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Index 



Cat, the Origin of the Domestic " Blotched " Tabby, 



H. M. Vickors, 298, 331 ; R. I. Pocock, 298 

 Catalogue of the Books, iManuscripts, Maps, and Drawings 



in the British Museum (Natural History), 266 

 Caucasus, Byways in the, Col. C. E. de la Pocr Beresford, 



469 

 Causal Geology, Prof. E. H. Schwarz, Prof. Grenville 



.•v. J. Cole, 397 

 Cavolini (Filippo), Centenary of Death of, 313, 500 

 Cemento Armato, Le Prove dei Materiali da Construzione 



e le Construzione in, Guilo Revere, 35S 

 Cemento Armato e la sua applicazione practica, II, Cesare 



Presenti, 358 

 Centenary of Berlin University, the, 496 

 Centenary of Death of Filippo Cavolini, the, 313, 500 

 Centre of Gravity of Annual Statistics, A. .Marshall, 104 

 Cesaro (G.), Galactite a Mixture of Natrolite and Scolezite, 



376 

 Chagas (C), Nova tripanosomiaze humana, 142 ; Cytology 



of the Flagellata, 504 

 Chamberlain (C. J.), Description of Dioon spinulosum, 372 

 Chamberlain (R. T.), the Gases in Rocks, 376 

 Chambers (G. F.), the Study of Double Stars for Amateurs, 



=73 

 Chandler (Prof. Charles Frederick), Testimonial to, 403 

 Chapman (C. M.), Rust-preventing Properties of Protective 



Coatings for Structural Steel, 272 

 Chapman (F.), Silurian Fossils of the South Yarrow Dis- 

 trict, 401 

 Chapman (Dr. H. G.), the Study of the Precipitins, 522 

 Chappcll (C), Influence of Heat Treatment on the Corro- 

 sion, Solubility, and .Solution Pressures of .Steel, 519 

 Charpy (G.), Reduction of O.xide of Iron by Solid Carbon, 



555 



Chase (Frederick L.), Parallax Investigations on Thirty-five 

 Selected Stars, 433 



Chatelu (J.), Observations of Metcalf's Comet Made at the 

 Paris Observatory, 261 



Chaudhuri (B. L.), Triacanthus weberi, 422 



Chavez (M. G.), Death of, 400 



Chemistrv : Death of Dr. W. H. Seaman, 14; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of C. H. Greville Williams, F.R.S., 14; 

 Molecular Weights of Helium, Neon, Krypton, and 

 Xenon, H. E. Watson, 18; Death of Prof. Hugo Erdman, 

 46 ; Synthesis of Camphoric Acid, M. Blanc and Dr. 

 J. F. Thorpe, 51 ; Tinctorial Chemistry, Ancient and 

 Modern, Prof. Walter M. Gardner, ,^6 ; Method for the 

 Quantitative Estimation of Hydrocyanic Acid in Vegetable 

 and Animal Tissues, Prof. A. D. Waller, 60 ; Spontaneous 

 Crystallisation and the Melting- and Freezing-point Curves 

 of Mixtures of Two .Substances which form Mixed Crystals 

 and possess a Minimum or Eutectic Freezing-point, F. 

 Isaac. 61 ; Relative Atomic Weights of Nitrogen and 

 Sulphur, F. P. Burt and F. L. Usher, 62 ; Comparative 

 Toxicity of Theobromine and Caffeine as Measured by 

 their Direct Effects upon the Contractilitv of Isolated 

 Muscle, V. H. Veley and Prof. A. D. Waller, 62 ; Results 

 of Sterilisation Experiments on the Cambridge Water, 

 Prof. Sims Woodhead, 63 ; .Action of Iron and its Oxides 

 at a Red Heat, on Carbonic Oxide, Armand Gautier and 

 P. Clausmann, 64; Manganate of Sodium and its 

 Hydrates, V. Auger, 64 ; Researches on tiO-Maltol, A. 

 Backe, 64 ; a History of Hindu Chemistry from the 

 Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century 

 A.D., with Sanskrit Texts, Sic, Prof. PraphuUa Chandra 

 Ray, 68; Methods Used in the Examination of Milk 

 and Dairy Products, Dr. Chr. Barthel, 69 ; Electrolytic 

 Conductivity of Non-aqueous Solutions at Low Tempera- 

 tures, P. Walden, 84; .Specific Volumes of Solutions of 

 Tetrapropylammoniuin Chloride, J. W. M'David, 97; 

