Index 



Hvdrogenation of the Ketoximes, a Synthesis of New 

 Amines, A. Mailhe, 288 ; New Preparation of Rubidium 

 and CzEsium, L. Hackspill, 288 ; Molecular Transform- 

 ations of Hydrated Ferric Sulphate, A. Recoura, 288 ; 

 the Gradual Dissociation of Mellitic Acid, A. Quartaroli, 

 302 ; Explosions of Mixtures of Coal-gas and Air in a 

 Closed Vessel, L. Bairstow and A. D. Alexander, 311 ; 

 Action of Ethylamine and /sobutylamine on Ciesium, E. 

 Rengade, 312 ; der Naturwissenschalflliche Unterricht 

 bei uns und im Auslande, Dr. Karl T. Fischer, 333 ; 

 Wie sind die physikalischen Schijlerubungcn praktisch 

 zu gestalten? Oberlehrcr Hahn, 333; Influence of Water 

 Vapour on the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by Carbon, 

 O. Boudouard, 336; Sub-iodide of Phosphorus and its 

 Part in Allotropic Transformation of Phosphorus, R. 

 Boulouch, 336 ; Action of Sodium Sulphite upon Ethanal, 

 MM. Seyewetz and Bardin, 336; Gentiine, George 

 Tanret, 336 ; Chemical Equilibrium of the System : 

 Ammonia Gas, Isoamylamine Chlorhydrate, F^lix Bidet, 

 33b; Catalytic Decomposition of .Monochlor-derivatives 

 of Methane Hydrocarbons in Contact with .'\nhydrous 

 Metallic Chlorides, Paul Sabatier and k. Mailhe, 336; 

 Duty-free Alcohol, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, 344 ; Connec- 

 tion between Atomic Weight of a .Substance and the 

 .'\mount of Secondary Radiation which it Emits when 

 Subjected to the ;8 and 7 Rays of Radium, Prof. A. 

 '^'fi'^'. 350 ; Researches on Explosives, Sir .Andrew 

 Noble, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S., 358; a Secondary Reaction 

 of the Halogen Organo-magnesium Compounds, Paul 

 Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 359 ; Conversations on Chem- 

 istry, W. Ostwald, 364 ; Thermochemistry of the Hydr- 

 azones. Ph. Landrieu, 392 ; Sterigiriatocystis nigra and 

 Oxalic Acid, P. G. Charpentier, 392, 480; Gases Pro- 

 duced by Actinium, A. Debierne, 424 ; Production of 

 Heavy Liquids with the .'\lkaline lodo-mercurates, M. 

 Duboin, 424; Atlas of Emission .Spectra of Most of the 

 Elements, Drs. Hagenback and Konen, 426 : Recent 

 .■\dvances in the Chemistry of Albumin, Emil Abder- 

 halden, 437 ; Sal-ammoniac, a .Study in Primitive Chem- 

 istry, H. E. Stapleton, 4-;2 ; Cause of Accumulation of 

 Starch in Bruised Apples, G. Warcollier, 452 ; die Bedeut- 

 ung des Experimentes fiir den Unterricht in der Chemio, 

 Dr. Max Wehner, 455 ; a New Formation of Diamond, 

 Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., 527 ; Physical Units of 

 Albuminoid Material and on the Part Played by Lime in 

 its Coagulation, G. Malfitano, 528; the Calcium Carbide 

 Industry in France, ^41 ; Apparatus for Generation and 

 .\utomatic Compression of Oxygen, Prof. d'.Arsonval, 

 ■;4i ; van 't Hoff's Hypothesis of Osmotic Pressure of 

 Solutions, Prof. A. Battelli and A. Stefanini, 541 ; the 

 Isolation of Terbium, G. Urbain, 552 ; Theoretical 

 Chemistry, Prof. Walther Nernst, i^i^c, ; a Text-book of 

 Chemical .Arithmetic, Horace L. Wells, 556; the Physics 

 and Chemistry of Mining, T. H. Byrom,"557; a System- 

 atic Course of Practical Org.inii- Chiniistry, Lionel Guy 

 Radcliffe and Frank Sturdy Sinnatt. 570 ; Isostrychnine, 

 .■\. Bacovesco, 600; Index Phytochemicus, Drs. J. C. 

 Ritsema and J. Sack, 603 ; Derivatives of Cyclohexane, 

 P. F'reundler and E. Damond, 624; Sambunigrin, Em. 

 Bourquelot and Em. Danjou, 624: Report of the Prin- 

 cipal Chemist upon the Work of the Government Labor- 

 atory for the Year Ending March 31, 1903, 634; the 

 .Absolute Desiccation of Vegetable Products, L. Maquenne, 

 (148 ; Halogen Compounds of Dinaphthopvrvl with Metals 

 and Metalloids, R. Fosse and L. Les.age, '64S ; Develop- 

 ment of Amylase during the Germination of Seeds, Jean 

 Effront, 648: the Synthetic Dyestuffs and the Inter- 

 mediate Products from which they are Derived, J. C. 

