INDEX. 
591 
Roubiqnet.,  M.  E.,  researches  on  aloetin            •             •             .  543 
Rose  cold  cream                .             .              .             .             .  St 
Rose  lip  salve      ......  86 
Rose,  Heivrich,  on  tbe  preparation  of  aluminium  from  cryolite      .  237 
Rose  face  powder               .....  272 
Rouge  and  red  paints          .             .              .              .             .  272 
Rusckenberger,  TV.  S.  W.  Dr.,  on  the  m  rcury  of  New  Almaden,  Cal.,  97 
Saccharine  substances,  on  some        ....  156 
Saffron,  its  production  in  Cashmere    ....  63 
Sanguinaria  canadensis,  new  principle  in                        .             •  521 
Salmonic  acid      ......  348 
Scattergood,  George  J.,  on  castor  oil  beans       .             .              .  206 
Schaffer,  Charles,  obituary  notice  of                ...  277 
Schleinkampf  Dr.,  on  a  reagent  for  nux  vomica             '  .             .  52 
Schuchardt,  Dr.,  on  Rhatany  root      ....  536 
Scutellaria,  on  fluid  extract  of           ...              .  87 
Sedra  of  California             .....  51 
Self-closing  faucets             .....  371 
Seneka,  compound  syrup  of  ipecac  and            .             .             .  205 
Shakspeare,  B.  A.,  on  acid  nitrate  of  mercury   ...  5 
Sharp,  A.  P.,  on  the  strength  of  commercial  alcohol       .             .  210 
Shiel,  Dr.  James,  on  the  identity  of  sanguinarina  and  chelerithrina,  and  on 
the  direct  determination  of  nitrogen            .             .  41 
Shaw,  Dr.  S.  A.  G.,  on  poisoning  by  strychnine             „             ,  244 
Sherwood,  Dr.  IV.,  on  poisoning  by  stramonium  seeds    .             .  266 
Silica,  on  hydrated             .....  47 
Silicate  of  ammonia                                                                .  47 
Silver  hair  dye     ......  269 
Silvering  and  gilding  of  glass            .  451 
Slater,  J.  TV.,  on  some  reactions  of  oxalic  acid              .             .  345 
Soda  water,  more  poison  in               .             .             .             .  102 
Soda  and  sulphuric  acid,  new  process  for                       .              .  121 
Sodium  and  its  manufacture              ....  57 
Sodium,  preparation  of       .             .             .             .             .  417 
Solution  of  gutta  percha     .....  208 
Solubility  of  bones  in  water                                                     .  443 
Soft  Sulphur        ......  474 
Sorel,  M.,  on  a  process  for  making  cement  of  oxychloride  of  zinc  .  165 
Spice  plaster        ......  19 
Spigelia  jelly       ......  182 
Spiritus  aetheris  nitrici        .....  289 
Squibb,  Dr.  Edward  R.,  U.  S.  Navy,  d^mentary  analysis  of  sperm  oil  3 
"  "  on  spiritus  aetheris  nitrici  2S9 
"                   "            apparatus  for  preparing  ether  by 
steam  heat     •             .  385 
"                   «            improved  method  for  carbon  and 
hydrogen  determinations  in  or- 
ganic analysis              .  394 
