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Index 



isomeric Halogen Derivatives of tr-benzoylcamphor. Dr. 

 M. P. Foster and F. M. G Micklelhwait, 238 ; Brasilin and 

 Hematoxylin, Prof. W. H. Perkin, jun.. 238; Action of 

 Phosphorus Trythiocyanate on Alcohol, Dr. A. E. Dixon, 

 238 ; Influence of Salts, &c., on Vapour Pressure of Aqueous 

 Ammonia Solutions, Dr. E. P. Pernian, 238 ; Action of 

 Sodium Hypochlorite on Benzene Sulphoanilide, Dr. J- B. 

 Cohen and J. T. Thompsor, 238 ; Benzene-azo-a-naphthol, 

 Dr. J. T. Hewitt and S. J. M. Auld, 238 ; on Ergot of Rye, 

 Marcel Guedras, 239 ; the Laboratory of Henri Moissan, 

 252 ; Synthesis of Acetylenic Actions and 3 Ketonic Ethers, 

 Ch. Moureu and R. Delange, 263 ; Efifect of Hydrochloric 

 Acid upon the Precipitation of Cuprous Sulphocyanide, R. G. 

 Van Name, 263 : Preparation and Properties of Potassium 

 Hydride, Henri Moi.ssan, 263: Action of Potassium Hydride 

 on Ethyl Iodide and Methyl Chloride, Henri Moissan, 407 ; 

 New Determination of the Atomic Weight of Calcium, 

 F. W. Hinrichsen, 2S1 ; Preparation and Properties of 

 the Hydride of Sodium, Henri Moissan, 2S7 ; Pre- 

 paration and Properties of Strontium Hydride, Henri 

 Gautier, 28S ; Chemical Equilibrium of the Iron-Carbon 

 Systems, Georges Charpy and Louis Grenet, 28S ; Action of 

 Mixed Organo-magnesium Compounds upon Trioxymethylene, 

 \'. Grignard and L. Tissier, 28S ; Elementary Chemical 

 Theory, G. H. Martin, 296 ; Conditions of Formation of the 

 Oceanic Salt Deposits, J. H. van 't Hoflf, 304 ; the Validity 

 of the lonisation Theory, Louis Kahlenberg, 305 ; Dr. H. 

 M. Dawson, 414 ; the Constitution of Hydrocyanic, Cyanic 

 and Cyanuric Acids, Dr. F. D. Chattaway, Mr. Wadmore, 

 309 ; the Radio-active Emanation produced by Thorium 

 Compounds, Prof. Rutherford, Mr. Soddy, 309 ; Modification 

 of Zeisel's Method for the Estimation of Methoxyl 

 Groups, Dr. J. T. Hewitt, T. S. Moore, 309-10: a 

 new Colour Reaction of Hydroxylamine, W. C. Ball, 310 ; 

 Myricetin, A. G. Perkin, 310; the Colouring-matters of 

 Green Ebony, A. G. Perkin and S. H. C. Briggs, 310 ; the 

 Action of Methylene Iodide on Aryl and Naphthylamines, 

 Diaryl Methylene Diamines, Acridines and Naphlhacridines, 

 Dr. Senier and Mr. Goodwin, 310; the Polymerisation of 

 Cyanic Acid, Dr. Senier and T. Walsh, 310 ; on some Pro- 

 perties of Fused Lime, Henri Moissan, 311; on some Physical 

 Properties of Hydrogen Selenide, MM. de Forcrand and 

 Fouzes-Diacon, 311 ; Vapour Pressures of Hydrogen Selenide 

 and the Dissociation of its Hydrate, MM. de Forcrand and 

 Fonzes-Diacon, 335 ; Comparison between the Properties of 

 Hydrogen Selenide and those of Hydrogen Sulphide, MM. de 

 Forcrand and Fonzes-Diacon, 359 ; on the Assimilation of 

 Sugar and of Alcohol by Eiirotyopsis Gayoni, P. Maze, 312 : 

 Phosphorus in the Invertebrates, Jean Gautrelet, 312; Che- 

 mical Modifications in Plants submitted to the Influence of 

 Sodium Chloride, E. Charabot and E. Hebert, 312; a 

 College Text-book of Chemistry, Ira Remsen, 314 ; Lithium 

 Antimoniile and Preparation of some Alloys of Lithium, P. 

