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Trillat, 72; the Discovery of Argon, Prof. G. H. Darwin,

F.R.S., 83; the Translator, 102; Death of Dr. Karl H.

Huppert, 86; Electrolysis of Acid Solutions of Aniline,

L. Gilchrist, 88; Hydrolysis of Cane Sugar by d- and

1-Camphor-B-Sulphonic Acids, R. J. Caldwell, 94; the

Absorption of Hydrogen by Rhodium, L. Quennessen,

96; Action of Boric Acid on the Alkaline Peroxides and

the Formation of Perborates, George F. Jaubert, 96;

Thioformic Acid, V. Auger, 96; a New Sugar from the

Berries of the Mountain Ash, Gabriel Bertrand, 96;

Sorbierite, Gabriel Bertrand, 167; Mountain Ash Berries

and Sorbierite, M. Bertrand, 210; the Bleaching of Flour

by Electricity, M. Balland, 96; Practical Chemistry, a

Second Year Course, G. H. Martin, 100; Nitroso-group

in Organic Substances Isomorphous with the Nitro-

radical, G. Bruni and A. Callegari, 113; Attempts to

decide by Physical Methods the Nature of Isodynamic

Substances, M. Brühl, 113; Dr. W. H. Perkin, 113;

F. Giolitti, 113; Constitution of Ricinine, L. Maquenne

and L. Philippe, 119; Action of Iodine and Yellow

Oxide of Mercury on Unsaturated Acids, J. Bougault,

119; New Method of Synthesis of Aromatic Hydro-

carbons, Georges Darzens, 119; Trehalase in Fungi, Em.

Bourquelot and H. Hérissey, 119; Complexity of Dis-

solved Sulphates, Albert Colson, 119; Isomerism of the

Amidines of the Naphthalene Series, R. Meldola and

J. H. Lane, 118; Theory of the production of Mer-

curous Nitrite, P. C. Rây, 119; Amidechloroiodides,

G. D. Lander and H. E. Laws, 119; New Synthesis of

Isocaprolactone, D. T. Jones and G. Tattersall, 119;

Fire and Explosion Risks, Dr. von Schwartz, 122;

Death of Dr. T. M. Drown, 130; Obituary Notice of,

303; on the Possibility of Chemical Reactions, M. de

Forcrand, 143; on the Prediction of Chemical Reactions,

M. de Forcrand, 143; a New Class of Ions, G. Moureau,

143; on Wood Spirit from Thuya articulata, Emilien

Grimal, 143; the Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded

to Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., 155; Helium

in Pitchblende, Richard J. Moss, 158; on the State in

which Helium exists in Minerals, Prof. Morris W.

Travers, F.R.S., 248; the Refractive Indices of the

Elements, Clive Cuthbertson, 164; Certain Properties of

the Alloys of Silver and Cadmium, Dr. T. K. Rose,

164; Tyrosinases in Skins of Pigmented Vertebrates,

Florence M. Durham, 165; Nitrites of the Alkali and

Alkaline Earth Metals, and their Decomposition by

Heat, P. C. Rây, 165; Affinity Constants of Aniline

and its Derivatives, R. C. Farmer and F. J. Warth,

166; Grignard Reaction applied to the Esters of

Hydroxy-acids, P. F. Frankland and D. F. Twiss, 166;

Addition of Hydrogen Cyanide to Unsaturated Com-

pounds, A. Lapworth, 166; the Composition of Colloidal

Granules, Victor Henri and André Mayer, 167; the

Retrogradation of Cyclic Secondary Amines, P. Lemoult,

167; the Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products, and the

Inter-relations between Organic Compounds, Prof.

Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., 170; Studien über die Albumin-

oide mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spongin und

der Keratine, Dr. Eduard Strauss, 174: a Scheme for

the Detection of the more Common Classes of Carbon

Compounds, Frank E. Weston, 175; Memoire sur la

Réproduction artificielle du Rubis par Fusion, A.

Verneuil, 180; Calcium Metal, R. S. Hutton, 180;

Production of Calcium Cyanamide and its Employment

as Fertiliser, Prof. Frank, 374; Heat of Formation of

Calcium Hydride and Nitride, A. Guntz and Henry

Basset, 551; Death of Prof. Clemens A. Winckler, 181;

Death of Sir Lowthian Bell, Bart., F.R.S., 181;

Obituary Notice of, 230; Physical Characters of the

Sodium Borates with a New Method for the Determin-

ation of Melting Points, C. H. Burgess and A. Holt,

jun., 189; New Derivatives of Tetrahydrobenzene, Léon

Brunel, 191; Cyclic Substituted Thio-hydantoins, Emm.

Pozzi-Escot, 191; Salts and their Reactions, Dr. L.

Dobbie and H. Marshall, 200; Oils for Motor-cars,

C. Simmonds, 205; the Primary Formation of Optically

Active Substances in Nature, Dr. A. Byk, 210; Manual

of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks, H. S. Washington,

219; Applications of some General Reactions to Investi-

gations in Organic Chemistry, Dr. Lassar-Cohn, 220;

the Cost of Chemical Synthesis, R. J. Friswell, 222;

Chemical Combination and Toxic Action as Exemplified

in Hæmolytic Sera, Prof. Robert Muir and Carl H.

Browning, 238; Hydrolysis of Ammonium Salts, V. H.

Veley, 239 the Diazo-reaction in the Diphenyl Series,

part ii., Ethoxybenzidine, J. C. Cain, 239; the Sulphate

and the Phosphate of the Dimercurammonium Series,

P. C. Rây, 239; Method for the Direct Production of

Certain Aminoazo-compounds, R. Meldola and L.

Eynon, 239; Studies in Optical Superposition, T. S.

