INDEX 



{Nature, Nov. 27, 1890 



Hydrates of Haloid Esters, M. Villard, 336 ; Oxygluconic Acid, 

 L. Boutroux, 336 ; Repair of Shell in Anodon, Moynier de 

 Villepoix, 336 ; Text-book of Physiological and Pathological 

 Chemistry, IJr. G. Bunge, 338 ; Agenda du Chimiste, MM. 

 Salet, Girard, and Pabst, 540; Analysis of Natural Sulphate 

 of Alumina, P. Marguerite- Delacharlonny, 360; Optical 

 Rotatory Power of Camphor in Solution in Various Oils, P. 

 Chabot, 360 ; Optical Dispersion of Fatty Acids, Barbier and 

 Roux, 360 ; a Liquid Compound of Nickel and Carbon 

 Monoxide, A. E. Tutton, 370 ; Density of Nitrogen and 

 Oxygen according to Regnault, and Composition of Air 

 according to Dumas and Boussingault, A. Leduc, 384 ; 

 Einleitung in die chemische Krystallographie, Dr. A. Fock, 

 A. E. Tutton, 387 ; a New Fatty (Daturic) Acid, E. Gerard, 

 408 ; the Direct Determination of Bromine in Mixtures of 

 Alkaline Bromides and Iodides, Gooch and Ensign, 432 ; 

 Allyl-cyano-succinic Acid, Mew Synthesis by means of Cyano- 

 succinic Kther, L. Barthe, 432 ; Opening Address in Section 

 B at the British Association, by Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 

 449 ; Principles of Organic Chemistry, Prof. E. Hjelt, trans- 

 lated by J. Bishop Tingle, 461 ; on the Influence of Heat on 

 Copper Potassium Chloride, J. H. Van't Hoff, 522; Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. Thomas Carnelly, 458, 522 ; Chemical Reac- 

 tions and Sunlight, 524 ; Prof. R. B. Warder on Geometrical 

 Isomerism, 528 ; Third Report of the B.A. Committee on 

 the Present Methods of Teaching Chemistry, 530 ; Sir 

 Henry Roscoe on Recent Legislation for Facilitating the 

 Teaching of Science, 530; Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 

 and G. Gladstone on the Refraction and Dispersion of Fluor- 

 benzene, 530 ; Dr. G. H. Bailey and J. C. Cain on a Method 

 of Quantitative Analysis by Weighing Precipitates suspended 

 in Liquids, 530 ; Dr. G. H. Bailey and A. A. Read on the 

 Behaviour of Different Metallic Oxides when Exposed to 

 High Temperatures, 530 ; Dr. G. H. Bailey on the Spectrum 

 of the Haloid Salts of Didymium, 530 ; Fifth Report of the 

 B.A. Committee on Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives, 530 ; 

 Prof. J. H. Van't Hoff on the Behaviour of Copper Potassium 

 Chloride and its Aqueous Solutions at Different Temperatures, 

 531 ; Report of the B.A. Committee on the Action of Light 

 on the Hydracids of the Halogens in Presence of Oxygen, 

 531 ; Profs. Liveing and Dewar on the Explosion of Gases 

 under High Pressure, 531; Prof. H. B. Dixon and J. H. 

 Harker on the Rates of Explosion of Hydrogen and Chlorine 

 in the Dry and Wet Slates, 531 ; Dr. G. S. Turpin 

 on the Ignition of Explosive Gaseous Mixtures, 531 ; 

 Report of the Committee on the Properties of Solutions, 

 531; Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., on Phosphorous Oxide, 

 531 ; Prof. R. Meldola on Diazo-Amido-Compounds, 

 531 ; C. H. Bothamley on the Action of Phosphorus Tri- 

 chloride on Organic Acids and Water, 532 ; Prof. W. 

 H. Perkin, Jun., on the Constitution of the Alkaloid 

 Berberin, 532 ; another Determination of Atomic Weight 

 of Beryllium, Drs. Kriiss and Moraht, 554 ; Inorganic 

 Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical, by William Jago, 590 ; 

 Arithmetical Chemistry, Part I., C. J. Woodward, 591 ; the 

 Properties of Liquid Chlorine, A. E. Tutton, 593 ; Inorganic 

 Chemistry, J. Oakley Beuttler, 614 ; Hydrazoic Acid, a New 

 Gas, A. E. Tutton, 615 ; Combinations of Cyanide of Mercury 

 with Lithium Salts, Raoul Varet, 632 ; M. Moissan's Redeter- 

 mination of Atomic Weight of Fluorine, 649 ; Circular Polar- 

 ization of certain Tartrate Solutions, J. H. Long, 655 ; 

 Vapour Tension of Sulphuric Acid, Dr. C. A. Perkins, 655 ; 

 Action of Aromatic Amines and Phenylhydrazine upon /8- 

 ketonic Nitriles, L. Bouveault, 656 ; Mode of Combination 

 of Sulphuric Acid in Plastered Wines and Method of Analysis, 

 Roos and Thomas, 656 ; Properties of Hydrazoic Acid, and 

 Combination of Nitrogen and Hydrogen, Prof. Nilson, 656 

 Cheshire, Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and, John W. 