 Action of Cold and Anaesthetics upon the Leaves of 

 Angraecum fragrans and the Green Husks of Vanilla, 

 Edouard Heckel, 98 ; Toxic Oualities of Certain Salts 

 towards Green Leaves, L. Maquenne and E. Demoussy, 

 131 ; the Action of Vapours on Green Plants, Marcel 

 Mirande, 262 ; Critical Constants of .Acetylene and Cyano- 

 gen, Ettore Cardoso and Georges Baumes, oS ; Action of 

 Pressure and Temperature upon Cyanogen, E. Briner and 

 A. Wroczynski, 164; Technical Methods of Chemical 

 Analysis, Prof. George Lunge, loi ; Cordite, 109; Ex- 

 amination of the Atmosphere at Various Altitudes for 



Oxides of Nitrogen and Ozone, Messrs. Hayhurst and 

 Pring, 119; Rectilinear Diameter of Oxygen, E. Mathias 

 and H. Kamerlingh Onnes, 131 ; Action of Ultra-Violet 

 Rays on Gelatine, A. Tian, 131 ; Action of the Ultra- 

 Violet Rays upon Certain Carbohydrates, Henri Bierry, 

 Victor Henri, and -Albert Ranc, 164; .Abiotic Ac'.ion of 

 Ultra-Violet Rays of Chemical Origin, E. Tassilly and 

 R. Cambier, 164; Action of the Ultra-Violet Rays upon 

 Plants containing Coumarind, Some Plants the Smell of 

 which is due to the Hydrolysis of Glucosides, M. Pougnet, 

 421 ; New Researches on the Sterilisation of Large Quan- 

 tities of Water by the Ultra-Violet Rays, Victor Henri, 

 A. Helbronner, and .Max do Recklinghausen, 556 ; Sul- 

 phate of Thorium, .VI. Barre, 132 ; Absorption of Iodine 

 by Solid Bodies, Marcel Guichard, 132 ; lonisation of 

 Gases in presence of Chemical Reactions, Messrs. de 

 Broglie and L. Brizard, t.^i ; Note on Local Coloration 

 of the Cell Wall in Certain Water Plants induced by 

 Manganese Compounds, Prof. H. Molisch, 151 ; Alumin- 

 ium Nitride, its Preparation and Fusion, Daffy Wolk, 

 164; Decomposition of Steam by the Brush Discharge, 

 Miroslaw Kernbaum, 164; Researches on the Constitu- 

 tion of Vicianose, Gabriel Bertrand and G. Weisweiller, 

 164 ; Colours .Arising in Colourless Solutions of Coloured 

 Bodies at the Moment of the Solidification of the Colour- 

 less Solvent, D. Gernez, 164 ; Observations on Callose, 

 L. .Mangin, 164 ; Relations between Callose and Fungose, 

 C. Tanret, 228 ; Electrical Resistance of the Alkali 

 Metals, L. Hackspill, 164; Coal, Tar, and Ammonia. 

 Prof. George Lunge, 166 ; the Manufacture of 

 Sulphuric Acid and Alkali, with the Collateral 

 Branches, Prof. George Lunge, 166 ; Chimica 

 Generale e Applicata all' Industria, Prof. Ettore 

 Molinari, 170; Death of Oscar Guttmann, 179; 

 the Chemical Significance of Crystal Structure, Prof. 

 William J. Pope, F.R.S.. at Royal Institution, 187; 

 .Action of Mi-xtures of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, 

 or of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen, upon the Oxides 

 of Iron, A. Gautier and P. Clausmann, 196; Catalytic 

 Preparation of .Alkvl-arvl Ethers, Paul Sabatier and A. 

 Maiihe, 196 ; Evolution of Heat in a Mixture of Radium 

 and a Phosphorescent Salt, William Duane, 196 ; Rela- 

 tions between White Phosphorus, Red Phosphorus, and 

 Pyromorphic Phosphorus, Pierre Jolibois, 196 ; Catalytic 

 Reactions in the Wet Way based on the Use of 

 Aluminium Sulphate, J. B. Senderens, 196; Mechanism 

 of Photochemical Reactions and the Formation of Plant 

 Principles, Daniel Berthelot and Henry Gaudechon, 196: 

 the Constants of Nature, Part v., a Recalculation of 

 the Atomic Weights, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 207 ; 

 Determination of .Atomic Weights, Theodore W. 

 Richards and Hobart Hurd Willard, 207 ; the Harvard 

 Determination of Atomic Weights between 1870 and 

 1910, Theodore W. Richards, 207: Methods iised in 

 Precise Chemical Investigation, Theodore W. Richards, 

 207 ; Changes taking Place during the Storage of Butter, 

 212; Deveicpment of the Leblanc Process for the Manu- 

 facture of Soda, Sir William Ramsay, 213 : New Process 

 for producing Protective Metallic Coatings, M. U. 

 Schoop, 218; Lehmann's Anisotropic Liquids, G. Friedel 

 and F. Grandjean, 22S ; Preparation of Pure Arbutine, 

 H. H^rissey, 228; Determinations of the Effects of 

 Atmospheres of Various Vapours on the Volt-ampere 

 " Characteristic Curves " of the Carbon Copper Arc, 

 M. Kimura and K. Yamamoto, 248; Solubility of Ether 

 In Water, Y. Osaka, 248; Production of Methane by 

 the Direct Union of Hydrogen with Carbon, Prof. Bone 

 and Dr. H. F. Coward, 248 ; Photochemical Decomposi- 

 tion of the Alcohols, Aldehvdes. Acids, and Ketones, 

 Daniel Berthelot and Henry Gaudechon, 262; the ^Recti- 

 linear Diameter of Oxvgen, E. Mathias and H. Kamer- 

 lingh Onnes, 262 ; a First A'car's Course of Inorganic 

 Chemistrv, G. F. Hood, 266: a Manual of Elementary 

 Practical' Chemistrv for Use in the Laboratory, P. W. 

 Oscroft and R. P.' Shea, 266: Catalytic Preparation of 

 the Phenolic Oxides and the DIphenylenIc Oxides. Paul 

 Sabatier and A. Maiihe, 202 : Preoaration of Phenyl- 

 nitro-methane bv the Interaction of Mercurous Nitrite 

 and Benzvl Chloride, Panchanan Neogi and Birendra 

 Bhusan .Adhlkarv, 292 ; a Manual of Dyeing, Prof. P. 

 Knecht, C. Rawson, and Dr. R. Loewenthal, 295 ; 