Patterson and F. Taylor, 239; Constitution of the

Sodium Salts of Certain Methenic and Methinic Acids,

A. Haller and P. Th. Muller, 239; New Boride of

Manganese, Binet du Jassonneix, 239; Electrolytic

Analysis of Cobalt and Nickel, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin

and W. C. Prebble, 239; Quadrivalent Oxygen, E. E.

Blaise, 240, 480; the Reduction of the Anhydrides of

the Dibasic Acids, G. Blanc, 240; General Method for

the Synthesis of Aldehydes, Georges Darzens, 240; the

Diastatic Coagulation of Starch, A. Fernbach and J.

Wolff, 240; Combustion of Sulphur in the Calorimetric

Bomb, H. Giran, 240; la Statique chimique basée sur

les deux Principes fondamentaux de la Thermo-

dynamique, E. Ariès, 247; die heterogenen Gleich-

gewichte vom Standpunkte der Phasenlehre, H. W.

Bakhuis Roozeboom, 247; Inks, their Composition and

Manufacture, C. Ainsworth Mitchell and T. C. Hep-

worth, C. Simmonds, 269; Death and Obituary_Notice

of Dr. Thomas Woods, 278; Determination of Propor-

tion of Free Chromic Acid in Dichromate Solutions,

Messrs. Abegg and Cox, 281; Atmospheric and Oceanic

Carbon Dioxide, Dr. A. Harden, 283; Dr. A. Krogh,

283; Fluorides of Indium and Rubidium, C. Chabrié

and A. Bouchonnet, 287; Limit of the Reaction between

Diazobenzene and Aniline, Léo Vignon, 287; Methyl-

camphenylol, L. Bouveault and G. Blanc, 287; Estim-

ation of Carbon Monoxide in Confined Atmospheres,

Albert Lévy and A. Pécoul, 287; the Rational Estim-

ation of Gluten in Wheaten Flour, E. Fleurent, 288;

Death of Dr. Carl Otto Weber, 303; Combinations of

Samarium Chloride with Ammonia, C. Matignon and

R. Trannoy, 311; a Colloidal Hydrate of Iron obtained

by Electrodialysis, J. Tribot and H. Chrétien, 311; an

Isomeride of Trichloracetone, G. Perrier and E. Prost,

311; the Migration of the Ethylene Linkage in Un-

saturated Acyclic Acids, E. E. Blaise and A. Luttringer,

311; a New Method of Synthesising Saturated Ketones

by the Method of Catalytic Reduction, M. Darzens,

311; a Synthesis of Menthone and Menthol, A. Haller

and C. Martine, 311; the B-Methyl-e-alkylcyclo-

hexanones, A. Haller, 311; the Spring at Hammara

Moussa, near Tor, Sinai, R. Fourtau and N.

Georgiadès, 312; a Select Bibliography of Chemistry,

1492-1902, H. C. Bolton, 317; Death of Dr. Guido

Bodlaender, 325; Physical Properties of Metallic

Calcium, H. Moissan and M. Chavanne, 327; Cæsium

Methylamide, E. Rengade, 335; Trattato di Chimica

Inorganica Generale e Applicato all'Industria, Dr. E.

Molinari, 339; Death of Prof. Valdemar Stein, 350;

Intimate Connection between the Configuration of

Chemical Substances and their Susceptibility to Fer-

mentation, C. Ulpiani and M. Cingolani, 352; Electro-

lytic Oxidation of the Aliphatic Aldehydes, H. D. Law,

358; the Molecular Condition in Solution of Ferrous

Potassium Oxalate, S. E. Sheppard and C. E. K.

Mees, 358; a Further Analogy between the Asymmetric

Nitrogen and Carbon Atoms, H. O. Jones, 358; the

Formation of Magnesia from Magnesium Carbonate by

Heat, W. C. Anderson, 358; the Reduction Products

of Anisic Acid, J. S. Lumsden, 358; Chemical Com-

position of Aleurone Grains, S. Posternak, 359-60;

Chlorination of Methyl-ethyl-ketone, André Kling, 359;

Action of Dilute Nitric Acid upon Vegetable Fibres,

M. Jardin, 359; the Preparation of the Diamond, Henri

Moissan, 359; Synthesis in the Anthracene Series, MM.

Haller and A. Guyot, 359; the Condition of Chemical

Industries in France, Jean Jaubert, 369; the Nature of

the Hydrosulphites, Messrs. Baumann, Thesmar, and

Frossard, 374; Cause of the Period of Chemical In-

duction in the Union of Hydrogen and Chlorine, D. L.

Chapman and C. H. Burgess, 380; Mass Analysis of

Muntz's Metal by Electrolysis, and the Electric Proper-

5, 1903

ties of this Alloy, J. G. A. Rhodin, 381; Equilibrium
between Sodium Sulphate and Magnesium Sulphate,
R.

