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chromic, with hydric peroxide,
reaction of, 19
formic, volumetric determina-
tion of, 32

hydrosulphurous, and persul-
phide of hydrogen, decoloura-
tion of indigo by, 250
thermic researches in, 133
para-xylenic, 270

pyro-tartaric, normal oxy-pro-
tartaric acid, and the isomery
of the pyro-citric acids, 284
selenious, action of hydracids
upon, 51

sulphuric, action of upon hy-
drobenzoin and iso-hydroben-
zoin, 270
sulphurous, generating for use
as a disinfectant, 245
and soluble sulphates, deter-
mination of by means of
standard solutions, 9
fuming, 154

representation of the manu-
facture of, 270

sulphurous, as a disinfectant,
261

tartrate, estimation of potas-

sium as, 231, 242, 249
Acids, citric and aconitic, 270
Ackroyd, W., metachromatism, or
colour change, 75
Aconites, the alkaloids of the, 222
Actinometer, differential, 40
Adams, J., "Presence of Arsenic

in Vapours of Bone Manure'
(review), 68
Affinity, capillary, 205
African International Exhibition,
169

Agriculture, Report of Depart-
ment of, 174
"Agriculture, Report of for State
of Georgia for 1875" (review),

170
Air in mines, measuring, 25, 36
Akerman, R., "Iron Manufacture
in Sweden" (review), 259
Albumen, solution of damaged,
in pepsin, 184
Alcohol, amylic, of fermentation,
inactive, 144

chemical test for, 137, 101
flame, action of palladium in
an, 269

methyl, and dimethyl acetal, 271
on the brain, action of, 158
Alcoholic and acetic fermentation
of fruits, flowers, and leaves
of certain plants, 142

Alcoholometric method by the

distillation of alkalinised
spirituous liquids, 51
Alcohols, chemical constitution of
the, 120, 129

Aldehyds and ketones present in
wood spirit, 271

thermic formation of the two
isomeric, 133

Aldol, isomeric modification of, 83
Alessandri, L., and C. Conti, de-

tecting adulteration of iodide
of lead, 154
Alexejeff, W., mutual solution of
liquids, 284

Alizarin, anthraflavon, and an ac-

cessory product of the manu-
facture of artificial, 21
artificial, and extract of madder,
distinctive reaction between
reds of, 184

dyeing with, 184
nitro, 40

Alkali from seaweed, 201
Alkailne bicarbonates, decompo-

sition of under influence of
heat and of a vacuum, 83
borates and boric acid, action of
on plants, 205
sulphates, method of titrating,
272

sulphides in dressing hides, 52
sulpho-carbonates, 94
Alkalinised spirituous liquids, al-

coholometric method by the
distillation of, 51

Alkaloid found in damaged Indian

corn and mouldy maize bread,
144

Alkaloids of the aconites, 222
Allantoin, synthesis of, 51
Allard, M., dyeing aniline-blacks.

251

report on memoirs by, relating
to the transparence of flames
and atmospheres, and the vi- ;
sibility of lighthouses with
flashing lights, 9

Allen, A. H., analysis of manga-
nese ore, 30, 50

of peroxide of manganese, 8
Alloy, nickel and silver, 150
Almonds, sweet, asparagin in, 238
Alumina, sulphate of, addition of
in treatment of sewage, 197
Aluminium, electro-chemical de-
posits of, 227
Alvergniat (Frères), radiometers
composed of lamine of dif-
ferent materials, 83, 92
Amalgamation of iron and other
metals, 35

American Chemical Society, 22
Amidoua derivatives of hydroxyl-
amin, 153

Ammon aldehyd, compounds de.
rived from, 144
Ammonia contained in waters,
disappearance of, 152
upon chlor-acety! benzol, action,
of, 270
Amylic alcohol of fermentation,
inactive, 144

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of Henwoodite, 156, 172
of iron deposit, 198

of manganese ore, 30
of peroxide of manganese, 8
of raw sugars, commercial, 40
of water of River Houghly, 84
of Weissenburg water, 73
"Analysis, water" (review), 204
Analyst for Cheshire, 174

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for Warwick, 184.

