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yrstallised Fibrin, L. Maillard, 336 ; the Letters of Faraday 

 nd Schonbein 1836-1862, with Notes, Comments and 

 References to Contemporary Letters, Prof. R. Meldola, 

 .R.S., 337; the Formula of Hyjiosulohurous Acid, Herr 

 jrnthsen, 354 ; Exact Atomic Weight of Nitrogen, G. Dean, 

 55 ; Gold Aluminium Alloys, C. T. Ileycock, F.R.S., and 

 H. Neville, F. R.S., 357 ; Detection of Silver in presence 

 Mercury Amido-chloride, F. Leteur, 360 ; Action of Copper 

 Acetylene, Paul Sabatier and T. B. Senderens, 360 ; Iso- 

 ?romucic Acid, L. ]. Simon, 360; Volumetric Estimation of 

 lydrogen, Alb. Colson, 384 ; Action of Strong Ammonia 

 jlution on Iodide of Mercurdiammonium, Maurice Francois, 

 r384; Equiiibre des Systemes Chimiques, J. Willard Gibbs, 

 390 ; the Homogeneity of Tellurium, Messrs. Norris, Fay and 

 Edgerley, 402 ; Heterocyclic Compounds, S. Ruhemann and 

 H. E. Stapleton, 405 ; Methylethylthetine Dextrocamphor 

 Sulphonate and Dextro-a-bromo-camphor Sulphonate, W. J. 

 Pope and S. J. Peachey, 405 ; Nitrocamphane, M. O. Forster, 

 405 ; Isoamarine, F. R. Japp and J. Moir, 405 ; Ethyl 

 Pentanehexacarboxylate, J. F. Bottomley and W. H. Perkin, 

 jun., 405 ; Volumetric Estimation of Potassium, R. H. Adie 

 and T. B. Wood, 405 ; Synthesis of Campholic Acid, A. 

 Haller and G. Blanc, 407 ; Synthesis of Phorone of Cam- 

 phoric Acid, L. Bouveault, 407 ; Composition of East Indian 

 Sandal Wood Essence, M. Guerbet, 407 ; Transformation of 

 Nitrobenzene into Aniline by Horse-kidney Ferment, E. 

 Abelous and E. Gerard, 407 ; Laboratory Note book for 

 Chemical Students, Prof. Vivian B. Lewes and J. S. S. Brame, 

 412 ; Untersuchungen iiber die Chemischen Affinitaten, 

 C. M. Guldberg und P. Waage, 412 ; Chemical Industry in 

 Japan, 421 ; Advancement of Electri(-al Chemistry, Dr. F. 

 MoUwo Perkin, 428 ; Action of Ammonium Chloride on 

 Analcite and Leucite, F. W. Clarke and G. Steiger, 432 ; 

 Estimation of Thallium as Acid and Neutral Sulphate, P. E. 

 Browning, 432 ; Ammonium Amidosulphite, E. Divers and 

 Masataka Ogawa, 434 ; Products obtained by Heating Am- 

 monium Sulphites, Thiosulphate and Trithionate, E. Divers 

 and Masataka Ogawa, 434 ; Colour of Alkali Nitrites, E. 

 Divers, 434 ; Combination of Sulphur Dioxide with Oxygen, 

 E. J. Russell and N. Smith, 434 ; Influence of "Nascent 

 State " in Combination of Dry Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen, 

 E. J, Russell, 434 ; Dextromethylethyl-«-propyl Tin Iodide, 

 \V. J. Pope and S. J. Peachey, 434 ; Bromo-derivatives of 

 Campho-pyric Acid, J. A. Gardner, 434 ; Preparation of 

 Arsenides, &c., P. Lebeau, 435; Iodide of Nitrogen, C. 