B. Denison, 381; Epidote from Inverness-shire,
H. H. Thomas, 381; Configuration of Isonitrosocamphor,
M. O. Forster, 382; 8-NH-Ethenyldiaminonaphthalene,
R. Meldola and J. H. Lane, 382; Direct Fixation of
Ethero-organo-magnesium Derivatives on the Ethylene
Linkage of Unsaturated Esters, E. E. Blaise and A.
Courtot, 383; New Method of Testing for Ammonia,
Application to the Examination of Water for Sanitary
Purposes, MM. Trillat and Turchet, 383; Comparative
Assimilability of Ammonia Salts, Amines, Amides, and
Nitriles, L. Lutz, 480; Oxidation of Metals in the Cold
in Presence of Ammonia, C. Matignon and G. Des-
plantes, 551; Direct Synthesis of Ammonia, Dr. E. P.
Perman, 597; Action of Carbon Monoxide on Ammonia,
H. Jackson and D. Northall-Laurie, 598; Variations
in the Crystallisation of Potassium Hydrogen Succinate,
A. T. Cameron, 383; the Three Methylcyclohexanones
and the Corresponding Methylcyclohexanols, Paul
Sabatier and A. Mailhe, 383; Approximate Colorimetric
Estimation of Nickel and Cobalt in Presence of One
Another, R. W. Challinor, 384; Materialien der Stereo-
chemie, C. A. Bischoff, 386; the Principles of Inorganic
Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald, 388; Determinations of
the Physical Constants of Pure Marsh Gas, Prof.
Moissan and M. Chavanne, 400; Study of the Silicide
of Carbon from the Cañon Diablo Meteorite, Henri
Moissan, 407: a New Reaction of Aldehydes, A.
Conduché, 407; Action of Hydrocyanic Acid on Epi-
etryline, M. Lespieau, 407; Practical Exercises in
Chemical Physiology and Histology, H. B. Lacey and
CA. Pannett, 412; Exercises in Practical Physiological
Chemistry, Sydney W. Cole, 412; Catalytic Power of
Reduced Nickel, Paul Sabatier and J. B. Senderens, 423;
Reduction of Nitriles to Amines, Paul Sabatier and
J. B. Senderens, 423; New Method of Synthesis of Alkyl
Derivatives of Cyclic Saturated Alcohols, A. Haller and
F. March, 431; Direct Determination of the Atomic
Weight of Chlorine, Prof. H. B. Dixon, F.R.S., and
E C. Edgar, 431; Carbimide of Natural Leucine,
MM. Hugounenq and Morel, 431; Assimilation outside
the Organism, Ch. Bernard, 431; die Schule der Chemie,
W Ostwald, 435; Radio-active Muds from the Thermal
Springs of Nauheim and Baden, Messrs. Elster and
4 tel. 448; Radio-active Sediments of Thermal Springs,
Prof. G. Vicentini and Levi de Zara, 448; the Theory of
Photographic Processes, on the Chemical Dynamics of
Development, S. E. Sheppard and C. E. K. Mees, 454;
Estimation of Saccharin, C. Proctor, 455; Photographic
Radiation of some Mercury Compounds, R. de J. F.
Struthers and J. E. March, 455; Purification of Gadolina,
and on the Atomic Weight of Gadolinium, G. Urbain,
45: B-Decahydronaphthol, Henri Leroux, 455; Manual
of Chemical Analysis, E. Prost, 458; Techno-chemical
Analysis, Dr. G. Lunge, 458; Percentage Tables for
Elementary Analysis, Leo F. Guttmann, 460; Inter-
tional Atomic Weights, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, 461;
Death of Prof. Albert B. Prescott, 466; Chlorination of
the Isomeric Chloronitrobenzenes, J. B. Cohen and H. G.
Bennett, 478; Reduction of Isophthalic Acid, W. H.
Persin, jun., and S. S. Pickles, 478; Relation between
Natural and Synthetical Glycerylphosphoric Acids, F. B.
Poser and F. Tutin, 478; Transmutation of Geometrical
Imerides, A. W. Stewart, 478; Linin, J. S. Hills and
il P. Wynne, 478; Constitution of Phenylmethylacridol,
J J. Debbie, 478; Electrolytic Solution of Platinum in Sul-
phuric Acid, André Brochet and Joseph Petit, 479; Com-
Pro of the Physical Properties of Pure Nickel and
H. Copaux, 479; Soluble Forms of Metallic
Dhavdroxytartrates, H. J. H. Fenton, F.R.S., 479; Com-
pounds of Guanidine with Sugars, R. S. Morrell and
A E Bellars, 479; 1-Methyl-4-benzylcyclohexanol and
1-Methyl-4-dibenzylcyclohexanol, A. Haller and F. March,
%, the Law of the Conservation of Mass in Chemical
Aon, Antonino Lo Surdo, 494; Physical Chemistry of
Anesthesia, Prof. Moore and Mr. Roaf, 499; on Dextro-
metery Lactic Acid, E. Jungfleisch and M. Godchot,

the Action of Magnesium Amalgam upon Di-
telketone, E. Couturier and L. Meunier, 503; a Method
the the Volumetric Estimation of Hydroxylamine, L. J.