Analysts' Annual Note-Book"
(review), 38

Analytical query, 164
Andersen, M., barwood, 222
Andrews, T., inaugural address
as President of British Asso-
ciation, 97

Aniline-black, 174
dyeing, 251
electrolytic, 21
formation of, 184

in America, use of, 196
vanadium in manufacture of, 92
Aniline introduced into the blood

and stomach, researches on
the action of 32
new reaction of, 72
phenol, naphthylamin, and an-
thraquinon, the electrolysis
of the derivatives of, 118
Animal charcoal, 174

organisms, action of turpentine
and homologues of phenol,
270
Animals and plants, equivalent
substitution of mineral mat-
ters in, 134
Annaheim, M., weight of an atom
of hydrogen, 284
"Annual Note-Book, Analysts' "
(review), 38

Anthracen in coal-tar 94
new derivatives of, 145
new method for ascertaining,
167

new tests for, 279
production, 210, 236, 237
testing, 77, 136, 191, 201, 211,
227, 257

Anthraflavic and iso-anthraflavic
acids, 173
Anthraflavon and an accessory
product of manufacture of
artificial alizarin, ar
Anthṛapurpurin and flavo-purpu.
rin, 131
Anthraquinor, aniline phenol,
and naphthylamin, the elec-
trolysis of the derivatives of,
118

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tertiary, 270
carbides into formenic car-
bides, transformation of, 184
Aronheim, B., use of molybdenum

pentachloride for the produc-
tion of organic chlorides, 271
synthesis of tolyl-butylen, 271
Arragonite observed on the sur-
face of a meteorite, 32
on the surface of a meteoric
iron, 87

Arsenic and copper, separation
of, 174

and mercuric cyanide, 167
chromium compound, 220

detection of in wines artificially
coloured, 71

"Arsenic in Vapour of Bone-
Manure" (review), 68, 81, 132,
162

Arseno and phospho-cyanogen,
203

Arsine and mercuric cyanide, 167
Asparagin in sweet almonds, 238
Aspirator, improved form of, 141,
163

Assay of Cinchona bark, Herbe-
lin's method of expeditious,
261

Astringent substances, new pro-
cess for titrating, 230
Atacamite, note on, 254
Atmosphere, metallic dust in the,

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286

Austen, P. T., dinitro-para-di-
brom-benzols, 88

BEYER, A., compounds of
phthalic acid with the phe-
nols, 206

Baird, S. F., "Record of Science
and Industry for 1875" (re-
view), 69
"Balance of Wisdom, Book of
the," 59

Balances, chemical, effect of flex-

ibility on the working of, 14
Balbiani, L., inactive amylic al-

cohol of fermentation, 144
Ballmann, H., determination of
lithium by means of the spec-
troscope, 94

Barbadoes, tripolite of, 108
Bardy, C., and A. Riche, com-
mercial analysis

sugars, 40

of raw

Barley in oatmeal, 194
Barral, J. A., report of on M.
Gallard's pneumatic malting-
process, 72

Bartbi, A. G., movements pro-
duced by light and heat, and
on radiometer, 143

Barth, L, ferrocyanide of tetra-

methyl ammonium, 217
Bartlett, H. C., and G. O. Drewry,
"Food and its Effects" (re-
view), 160

Barwood, 222

Bastian, H. C., influence of phy-
sico-chemical forces on phe-
nomena of fermentation, 71
Baumann, E., synthesis of hydro-
gen-phenyl-sulphate and its
homologues, 209

and R. V. D. Velden, action of
the turpentines upon animal
organisms, 270

and E. Herter, action of homo-
logues of phenol upon animal
organisms, 270

Baxendell, M., protection

of

buildings from lightning, 246
Becquerel, E, observations of

spectrum below red ray by
means of the effects of phos-
phorescence, 82
and MM. Jamin and Puiseux,
report on memoirs by Allard,
relating to the transparence
of flames and atmospheres
and the visibility of light-
houses with flashing lights, 9
Bellamy, F., syphonment and
migration of gases, 184
Bennett Bros., new tests for an-
thracen, 279

J., anthracen production, 237
Benzhydroxamic ethylester, 41
Benzin, constitutions of the deri-
vatives of, 142

