Index 



r Natuii, 



\_Deceiitber 13, igo6 



Glycine, John Johnston, II., Methyl Derivatives of 

 Ortho- Jind Mcla-amino-benzoic Acids, A. C. Cumming, 

 III., Mclhylaled Amino-acids, James Walker, 407 ; 

 Alloys of Manganese and Molybdenum, M. Arrivant, 408 ; 

 Silver Sulphide, Selenide, and Telluride, H. P^labon, 

 408 : a Curative Product derived from Tuberculinine, 

 G. Baudran, 408; a Fireproof Celluloid, 415; the lodo- 

 mercurates of Sodium and Barium, A. Duboin, 436; the 

 Borostannates of the Alkaline Earths, the Reproduction 

 of Nordenskioldine, L. Ouvrard, 436 ; Lehrbuch der 

 gerichtlichen Chemie, Dr. Georg Baumert, Dr. M. 

 Dennstedt, and Dr. F. Voigtlander, 440; Naturkon- 

 stanten in Alphabetischer Anordnung, Prof. Dr. H. 

 Erdmann and Dr. P. Kothner, 442 ; Thermodynamic 

 Reasoning, Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R..S., 443 ; 

 W. C. D. Whetham, F.R.S., 443 ; the Radio-activity of 

 the Chemical Elements, C. W. Raffety, 444 ; the Oxida- 

 tion of Atmospheric Nitrogen in the Electric Arc, Dr. 

 F. MoUwo Perkin, 444 ; Death of G. W; Lehmann, 440 ; 

 Metallic Load Electrolytically Deposited from an Acidified 

 Solution of Lead Acetate, R. C. .Snowdon, 452 ; 

 Behaviour of Ferromanganese Anodes in Solutions of 

 Caustic Soda, G. R. White, 452 ; Preparation of Pure 

 Barium starting from its Suboxide, M. Guntz, 460; 

 Water Softening and Treatment, W. H. Booth, 464; 

 Wentzki"s Method of Purifying Hydrogen which Contains 

 Arsenic, 471 ; the Blue Substance formed by the Action 

 of Iodine on Starch Paste, M. Padoa and B. Savarfe, 

 473-4 ; Method for determining Velocities of Saponifi- 

 cation, James Walker, 483 ; New Element Present as an 

 Impurity in Krypton and Xenon, Dr. Baly, 499 ; Dr. 

 Rudolf Schmidt, 499; Death of Prof. Leon Prunier, 521 ; 

 the Main Source of " Precipitable " Substance, and on the 

 Role of the Homologous Proteid in Precipitin Reactions, 

 Prof. D. A. Welsh and Dr. H. G. Chapman, 5^1 ; the 

 Atomic Weight of Silver, P. A. Guye and G. Ter- 

 Gazarain, 532, 548 ; Avogadro and Dalton, the Standing 

 in Chemistry of their Hypotheses, Dr. .Andrew N. 

 Meldrum, 537 ; Hydrolysis of Iron, Chromium, Tin, 

 Cobalt, and Nickel Salts by Solutions containing Alkali 

 Iodide and lodato, S. E. Moody, 547 ; 'he Petroleums 

 of North America, Clifford Richardson, 547; Report of 

 the Government Laboratory for the Year ending March 

 31, 34S ; .'\ction of Fluorine on Chlorine, and a New 

 Method of F'ormation of Hypochlorous .Acid, Paul 

 Lebeau, 556 : Action of Mixed Organo-magnesium Com- 

 pounds upon .Amides, Constantin B^is, 556 ; Chemical 

 and Electrical Changes induced by Light, H. S. Allen, 

 .i;64 ; Selenium and Tellurium Elements Isomorphous, 

 Drs. G. Pellini and G. Vio, 574 : Physical Properties of 

 Fused Magnesium Oxide, H. M. Goodwin and R. D. 

 Mailev, 574 ; the Basic Carbonates of Magnesium, W. A. 

 Davis, i;/4 ; the Poisonous Principle of the Zamia Palm, 



E. A. Mann and T. I. Wallas, s8o ; Products of De- 

 velopment of Certain Species of Moulds, B. Gosio, 504 : 

 a New Hypothesis connecting the Fluorescence of 

 Organic Substances with their Chemical Constitution, 

 Profs. Luigi Francesconi and G. Bargellini, 61S ; the 

 New Muspralt Laboratory of Physical and Electro- 

 chemistry at the University of Liverpool, 624 ; the 

 Mechanism of Carbon Assimilation in Green Plants, the 

 Photolytic Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide in vitro, 



F. L. Usher and J. H. Priestley, 627; Studies on Enzvme 

 .Action, Lipase, Prof. Henry E. .Armstrong, F.R.S., 'and 

 Dr. Ernest Ormcrod, 627; New Examples of Rosacea; 

 containing Hydrocyanic .Acid, L. Guignard, 62S : Con- 

 stituents of the Alloys of Manganese and Molybdenum, 



G. .Arrivaut, 628; the .Alcoholic Ferment of A'east-juice, 

 part ii., the Coferment of Yeast-juice, Dr. Arthur Harden 

 and W. J. A'oung, 628 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Prof. T. T. Beilstein, 641 ; Toxic Principles of the Bitter 