 Lebeau, 335 ; Action of Lithium-ammonium on Antimony 

 and on the Properties of the Antimonide of Lithium, P. 

 Lebeau, 359 ; Preparation of Tantalum in the Electric 

 Furnace and its Properties, Henri Moissan, 335 ; Lehrbuch 

 der Chemie und Mineralogie, Prof. G. Siebert, 317 ; Sug- 

 gested Modification of the Sign of Equality in Chemical 

 Notation, Dr. Hugh Mar.shall, 335 ; Glyceroarsenic .-Vcid, 

 V. Aucer, 335 ; Mechanism of the Formation of the Purple of 

 Molluscs, Raphael Dubois, 33^; ; Action of Nitric Acid upon 

 Trichloro- and Tribromoveratrol, H. Cousin, 359 ; New 

 Synthesis of Formic Acid, Henri Moissan, 359 ; Chemistry of 

 Pigments, E. J. Parry and J. H. Coste, 363 ; Nature of Red 

 Phosphorus, Dr. R. Schenck, 374 ; Liquid Sulphur Dioxide 

 as a Solvent, Messrs, WaUlen and Centners, 374 : the .Strati- 

 fication of Hydrogen, Sir William Crookes, F. R.S., at the 

 Royal Society, 375 ; Method for Determining the Concentra- 

 tion of Hydrogen Ions in Solution, H. O. Jones and O W. 

 Richardson, 407 ; Composition of Brittle Platinum, Prof. 

 Hartley, F.R.S., 3S3 ; Conversion of l-hydroxycamphene, 

 into /8 halogen Compounds of Camphor, Dr. M. O. Forster, 

 383 ; Solubilities of the Calcium Salts of the Lower Fatty 

 Acids, Dr. Lumsden, 383 ; on the Union of Hydrogen and 

 Chlorine, Messrs. Mellor and Anderson, 3S3 ; Resolution of 

 Trimethylhydrindonium Hydroxide into its Optically Active 

 Constituents, Prof. F. S. Kipping, F.R.S., 383; Resolution 

 of Methylbenzylacetic Acid into its Optical Isomerides, Prof. 

 S. F. Kipping, F.R.S., 383 ; t/ Methylhydrindon, Prof. F. S. 



Kipping, F.R.S , 383 ; on the " Hornsilvers," G. T. Prior, 

 L. J. Spencer, 383 ; the Influenceof Temperature on Associa- 

 tion in Benzene Solution, Dr. W, R. Innes, 3S3 ; Magnetic 

 Rotation of Ring Compounds, Camphor Limonene, Catvene 

 Pinene, &c.. Dr. VV. H. Perkin, sen., 383; on the Constitu- 

 tution of Certain Organic Nitrates. Messrs. Marshall and 

 Wigner, 383 : the Development of Chemistry, Prof. F. W. 

 Clarke, 399 ; International Table of Atomic Weights, 400 ; 

 Oxidation in Presence of Iron, H. J. IL Fenton, 406 ; For- 

 mation of Dinitrophenoxazines, J. C. Crocker, 407 ; Inter- 

 action of Thiocyanates, Picryl Chloride and Alcohols, J. C. 

 Crocker, 407 ; Oxidation of Glucosone to Trioxybutyric 

 Acid, R. S. Morrell, 407 ; New .Methods of Preparation of 

 Ethane and Methane, Henri Moissan, 407 ; the Slow Oxida- 

 tion of Methane at Low Temperatures, Dr. Bone and R. V. 

 Wheeler, 477 ; Praseodidymium Chloride, Camille Matignon, 

 408 ; Practical Chemistry, Abegg and Herz, 410 ; Electrical 

 Manufacture of Carbon Bisulphide, 420 ; Enzynse Action, 

 Prof. A. J. Brown, 430 ; Velocity of Hydrolysis of Starch 

 by Diastase, H. T. Brown, F.R.S. , and T. A. Glendmning, 



430 ; Chemical Change Produced by the Immersion of Lead 

 in Distilled Water, Dr. F. Clowes, 430 ; Bases contained in 

 Scottish Shale Oil, F. C. Garrett and J. A. Smythe, 430 : 

 on the Constitution of Dibutylic and Direnanthylic Alco- 

 hols, Marcel Guerbet, 431 ; on some Reactions ob- 

 tained with the aid of Magnesium Amalgam, L. Meunier, 



431 ; on some Derivatives of Methyl-nonyl-ketone. H. 