Ellis, 245 

 Chicnpanzees and Dwarfs in Central Africa, 296 

 Chimpanzees, Intelligence of. Prof Geo. J. Romanes, F.R. S., 



245 

 Chin-Lushai Hill Country, the New Survey of the, 280 

 China : Ancient Medicine in, 202 ; the Meteorological Obser- 

 vatory at Zi-ka-Wei, 486 ; Modern Science in, 575 ; Chinese 

 Ethnology, 88 ; Chinese Science Quarterly, Revival of 

 the, 20S 

 Chinook Jargon, a Manual of the Oregon Trade Language, by 



Horatio Hale, 99 

 Chisholm (Geo. G.), Russian Transliteration, 7 

 Chistoni (Signor), the Temperature of Snow, 109 



Chiswick, Dafibdil Conference at, 426 



Chlorine, the Action of, on Water, Prof. A. Pedler, 46 



Chlorine, the Properties of Liquid, A. E. Tutton, 593 



Choay (M.), Chloralimide and its Isomeride, 215 



Christiansand, Earthquake, 618 



Christy (Miller), the Birds of Essex, a Contribution to the 



Natural History of the County, 564 

 Chromic Bromide, Isomeric States of, 120 

 Chronologe, the Cinquemani, 645 

 Chukei (Ino), Monument to, in Tokio, 70 

 Cicadidse, Oriental, a Monograph of, W. L. Distant, 169 

 Cicadidse, British and Oriental, G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., 169 

 Cinchona Plantation and Factory, Report of British Sikkim 



Government, Dr. King, 597 

 Cinquemani Chronologe, 645 

 Circulation, Atmospheric, M. A. Veeder, 126 

 Civil List Pensions, 1889-90, 278 

 Civil Service, Indian, Examinations, Science Subjects and the, 



133 ; and the Indian Forest Service Competitions, 265 

 Clark (John Willis, F.S.A.) and Thos. McKenny Hughes, 



F. R.S., the Life and Letters of Rev. Adam Sedgwick, 



F.R.S., Prof T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 217, 241 

 Clark (Latimer, F.R.S.), Testing for Colour-Blindness, 147 

 Clays and Coals of Leeds, B. Holgate, 532 

 Climate of England and Wales, on the Inland and Maritime, 



J. Hopkinson, 578 

 Climates of Past Ages, Dr. M. Neumayr, [148, 175 ; J. J. 



Murphy, 270 

 Clocks, the Cinquemani Chronologe, 645 

 Clothing, Philosophy of, W. Mattieu Williams, 340 

 Cloud Photography, 427 

 Clouds, Night-Shining, T. W. Backhouse, 246 ; Dr. Cecil 



Shaw, 246 ; D. J. Rowan, 246 

 Coal, W. Whitaker on the Existence of, in the South-East of 



England, 17 

 Coal in South of England ? Is there, 233 

 Coal, Search for, in the South of England, Prof W. Boyd 



Dawkins F.R.S., 319 

 Coal Bunkers, Spontaneous Ignition and Explosions in. Prof. 



Vivian B. Lewes, 271 

 Coals and Clays of Leeds, B. Holgate, 532 

 Cockerell (T. D. A.) : Variation in the Nesting Habits of Birds, 



6; Slugs and Thorns, 31; Fiat-Fishes, 53; Variability in 



the Number of Follicles in Caltha, 519 

 Cockle, Caught by a, D. McNabb, 415 

 Cockle-Beds of Barra, 653 

 Cocos Islands, Occurrence of a Crocodile on, H. N. Ridley, 



457 ; A. L. Caldwell, 463 

 Code, the New Elementary Education, 133 

 Coggia's Comet {b 1890), Dr. Berberich, 355 

 Coggia's and Denning's Comets (b and c 1890), Dr. Berberich, 



404 

 Cold-short and Red-short, the Etymology of the Words, 19 

 Cold Spring Harbour, U.S.A., Opening of Seaside Laboratory 



at, 327 

 Cole (Rev. E. Maule), on the Duggleby Howe, 581 

 Colin (Rev. E.), Meteorological Observations for 1889 in Mada- 

 gascar, 278 

 Collignon (Dr.), Cephalic Index in Population of France, 408 

 Collings (T. P.), the Anatomy of the Frog, 54 

 Collins (F. Howard), Subject-index and the Royal Society, 



126 

 Colombo Museum, Sir William Gregory on the, 575 

 Colour, a New Colouring-matter — Pyrogallol-benzein, 19 

 Colour, Organic, F. T. Mott, 456 



Colour-blindness and Colour-vision, R. Brudenell Carter, 55 

 Colour-blindness, Testing for, 100 ; Prof Oliver J. Lodge, 



F.R.S., 100; Rev. F. M. Millard, lOO ; D, D. Redmond, 



126; Latimer Clark, F.R.S., 147 

 Colour-vision, Defective, Lord Rayleigb, F.R.S., on, 577 

 Colouration, Protective, of Eggs, E. B. Titchener, 568 

 Colours of Animals, Edward Bagnall Poulton, F.R.S., Dr. 



Alfred R. Wallace, 289 

 Colours, Protective, Dr. Walter K. Sibley, 544 ; E. B. Poulton, 



F.R.S., 544 

 Colours, Subjective, Experiment in, W. B. Croft, 391 

 Columbia College, New York, Reorganization of, 87 

 Columbia, S. V. Proudfit's Collection of Stone Implements 



from, 575 

 Columbus, his Discovery of America, 400th Anniversary of, 



109 



