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4. The Melting Points of Organic Compounds in relation to tlieir Chemical 



Constitution. Part I. — Influence of Orientation in Aromatic Compounds. 

 By Professor Caknellet, D.Sc 647 



5. Alcohol and "Water Comhinations. By Professor Mendeleef 647 



6. On the Constitution of Atropine. By Professor Ladenbttrg 647 



7. The Reduction-products of the Nitro-paraffins and Alkyl Nitrites. By 



Professor Dunstak and T. S. Dymoxd 649' 



8. On the Second Monobromo-benzene. By Professor Fixtica 649 



9. Saccharine, the new Sweet Product from Coal-tar. By Dr. Fahlberg ... 649 

 10. On a Partial Separation of the Constituents of a Solution during Expan- 

 sion by Rise of Temperature. By Professor J. W. ^Mallet, F.R.S 649 



Scb-Section B. — Chemical Science. 



1. The Chemical Structure of some Natural Silicates. By F. W. Clarke... 6.j0 



2. Apparatus for Measuring the Volume of Gas evolved in various Chemical 

 Actions, with or without the Application of Heat, with proposed Exten- 

 sion to Organic Analysis, and to the Continuous Determination of Abnormal 

 Vapour- Densities. By F. W. Watein, M.A 650 



3. On the Teaching of Chemistry. By M. M. Pattison Mfir, M.A 651 



4. Suggested Amendment of Chemical Nomenclature. By Professor A. 

 SiiiTHELLs, B.Sc 65:i 



5. A Study of the Action of Nitric Acid on Benzene. By Professor Lothar 

 Meyer 653 



6. On Professor Ramsay's Method of determining Specific '\'olumes. By 



Professor Lothar Meyer 653 



7. The Reduction of Nitrates by Micro-organisms. By R. "Waringto??, F.R.S. 65o 



8. A new Method for determining Micro-organisms in Air. By Professor 

 Oarnelley and Thos. Wilson 654 



TUESBAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 



1. Report of the Committee for further investigating the Action of the Silent 

 Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other Gases 654 



2. The Absorption Spectra of Rare Earths. By G. H. Bailey, D.Sc, Ph.D. 654 



3. The Absorption Spectra of the Haloid Salts of Didymium. By G. H. 

 Bailey, D.Sc, Ph.D 654 



4. On Solution. By William Durham, F.R.S.E 655 



6. On the Thermal Phenomena of Neutralisation and their bearing on the 



Nature of Solution. By W. W. J. Nicol, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.e" 656 



6. On a probable Manifestation of Chemical Attraction as a Mechanical 



Stress. By Professor John "W. Langley 657 



7. Notes on some peculiar Voltaic Combinations. By C. R. Alder "Wright, 



D.Sc, F.R.S., and C. Thompson, F.C.S ; 657 



8. On the present Aspect of the Question of the Sources of the Nitrogen of 



Vegetation. By Sir J. B. Lawes, F.R.S. , and Professor J. H. Gilbert, 

 F.R-S :660 



9. Dispersion Equivalents and Constitutional Formulae. By Dr. J. H. Glad- 



stone, F.R.S 660 



