Nature, 1 

 December to, 1903 J 



Index 



ipe Observatory, Report of the, Sir David Gill, 519 

 apitanata, Considerazioni Agrarie sul Piano di. Dr. 

 Xestore Petrilli, 100 



Carbon Photography Made Easy, Thos. Illingworth, 619 



( arpenter (G. H.), on the Relationships between the Classes 

 of the Arthropoda, 119, 628 



(arpenter (Mr.), Relations Existing between Yes^a aus- 

 triaca and I', rufa, 460 



( arr6 (P.), Action of Phosphorous Acid on Erythrite, 48; 

 Action of Phosphorus Trichloride upon Glycerol, 192 ; 

 .Vction of Phosphorous Acid upon Mannite, 592 

 arrier-pigeons. Can, Cross the Atlantic? H. B. Guppy, 497 

 irri^re (M.), Modulus of Traction and the Coefficient of 

 • Expansion of Vulcanised Indiarubber, 95 



Carroll (Dr.), the Mode of Transmission of Yellow Fever, 

 395 



t arruthers (J. B.), Report for 1902 of the Roval Botanic 

 Gardens, Ceylon, 160 



(arson (C. M.), the Action of Liquefied Ammonia on 

 Chromic Chloride, 117 



Cartailhac (fimile), Drawings on the Walls of the Cave of 

 Altamira, 216 



''arus-Wilson (Cecil), Musical Sands, 152 



iscade Range, Forestry in the, Fred. G. Plummer, 406 

 issel, the German Association at, 586 



Castellani (Dr. Aldo), on the Discovery of a Species of Try- 

 panosoma in the Cerebro-spinal Fluid of Cases of Sleep- 

 ing Sickness, 116; Sleeping Sickness, 517 



Castle (Mr.), Heredity of Albinism, 136 



Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in 

 the British Museum (Natural History), 596 



Caterpillar, New Case of Protective Mimicry in a, R. 

 Shelford, 187 



Caves, Exploration of the Kesh, Co. Sligo, 215 



Cell Kites, Tetrahedral, Dr. Graham Bell's, 347 



Celtic Gold Ornaments, the, 201 



Centenary of Heidelberg University, the, 345 



Cephalopods, Triassic, 115 



Certes (A.), Death of, 528 



o Ceti, the Spectrum of, Joel Stebbins, 330 



Chaldea, the Re-creation of, and Egypt Fifty Years Hence, 

 the Restoration of the Ancient Irrigation Works of the 

 Tigris, Sir William Willcocks, 81 



Chalk, Zones in the. Dr. A. W. Rowe, 428 



Challenger Society, 239 



Chalmers (S. D.), Theory of Symmetrical Optical Objectives, 

 3" 



Chamberlain (Austen), Relations between the Post Office 

 and the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., 134 



Chamberlain (Prof.), Embrvogeny of Zamia, 109 



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



Chapman (F.), Red Rain, 423 



Chapman (R. W.), Tides at Port Darwin, 295 ; a Simple 

 Form of Tide Predictor, 322 



Chapman (Dr. T.), Homoechromatism in European Butter- 

 flies, 615 



Charabot (E.), Influence of the Nature of the External 

 Medium on Plant Acidity, 24 ; Distribution of Organic 

 Substances in the Geranium, 192 



( harlottenburg Institute for London, a, 203 

 haron (Ernest), the Chloride of Phenylpropargylidene, 288 

 harpy (Georges), the Cementation of Iron, 24 ; the Dilata- 

 tion of Steel at High Temperatures, 231 ; Action of Car- 

 bon Monoxide upon Iron and its Oxides, 288 



Chattaway (Dr. F. D.), Isomeric Change of Dipropion- 

 anilide into Propionyl-/>-aminopropiophenone, 46 



Chaudier (J.), the Electrical Dichroism of Liquids Contain- 

 ing Crystalline Particles in Suspension, 336 



Chavanne (G.), PIstimation of the Halogens in Organic 

 Compounds, 96 



Cheetham (F. A.). Forthcoming Meeting of the British 

 Association at Southport, 224 



Chemistry : Le Froment et sa Mouture, Prof. Girard and M. 

 Lindet, William Jago, i ; Physikalische Chemie der Zelle 

 und der Gewebe, Dr. Rudolf Hober, Dr. Benjamin Moore, 

 4; Chemical Society, 12, 46, 94, 117, 167, 238; Louis 

 Pillet Prize of the Chemical Society of Paris, awarded to 

 E. Theulier, 12 ; Modifications of Acetaldehyde, R. Holl- 

 mann, 16 ; Experiments on the Interaction of Metals and 

 Hydrochloric .Acid in Various Perfectly Anhydrous Sol- 

 vents, H. E. Patten, 16 ; Catalytic Decomposition of 



Alcohols by Finely Divided Metals, &c., Paul Sabatier and 

 J. B. Senderens, 23 ; Reaction Giving Rise to Symmetrical 

 Diphenyl-pyrones, R. Fosse, 24 ; Chemical Technology, 

 vol. iv.. Electric Lighting, A. G. Cooke, Photometry, 

 W. J. Dibden, 30; Celebration of the Centenary of 

 Dalton's Enunciation of the Atomic Theory, 38, 64; the 

 Dalton Celebrations at Manchester, 81 ; the Atomic 

 Theory and the Development of Modern Chemistry, P. J. 

