338 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



H. S. "Rodg-ers and Thomas French, Jr. : On certain electric phenomena in 

 Geissler tubes. 



W. F. Durand: Magnetic aud electric phenomena viewed as manifestations of 

 strain. 



E. B. Rosa : The specific inductive capacity of electrolytes. 



G-. W. Hough : Discussion of the formulas indicating the work of an electric 

 motor. 



A. L. Aret: Plan for a resistance box. 



J. E. Denton : On the specific heat of brine near 0° Fahr. 



W. H. Hamhon : Observations taken in four balloon ascents. 



D. P. Todd : On a form of pneumatic commutator and its use in the automatic 

 operation of physical apparatus. 



F. W. Vert : On the phosphoric lamp. 



P. H. Van der Wetde : On the advisability of applying the C. G. S. system 

 of modern electricians to the principles of elementary mechanics. 



D. T. Smith: Flow and friction of fluids in open channels — theory of streams. 

 Thos. French, Jr.: Actinic action of electrical discharge. 



Morris Loeb : Is chemical action influenced by magnetism ? 



A. Tuckerman: Index to the literature of thermodynamics. 



C. A. Oliver: Description of a series of tests for the detection and determina- 

 tion of sub-normal color-perception, designed for use in railroad service. 



Wellington' Adams: Ampere-meter for feeble alternating currents: the 

 Farado-meter. 



Ernest Merritt: Note on certain peculiarities in the behavior of a galvanome- 

 ter when used with a thermopile. 



Section G. Chemistry. 



H. W. Wiley: Knorr's extraction apparatus. Some new forms of apparatus 

 for drying substances in an atmosphere of hydrogen. Apparatus for recovering 

 highly volatile solvents. Pine tree sugar (Pinus Larnbertiand). Pine tree honey 

 dew and pine tree honey. 



H. W. Wiley and H. E. L. Horton: On the alkaloidal principles present in 

 the seed berries of Calycanthus glaucus. 



H. W. Wiley and Walter Maxwell: Mucilaginous, nitrogenous and dys- 

 morphous carbohydrate bodies in the sorghum plant. 



Walter Maxwell : On the nitrogenous elements present in cattle food pre- 

 pared from the cotton seed meal. On the method of estimation of the fatty bodies 

 in vegetable organisms and the behavior of the glycerides and lecithines during 

 germination. 



G-. L. Spexcer: Apparatus for evaporating in vacuo. The estimation of theine 

 in teas. 



A. E. Dolbear: On chemism — an inquiry into the conditions which underlie 

 chemical reactions. 



A. E. Kxorr : Apparatus for determining solubilities. 



F. W. Clarke : Experiments on the chemical constitution of the silicates. 



J. L. Fluellixg: Constant ratio between a reducing sugar and the amount of 

 copper set free, determined' gravimetrically. 



Hubert Edsox : Preservation of sugar solutions and influence of basic and 

 normal lead acetate on analysis thereof. 



H. E. L. Horton : Study of Fehling solution in estimation of sugars. 



H. A. Huston : Action of ammonium citrate on high grade aluminium phos- 

 phate. 



E. H. S. Bailey: On the minerals constituting a meteorite found in Kiowa 

 county, Kansas. 



J. U. Nef: Constitution of Benzoquinone. 



P. C. Freer : The action of sodium on acetone and the constitution of aliphatic 

 ketones. 



E. A. von Schweinitz: Study of the composition of Osage Orange leaves. A 

 new ptomaine. Preliminary study of the ptomaines from the culture liquids of 

 the hog cholera germ. 



