Index 



Chemistry (coii(miied) : 



Landolt-Bornstein phvsikalisch-clicmische Tabellen, 

 431; Breath Figures, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., 

 436; Dr. John Aitlcen, F.R.S., 619; Organic Deriva- 

 tives of Silicon, Prof. Kipping, 494; Absorption and 

 Conductivity of Acids, A. Brochet, 561 ; Elements and 

 Electrons, Sir W. Ramsav, K.C.B., F.R.S., 567; the 

 Nernst Festschrift, W. Ncrnst's Pupils, Prof. F. G. 

 Donnan, F.R.S., 641 ; .appearance of Helium and Neon 

 in Vacuum Tubes, Sir \. J. Thomson. O.M., F.R.S., 645 ; 

 Sir Wm. Ramsav, K.C.B., 653; Prof. J. N. CoUie, 

 F.R.S., and H. S. Patterson, 653, 699; F. Soddy, 654; 

 Applications of Positiv" Rays, Sir J. J. Thomson, 663 ; 

 Trattato di Chimico-F'sica, Prof. H. C. Jones, Dott. 

 M. Giua, 668 

 Physiological : Grundriss dcr Eiochemie fur Studierende 

 und Aerzte, Prof. C. Oppenheii.ier, 33! ; Medii-in=sch- 

 chemisches Laboratoriums-Hilfsbuch, Dr. L. P.i.cus- 

 sohn, 592 

 of Plants ; Quebrachite in Leaves of Grevillea robnsta, 

 E. Bourquelot and Mile. Fichtenholz, 183 ; Hydro- 

 cyanic Acid in Trifoliutn repens, M. Mirande, 213; 

 Hydrogen Cyanide in Young Plants, Prof. C. Ravenna 

 and G. Bosinelli, 471 ; Stachyose in the Bean, G. 

 Tanret, 507 ; Ash of the Plantain, D. Hooper, 508 

 Technical : Bleaching and Dyeing of Vegetable Fibrous 

 Materials, J. Hiibner, 6.^ ; German Varnish-making, 

 Prof. Max Bottler, 65: Allen's Commercial Organic 

 Analysis, W. A. Davis and S. S. Sadtler, 65 ; Chemistry 

 of Breadmaking, J. Grant, 357; Cocoa and Chocolate: 

 their Chemistry and Manufacture, R. Whymper, 357 ; 

 Leather Chemists' Pocket-book, 360; Ceramic 

 Chemistry, H. H. Stephenson, 4^7; Treatise on General 

 and Industria' Inorganic Chemistry, Dr. E. Molinari, 

 509; Chemistry in Gasworks, W. J. h. Butterfield, 

 62S ; der Kautschuk, Dr. R. Ditmar. 668 

 Miscellaneous: Benzylperuvic Acid, J. Bougault. 30; 

 Resolution of Sec-bitylamine, Prof. Pope and C. S. 

 Gibson, 114; .Attack of Calcite by .'\cids, P. Gaubert, 

 127; Conditions of Formation of Nitrous and Nitric 

 Acids, F. Briner and E. L. Durand, 156 ; Inactive and 

 Racemic Dilactylic Acids, E. Jungfleisch, 298 ; Double 

 Sulphites of Mercury and the Alkalis, H. Baubigny, 

 299 ; Action of Formic Acid upon Triarylcarbinols. A. 

 Guyot and A. Kovache, 299 ; New Reagent for Free 

 and Combined Chlorine and Bromine, G. Denigfes and 

 L. Chelle, 376 ; Ethereal Salts derived from the 

 Cyclanols arid Acids of the Fatty Series, J. B. 

 Senderens and J. Aboulenc, 377; Electrical Furnace, 

 R. E. Slade, 400 : Synthesis of a Silical-Cyanide and 

 of a Felspar, Dr. J. E. Reynolds, 401 ; Limit of Forma- 

 tion of Endothermic Compounds at High Tempera- 

 tures, E. Briner, 429; Esterification of Cyc'anols by 

 Aromatic Acids, J. B. Senderens, 4^^^ ; Precipitation of 

 Salts by corresponding Acids, I. Masson, 506 ; Stereo- 

 isomerism of the Oximcs, F. C. Palazzo, 525 ; Constitu- 

 tion of Phosphoric Acids and their Alkali Salts, A. Holt 

 and J. E. Myers, 533 ; Formation of Dimethylstyrolene, 

 A. Haller and E. Bauer, 561 ; Fixation of Alkaline 

 Bisulphites on Salts of Acetylenic Acids, E. Lasausse, 

 587 ; Chemical Reactions in Compressed Gases, E. 

 Briner and M. Bnubnoff, 613 : Preparation of the 

 Cymenes and Menthanes, P. Sabatier and M. Murat, 

 613 ; Montanic Acid, H. Ryan and J. .Mgar, 638 ; 

 Reactions of Sodium Amide in presence of Ammonia, 

 E. Chablay, 638 ; Action of Alkaline Sulphites on 

 Ethylenic Acids, J. Bougault and M. M. la Fosse. 664; 

 Direct .Addition of Hvdrogen to the Phenylacetic Esters, 

 P. Sabatier and M. Murat, 6go 



Child, the. 90 



Children. Bees shown to the, E. Hawks, 3.1^8 



China : Engineering Openings, 340 ; National Geographic 

 Magazine, 418; Prickly Pear in W. China, T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, 464; Through ShSn-Kan, R. S. Clark and 

 A. de C. Sowerby, (^44 



Chiriquian Antiouities, Prof. G. G. MacCurdy, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, F.R.S., 73 