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Simon, 504; the Glycerophosphates of Piperazine, A.
Astruc, 504; zur Bildung der ozeanischen Salzablagerung,
J. H. van 't Hoff, 508; Précis de Chimie physiologique,
Prof. Allyre Chassevant, 509; Monobromoacetal, P.
Freundler and M. Ledru, 527; Diphenylamine Reaction
with Nitric Acid, Isidore Bay, 527; Thermochemical
Researches on Brucine and Strychnine, MM. Berthelot
and Gaudechon, 527; Valency of the Atom of Hydrogen,
M. de Forcrand, 527; Characterisation of Lactones by
Means of Hydrazine, M. Blaise and A. Luttringer, 527;
Antiseptic Properties of Smoke, A. Trillat, 528; Chemical
Statics and Dynamics, J. W. Mellor, Dr. H. M. Dawson,
532; Cryoscopic Behaviour of Hydrocyanic Acid, M.
Lespieau, 544; Use of Quartz Vessels Limited, M.
Berthelot, 544; Use of "Hot and Cold Tube in Proving
the Existence of Chemical Reactions at High Tempera-
tures, Experiments in Hermetically Sealed Quartz Tubes,
M. Berthelot, 568; Velocity of Oxime Formation in
certain Ketones, A. W. Stewart, 540; Esterification Con-
stants of Substituted Acrylic Acids, J. J. Sudborough and
D. J. Roberts, 550; Simple Method for the Estimation of
Acetyl Groups, J. J. Sudborough and W. Thomas, 550;
Gynocardin, a New Cyanogenetic Glucoside, F. B. Power
and F. H. Lees, 550; an Asymmetric Synthesis of Quad-
rivalent Sulphur, S. Smiles, 550; Action of a-Halogen
Ketones on Alkyl Sulphides, S. Smiles, 550; Pinene Iso-
nitrosocyanide and its Derivatives, W. A. Tilden and H.
Burrows, 550; Ferric Ethylate, Paul Nicolardot, 551;
Substituted Ureas from Natural Leucine, MM. Hugounenq
and Morel, 551; Origin and Composition of the Essence
of Herb-bennet Root, Em. Bourquelot and H. Hérissey,
551; Monochloro-derivatives of Methylcyclohexane, Paul
Sabatier and Alp. Mailhe, 551; Composition of the Oil
from Bir Bahoti or the Rains Insect " (Bucella
carniola), E. G. Hill, 551-2; the Properties of Tungstic
Anhydride as a Colouring Material for Porcelain, Albert
Granger, 575; Production of the Hyposulphites, M.
Billy, 575; Acetyl-lactic Acid, V. Auger, 576; the Elements
of Chemistry, M. M. Pattison Muir, 582; Alcohol in In-
dustry, 584; Death of Prof. A. Piccini, 588; New Method
for the Preparation of Paraffins from their Monohalogen
Derivatives, Paul Lebeau, 592; Absence or Marked Dim-
inution of Free Hydrochloric Acid in the Gastric Contents
in Malignant Disease of Organs other than the Stomach,
Prof. Benjamin Moore, Dr. W. Alexander, R. E. Kelly
and H. E. Roaf, 596; Action of Acetylene on Aqueous
and Hydrochloric Acid Solutions of Mercuric Chloride,
J. S. S. Brame, 598; Chemical Dynamics of the Re-
actions between Sodium Thiosulphate and Organic
Halogen Compounds, part ii., Halogen Substituted
Acetates, A. Slator, 598; Physical Chemistry of the
Toxin-antitoxin Reaction, J. A. Craw, 598; Alloys of
Copper and Bismuth, A. H. Hiorns, 598; New Forma-
tion of Acetylcamphor, M. O. Forster and Miss H. M.
Judd, 598; Bromomethyl Hepty! Ketone, H. A. D.
Jowett, 598; a Carbide of Magnesium, J. T. Nance, 599;
Isomeric Forms of d-Bromo- and d-Chloro-camphor-
sulphonic Acids, F. S. Kipping, 599; Influence of the
Hydroxyl and Alkoxyl Groups on the Velocity of Saponi-
fication, A. Findlay and W. E. S. Turner, 599; the
Reduction of Oxyhæmoglobin, R. Lepine and M. Boulud,
599; Liquefaction of Allene and Allylene, MM. Lespieau
and Chavanne, 600; Hydrogenation of Benzonitrile and
Paratoluonitrile, A. Frébault, 600; a Short Introduction
to the Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation, J. C. Gregory,
606; Have Chemical Compounds a Definite Critical
Temperature and Pressure of Decomposition? Geoffrey
Martin, 609; Tantalum, Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, 610;
Coagulation of Dilute Solutions of Silicic Acid under the
Influence of Various Substances, Nicola Pappadá, 616;
Derivatives of the Sesquioxides, A. T. Cameron, 623;
Construction of Fume-chambers with Effective Ventila-
tion, Prof. W. N. Hartley, F.R.S., 623; Production of
Alcohol and Acetone by Muscles, F. Maignan, 624; the
Crystalloluminescence of Arsenious Acid, M. Guinchant,
624: Mode of Formation of some Monosubstituted De-
rivatives of Urethane, F. Bodroux, 624

Chester (Rear-Admiral), Report of the United States Naval
Observatory, 211

Chicago, Astronomical Lectures at, 410

Child (J. M.), a New Geometry for Senior Forms, 174

Children, Lectures on the Diseases of, Dr. Robert Hut-
chison, 28

Chizzoni (Dr. Francesco), Death of, 36, 350
Cholera, Protective Inoculation against Asiatic, Dr. Strong,
352

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Chree (Dr. Charles, F.R.S.), Analysis of the Results from
the Falmouth Magnetographs on "Quiet Days during
1891-1902, 261; Determination of Young's Modulus
(Adiabatic) for Glass, 359

Chrétien (H.), a Colloidal Hydrate of Iron obtained by
Electrodialysis, 311

Chrétien (M.), Observations of Perseids, 89

Christenheit der Mittelmeerlände, die orientalische, Dr.
Karl Beth, 53

Christian Century in Japan, the, Dr. J. Haas, F. Victor
Dickens, 27

Christy (Mr.), Sleeping Sickness in Congo Free State, 499;
Relationship of Human Trypanosomiasis to Congo Sleep-
ing Sickness, 499; the Congo Floor Maggot, 499
Church (Colonel George Earl), Archæological Researches in
Costa Rica, C. V. Hartman, 461

Cingolani (M.), Intimate Connection between the Configura-
tion of Chemical Substances and their Susceptibility to
Fermentation, 352

Circulation of the Atmosphere, the, James Thomson, 365
City Development, a Study of Parks, Gardens, and Culture
Institutes, P. Geddes, 511

Classifications of the Sciences, Philosophy as Scientia
Scientiarum and a History of, Robert Flint, 505
Claxton (Mr.), Investigation of Accuracy of Self-registering
Thermometers, 62

Cleaves (Dr. Margaret A.), Light Energy: its Physics,
Physiological Action, and Therapeutics, 269

Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System, Sir
William R. Gowers, F.R.S., 6

Clinton (W. C.), Voltage Ratios of an Inverted Rotary
Converter, 550

Clive's Shilling Arithmetic, 507

Clock, the Isochronism of the Pendulum in the Astro-
nomical, Ch. Féry, 288

Clouds, the General Motion of, Prof. H. H. Hilde-
brandsson, 329

Cluzet (M.), Duration of Minimum Excitation of Nerves,
624

Coal Gas Poisoning: Carbon Monoxide Asphyxiation in
Dublin, Dr. E. J. McWeeney, 88