Benzol, action of sodium on, 24
Benzyl-iso-phthalic acid, 270
Bernard, E., critique on glycæ.
mia, 109
Berthelot, M., absorption of free
hydrogen under the influence
of the electric effluve, 93
of free nitrogen by organic
matters at ordinary temper-
atures, 9

of free nitrogen by the proxi-
mate principles of vegeta-
bles under the influence of
atmospheric electricity, 205
chemical phenomena produced
by electricity of tension, 272
formation and decomposition of
binary compounds by the
electric effluve, 21, 93
real existence of a matter
formed of isolated
comparable to material
points, 8, 93

atoms

thermic formation of ozone, 93
formation of the two isomeric
propylic aldehyds, 133
researches on hydro-sulphurous
acid, 133

transformation of aromatic car.
bides into formenic carbides,
154

Index.

Bertrand, A., production of
electro-chemical deposits of
aluminium, 227

Betulin, contributions to the his-

tory of, 164
Beuttel and Claus, MM., action
of cyanide of potassium upon
halogenated compounds, 218
Bicarbonate of soda at 100, dis-
sociation of, 152
Biedermann, R., gaulterylen, 218
oxymercaptans, 218
Binary compounds by the electric

effluve, formation and de-
composition of, 21, 93
Binney, E. W., remarkable me-
tcor, 247
Bischof, G., corrosion of lead by
New River Company's water,
282

Inns of Court pumps, 19
Bismuth, certain new salts of,

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notes on, 27

D lines spectra, flame examined
by, 212, 226, 237

with spectroscope for mineral-
ogists, 191

Blood, action of aniline intro-
duced into the, 32

Blunt, T. P., rose-colour ob erved
in manufacture of chlorate of
potash, 171

Bettinger, C., ultramarine, 163
Bollot, A, production of electric
effluve, 83, 216

Bolley, P. A., and E. Kopp,

"Manual of Chemical Ana-
lysis" (review), 171
Bolton, H. C., "Book of the

Balance of Wisdom," 59
"Bone-Manure, Presence of Ar-

senic in Vapours of" (re-
view), 68, 81, 132, 162
Borates, alkaline, and boric acid,
action of un plants, 205
Boron, 206
Böttinger, C., action of zinc dust

on the chlorides of sulcho-
para-bromo-benzoic acid, 271
Bouilhet, H., and P. Christofle,

metallic nickel extracted from
the ores of New Caledonia,

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Bromine silver oxide, and water,
oxidation-product of glycogen
with, 153

Bronze, phosphor, and phosphide
of copper, applications of, 217
Bronzes, ancient, arsenic in, 41
Brown, J. T., anthracen testing,
136

Brugnatelli, T., and E. Zenoni,
alkaloid found in damaged
Indian corn and mouldy
maize bread, 144
Brüning, Meister, and Lucius,
MM., method for ascertain-
ing anthracen, 167
Brussels, Hygienic Congress at,

170

Buhrig, H., preparation, atomic

weight, and determination of
cerium free from didymium,

94

Buildings, protection of from
lightning, 246

"Bulletin of the Bussey Institn-
tion" (review), 90
Butter, analysis of, 254
Butylen-tolyl, synthesis of, 271
Butylic glycol, new, 63

CADMIUM, electro-chemical

deposits of, 227

Calcium, copper, and bismuth,
detection of, 16
quino-acetate of, 8
sulphate of, 256

Calcite and quartz, oxide of iron

enclosed in, at Mwyndy
Mines, 10
Calculus in horses 151
Calderon, L., rotatory powers of

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Carbimide and acetamide, action

of a-dinitrochlorobenzol
upon, 270

Carbon, bisulphide of, purification
of, 184

compounds of found in meteor-
ites, 32, 153
Carbonates, insoluble decompost-

tion of by sulphuretted hy-
drogen, 51
Carbides, aromatic, transforma-
tion of into formenic carbides,
184
Carnelley, T., high-melting-

points, with special reference
to those of metallic salts, 281
Carnot, A., certain new salts of
bismuth, 119

process for the qualitative de-

tection and determination of
potassa, 85, 216
Capellini, G., and M. Sansoni,

magistery of sulphur, 154
Casamajor, P., amalgamation of
iron and other metals, 35
estimation of potassium as acid
tartrate, 231, 242
Caspers, C., anthracen testing,