Chlorine and Bromine, New Reagent for, G. Denigis and 

 L. Chelle, 376 



Cholera Menace, Adolphe Smith, 90 



Chronometers : Inertia of Balance Spring, J. .Andrade, 272 



Chrysanthemums, T. Stevenson, C. H. Payne, C. E. Shea, 

 248 



Church Congress at Middlesbrough, 167 



Cinematograph, see Kinematograph 



Civil Service Higher Grades : Entry, Miss Sheavyn, 583 



Classics, see Roman 



Clays and Shales, British, A. B. Searle, 278 



Cleveland Meeting of the American Association, 58: 



Climatological Observations, 146 



Clocks, Synchronisation, 28 



Clouds: .^tlas Photographique des Nuages, J. Loisel, 280; 

 Cloud possibly due to Track of a Meteorite, Dr. G. 

 Hickling, .■;S6' 



Coal : Coal Supply of Britain, Prof. W. W. Watts, F.R.S., 

 113; Coal Specimens at Leeds, 138; Explosions in 

 Mines, Prof. W. Galloway, 552 ; Coal Mines Act, 611 ; 

 Coal Dust Explosions : Experiments on Abel's Theory, 

 Prof. Dixon and H. M. Lowe, 663 



Cochin Tribes and Castes, L. K. Anantha K. Iyer, 565 



Cochineal Insects. E. E. Green, 230 



Cocoa and Chocolate : their Chemistry and Manufacture, 

 R. Whymper, 3:17; Cocoa : its Cultivation and Prepara- 

 tion, W. H. Johnson, 357 



Coins, Hardness of. Dr. T. K. Rose, 335 



Cold Storage, Dr. Heincmann, 90 



Colour : Coloration in Animals, Protective and Cryptic, 



A. H. Thayer, 196 ; Colours of Plasmodia of some 

 Mycetozoa. K. Minakata, 220; Colouring of Tri- 

 coloured Dogs and Guinea-pigs and Cats. A. L. 

 Hagedoorn, 366 : Palette of the Illuminator, Dr. A. P. 

 Laurie, 399 : Colouring of Zebras : Obliterative Effect, 

 R. Pocock, 418; Protective Coloration and Lions, F. C. 

 Selous, R. I. Pocock, P'.R.S., ^93 ; Animal Coloration, 

 M. D. Hill, :;g3 



Colour Vision : Colour Vision Tests in Mercantile Marine, 

 92 ; Measurement of Fatigue of Retina. .Sir W. de W. 

 Abney, 3.^0 ; Negative .^fter-images with Pure Spectral 

 Colours, Dr. G. J. Burch, 612 ; (i) Colour Adaptation, 

 (2) Trichromic Vision and Anomalous Trichromatism, 

 Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 635 ; see also British 

 Association 

 Column-testing Machine, Prof. E. G. Coker, 453 

 Comets : Orbits, Correction, Prof. Stromgren, 60 ; Comets 

 due in 1913. H. P. Hollis, .i;52 ; Medal offered by 

 Astronomical Society of Mexico, 597 ; Next Return of 

 Encke's Comet, F. E. Seagrave, 526; Next Return of 

 Finlay's Comet, G Favet, 613, 628; Comet 1S52 iv 

 (Westphal), M. Viljev, 683 ; Comet 1910a, Orbit. S. 

 Mello e Simas, 420; Comet igiic (Brooks), MM, de la 



B. Pluvinel and Baldet, 29 ; Magnitude and Colour, 

 Max Valier, 526; Comet 1912a (Gale), W. Gale, 60, 

 394 ; 92 ; Mr. Franks, 198, 260, 272 ; M. Qu^nisset, 

 341 ; H. E. Wood. i;6i ; G. van Biesbroeck, 628 ; Dr. 

 Moschonkin, 628; .Spectrum. P. Idrac, 324; Orbit, Dr. 

 Ebell, 114, 141, 172, 232, 491; ; H. E. Wood, Mr. 

 Merfield, 172 ; Comet 1912b (Schaumasse), identical 

 with Tuttle's Periodic Comet, 231, 273 ; Orbit and 

 Identity, G. Fayet and others, 141, 260, 288, 299, 341 ; 

 Comet 1912c (Borrelly), 288, 315, 325, 341, 351, 369; 

 Orbit, Prof. Kobold, 443 



Common Land and Inclosure, Prof. E. C. K. Conner, 

 A. E. Crawley, 301 



Concrete. Reinforced, Testing in Britain, E. O. Sachs, 92 ; 

 Concrete Costs, Dr. F. W. Taylor and Stanford E. 

 Thompson, 302 



Conductivity, Intermittent, of Thin Dielectric Layers, E. 

 Branly, 351 ; Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions of 

 Salts and Organic .Acids, Prof. H. C. Jones, 393 



Congo Rivers, Variation of Levels, M. Roussilhe, 429 



Congresses : International Mathematical Congress at Cam- 

 bridge, 4; Church Congress at Middlesbrough, 167; 

 Third International Archaeological Congress at Rome, 

 169: Eighth International Congress of Applied 

 Chemistry, Prof. G. T. Morgan, 192 ; International 

 Congre'ss of .Anthropology at Geneva, 290; Congress of 

 Universities of the Empire, 374 ; International Congress 

 of Medicine in London, August, 1913, 440; Inter- 

 national Congress of Agriculture at Ghent. ,t2i, ,"7; 

 International Congress of Zoology, 576 



Consciousness of the Universal and the Individual. Dr. F. 

 Avelie.g, 695 