Coal Supplies, the Royal Commission on, 324

Coal-mining, an Elementary Class-book of Practical, T. H.
Cockin, 150; Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade,
R. L. Galloway, Bennett H. Brough, 361

E. R.

Coast Erosion and Protection, A. E. Carey,
Matthews, at Institution of Civil Engineers, 92
Cock Robin and His Mate, the Adventure of, R. Kearton,
152

Cockayne (Dr.), the Plant Associations of the Auckland
Isles, 183

Cockerell (Prof. T. D. A.), Mutation, 366

Cockin (T. H.), an Elementary Class-book of Practical
Coal-mining, 150

Coffey (George), Neolithic Deposits in the North-east of
Ireland, 444

Cohen (J. B.), Basic Properties of Oxygen, 70; Chlorin-
ation of the Isomeric Chloronitrobenzenes, 478
Cohn (Dr.), Another New Comet (1904 e), 233
Coker (Prof.), Laboratory Apparatus for Measuring the
Lateral Strains in Tension and Compression Members,

143

Coker (Dr. E. G.), the Flow of Water through Pipes-
Experiments on Stream-line Motion and the Measure-
ment of Critical Velocity, 357

Cole (Prof. Grenville A. J.), the Pre-Glacial Raised Beach
of the South Coast of Ireland, W. B. Wright and H. B.
Muff, 17: Geological Survey of the Transvaal, Report
for the Year 1903, H. Kynaston, E. T. Mellor, A. L.
Hall, Dr. G. A. F. Molengraaff, 55

Cole (R. Langton), Thinking Cats, 31; Reversal of Charge
in Induction Machines, 249

Cole (Sydney W.), Exercises in Practical Physiological
Chemistry, 412

Colgan (Nathaniel), Flora of the County Dublin, 412
Coloration of Spiders, a Note on the, Oswald H. Latter, 6

Nature,
L June 8, 1,05

Colour of Moss Agates, Change in the, W. A. Whitton,
31; C. Simmonds, 54; A. Hutchinson, 101

Colour Photography, Dr. Koenig's Method of, 83.
Colour-blindness: Two Cases of Trichromic Vision, Dr.
F. W. Edridge-Green, 573

Colour-physiology of the Higher Crustacea, F. Keeble and
Dr. F. W. Gamble, 621

Colours of Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, Dr. J.
Möller, 256

Colson (Albert), Complexity of Dissolved Sulphates, 119
Comets Encke's Comet 1904 b, M. Kaminsky, 16, 114;
Prof. Max Wolf, 63, 89; Prof. Millosevich, 89, 114; Prof.
E. Hartwig, 89; Herr Moschick, 114; Dr. Smart, 114;
Herr van d Bilt, 185; Brightness of Encke's Comet, J.
Holetschek, 469; Re-discovery of Tempel's. Second
Comet, M. Gavelle, 133; J. Coniel, 133; Tempel's Comet
(1904 c), M. St. Javelle, 185; M. Coniel, 185; Ephemeris
for, J. Coniel, 282; Search-ephemeris for Tempel's First
Periodic Comet (1867 II.), A. Gautier, 545; Shower of
Andromedids from Biela's Comet (?), W. F. Denning,
139; Discovery of a New Comet (1904 d), M. Giacobini,
185; Comet 1904 d (Giacobini), 211, 233; M. Ebell, 256;
Elements and Ephemeris of, M. Ebell, 211; M. Giaco-
bini, 211; Ephemeris for, M. Ebell, 353: Herr
Pechüle, 353; Observations of Comet 1904 d, Prof.
Hartwig, 281; Prof. Nijland, 281; Prof. Ambronn, 281;
M. Borrelly, 281; M. Ebell, 281; Another New Comet
(1904 e), M. Borrelly, 233; Dr. Cohn, 233; Elements
and Ephemeris for, Dr. Elis Strömgren, 256; Observ-
ations of, Prof. Hartwig, 281; Prof. Nijland, 281; Prof.
Ambronn, 281; M. Borrelly, 281; M. Ebell, 281; Observ-
ations of the Borrelly Comet, December 28, 1904, G.
Rayet, 287; Elliptical Character of the New Borrelly
Comet (e 1904), G. Fayet, 335; Ephemeris for Comet
1904 e, M. Ebell, 329; Dr. E. Strömgren, 353, 400;
Orbit of, M. Fayet, 353; Revised Elements for, M.
Fayet, 400; Comet 1904 e (Borrelly), Dr. E. Strömgren,
518; Periodical Comets due to Return in 1905, W. T.
Lynn, 306; Additional Periodical Comets due this Year,
Mr. Denning, 374: Ephemeris for Brooks's Comet
1904 I., 374; Observations of Comets, M. Quenisset,
374; Dr. R. G. Aitken, 449: Mr. Maddrill, 449; Dis-
covery of a New Comet 1905 a, M. Giacobini, 518;
Comet 1905 a (Giacobini), Prof. Aitken, 544; Dr.
Strömgren, 569; Prof. Hartwig, 569; G. Bigourdan,
57: Elements and Ephemeris for, General Bassot, 617;
Dr. Palisa, 618

Companion to the Observatory, the, 186

Compulsory Greek at Cambridge, 414, 416; A. B. Basset,
F.R.S., 318; R. Vere Laurence, H. Rackham, and A. C.
Seward, F.R.S., 390; W. Bateson, F.R.S., 390; Prof.
A. G. Tansley, 414: Edward T. Dixon, 414
Conchology: a New Rhabdosphere, George Murray,
F.R.S., 501; the Loxonematida, with Descriptions of
Two New Species, Miss J. Donald, 549: Relation in Size
between the Megalosphere and the Microspheric and
Megalospheric Tests in the Nummulites, J. J. Lister,