211

Cast-iron, copper in, 78
Capillary action and cohesion of
films of water, 223
affinity, 205
Cazeneuve, P., metallisation of
organic bodies to render them
fit to receive galvanic depo-
sits, 9
Cech, C., trichloral cyanide, 284
and P. Schwebel, preparation

of dichloracetic acid from
chloral, 284
Cerium free from didymium, pre-
paration, atomic weight, and
determination of, 94
Cevennes, mercury in, 40
Chateau, T., historical and che
mical survey of the manu
facture of Turkey red, 196

CHEMICAL NEWS,
Jan. 5, 1877.

Champion, P., and H. Pellet, de-
termination of free nitrogen
in organic substances, 205
equivalent substitution of mine-
ral matters in animals and
plants, 134
Charcoal, animal, 174
Chemical arts, development of
during the last ten years, 5.

13. 25, 33, 45, 55, 66, 78, 86,
118, 139, 149, 166, 180, 188, 197,
215, 220, 233.245
balances, effect of flexibility on
the working of, 14
decomposition as illustrated by
water, 43

lecture classes and laboratory
instruction, 117

phenomena produced by elec-
tricity of tension, 272
questions, 91
Society, 1. 6, 7
American, 22

German, 280

Newcastle, 255, 282
research fund, 196

"Chemical Notes in Rhyme "
(review), 5

"Chemical Students, Note-Book
and Lecture Notes for " (re-
view), 259

Chemistry, new scholarship in at
Owens College, 196

practical, in University of Vir-
ginia, 147, 168, 179, 190
schools of, III

"Chemistry, Legal, Detection
and Examination of Poisons
and Stains" (review), 18
"Chemistry, Practical, for the
Use of Medical Students"
(review), 89

Chemists, organisation among,
39, 227, 238

Chevreul, E., capillary affinity,

205

Chiappe, P., and O. Malesci, pre-
paring the iodides of potas-
sium and sodium, and the
bromide of potassium, 154
Chicory in coffee, new process for
estimation of, 283

Chilian minerals, examination of,
134

Chittenden, R. H., oxidation pro-
duct of glycogen with bro-
mine, silver oxide, and water,
153
action of

Chlor-acetyl-benzol,

ammonia on, 270
Chloral, compound of, and acetic
chloride, 206

Chlorides, organic, use of molyb-

denum pentachloride for ine
production of, 271

Chlorine, manufacture of, 70
reaction of under influence of
porous carbon, 63
substitution, study of, 11
Chloro-benzol, a-dinitro, action of
upon acetamide
and car-
bamide, 270

Chloroform, test for purity of, 191
Christofle, P., and H. Bouilhet,

metallic nickel extracted
from the ores of New Cale-
donia, 50

Chromic acid with hydric per-
oxide, reaction of, 19
Chromium arsenic compound, 220
Church, A. H., colein, 256
dysodile, 155

"Chymistry" and force, 123
Cinchona barks, Herbelin's me-
thod for expeditious assay of,
261
Cinchonic alkaloids, behaviour of
phenol with the, 153
Clarke, F. W., "Constants of
Nature" (review), 142
T., Treatment of Ores" (re.
view), 50

Claus and Beuttel, M.M., action
of cyanide of potassium upen
halogenated compounds, 218
Clay in water, suspension of, 142
Cloez, S., modifications of elao
margaric acid produced by
light and heat, 272

Cloud, T. C., note on atacamite, |

254

Coal and peat, quantitative ana-
lysis of, 233

gas of the Metropolis, 223
proximate composition of, 145
mines, fire-damp in, 110
tar, anthracen in, 94
Cobalt and nickel, new method of
separating, 255

Cockroach, phenomena of diges-
tion in, 261
Coffee, study on, 142

Cohesion and capillary action of

films of water, 223
Cohne, S., formation of ozone

by the contact of plants with
peroxide of hydrogen, 4
Colein, 256

Coleman, J. J., chemical treat-

ment of town excreta, 125
Colley, M. R., polarisation of
electrodes, 284
Collins, J. H., new mineral from

