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Noyes, Inorganic Chemistry; L. M. Dennis, 
Analytical Chemistry; H. W. Wiley, Agricul- 
tural Chemistry ; Wm. McMurtrie, Industrial 
Chemistry. 
The departments of Physical Chemistry and 
of Physiological Chemistry are not, as yet, 
filled. 
Papers Presented to Secretary, A. A. A. S. 
1. Recent Progress in Agricultural Chemistry. 
By Professor H. W. Wiley, Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
2. Calculations of Calorimetric Equivalents 
of Agricultural Products from Chemical Analy- 
ses. By Professor H. W. Wiley and W. D. Bige- 
low, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
3. A Study of the Methods of Starch Deter- 
mination in Agricultural Products. By Professor 
H. W. Wiley and W. H. Krug, Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
4. The Action of Oxide of Manganese on 
Potassium Permanganate. By Chas. L. Reese, 
Baltimore, Md. 
5. The Chemistry of Methylene. By Professor 
J. U. Nef, University of Chicago, Ill. 
6. The Poisons of the Tuberculosis Bacillus. 
By Dr. E. A. de Schweinitz, Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
7. The Action of Nitric Acid upon Aluminium 
and the Formation of Aluminium Nitrate. By 
Professor J. B. Stillman, Stevens Institute of 
Technology, Hoboken, N. J. 
8. On the Action of Nitric Acid on Metals. 
By G. O. Higley. 
9. Street Washings. By Professor L. P. 
Kinnicutt, Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, 
Mass. 
10. Plastering and Mortar. 
P. Kinnicutt, Worcester, Mass. 
11. Qualitative Analysis ; a point in teaching 
that was not a full success. By Professor A. L. 
Green, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 
12, Annual Report on Indexing Chemical 
Literature. By Dr. H.C. Bolton, Washington, 
D.C. 
13. On the Action of Sodium on Methylpro- 
pylketon and on Acetophenon. By Professor 
Paul C. Freer, University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, Mich. 
By Professor L. 
SCIENCE. 
[N.S. Vou. VI. No. 136. 
14. On the Constitution of some Hydrazones. 
By P. C. Freer, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
15. Position in the Periodic Law of the Im- 
portant Elements found in Plant and Animal 
bodies. By Professor Harry Snyder, University 
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 
16. On two polymeric series of Phosphorus- 
Nitrogen compounds and on the Stereochemistry 
of Phosphorus and Nitrogen. By Dr. H. N. 
Stokes, United States Geological Survey, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
17. The Chemical Composition of Cement 
Plaster. By Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, University 
of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. 
18. Recent Progress in Analytical Chemistry. 
By Professor L. M. Dennis, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
19. Alkyl Bismuth Iodides. By Professor A. 
B. Prescott, University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, Mich. 
20. Kola tannin. By Professor A. B. Pres- 
cott, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
21. A new form of Discharger for Spark 
Spectra of Solutions. By Professor L. M. 
Dennis, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
22. Recent Progress in Industrial Chemistry. 
By Professor Wm. McMurtrie, New York City. 
23. On Solutions of Silicates of the Alkalies. 
By Dr. Louis Kahlenberg and A. T. Lincoln, 
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 
Papers Presented to the Secretary of the American Chem- 
ical Society. 
1. The Law of Solution. By Willis R. 
Whitney. 
2. A New Thermostat. By Willis R. Whit- 
ney. 
3. A Lecture Experiment illustrating th 
Law of Reactions of the First Order. By Willis 
R. Whitney. 
4. Contributions to the Chemistry of Didym- 
ium. By L. M. Dennis and E. M. Chamot. 
5. A Comparison of Methods for Determining 
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide. By L. 
M. Dennis and C. G. Edgar. 
6. Some New Compounds of Hydronitric 
Acid. By L. M. Dennis and C. H. Benedict. 
7. A Preliminary Thermo-Chemical Study of 
Iron and Steel. By E. D. Campbell and Firman 
Thompson. 