 Hugot, 435 ; Resolution of Racemic Benzylidene Camphor, 

 J. Minguin, 435 ; Rapid Method for determining Carbonic 

 Acid in Gaseous Mixtures, Leo Vignon and Louis Meunier, 

 435 ; Volumetric Estimation of Boric Acid, Alfred Stock, 435 ; 

 Elementary Chemistry for High Schools and Academies, Albert 

 L. Arey, 442 ; A Manual of Chemistry, Inorganic and 

 Organic, Dr. Arthur P. Luff and Frederick J. M. Page, 442 ; 

 New Iodide of Nitrogen, Prof. Hantzsch, 453 ; the Osmotic 

 Pressure Analogy, Prof Lehfeldt, 453 ; Pyrrol-aldehyde, 

 Herren Bamberger and Djierdjian, 453 ; Relative Effusion 

 Rates of Argon, Helium and other Gases, Dr. F. G. Donnan, 

 457 ; the Distillation of Liquid Air, E. C. C. Baly, 457 ; 

 Uses of Liquid Air for Researches at Low Temperatures, 

 Prof. Ramsay, 458 ; Composition of Hydrofluoric Acid by 

 Volume, Henri Moissan, 459 ; Association of Molecules in 

 Liquids, Daniel Berthelot, 459 ; Oxidation by Ferricyanides, 

 A. Etiird, 459 ; Estimation of Ammonia and Nitrogen, A. 

 Villiers and E. Dumesnil, 459 ; Chemical Equilibrium of a 

 Four-gas System, H. Pelabon, 459 ; Contaminated Lyons 

 Well-waters, H. Causse, 459 ; New Colour reaction of 

 Tyrosine, G. Deniges, 459 ; Les Sucres et leurs principaux 

 Derives, Prof. L. Maquenne, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S.,461 ; 

 Death of Dr. W. Marcet, F.R.S., 475 ; Death of William 

 Thorpe, 475 ; New Gas Furnace, Armand Gautier, 478 ; New 

 Fluoride of Manganese, Henri Moissan, 478 ; a Pure Proteid 

 from Egg-white, F. G. Hopkins, 482 ; Iodine in New South 

 Wales Copper Ores, Arthur Dieseldorff, 483 ; Action of Silver 

 Salts on Solution of Ammonium Persulphate, Dr. Hugh Mar- 

 shall, 483 ; Magnesium Perfluoride, Henri Moissan, 483 ; 

 Phosphides of Iron, Nickel, Cobalt and Chromium, G. Maron- 

 neau, 483 ; Eugenol, Safrol and Propylpyrocatechol, R. 

 Delange, 483 ; Diazotising of Safranine, G. F. Jaubert, 483 ; 

 Leitfaden fiir den Unterricht in der Anorganischen Chemie, 

 Dr. Sperber, 489 ; Aufgaben aus der Chemie und der physik- 

 alischen Chemie, Dr. P, Brauer, 489 ; Jaborine, H. A. D. 



Jowett, 505 ; Isomeric partially Racemic Salts containing 

 Quinquevalent Nitrogen, F. S. Kipping, 505 ; New Syntheses 

 of Indene, F. S. Kipping and H. Hall, 505, 547 ; Non- 

 existence of Dihydroxylamine Derivatives of Potassium 

 Nitrite, E. Divers "and T. Haga, 505 ; Acids obtained from 

 fl-dibromocamphor, A. Lapworth and E. M. Chapman, 505 ; 

 Campholytic and Isolauronolic Acids, J. Walker and W. 

 Cormack, 505 ; lodonium Compounds, F. S. Kipping and 

 H. Peters, 506 ; Decomposition of Semicarbazones, F. S. 

 Kipping, 506 ; Production of Nitric Acid from Air by Electric 

 Flame, A. McDougall and F. Howies, 507 ; New Reaction 

 between Aromatic Aldehydes and Sodium Derivative of 

 Borneol, A. Haller, 507 ; Action of Hydrogen Peroxide on 

 Baryta, M. de Forcrand, 508 ; Electrolysis of Potassium 

 Chloride, H. A. Brochet, 508 ; Solubility of Benzophenone,. 

 E. Derrien, 508 ; Acetals of Phenols, R. Fosse, 508 ; Prac- 

 tical Chemistry, William French, 514 ; an Introduction to 

 Qualitative Analysis, H. P. Highton, 514 ; Vapour Densities 

 of Dried Mercury and Mercurous Chloride, H. B. Baker, 530 ; 

 Pure Hydrobromic Acid, A. Scott, 530; New Sulphide of 

 Arsenic, A. Scott, 530 ; Action of Iodine on Alkalis, R. L. 

 Taylor, 530 ; Sym-dipropyl, Symdi-isopropyl and oa'-pro- 

 pylisopropyl-succinic Acids, W. A. Bone and C. H. G. 

 Sprankling, 530 ; Manno-galactan and Laevulo-mannan, J. L. 