550

Conduché (A.), a New Reaction of Aldehydes, 407
Conference astrophotographique internationale de Juillet
1900, Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S., 154
Congo, Reports of the Trypanosomiasis Expedition to the,
1903-4, 498

Congress at St. Louis, the International Electrical, 41
Coniel (J.), Re-discovery of Tempel's Second Comet, 133:
Tempel's Comet (1904 c), 185; Ephemeris for Comet
Tempel, 1904 c, 282

Conrady (Mr.), Experiment to Prove Phase-reversal in
Second Spectrum from a Grating of Broad Slits, 262
Constable (F. C.), Intelligence in Animals, 102
Constant Errors in Meridian Observations, J. G. Porter,
495
Continuous Transformation Groups, Introductory Treatise
of Lie's Theory of Finite, John Edward Campbell, 49
Conwentz (H.), die Gefährdung der Naturdenkmäler und
Vorschläge zu ihrer Erhaltung, 73

Cooke (T.), the Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, 124
Cooke (W. E.). Highest Maximum Temperatures Recorded
in the British Empire, 542; Earthquakes at Perth,
Western Australia, 613

Cooke (W. Ternent), Note on Radio-activity, 176

June 8, 1905

Copaus (H.) Comparison of the Physical Properties of
Pure Nickel and Cobalt, 479

Copper Deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming,
A. C. Spencer, 450

Corals: the Anatomy of, Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S.,
18; Morphology of Corals and Sea-anemones, Dr. J. E.
Duerden, 232

Cork: le Liège, ses Produits et ses Sous-produits, M.
Martignat, 413

Cornu (A.), Notices sur l'Électricité, 1

Corona, Photography of the, without a Total Eclipse, A.
Hansky, 544

Corona, Structure of the, Dr. Ch. Nordmann, 469
Corstorphine (Dr. G. S.), Petrography of the Witwaters-
rand Conglomerates, with Special Reference to the
Origin of Gold, 471

Cortie (Rev. A. L.), Sun-spot Spectra, 158; Magnetic
Storms and Associated Sun-spots, 311

Cost of Chemical Synthesis, the, R. J. Friswell, 222
Costa Rica, Archaeological Researches in, C. V. Hart-
man, Colonel George Earl Church, 461

Countries of the King's Award, the, Sir Thomas Holdich,
K.C.M.G., 102

Country Day by Day, the, E. K. Robinson, 418
Country Diary, Pages from a, P. Somers, 175
Courmelles (Foveau de), Glandular Atrophic Action of the
X-Rays, 456

Courtot (A.), Direct Fixation of Ethero-organo-magnesium
Derivatives on the Ethylene Linkage of Unsaturated
Esters, 383

Courvoisier (L.), Value of the Astronomical Refraction
Constant, 592

Cousins (H. H.), Possibility of Manufacturing Starch from
Cassava on a Large Scale, 184; Sweet Potatoes, 542
Couturier (E.), Action of Magnesium Amalgam upon
Dimethylketone, 503

Coward (T. A.), Natterer's Bat, 446

Cox (Mr.), Determination of Proportion of Free Chromic
Acid in Dichromate Solutions, 281
Craniology: Craniology of Man and the Anthropoid Apes,
A. T. Mundy, 125; N. C. Macnamara, 125; Difficulties
of the Ethnographic Survey in the Mysore, E. Thurston,
182-3: Negroid "Characters in European Skulls, Prof.
Manouvrier, 453; a Great Oxford Discovery, Prof. Karl
Pearson, F.R.S., 510; the Ancient Races of the Thebaid,
Prof. Arthur Thomson, 583; Prof. Karl Pearson,
F.R.S., 583

Crater of Stromboli, Recent Changes in the, Dr. Tempest
Anderson, 593

Craw (J. A.), Physical Chemistry of the Toxin-antitoxin
Reaction, 598

Crawley (A. Ernest), the Native Tribes of South-east
Australia, 225; Studies in National Eugenics, 402
Crémieu (V.), Researches on Dielectric Solids, 167; At-
traction between Liquid Drops suspended in a Liquid
of the Same Density, 287

Crete, Phaistos and Hagia Triada, 465

Crete, Recent Archæological Discoveries in, Proposed
Chronology of Cretan Civilisation, S. Reinach, 69
Crew (Dr. Henry), the Appearance of Spark Lines in Arc
Spectra, 159

Crompton (Colonel R. E.), Unsolved Problems in Electrical
Engineering, "James Forrest" Lecture at the Institu-
tion of Civil Engineers, 595

Crookes (Sir William, F.R.S.), Europium and its Ultra-
violet Spectrum, 476

Crossland (C.), Ecology and Deposits of the Cape Verde
Marine Fauna, 502

315

Crossley (E.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 325
Crosthwaite (Captain H. L.), Magnetic and Meteorological
Observatory on New Year Island, 515; Tierra del Fuego,
Crustacea: a Small Crustacean (Paracartia grani) dis-
covered in the Oyster-beds of Norway, Prof. G. O. Sars,
61; Life-histories of the Edible Crab and other Decapod
Crustacea, Dr. Williamson, 214; Penella, a Crustacean
Parasitic on the Finner Whale, Sir William Turner, 431
Crystallography: Grundzüge der Kristallographie, Prof.
C. M. Viola, Harold. Hilton, 340

Cultivation and Preparation of Para Rubber, W. H. John-
son, 321, 352; C. Simmonds, 321

Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots, the, Josh Brace, 314
Cunha. (A. Da), l'Année Technique, 1
Cunningham (Lieut.-Colonel Allan), Quadratic Partitions,

124

Cunningham (E.), Extension of Borel's Exponential Method
of Summation of Divergent Series applied to Linear
Differential Equations, 166

Cunningham (Prof. Robert O.), Occurrence of a Tropical
Form of Stick-Insect in Devonshire, 55

Curtis (Dr. H. D.), Radial Velocities of Certain Stars, 519
Curves, Compound Singularities of, A. B. Basset, F.R.S.,

