GENERAL INDEX. 
113 
perature, 1872, 50 ; on the temperature 
of the electric spark, 51 
Dewar (J.) on the determination of high 
temperatures by refracted rays, 1873, 
461 
--*on the latent heat of gases, 1874,22 ; 
*on the latent heat of liquefied gases, 57 
--- on the estimation of potash and 
phosphoric acid , 1875, 24 ; 1877,*9, 26 
- *on a new form of electrometer, 
1876, 42; *on the transformation of 
chinoline into aniline, 63; ^recent 
additional observations on the physio- 
logical action of light, 151 
-on the condensation of the gases 
hitherto called permanent, 1878, 517 
- ^Address to the Chemical Sec¬ 
tion, 1879, 293; *on vapour densities, 
ib. ; *on the synthesis of hydrocyanic 
•acid, 317 ; *on the amount of nitrous 
acid produced in electric illumination, 
ib. ; *on the kinoline bases, ib. 
——■ on the present state of our knowledge 
of spectrum analysis, 1880,258; 1881, 
317 ; 1882, 120 ; 1884, 295 
* -on the alleged decomposition of 
the elements, 1881, 589 
- on fixing a standard of white light, 
1882, 38; 1883, 127; 1885, 61; 1886, 
39 ; 1887, 47 ; 1888, 39 ; on the prepara¬ 
tion of a new series of tables of ware- 
lengths of the spectra of the elements, 
1882, 144 ; 1884, 351 
-*on liquid marsh gas, 1883, 464 ; 
' ? on critical points and pressures and 
their relation to atomic volumes, ib. 
—-— on chemical nomenclature, 1884, 39 ; 
1885, 262 
-- *on the law of total radiation at 
high temperatures, 1884, 623 ; *on the 
constitution of the elements, 672 ; *on 
the liquefaction of oxygen and the 
density of liquid hydrogen, 1884, 679 
- on ware-length tables of the spectra 
of the elements and compounds, 1885, 
288; 1886, 167 ; 1890, 224 
- *on solutions of ozone and the 
chemical actions of liquid oxygen, 
1885, 985 
- on forming a uniform system of re¬ 
cording the results of water an ah/ sis, 
1889, 55 
- and G. Cranston on some reac¬ 
tions of chloro-sulphuric acid, 1869, 67 
-and Prof. Liveing on the reversals 
of the spectral lines of metals, 1882, 495 
-on sun-spots and the chemical ele¬ 
ments in the sun, 1883, 455 
-spectroscopic studies of explosions, 
1884, 672 
* -on the absoiq tion spectrum of 
oxygen, 1888, 576 
* -- experiments on the combustion of 
gases under pressure, 1890, 776 
*Dewar (J.) and J. G. McKendrick 
on the action of light on the retina and 
other tissues, 1873, 126 
* -further researches on the physio¬ 
logical action of the chinodine and 
pyridine bases, 1875, 165 
-and A. Scott on the determination 
of the relative atomic weights of man¬ 
ganese, oxygen, and silver, 1881, 596; 
on some vapour density determina¬ 
tions, 597 
-on the atomic weight of manganese, 
1883, 459; on the molecular weights 
of the substituted ammonias, 460 
De Winton (Col. Sir F.) *on the com¬ 
mercial future of Central Africa, 1888, 
745 
--Address to the Geographical Section, 
1889, 650 
Dew-Smith (A. G.) on the zoological 
station at Naples , 1875, 18 ; 1877, 228 ; 
1878, 149 ; 1879, 165 ; 1880, 161 ; 1881, 
178 
Dialysis, Dr. A. T. Machattie on the 
detection of poisons by, 1864, 34 
Diamantiferous peridotite, a, and the 
genesis of the diamond, Prof. H. C. 
Lewis on, 1886, 667 
Diamond, the application of the, to 
mineralogical and chemical analysis, 
Prof, von Baumhauer on, 1882, 489 
-mines, certain ancient, in India, the 
identification of, Prof. Y. Ball on, 1882, 
625 
f.-- the ash of the, Prof. Sir H. E. 
Roscoe on, 1884, 681 
-the matrix of the, Prof. H. C. Lewis 
on, 1887, 720 
f Diamondiferous deposits of South Africa, 
Prof. Sir H. E. Roscoe on the, 1884, 
681 
Diamonds, Prof. Tennant on the recent 
discovery of, in Cape Colony, 1868, 79 
* -received from the Cape of Good 
Hope during the last year, Prof. J. 
Tennant on the, 1869, 101 
-of South Africa, Prof. J. Tennant 
on the, *1870, 88; 1875, 82 
Diathermancy and electrolytic conduc¬ 
tivity, S. Bidwell on, 1886, 309 
Diatomaceae in coal from Lancashire and 
other places, the discovery of, by Count 
Abbot Castracane, Prof. E. Hull on, 
1875,74 
*Diatomaceous remains in the lake de¬ 
posits of Nova Scotia, A. H. Mackay 
on the, 1884, 783 
-deposits (diatomite) from the peat 
of Aberdeenshire, W. I. Macadam on 
certain, 1885, 1017 
Diatomite, deposits of, in Skye, W. T. 
Macadam and J. S. G. Wilson on, 1886, 
678 
Diatoms, the supposed radiolarians and, 
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