 Variety of the Fruit of Luffa aegyptiaca, C. L. Bose, 

 643 ; Prussic Acid in Fodder Plants, Dr. J. W. Leather, 

 649; Succinic Pinacone. Louis Henry, 651; the Dialysis 

 of the Sugar of the Blood, R. Lepine and M. Boulud, 

 (151 : Chemical Functions of Textiles, L^o Vignon, 651 ; 

 the Condensation of Acetylenic Nitriles with the Amines, 

 Ch. Moureu and I. Lazennec, 652 ; Experimental Electro- 

 chemistry, N. Munro Hopkins, Supp. to May 3, vi ; 

 Abhandlungen und Vortrage zur Geschichte der Natur- 



wissenschaften. Prof. E. O. 

 October 11, vii 

 Chereau (F.), a-Chlorocyclohexanone and it 



Lippmann, Supp. to 

 Derivatives, 



Child (Prof. C. D.), lonisation and Temperature, 125 



Chinese Observation of Nature, W. Hoskyns-Abrahall, 

 3.5' 



Chisholm (Geo. G.), an Introduction to Practical Geo- 

 graphy, A. T. Simmons and Hugh Richardson, 27 



Chloroform, the Electrical Signs of Life and their Aboli- 

 tion by. Dr. Augustus D. Waller, F.R.S., 447 



Chree (Dr. C, F.R.S.), Atmospheric Electricity in Algeria, 

 Ch. Nordmann, 505 ; Stress in Magnetised Iron, 539 



Chriitien (P.), Three New Compounds of Selenium and 

 Antimony, 216 



Chromosphere, Luminous Particles in the. Dr. Deslandres, 

 18 



Chromospheric Radiations, Proposed Dailv Photographs 

 of, M. Deslandres, 135 



Chromospheric Spectra, Sun-spot and. Prof. A. Fowler, 

 '3S 



Chronology : Solar and Lunar Cycles implied ir 

 phetic Numbers in the Book of Daniel, Dr 



the Pro- 

 W. Bell 



Dawson, 154; the D.-y of the Week for anv Date, 

 W. E. Johnson, 271 

 Chrystal (Prof.). Limncgraphic .Apparatus and Measure- 

 ments on Loch Earn, 483 



Chubb (Dr. G. C), A'olk-nucleus in the Oocyte of Anledon, 

 61 



Civita (T. Levi), sur la Recherche des Solutions particu- 

 li^res des Syst^mcs diff^rentiels et sur les Mouvements 

 stationaires. 265 



Clark (A. H.), the Effects of Inbreeding, Cross-breeding, 

 and Selection upon Drosophila, 337 



Clark (John B.), .Arithmetic for Schools and Colleges, 

 Supp. to May 3, viii 



Clarke (C. Baron, F.R.S.), Death of, 448; Obiluarv Notice 

 of. 495 



Classen (E.), German Scientific and Technological Reader, 

 583 



Claude (Georges), Lit|ucfaction of Air by Expansion with 

 External Work, 216; the Liquefaction of Air and its 

 Application to the Manufaclurr- of Oxygen and Nitrogen, 

 306 



Clerk (Dugald), Specific Heal of. Heat Flow from, and 

 other Phenomena of the Working Fluid In the Cylinder 

 of the Internal Combustion Engine, 164 



Gierke (Agnes M.), Modern Cosmogonies, 350 



Close (Major C. F.), Text-book of Topographical and Geo- 

 graphical Surveying, 98 



Clough (C. T.), the Geology of Mid-Argyll, 



Clowes (Dr.), Cancer, 529 



Coal : Carboni fossili inglesi. Dr. Guglielmo Gherardi, 

 514 



Coal-tar Industry, International Celebration of the Jubilee 

 of the. Dr. J. C. Cain, 318; American Chemists and 

 the Jubilee of the. Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 514; sec 

 Chemistry 



Coates (J. E.), Densities of Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid 

 Oxygen and of their Mixtures, 142 



Cockayne 'Dr.), Ecology of New Zealand, 450 ; " Fluctu- 

 ating Variation " in New Zealand Plants, 546 ; the Flora 

 of the Poor Knights Islands, 546 



Cockerell (T. D. A.), Fossil Fauna and Flora of the 

 Florissant Shales, 370 



Cohn (Dr. H.). Death of, 521 ; Obituary Notice of, 545 



Coins, Discovery of Seven Thousand Roman, Aquila 

 Dodgson, 20 



Cole (Prof. Grenville .A. J.), Petrogenesis, Dr. C. Doelter, 

 242 ; the Alleged Triassic Foraminlfera of Chellaston. 

 near Derby, 489; on the Origin of the Trias, 550; Geo- 

 logical Studies in .South Africa, 646 



Coleman (H. S.), Cleaning of Work by Means of the 

 Electric Current, 23 



Coles (S. Cowper), on Electropositive Coatings for the 

 Protection of Iron and Steel from Corrosion. ^01 



CoUes (W. M.), Aldehvdrol and the Hydrates of Com- 

 pounds containing a Carbonyl Group, 311 



Collet (Dr. L^on W.), Chemical Composition of Glauconite, 

 215 



