XIV 



Index 



[Nature, 

 No7'enU>t-r 25, 1909 



Greenish, 184 ; the Rise and Progress of the British 

 Explosives Industry, 190; Death of Prof. S. W. John- 

 son, 194; Properties of the Monatomic Gases, Dr. H. 

 Happel, 198 ; Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of 

 Silicon and of its Relations to Organised Structures, 

 Prof. J. Emerson Reynolds, F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 

 206 ; New Method of .Analysis by Curves of Miscibility, 

 its Application to Oils used for Food, E. Louise, 209 ; 

 the .inotropic States of Phosphorus, Pierre Jolibois, 209 ; 

 Action of the Ultra-violet Rays upon the .Acetic Fer- 

 mentation of Wine, Victor Henri and Joseph Schnitzler, 

 210; the Latent J-leat of Fusion and the Specific Heat of 

 Propionic Acid, G. Massol and M. A. Faucon, 210; 

 Paralysing Influence exercised by Certain Acids on 

 Alcoholic Fermentation, Mile. M. Rozenband, 210; 

 Chemical Technology and .Analysis of Oils, Fats, and 

 Wa.xes, Dr. J. Lewkovvitsch, C. Simmonds, 211; V. v. 

 Richter's Chemie der Kohlenstoffverbindungen oder 

 organische Chemie, Dr. R. Anschutz and Dr. G. 

 Schroeter, 215; Analyse und Konstitutionsermittelung 

 organischer Verbindungen, Dr. Hans Meyer, 215; the 

 Cyanamide Industry of France, M. Pluvinage, 222 ; 

 Estimation of Fat in Unsweetened Evaporated Milk, 

 Messrs. Hunziker and Spitzer, 226 ; Osmotic Phenomena 

 and their Modern Physical Interpretation, Prof. H. L. 

 Callendar, F.R.S., at Royal Institution, 235 ; Ethyl 

 Acetal of Tetrolic Aldehyde, P. L. Viguer, 239 ; Method 

 for the Rapid Estimation of Metallic Aluminium, E. 

 Kohn-.Abrest, 239 ; Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide by 

 the Ultra-violet Rays, H. Herchefinkel, 239 ; He.\on'e 

 Bases of Egg-white, Dr. J. M. Petrie and Dr. H. G. 

 Chapman, 240 ; Influence of the Reaction of the Medium 

 on the Development and Proteolytic Activity of Davaine's 

 Bacteridium, Mile. Eleonore Lazarus, 269 ; Synthesis of 

 Unsaturated Fatty Ketones, F. Boudroux and F. 

 Taboury, 269 ; Genesis of the Chemical Elements, James 

 Moir, 270 ; Aurvedic Metallic Preparations, Part i., 

 Panchanan Neogi and Birendra Bhusan Adhicary, 270; 

 Death of Prof. Emil Christian Hansen, 294; Obituary 

 Notice of, Arthur R. Ling, 310; Death of L. Bouve- 

 ault, 311 ; Action of lodo-eosin as a Test for Free 

 Alkalis in Dried Plant Tissues, Dr. A. C. Hof, 312; 

 Apparatus for Determining the Calorific Power of 

 Gaseous Combustibles, P. Lemoult, 330 ; Chemistry in 

 the Service of the State, Sir Edward Tliorpe, 340 ; Curious 

 Case of Corrosion Occurring in a Stand-by Boiler, G. N. 

 Huntly, 354 ; Calorimetric and Cryoscopi'c Constants of 

 Mercuric Bromide, M. Guinchant, 360; a Manual of 

 Volumetric Analysis, Dr. H. W. Schimpf, 364; Lique- 

 faction of Clay by Alkalis and Use of Fluid Clay Casting 

 in the Ceramic Industry, Dr.. E. Weber, 375 ; the Mag- 

 netic R6h of Oxygen in Organic Compourids, P. Pascal, 

 390 ; Estimation of Phosphorus in Combustible Substances 

 by the Calorimetric Bomb, P. Lemoult, 390 ; the Manu- 

 facture of Rubber Goods, Adolf Heil and Dr. W. Esch, 

 391: Oxidation of Phenol, H. D. Gibbs, 404; Washing 

 of Cider Apples with an Oxidising Calcium Salt leading 

 to Pure Fermentation, Henri Alliot and Gilbert Gimel, 

 420; Corrosion of Iron, Dr. J. Newton Friend, m.t ; 

 Action of Air and Steam on Pure Iron, Dr. J. Newton 

 Friend, at.-; ; Process of Manufacturing .Artificial Mag- 

 netic Oxide of Iron, F. J. R. Carulla, 437 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Richard Bannister, 460 ; Thermal 

 Properties of Silver Nitrate, M. Guinchant, 480 ; Exam- 

 ination of Essence of Turpentine, Paul Nicolardot and 

 Louis Clement, 480 ; Revision of the Density of Gaseous 

 Hydrochloric Acid : the Atomic Weight of Chlorine, Otto 

 Scheuer, 510; Derivatives of Hexahydro-oxybenzoic Acid, 

 P. J. Tarbouriech, 510; Total Sugar of the Plasma and 

 Globules of the Blood, R. Lepine and M. Boulud, 510; 

 Gay-Lussac's Law, its Centenary, Dr. A. N. Meldrum, 

 519; Death of Dr. Hermann Endemann, 524; a Series 

 of Isomeric Phenylphthalimides, Mr. Kuhara and Mr. 