ΙΟΙ

Curves, Singularities of, T. B. S., 152

Cuthbertson (Clive), the Refractive Indices of the Elements,
164

Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores, H. Forbes Julian and
Edgar Smart, 292

Cyanogen Band, Structure of the Third, Franz Jungbluth,
234

Cyclones of the Far East, the, Rev. José Algué, S.J., 198
Cygni, a Canis Minoris, and e Leonis, Spectra of, E.
Haschek and K. Kostersitz, 354

Cytology Morphologie und Biologie der Zelle, Dr. Alex-
ander Gurwitsch, 174; Zellenmechanik und Zellenleben,
Prof. Dr. Rhumbler, 199; Fecundation in Plants, David
M. Mottier, 218; Contributions to the Knowledge of the
Life-history of Pinus, with Special Reference to Sporo-
genesis, the Development of the Gametophytes and Fer-
tilisation, Margaret C. Ferguson, 218; Ergebnisse und
Probleme der Zeugungs- und Vererbungs-lehre, Prof. Oscar
Hertwig, 559

Czapski (Dr. Siegfried), Grundzüge der Theorie der op-
tischen Instrumente nach Abbe, 217-

d Bilt (Herr van), Encke's Comet (1904 b), 185
Dai Nippon, the Britain of the East, a Study in National
Evolution, Henry Dyer, 97

Dalbergia of South-eastern Asia, the Species of, Dr. D.
Prain, 363

Danne (J.), a New Mineral containing Radium, 335;
Plumbiferous Earths of Issy-l'Évêque contain Radium, 373
Darwin (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), the Discovery of Argon, 83
Darzens (Georges), New Method of Synthesis of Aromatic
Hydrocarbons, 119; General Method for the Synthesis of
Aldehydes, 240; a New Method of Synthesising Saturated
Ketones by the Method of Catalytic Reduction, 311
Date of Easter in 1905, the, Dr. A. M. W. Downing,
F.R.S., 201

Dates of Publication of Scientific Books, R. P. Paraiypye,
320; Henry Frowde, 365; B. Hobson, 440
Davies (J. H.), Determination of Vapour-pressure by Air-
bubbling, 597

Davis (A. S.), the "Piesmic " Barometer, 232

Davis (J. R. A.), the Natural History of Animals, the
Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and
Relations, 369

Davison (Dr. C.), the Leicester Earthquakes of August 4,
1893, and June 21, 1904, 262; the Derby Earthquakes
of July 3, 1904, 262; Twin-earthquakes, 262; a Study of
Recent Earthquakes, 532; Detailed Record of the Indian
Earthquake by Horizontal Pendulum at Birmingham, 589
Dawson (Dr. H. M.), Chemical Statics and Dynamics,
J. W. Mellor, 532

Deafness, Application of the Vowel Siren to the Study of,
M. Marage, 456

Decomposition? Have Chemical Compounds a Definite
Critical Temperature and Pressure of, Geoffrey Martin,
609

Definition of Entropy, the, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 31;
J. Swinburne, 125; Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 125
Deineka (D.), the Swim-bladder of Fishes, 112
Delage (A.), on the Constitution of Arable Earth, 191
Demoussy (E.), Vegetation in Atmospheres Rich in Carbon
Dioxide, 120

Deniker (Dr. J.), the Racial Elements in the Present
Population of Europe, Huxley Memorial Lecture at An-
thropological Institute, 21

Denison (R. B.), Equilibrium between Sodium Sulphate
and Magnesium Sulphate, 381

Denning (W. F.), the Coming Shower of Leonid

Heights of Meteors, 89; the November Meteors of 1904,
93; Shower of Andromedids from Biela's Comet, 139;
the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, 211; Real Paths, Heights,
and Velocities of Leonids, 306; Observations of the
Leonid Shower of 1904, 353; Additional Periodical Comets
due this Year, 374; January Fireballs, 469
Desch (C. H.), Ultra-violet Absorption Spectra of certain
Enol-keto-tautomerides, 549

Deslandres (H.), the Third Band of the Air Spectrum, 17;
Deslandres's Formula for the Lines in the Oxygen Band
Series, 63; Groups of Negative Bands in the Air
Spectrum with a Strong Dispersion, 239; Variation of
the Band Spectra of Carbon with the Pressure and some
new Band Spectra of Carbon, 575

Desmidiaceæ, a Monograph of the British, W. West and
Prof. G. S. West, 194

Desplantes (G.), Oxidation of Metals in the Cold in Pre-
sence of Ammonia, 551

Destructors for Institutional and Trade Waste, Small, W.
Francis Goodrich, 246

Deventer (Dr. C. M. van), Law of the Permanent Level,
303

Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, the, R. Campbell
Thompson, 249

Devonshire, Occurrence of a Tropical Form of Stick-insect
in, Prof. Robert O. Cunningham, 55

Dew-ponds and Cattle-ways, Neolithic, A. J. Hubbard and
G. Hubbard, 611

Dewar (George A. B.), the Glamour of the Earth, 53
Diamond, the "Cullinan," Dr. F. H. Hatch, 549
Diamond, Enormous Transvaal, 372

Diary, Pages from a Country, P. Somers, 175

Dickins (F. Victor), Geschichte des Christentums in Japan,
Dr. J. Haas, 27

Dictionary, a German-English, of Terms used in Medicine
and the Allied Sciences, Hugo Lang and B. Abrahams,
533

Dictionary, the Optical, 248

Dielectric, Electromagnetics in a Moving, Oliver Heaviside,
F.R.S., 606

Diet: the Question of, in Physical Education, Prof. T.
Clifford Allbutt, 111; Food of the Maine Lumbermen,
Messrs. Woods and Mansfield, 254

Dines (W. H.), the Study of the Minor Fluctuations of
Atmospheric Pressure, 216; Remarkable Temperature in-
version and the Recent High Barometer, 365; Observa-
tions at Crinan in 1904, 622

