Nature, 

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Index 



or Platinum and the N'apour of Alcohols, A. Trillat, 312 ; on 

 Kerrisulphuric Acid and Ethyl Ferrisulphate, A. Recoura, 

 312 ; a New Class of Complex Cyanides, P. Chretien, 312 ; 

 on the Isonitrosomalonic Ethers and their Conversion into 

 Mesoxalic Ethers, L. Bouveault and A. Wahl, 312 ; Action 

 of Ammonia on the Compound of Oxide of Ethylene and 

 /3-o-cyclohexanediol, Leon Brunei, 312 ; on the Phospho- 

 urganic Reserve .Material of Plants, S. Posternak, 312, 3bo ; 

 the Constitution of the Phospho-organic Acid in the Re- 

 serve Material of Green Plants and on the First Reduction 

 Product of Carbonic Acid in the Act of Chlorophyll Assimi- 

 lation, S. Posternak, 432 ; on the Organic Respiratory 

 (jases in Diabetes, J. Le GofT, 312; Determination of 

 Radicles in Carbon Compounds, Dr. H. Meyer, 319; the 

 ICucalypts, D. E. Hutchins and E. Hutchins, 320; Silitide 

 of Ruthenium, Henri Moissan and VVilhelm Manchot, 

 336 ; Cyclohexane, Paul Sabatier and Alph. Mailhe, 336 ; 

 a Double Carbide of Chromium and Tungsten, Henri 

 Moissan and A. Kouznetzovv, 360 ; Addition of Hydrogen 

 to Aldehydes and Ketones by Catalysis, Paul Sabatier and 

 J. B. Senderens, 360; Estimation of Pyridine in Aqueous 

 Solution, Maurice Francois, 360; Secondary Amides, M. 

 Tarbouriech, 360; Qualitative Chemical Analysis, John B. 

 Garvin, 366 ; Products of Combustion in Gas and Oil 

 Stoves, 382 ; Alkaline Reaction of the Blood, H. Labb6, 

 384 ; Apparatus for the Preparation of Pure Gases, Henri 

 Moissan, 384 ; Mechanical Analysis of Soils, Th. 

 Schloesing, sen., 384; the Relations between Scientific 

 Research and Chemical Industry, Prof. Raphael Meldola, 

 F.R.S., at the University Extension Meeting at Oxford, 

 398 ; Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Electrolysis, Prof. 

 Classen, Dr. F. Molhvo Perkin, 412 ; Determinations of 

 the CoetTicient of Thermal Expansion of Fused Quartz, L. 

 Holborn and F. Hemming, 422 ; Karl Sheel, 422 ; the 

 Micro-balance of Prof. Xernst, 422 ; the Composition of the 

 Swedish Turnip, S. H. Collins, 427 ; Synthesen in der 

 Purin- und Zuckergruppe, Emil Fischer, 466 ; Practical 

 Chemistry, A\'alter Harris, 495 ; Untersuchungen iiber 

 Amylose und Amyloseartige Korper, O. Biitschli, 495 ; Die 

 Schule der Chemie, Erste Einfuhrung in die Chemie fiir 

 Jedermann, Wilhelm Ostwald, 521 ; Vessels of Quartz 

 Glass, 531 ; a Combination of Aluminium Sulphate 

 with Sulphuric Acid, E. Baud, 568 ; Nitrosite of 

 Pulegone, P. Genvresse, 568 ; Production of Sulphur- 

 etted Hydrogen by Yeast Extract, Emm. Pozzi- 

 Escot, 568 ; Electrolytic Preparations, Dr. Karl 

 Elbs, 571 ; Formation of " Liesegang's Rings " by Pre- 

 cipitation of Silver Chromate in Gelatin, H. W. Morse 

 and G. W. Pierce, 578 ; Iridium Apparatus, Prof. 

 Xernst, 587 ; the Precipitation of Colloids by Salts, Prof. 

 Biltz, 587; Optical Isomerism, Prof. Wallach, 587; 

 Theory of Ozone Formation, Prof. Nernst, 587; Dr. 

 Srhenck's Red-phosphorus, Dr. Marquart, 588 ; Action of 

 Phosphorus Acid upon Mannite, P. Carr^, 592 ; Products 

 of Oxidation of Xitro-pyromucic Acid, R. Marquis, 592 ; 

 a Laboratory Manual of Phvsiological Chemistry, 

 Ralph W. Webster and Waldemar Koch, Prof. W. D. 

 Halliburton, F.R.S., 594; the Arithmetic of Elementary 

 Physics and Chemistry, H. M. Timpany, 597 ; Traits d'e 

 Chimie physique, Les Principes, Jean Perrin, 597; the 

 Molecular Composition of Sulphur Vapour, M. Preuner, 

 606; the Solubility of Iodine, .M. Stromholm, 606; Im- 

 proved Form of a Double Surface Condenser, Messrs. 

 Brewster, Smith and Co., 606; Xew Bunsen Burner and 

 .Midget Furnace, Messrs. Brewster, Smith and Co., 606; 

 the -Abnormal Fixation of Trioxymethylene on Certain 

 Organo-magnesium Derivatives, ' M. Tiffenau and R. 