 Baker and T. H. Pope, 530 ; Dissociation Constant of 

 Azoimide, C. A. West, 530 ; Racemisation during Formation 

 of Benzylidene, Benzoyl, and Acetyl Derivatives of Dextro-ac- 

 tetrahydro-i3-Naphthylamine, W. J. Pope and A. W. Harvey, 

 530 ; Determination of Radicles in Carbon Compounds, Dr. 

 H. Meyer, 538; Death and Obituary Notice of Prof Pepper, 

 545 ; No Isomerism in Sodium Potassium Sulphite, Dr. 

 Fraps, 547 ; Modern Explosives, J. S. S. Brame, 548 ; Solu- 

 bility of Carbonic Acid at Low Temperatures, C. Bohr, 554 ; 

 Hexagonal Form of Selenide of Zinc, M. Fonzes-Diacon, 

 556 ; New Compound of Antipyrin and Mercuric Chloride, 

 J. Ville and Ch. Astre, 556 ; Science Course for Secondary 

 Schools, G. Robb and J. Mirguet, 562 ; Produits Aromatiques, 

 Artificiels et Naturels, Dr. G. F. Jaubert, 563 ; the Velocity 

 Change of White into Grey Tin, Dr. Cohen, 573 ; Action of 

 Hydrogen on Antimony Sulphide, H. Pelabon, 580 ; an 

 Arsenide of Nickel, Albert Granger and Gaston Didier, 580 ; 

 Biphosphide of Tungsten, Ed. Defacqx, 580 ; a New Terpenic 

 Alcohol and its Derivatives, P. Genvresse, 580 ; Action of 

 Phenyl Isocyanate and Isothiocyanate on Dibasic Acids, 

 Elophe Benech, 580; Enantiotropy of Tin, iv., Dr. Ernst 

 Cohen, 580 ; the Carburetted Water-gas Industry, Samuel 

 Cutler, jun., 595; Heat of Formation of Hydrated and Anhy- 

 drous Strontium Dioxide, M. de Forcrand, 604 ; a New 

 Method of Fractionating Rare Earths, Eugene Demar9ay, 604 ; 

 Monomercurammonium Iodide, Maurice Fran9ois, 604 ; a 

 Crystalline Selenide and Oxyselenide of Manganese, M. 

 Fonzes-Diacon, 604 ; Reducing Action of Calcium Carbide, 

 M. Geelmuyden, 604 ; New Method for Preparation of Double 

 Sulphates of Chromium, C. Pagel, 604 ; Electrolytic Estima- 

 tion of Lead in Lead Sulphate and Chromate, C. Marie, 604 ; 

 oa/3-trimethyl-j8-oxyadipic Acid, E. E. Blaise, 604 ; Action of 

 Amyl Chloride on Calcium Carbide, P. Lefebvre, 604 ; 

 Chemistry of Perfumes, Dr. W. H. Warren, 619 ; New 

 Reactions of Formaldelyde, M. Henry, 621 ; Hydrolysis of 

 Raffinose by Penicilliiim glaucum, M. Gillot, 621 ; Lique- 

 faction of a Gas by Self-cooling, G. S. Newth, 627 ; the 

 Decomposition of Lead Chlorate, W. H. Sodeau, 627 ; 

 Salinigrin, H. A. D. Jowett, 627 ; Alkylation by means of 

 Dry Silver Oxide and Alkyl Iodides, G. D. Lander, 627 ; 

 Interaction of Mesityl Oxide and Ethyl Sodiomethylmalonate, 

 A. W. Crossley, 627 ; New Micro-chemical Reaction of 

 Palladium, MM. Pozzi-Escot and Conquet, 628 ; Agricultural 

 Chemistry : Progress of Agricultural Chemistry, Prof Maer- 

 cker, 116; theWheat Problem, Sir William Crookes.F.R.S., 

 Sir R. Giffen, K.C.B., F.R.S., 169 

 Chevallier (H.), Variation of Electrical Resistance of Metallic 



Wires, 311 

 Chevrel (G.), Exercices d'Arithmetique, 314 

 Cheyne (Rev. T. K.), Encyclopaedia Biblica, 148 

 Cheyne (Prof. W. Watson), a Manual of Surgical Treatment, 



176 

 Chicago Drainage Canal, the, 353 

 Children, the Diseases of, G. Elder and J. S. Fowler, 5 

 Chile, Temperate, a Progressive Spain, W. Anderson Smith, 

 Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, 536 