 Carette, 431 ; on the Analysis of Ceramic Products, V. de 

 Luynes, 431-2; Composition of the Gases in Drains, M. 

 Hanriot, 432 ; the Experimental Study of Gases, Morris W. 

 Travers, 461 ; Jahrbuch der Chemie, 43S ; Death of Prof. 

 Maxwell Simpson, F.R.S., 442; Obituary Notice of. 

 Prof. \. E. Dixon, 515; Catalytic Power of Metallic 

 Nickel Synthesis of Methane based on Reaction of 

 Metallic Nickel and Hydrogen, MM. Sabatier and 

 Senderens, 446 ; Catalysis, Prof. Ostwald, 522 ; on the 

 Crystallisation of Iron Peroxide, Alfred Ditte, 455 ; 

 Composition of an Antique Vase, M. Berthelot, 455 ; 

 Researches on Silicide of Calcium, MM. H. Moissan and W. 

 Dilthey, 455 ; Recombination of the Ions in Gases, P. 

 Langevin, 455 ; the Specific Heat and Atomic Weight of 

 Vanadium, C. Matignon and E. Monnet, 455 ; New Reactions 

 of Organo-Metallic Derivatives, E. E. Blaise, 455 ; the 

 Resolution of Pheno-a-aminoheptamethylene into its Optical 

 Merides, Prof. F. S. Kipping, F.R.S., and A. E. Hunter, 

 477 ; Myrticolorin identical with Osyritrin, A. G. Perkin, 

 477 ; the Nitration of sym. Trihalogen Anilines, Dr. Orton, 

 477 ; the Cloez Reaction, Dr. Chattaway and J. M. Wad- 

 more, 477 ; Mesoxalic Semi-aldehyde, Messrs. Fenton, 

 F.R.S., and Ryffel, 477; w-Nitrobenzoyl Camphor, Dr. 

 M. O. Forster and Miss F. M. G. Micklethwait, 477 ; Modi- 

 fication of Rose's Method of Separating Cobalt and Nickel, 

 R. L. Taylor, 478 ; Experiments for Discovering whether 

 Faraday's Law may be considered as applying to Gases, 

 D. L. Chapman and F. A. Lidbury, 479 ; New Hydride of 

 Silicon, H. Moissan and S. Smiles, 479 ; on the Separation 

 of Galactose and Glucose by the Saccharomyces Liidwigii, 

 Pierre Thomas, 480 ; New Phosphate of Soda, H. Joulie, 

 480 ; Der Naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht in England, 

 insbesondere in Physik und Chemie, Dr. Karl T. Fischer, 481 ; 

 Method for the Alkalimetric Estimation of Disodium- 

 methylarsenate or Arrhenal, A. Astruc, 504 ; the Supposed 

 Binaphthalene-glycol, R. Fos§e, 504 ; Derivatives of Ara- 

 binose, G. Chavanne, 504 ; the Pseudo-Acids, P. Th. 

 Muller, 504 ; Studies on Vegetable Earth, Th. Schloes- 

 ing, 504 : Conservation of Refractive Energy in Mixtures of 

 .•\icohol and Water, A. Leduc, 504 : the Raoult Memorial 

 Lecture delivered by Prof. Van't Hoff 516: Death of G. F. 

 Wilson, F.R.S., 516; on certain Chemical and Physical 

 Properties of Hemoglobin, read before the Royal Society by 

 Dr. Arthur Gamgee, F.R.S., 520: the Constitution of Hy- 

 drogen Cyanide, J. Wade, 527 ; Method of Determining the 

 Ratio of Distribution of a base between two Acids, Messrs. 

 Dawson and Grant, 527 ; the Molecular Complexity of Acetic 

 Acid in Chloroform Solution, H. M. Dawson, 527 ; Existence 

 of Polyiodides in Nitrobenzene Solution, Messrs. Dawson 

 and Gawler, 527 ; Preparation of Sulphamide from .Ammo- 

 nium Aniido Sulphite, Prof. Divers, F.R.S., and Mr. Ogawa, 

 527 ; Hypoiodous Acid, R. L. Taylor, 527 ; Quercetazetin, 

 A. G. Perkin, 527 ; a Monosodium Acid Orthophosphate, 



