76 
GENERAL INDEX. 
^Chemical changes, Dr. Hurter on the 
time needed for the completion of, 
1870, 60 
-changes in their relations to micro¬ 
organisms, Prof. E. Frankland on, 1884, 
681 
- combinations, Prof. A. Cayley on 
tlie analytical forms called trees, with 
application to the theory of, 1875, 257 
.-- compounds, the colour of, Prof. T. 
Carnelley on, 1884, 688 
--compounds, Rev. Prof. J. H. Jellett 
on a method by which certain definite 
may be optically established, 1869, 23 
— properties, the relation of, geomet¬ 
rical structure to, Prof. Wislicenus on, 
1887, 647 
* -constitution and crystalline form, 
Gf. J. Stoney on the relation between, 
1883, 464 
- constitution and optical properties 
of essential oils, report on, 1872, 311 , 
313 ; 1873, 214 ; 1874, 17 
* - constitution and physiological 
activity, Dr. Crum Brown on the con¬ 
nection between, 1868, 113 
- constitution and physiological action, 
report of the committee on the connec¬ 
tion between , 1869, 209 
45 -problems presented by living 
bodies, discussion on the, 1888, 631 
- constituents of the solar system, 
some points connected with the, Dr. J. 
II. Gladstone on, 1877, 41 
* - decomposition, Prof. Clifford on 
the general equations of, 1874, 10 , 57 
- dynamics, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and 
Alfred Tribe on, 1871, 70 
* -dynamics, contributions to, by Dr. 
C. R. A. Wright, 1877, 54 
—— elements, Prof. Zenger on the velo¬ 
city of light in the, and on their crys¬ 
talline form, 1872, 46 
* -elements, Prof. Zenger on the 
correlation between specific weight and 
specific heat of, 1873, 40 
- elements, the possible genesis of 
the, out of a homogeneous cosmic gas 
or common vapour of matter, Dr. 
Macvicar on, 1876, 65 
--elements, the nature of the, Prof. 
T. Carnelley on, 1885, 969 
- elements, the representation of, by 
physical forms, Dr. I. Ashe on, 1889, 
546 
* -equations, Prof. Crum Brown on 
the mode of writing, 1874, 56 
* - equilibrium, an example of, A. 
Vernon Harcourt on, 1884, 671 
* -formulas, closed-chain, J. E. Marsh 
on, 1888, 631 
-formulae, Dr. T. Wood on the new, 
with reference to schools and examin¬ 
ations, 1865, 40 
Chemical fractionation, W. Crookes on 
the methods of, 1886, 583 
* - knowledge, modern progress in, 
Prof. H. E. Armstrong on certain points 
in, 1881, 589 
-nomenclature, Dr. A. Crum Brown 
on, 1872, 69 
-nomenclature, the present state of, 
Prof. A. W. Williamson on, 1881, 593 
- nomenclature, report on, 1883, 127 ; 
1884, 39 ; 1885, 262 
--nomenclature, suggestedamendment 
of, by Prof. A. Smithells, 1887, 652 
-- operations, calculus of, proposed by 
Brodie, Dr. Crum Brown on the, 1867, 
3i 
-philosophy, Dr. Otto Richter on an 
original system of, comprising the de¬ 
termination of the volume-equivalents, 
as also a new theory of the specific 
volumes of liquid and solid substances, 
1868, 42 
--- research, report of the committee for 
collecting and suggesting subjects for, 
1876, 314 
-theories and refraction equivalents, 
Dr. ,T. H. Gladstone on, 1868, 37 
--theory of gunpowder, Dr. Debus on 
the, 1875, 40 
* -views on the constitution of matter, 
Prof. A. W. Williamson on, 1883, 459 
_— manufactures of the northern dis¬ 
tricts, report on the, by Thomas Richard¬ 
son, J. C. Stevenson, and R. C. Clapham, 
1863, 701 
* - works, air-pollution from, A. E. 
Fletcher on, 1870, 56 
-method of treating the excreta of 
towns, Edward C. C. Stanford on a, 
1869, 76 
Chemico-magnetic action, some pheno¬ 
mena which appear to be of the nature 
of, W. Thomson on, 1881, 590 
fChemin de ferglissant, Sir D. Galton on 
the, 1889, 746 
Chemistry, manufacturing, report on the 
progress of, in South Lancashire, 1861, 
108 
* -C. G. Wheeler on the recent pro¬ 
gress of, in the United States, 1871, 83 
-integral weights in, Dr. T. Sterry 
Hunt on, 1887, 637 
-- as a branch of education, Dr. 
Thomas Wood on, 1868, 49 
-elementary, Dr. T. Wood on teach¬ 
ing, to boys under 14 years of age, 
1872, 87 
-the teaching of, in elementary 
schools, W. L. Carpenter on, 1883, 474 
-the teaching of, M. M. P. Muir on, 
1887, 651 
-- as a school subject, by Rev. A. 
Irving, 1888, 634 
- the present methods of teaching, 