 Delange, 616; a New Method for the Preparation of 

 Ketones, Constantin B^is, 6i6 ; on the Temperature of 

 Inflammation and on the Slow Combustion of Sulphur in 

 Oxygen, Henri Moissan, 616; the Elementary Chemistry 

 of Photographic Chemicals, C. Sordes Ellis,' 619; Jahr- 

 buch der Chemie, 621 ; Composition of Surface Layers of 

 Solution, Miss C. C. Benson, 630; the Fixation of At- 

 mospheric Nitrogen, Dr. Frank, 630 ; Analogy between 

 Asymmetric Carbon and Nitrogen in Regard to Optical 

 Rotation, Dr. Wedekind, 630; Electrolytic Refining of 

 Copper, F. J. Schwab and I. Baum, 630; the State of 

 \'aporised Carbon, M. Berthelot, 639 ; Estimation of 

 .\rgon in .Atmospheric Air, Henri Moissan, 639 ; Compo- 

 sition of Zinc Peroxide, M. KurilofT, 639 ; Separation of 



Iron from Nickel and Cobalt by Lead Oxide (Field's 



Methods), T. H. Laby, 640 

 Ch^neveau (C), Action of the Magnetic Field on the In- 



fusbria, 216 ■ 

 Cheyne (Rev. T. K.), Encyclopaedia Biblica, a Critical Dic- 

 I tionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, 

 I the Archaeology, Geography and Natural History of the 

 I Bible, 148 



i Chlorine Smelting, with Electrolysis, Mr. Swinburne, 285 

 Chops (R. H.), the Junior Arithmetic, Being an Adaptation 



of the Tutorial Arithmetic, Suitable for Junior Classes, 



434 

 Chota Nagpore, a Little Known Province of the Empire, 



F. B. Bradley Birt, J. F. Hewitt, 369 

 Chree (Dr. C, F.R.S.), Seismometry and GSite, 55, 176 

 Chretien (P.), a New Class of Complex Cyanides, 312 

 Christen (T.), Das Gesetz der Translation des Wassers, 246 

 Circumzenithal Apparatus, a New, Fr. Nusl and M. J. J. 



Fric, 376 

 Clark (John B.), Arithmetic for Schools and Colleges, 547 

 Clark (T. M.), Building Superintendence, 414 

 Clarkson (T.), on Improvements in Locomobile Design, 634 

 Classen (Prof.), Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Elec- 

 trolysis, 412 

 Clay (R. S.), Practical Exercises in Light, Being a Labora- 

 tory Course for Schools of Science and Colleges, 217 

 Clemow (Frank G.), the Geography of Disease, 171 

 Gierke (Agnes M.), Problems in Astrophysics, 338 

 Clinch (G.), on the Megalithic Monument of Coldrum in 



Kent, 636 

 Close (Rev. Maxwell Henry), Death of, 488 

 Cloud World, its Features and Significance, the, Samuel 



Barber, 436 

 Clouds, Peculiar, Alfred O. Walker, 416 

 Clouds, Photogrammetric Measurement of the Height of, 



at Simla, W. L. Dallas, 604 

 Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Some Overlooked Zoological 



Generic Names, 526 

 Cohen (E.), Meteoric Iron from N'Goureyma, 46 

 Cohen (Ernst), Physical Chemistry for Physicians and 



Biologists, 245 

 Cole (Prof. Grenville A. J.), the Intrusive Gneiss of Tirerril 



and Drumahair, 215; Geology of Austria-Hungary, 550 

 Coleridge's Theory of Life, Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., 



F.R.S., 102 

 Colin (P.), Magnetic Work at Madagascar, 143 

 Collins (H. F.), Remarkable Mass of Wollastonite at Santa 



F^, Mexico, 214 

 Collins (S. H.), the Composition of the Swedish Turnip, 



427 

 Colloquies of Common People, James Anstie, 246 

 Colomer (F.), Mise en Valeur des Gite's Min^raux, 198 

 Colonial Universities Conference, the Allied, 250 

 Coloration of the Quaggas, the, R. I. Pocock, 356 

 Colour Vision, Theories of, C. A. Chant, 181 

 Comets : a New Comet, Mr. Grigg, 16 ; Comet 1903 5, M. 

 Ebell and H. Kreutz, 42 ; Photographic Observations of 

 Comet 1902 iii. Prof. Sykora, 183 ; Search Ephemeris for 

 Fave's Comet, Prof. E. Stromgren, 207, 461 ; Comet 

 1903 c, G. Favet, 233 ; M. Ebell, 2.1^5 ; Dr. Meyermann, 

 255 ; Prof. Ambron, 255 ; Prof. Hartwig, 255 ; Prof. 

 Mihosevich, 21^1^; Borrelly's Comet (1903 c), Dr. Aitken, 

 353 ; Comet 1903 c Discovered by M. Borrelly on June 21, 

 EV Stephan, 239; Elements of the Borrelly Comet, G. 

 Fayet, 239; Photogr-aph of Borrelly's Comet 1903 c, M- 

 Qu^nisset, 336 ; Ephemeris for, M. Knapp and W. 

 Dziewulski, 398 : the Spectrum of, Dr. Curtis, 376 ; Prof. 

 Perrine, 376"; M. Deslandres, 424: Spectroscopic Observ- 

 ations of, H. Deslandres. 408: Comets and their Tails 

 and the Gegenschein Light, Frederick G. Shaw, 24=; r 

 Search-Ephemeris for Comet 1896 V. (Giacobini), M. 

 Ebell, 256, 491, 606: Photographs of Comet iqo2 i^. Prof. 

 R. H. Curtiss, 305 ; Return of Brooks's Comet, Prof. 

 Aitken, 398; Radiation Pressure and Cortietary Theory, 

 E. F. NichoUs and G. F. Hull, 461 ; 1903-4 Ephemeris 

 for Winnecke's Periodical Comet, C. Hillebrand, 580; 

 the Path of Comet 1894 I. (Denning), Dr. P. Gast. 606 

 Comit^ international des Poids et Mesures, 525 

 Commensalism, Interesting Case of. Dr. R. Horst, 207 

 Common (Dr. A. A., F.R.S.), Death of, 108; Obituary 

 Notice of, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 132 