 Hartog, 82 ; Velocity and Mechanism of the Reaction be- 

 tween Potassium Ferrycyanide and Potassium Iodide in 

 Neutral Aqueous Solution, F. G. Donnan and R. le 

 Rossignol, 46 ; Microscopic Method of Comparing Mole- 

 cular Weights, G. Barger, 46 ; Spectrum of Pilocarpino 

 Nitrate, W. N. Hartley, 46 ; Isomeric Change of Dipro- 

 pionanilide in Propionyl-/>-aminopropiophenone, Dr. F. D. 

 Chattaway, 46 ; Formation of Di- and He.xamethylam- 

 monio-cad'mium Chlorides, W. R. Lang, 46 ; Physical 

 Properties of Trimethylcarbinol, M. de Forcrand, 47 ; 

 Action of Phosphorous Acid on Erythrite, P. Carr^, 48 ; 

 Heat of Formation of some Barium Compounds, M. Guntz, 

 48 ; a New Diiodophenol, P. Brenans, 48 ; New Bases De- 

 rived from the Pentoses, E. Roux, 48 ; Application of the 

 Reaction to the Estimation of Glycerol, A. Buisine, 48 ; 

 Estimation of Glycerol, A. Buisine, 96 ; Action of Phos- 

 phorus Trichloride upon Glycerol, P. Carr6, 192 ; 

 Existence of Arsenic in the Egg of the Fowl, Gabriel 

 Bertrand, 48 ; Action of Arsenic on Copper, Albert 

 Granger, 168 ; Estimation of Arsenic in Fuel, Prof. T. E. 

 Thorpe, F.R.S., 238; Electrolytic Estimation of Minute 

 Quantities of Arsenic, Prof. T'. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 238; 

 New Method for the Detection of Arsenic, Armand 

 Gautier, 311 ; Use of a Calorimetric Bomb to Demonstrate 

 the Presence of Arsenic in the Organism, Gabriel Bertrand, 

 336 ; a History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest 

 Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century, a.d., with 

 Sanskrit Texts, Variants, Translation and illustrations, 

 Prafulla Chandra Ray, 51 ; La Pratique des Fermentations 

 industrielles, E. Ozard, 53 ; the Chemical Changes and 

 Products Resulting from Fermentations, R. H. Aders 

 Plimmer, 99 ; Hofmann Gold Medals Awarded to Prof. 

 Henri Moissan and Sir William Ramsay, 64 ; Loss of 

 Weight of the Platinum Metals, Profs. Holborn and 

 Austin, 66 ; Method of Resolving Racemic Aldehydes and 

 Ketones by Means of an Optically Active Hydrazine, Carl 

 Neuberg, 68 ; Wandering of a Methyl Group in the Con- 

 version of Pinacone into Pinacoline, Herr Knorr, 68 ; 

 Tests and Reagents, Chemical and Microscopical, Known 

 by their Authors' Names, C. Simmonds, 75 ; Death of Dr. 

 G. C. Dibbits, 84 ; Extraction of the Perfume from Flowers, 

 Dr. Albert Hesse, 8q ; a New Synthesis of Indigo, Dr. T. 

 Sandmeyer, 93 ; LongstafT Medal Awarded to Prof. W. J. 

 Pope, F.R.S., 94; Spontaneous Decomposition of Nitro- 

 camphor, T. M. Lowry, 94; Influence of Impurities in 

 Conditioning Isomeric Change, T. M. Lowry, 94 ; Elec- 

 trolytic Reduction of Pheno- and Naphtho-morpholones, 

 F. H. Lees and F. Shedden, 94 ; the Coloured Consti- 

 tuents of Butea frondosa, E. G. Hill, 94; Butein, J. J. 

 Hummell and A. G. Perkin, 94 ; Chemical Dynamics of 

 the Reactions between Chlorine and Benzene under the 

 Influence of Different Catalytic Agents and of Light, 

 A. Slator, 94 ; on Dianisidine and 3 : 3'-dichlorobenz- 

 idine, J. C. Cain, 94 ; Benzene-azo-orthobenzyl .Alcohol 

 and on its Transformation into Phenylindazol and Azo- 

 diphenylmethane, P. Freundler, 95 ; Organometallic 

 Derivatives of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Containing Two 

 Halogen Atoms in the Nucleus, and their Interaction with 

 Iodine, F. Bodroux, 95; Diastatic Hydrolysis of Salol, 

 Emm. Pozzi-Escot, 9^ ; Influence of Formaldehyde on the 

 Growth of White Mustard, MM. Bouilhac and Giustiniani, 

 95 ; Preparation and Properties of Caesium Ammoniutn 

 and Rubidium Ammonium, Henri Moissan, 95 ; Action of 

 Acetylene on Caesium .Ammonium and Rubidium Am- 

 monium, Henri Moissan, 119: Reversibility of Lipolytic 

 Actions, Henri Pottevin, 9^ ; Studies on a Law Relating 

 to the Electromotive Forces Developed by the Reciprocal 

 .Action of Saline Solutions, M. Berthelot, 95 ; Electrolysis 

 of Alkaline Sulphides, Andr6 Brochet and (leorges 

 Ranson, 95 ; Electrolysis of the Sulphides of the .Alkaline 

 Earths, Andr^ Brochet and Georges Ranson, 06 : Esti- 

 mation of the Halogens in Organic Compounds, H. 

 Baubigny and G. Chavanne, 96 ; Theory of Coloured 