 Komatsu, 528; see also British Association 



Child Employment and Evening Continuation Schools, Cyril 

 Jackson, 50 



Children in Health and Disease. Dr. David Forsyth, 454 



Chile, Musical Sands in, M. H. Gray, 126 



China Philosophical Society, Inaugural Meeting of the, 

 Wang Shoh Lian, 461 



Chinese Names of Colours, Alfred Tingle, 367 



Chofardet (P.), Comet igogn, Borrelly-Daniel, 46; Observa- 

 tions of the Comet igoga (Borrelly-Daniel) at the 

 Observatory of Besanijon, 29 



Chree (Dr. C, F.R.S.), Results of Observations made at 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey Magnetic Observatories, 

 Daniel L. Hazard, 205 ; Magnetic Storm of September 

 ^5. 395 ; Magnetic Storms and Solar Eruptions, 456 



Christian Science, the Faith and Works of, 513 



Christie (W. A. K.), Mining Administration in India, 

 219 



Chronology : Styles of the Calendar, W. T. Lynn, 277 



Chronometry : the Daylight Saving Bill, 294; Standard 

 Clock at Hamburg Observatory Connected to Trunk 

 Telephone System, 433 



ClaparMe (Dr. Ed.), Psychologie de I'Enfant et Pi^dagogie 

 experimental, 214 



Clark (Latimer), a Monument to. Prof. C. \'. Bovs, 

 F.R.S., 512 



Clarke (Dr. Eagle), A'oung of the .Sanderling, 13b 



Clarke (W. E.), Elementary Practical Botany, 451 



Clay's Successful Gardening, 451 



Claytqn (E. G.), a Compendium of Food-microscopy, 97 



Clayton (H. Helm), Exploration of the Air with Ballons- 

 sondes at St. Louis, and with Kites at Blue Hill, 223 ; 

 Suggested Reforms in Meteorological Methods, 464 



Clavworking Industry in the United States, History of the, 

 Dr. H. Ries and H. Leighton, Dr. J. W. Mellor, 

 452 



Cleland (Dr. J. B.), Diurnal Variations in the Tempera- 

 tures of Camels, 60 ; Barisal Guns in Australia, 127 ; 

 Australian Fauna and Flora, 353 



Clement (Louis), Examination of Essence of Turpentine, 

 480 



Clement (P.), Proof of Experimental Ammoniuria in 

 Epilepsy, 330 



Climatology of Styria, Dr. Robert Klein, 81 



Cobb (Dr. N. A.), Fungus Maladies of the Sugar Cane, 

 496 



Coblentz (Prof. W'm. W.), Supplementary Investigations of 

 Infra-Red Spectra, 82 



Coburn (F.), Breeding of the Marsh-Warbler in Worcester- 

 shire, 495 



Coburn (F. D.), Swine in America, 35 



Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Skull of a Ground-sloth from 

 Colorado, 264 



Coffin (Dr. J. G.), Vector Analysis, 392 



Cohen (Prof. J. B.), the Nature and Extent of .Air Pollu- 

 tion by Smoke, Paper at Health Congress, 468 



Cole (L. J.), Importance of "Tagging" Birds, 87 



Coleman (Prof. A. P.), Extent of the Ice Sheets in the 

 Great Plains, 446 ; the Bearing of Pre-Cambrian Geology 

 on Uniformitarianism, 446 ; Metal Mining in Canada, 



447 

 CoUingham (R. H.), Ilgner-operated Winding-engines, iq 

 Collins (Mr.), Boric Acid in Milk from Cows Fed on Indian 



Cotton Cake, 168 

 Colombia, the Journal of an Expedition across Venezuela 



and, 1906-7, Dr. Hiram Bingham, 453 

 Colour among Tropical Fishes, Changes of, C. H. Town- 

 send, 174 

 Colours, Chinese Names of, Alfred Tingle, 367 

 Combustion, Spontaneous, Dr. John Knott, 268 

 Comets : the Comets of 1907 and 1908, Prof. Kobold, 20 ; 

 Comet 1909a (Borrelly-Daniel), 20, 83 ; M. Chofardet, 

 46 ; Ephemeris for Comet igoga (Borrelly-Daniel), 

 Dr. M. Ebell, 267 ; Halley's Comet, Dr. Holetschek, 

 46; L. Matkiewitsch, 46; Ephemeris for Halley's Comet, 

 igogc, Mr. Crommelin, 465 ; Observations of Halley's 

 Comet, 1909c, Prof. Wolf, 404 ; VisibiUty of Halley's 

 Comet, W. F. Denning, 395 ; Elements and Ephemeris 

 for Halley's Comet (igogc), 436; Halley's Comet Re- 

 discovered, Prof. Max Wolf, 355 ; Messrs. Cowell and 

 Crommelin, 355; Halley's Comet, Prof. Burnham, 376; 

 iqoqfc. Dr. Max Wolf, 376 ; Prof. Millosevich, 528 ; 

 Father Searle, 528 ; Prof. Newall, r^n . the Identity of 

 Comets 1908a and igo8b (Encke\ Dr. Ebell, 83 ; Search- 

 ephemerides for Comet 1896 Vll. (Perrinej, F. W. 

 Ristenpart, 170; R. Castro and A. Repenning, 170; 

 Re-discovery of Perrine's Comet, Herr Kopff, 229 ; Herr 