 Cain and J. F. Thorpe, Walter M. Gardner. Supp. to 

 October 19, vii 



Chester (Rear-Admiral), Standard Time in Various Coun- 

 tries, 256 



Chick (Dr. Harriette), a Study of the Process of Nitrifi- 

 cation with Reference to the Purification of Sewage, 117 



Chretien (Paul), Combinations of Ferrocyanides and 

 Sulphuric Acid, 264 



Christophers (Lieut.), Parasites of Indian Field Rat, 515 



Chromospheric Spectrum, the Ultra-violet, H. Deslandres 

 542 



Chronology : Utilisation of the Telephone System for the 

 Exact Transmission of Time, M. Guvoul 134 ; Intro- 



duction of a Standard Tiine on the Railways of India, 

 181 ; New Sundial that Tells Standard Time, Prof. 

 Albert Crehore, Sir W. H. Preece, K.C.B., F.R.S., 209 



Chrysler (M. A.), Regeneration in Zamia, 65 



Circumzenithal Apparatus. MM. Nusl and Fric, 230 



Citizen, the, a Study of the Individual and the Govern- 

 ment, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 578 



Clarke (C. B., F.R.S.), Fictitious Problems in Mathe- 

 matics, 102 



Clarke (H. Herbert), Report on the Sanitation and Anti- 

 malarial Measures in Practice in Bathurst, Conakry, and 

 Freetown, 67 



Clay (Charles M.), Examples in Algebra, 393 



Clays and Clay Industries of Iowa, S. W. Beyer, G. W. 

 Bissell, I. a'. \\'illiams, J. B. Weems, and A. Marston, 

 388 



Clays and Clay Industries of New Jersey, H. Ries and 

 H. B. Kummel, 388 



Clayton (John), the Cowthorpe Oak, 43 



Cleavage, Experiments on Schistosity and Slaty, George 

 F. Becker, 20 ; .Alfred Harker, 152 



Cleavage of Slates, the. Rev. O. Fisher, ^5 



Cleve (Prof. P. T.), Death of, 226 



Cliffs near Cromer, Chalk Masses in the. Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney, F.R.S., 8 



Clinical and Pathological Observations on Acute Abdominal 

 Diseases, E. M. Corner, 122 



Clock and Chronometer by Thomas Mudge, A. Mallock, 

 F.R.S., 91 



Clowes (Dr.), the Immunisation of Mice against Cancer, 

 86 



Coal : Digest of the Evidence given before the Royal 

 Commission on Coal Supplies (1901-1905), 395 



Coalfields, the North Staffordshire, Memoirs of the Geo- 

 logical Survey of England and Wales, W. Gibson, G. 

 Barrow, C. B. Wedd, and J. Ward, H. W. Hughes, 612 



Coal-tar Colour Industry, Organic Preparations and the, 

 J. C. Cain and J. F. Thorpe, Walter M. Gardner, 

 Supp. to October 19, vii 



Cockayne (Dr. L.), Vegetation of Open Bay Islands, New 

 Zealand, 540 ; Thorns merely Xerophvtic Structures, 563 



Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), , the British Slugs, 245 ; the 

 Spread of Iniurious Insects, 397 



Cogshall (Prof." W. A.), Double Star Observations, 135 



Cohen (J. B.), Action of Chlorine on Boiling Toluene, 239 



Colajanni (Prof. N.), Latins et Anglo-Saxons, Races 

 sup^rieures et Races inf^rieures, 533 



Cole (Prof. Grenville A. J.), Growth of Crystals in the 

 Contact-zone of Granite and .Amphibolite. 23 ; an Intro- 

 duction to the Geology of Cape Colony, 35 : Glacial 

 Studies in Canada, Dr. William H. Sherzer, 310; Ex- 

 plorations in Turkestan, with an Account of the Basin 

 of Eastern Persia and .Sistan, Raphael Pumpelly, R. W. 

 Pumpelly, Prof. W. M. Davis, and Ellsworth Htmt- 

 ington, 366 



College of Applied .Science, the Proposed, 250 



Collet (Dr. Leon W.), les Concretions phosphat^es de 

 I'Agulhas Bank (Cape of Good Hope), 286-7 



Collie (Prof. J. N., F.R.S.), Synthesis by Means of the 

 .Silent Electric Discharge, 238 ; the L'ltra-violet Absorp- 

 tion Spectra of .Aromatic Compounds, part i.. Benzene 

 and Certain Monosubstituted Derivatives, 239 ; the 

 .Absorption .Spectrum of Benzene in the Ultra-violet 

 Region, 630 



Collier (Dr.), the Treatment of Sleeplessness, 331 



Collier (P.), Riding and Driving, 197 



Collieries, Outbursts of Gas and Coal at the Morrissey, 

 British Columbia, James Ashworth, 131 



Collinge (Walter E.), Report on the Iniurious Insects and 

 other Animals observed in the Midland Counties during 

 1904, 340 



Collins (F. Howard). Author and Printer, an Attempt to 

 Codify the Best Typographical Practices of the Present 

 Day, 100 



Coloration in Polistes, Wilhelmine M. Enteinan, 19 



Coloration, Protective, of the Inside of the Mouth in 

 Nestling Birds, W. Ruskin Butterfield, 534 



Colour, Luminosity and. Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 222 



Colour Phenomena, an Introduction to the Study of, Joseph 

 W. Lovibond, 603 



Colquhoun (Dr. W.), New Form of Bolometer for Physio- 