Discovery Expedition, Meteorological Conditions of the
Antarctic, C. W. R. Royds, 568

Discovery of Argon, the, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 83;
the Translator, 102

Discussion of Central European Longitudes, Prof. Th.
Albrecht, 424

Diseases of Children, Lectures on the, Robert Hutchison,
28

Dixon (Edward T.), Compulsory Greek at Cambridge, 295,

414

Dixon (Prof. H. B.), Direct Determination of the Atomic
Weight of Chlorine, 431

Dobbie (J. J.), Constitution of Phenylmethylacridol, 478
Dobbie (Dr. L.), Salts and their Reactions, 200
Doberck (Prof.), the Orbit of Sirius, 133; Right Ascensions
of 2120 Southern Stars, 545

Doctor's View of the East, a, 553

Dogs, Reason in, Arthur J. Hawkes, 54

Dolezalek (F.), the Theory of the Lead Accumulator, I
Donald (Miss J.), the Loxonematidæ, with Descriptions of
Two New Species, 549; Gasteropoda from the Silurian
Rocks of Llangadock, 549

Doncaster (L.), the Inheritance of Tortoiseshell and Related
Colours in Cats, 191; Maturation of the Egg and Early
Development in certain Sawflies, 550

Donitch (N.), the Conditions in the Solar Atmosphere
during 1900-1, 329

Dorsey (Dr. G. A.), Folk-tales of Plains Indians, 417
Double Stars, Systematic Survey of, Prof. R. G. Aitken,
354

Douglas (Captain Stewart R.), on the Action Exerted upon
the Staphylococcus pyogenes by the Human Blood Fluids,
and on the Elaboration of Protective Elements in the
Human Organism in Response to Inoculations of a

Staphylococcus Vaccine, 67; on the Action Exerted upon
the Tubercle Bacillus by the Human Blood Fluids, and
on the Elaboration of Protective Elements in the Human
Organism in Response to Inoculations of a Tubercle
Vaccine, 67

Dourien (Jacques), the Oxidation of Ethyl and Methyl
Alcohols at their Boiling Points, 48

Downing (Dr., F.R.S.), Relative Drift of the Hyades Stars,
185

Downing (Dr. A. M. W., F.R.S.), the Date of Easter in
1905, 201

Doyen's (Dr.), Conclusions of the Committee on, Treatment
of Cancer, 208

Drawing, Machine, Alfred P. Hill, 149

Drawing, Mathematical, an Elementary Treatise on Graphs.
George A. Gibson, Prof. George M. Minchin, F.R.S., 211
Dreyer (M.), Effect of the Radium Emanations on certain
Protozoa and on the Blood, 279

Driesch (Hans), Naturbegriffe und Natururteile, 270
Drown (Dr. T. M.), Death of, 130; Obituary Notice of, 303
Drummond (J.), the Animals of New Zealand, an Account of
the Colony's Air-breathing Vertebrates, 199
Drysdale (Dr. C. V.), Apparatus for Direct Determination.
of the Curvatures of Small Lenses, 142

du Jassonneix (Binet), New Boride of Manganese, 239
Dublin Royal Irish Academy, 71, 431, 503; Royal Dublin
Society, 167, 334, 503, 623; Flora of the County Dublin,
Nathaniel Colgan, 412

Duchemin (René), the Oxidation of Ethyl and Methyl
Alcohols at their Boiling Points, 48

the

Duckworth (W. L. H.), Morphology and Anthropology, 433
Studies from the Anthropological Laboratory,
Anatomy School, Cambridge, 433

Duddell (W.), a High Frequency Alternator, 190
Dudfield (Dr. Orme), Sanatoria for Consumptives, 37
Duerden (Dr. J. E.), West Indian Madreporarian Polyps
18; Morphology of Corals and Sea-anemones, 232
Dugast (J.), l'Industrie oléicole (Fabrication de l'Huile
d'Olive), 6

Dumb-bell Nebula, the, Louis Rabourdin, 40
Dunér (Prof. N. C.), the Sun's Rotation, 401

Durham (Florence M.), Tyrosinases in Skins of Pigmented
Vertebrates, 165

Dürre (Dr. Ernst F.), Death of, 420

Dust, Electrification, and Heat, Historical Note on, Sir
Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 582

Dutton (Clarence Edward), Earthquakes, 147
Dutton (Mr.), Sleeping Sickness in Congo Free State, 499;
Relationship of Human Trypanosomiasis to Congo Sleep-
ing Sickness, 499; the Congo Floor Maggot, 499
Dyer (Henry), Dai Nippon, the Britain of the East, a
Study in National Evolution, 97; Education and National
Efficiency in Japan, 150; Japan nach Reisen und Studien.
J. J. Rein, 603

Dyke (G. B.), Practical Determination of the Mean
Spherical Candle-power of Incandescent and Arc Lamps.

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Eakle (Arthur S.), Mineral Tables for the Identification of
Minerals by their Physical Properties, 123

Earth's Heat: Presence of Radium throughout the Earth's
Volume as Compensating for the Loss of Heat by Con-
duction, C. Liebenow, 113

Earth's Rigidity, the Physical Cause of the, Prof. T. J. J.
See, 559

Earth's Rotation, Apparatus for Measuring the Velocity
of the, Prof. A. Föppl, 39

Earthquakes: Clarence Edward Dutton, 147; Earthquake
in Transbaikalia on September 28, 231; Earthquake at
Gibraltar, 253; a Study of Recent Earthquakes, Charles
Davison, 532; Propagation of Earthquake Waves, M. P.
Rudzki, 534; Rev. O. Fisher, 583; Earthquake at
Lahore, 540; the Indian Earthquake of April 4. 563:
Detailed Record of the Indian Earthquake by Horizontal

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