. Variable atomic weight of lead, 303 

 STAHL, GEORGE ERNEST, b. 1660, Anspach ; d. Berlin. 



Theory of phlogiston, 31 



1702. Prepares a volatile acid from burning sulphur, 163 



1702. Oxidation of sulphites to sulphates, 164 



STAS, JEAN SERVAIS, b. 1813, Louvain ; d. 1891, Brussels 



1841. "Researches on the True Atomic Weight of Carbon" 

 by Dumas and Stas. Composition of carbonic 

 anhydride, 148 ; combustion of cinnamic acid, 373 



1849. " New Researches on the True Atomic Weight of 

 Carbon." Composition of carbonic oxide, 151 



1860-82. Combining weights of nitrogen, sulphur, chlorine, 

 bromine, iodine, lithium, sodium, potassium, lead, 

 silver, 315 



1860. " Researches on the Reciprocal Relations of the Atomic 

 Weights." Combining weights of Ag, Cl, K, Na, N, 

 S, Pb, 316 ; law of multiple proportions verified by 

 Stas's analyses, 308; Prout's hypothesis an illusion, 484 



1865. " New Researches on the Laws of Chemical Propor- 

 tions, on Atomic Weights and their Mutual Rela- 

 tions." Tests the law of fixed proportions, 301, and 

 reciprocal proportions, 317 



1876-81. " Determination of the Proportional Relation between 

 Silver, the Chlorides, and the Bromides." Com- 

 bining weights of K, Na, N, Ag, &c., 316 



1887. Prout's hypothesis recognised, 485 



All quotations are from the complete Works (Oeuvres 

 Completes) published in 3 volumes in 1894. 

 STRUTT, HON. R. J. 



1901. Prout's hypothesis and the law of probability, 485 

 SUTHERLAND, W. Ice, water, and steam, 527 



TAMMAN, GUSTAV. Light ice and dense ice, 528 

 TAYLOR, PHILIPS 



1812. Spirit of wood, 404 