Phoenix Mine, 10
occurrence of pharmacosiderite,

scorodite, and olivenite in
greenstone at Terras Mine, 10

Colour change, 75

estimation of in water, 77
Colouration, heat, 108, 132
Colouring matters in wines,
determination of the nature
of, 238

new class of, 143
"Colourist, Textile " (review), 89
Combustion tubes, platinum, 67,
81

Commaille, A., study on coffee, 142
Commercial oils, assay of, 154
Compass with circular magnets,
250

"Constants of Nature" (review),
142

Cooking vessels, enamelled, 130
Copper and arsenic, separation of,
174

calcium, and bismuth, detection
of, 16

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pipe analysis, 27

Couste, C., chloride of calcium

for watering roads, &c., 110
and Alessandri, L., detecting
adulteration of iodide of lead,

154
Cremation, report on, 261
Crookes, W., experimental con-
tributions to the theory of the
radiometer, 269, 275

note on radiometer, 157
repulsion resulting from radia-
tion, 23, 165, 175, 187, 209, 2:9,
229, 241, 253, 263

"Cup and Platter" (review), 160
Curie, J., and Millet, A., com-
pound of chloral and of acetic
chloride, 206
Cyanide, mercuric, action of on

phosphine, 167
and arsine, 167
Cyanogen, 67

DAVIES, R. P., dysodile, 195

Davis, G. E., organisation among
chemists, 39

pink liquors of chlorate of po-
tash manufacture, 183
Davy, E. W., chemical test for
alcohol, 137

Day, R. E.," Electrical Magnetic
Measurements, Exercises in,
with Answers" (review), 161

De Almeida, G. O., and Guignet,
E. A, meteoric iron rich in
nickel, 238

De Boisbaudran, L., chemical
reaction of gallium, 183, 217
new process for extraction of
gallium, 173

physical properties of gallium,
150
Debray, H., and Deville, H. Ste.

C, physical and chemical
properties of ruthenium, 265
De Clermont, P., and Wehrlin,

E., two new sulphuretted

ureas, 92

De Fontenay, Moutchal, and De
Ruolz, H., applications of
phosphide of copper and phos-
phor-bronze, 217

De Fonvielle, W., differential
radiometer, 32, 51, 63
intensity radiometers, 110
De Girard, J., cause of the spon-
taneous alteration of an-
hydrous hydro-cyanic acid, 92
De Lalande, F., purpurin, 10
De la Source, L. M., hydrates of
copper sulphate, 238

De Luca, S., alcoholic and acetic
fermentation of fruits, flowers,
and leaves of certain plants,

142

De Montgolfier, J., isomerism of
the rotatory power of the
camphols, 92

De Montholon, F., and Naudin,

L., decomposition of cyanide
of potassium, cyanide of zinc,
and formiate of potassa in
carbonic acid, air, and pure
hydrogen, 92

Dott, D. B., note on Dr. Davy's

test for purity of chloroform,
189

Douliot, E., charge assumed by
the disc of the electrophorus,

8
Downes, A. H., "How to Avoid

Typhoid Fever and Allied
Diseases" (review), 181
Drewry, G. O., and Bartlett, H.
C., "Food and its Effects"
(review), 160
Dubois, M., Herbelin's method
for expeditious assay of
cinchona barks, 261
Ducretet, E., radiometer of Mr.
Crookes, 51

Dulong and Petit, law of, 9, 21
Du Moncel, Th., electric trans-
missions through the soil, 142
Dupré, A., Heisch, C., Prof Ditt-

mar and the "Analyst," 172
the Chemical Society, 6
Durassier and Tréve, MM., dis-
tribution of magnetism on
the surface of magnets, 217
dynamo-magnetic phenome-

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insoluble carbonates by sul-EGOROFF, N., differential

phuretted hydrogen, 51
Denman, J. L., "Wine and its
Counterfeits" (review), 90
Denayrouze, L., electric lamp
designed by P. Jabloschkoff,

De

217

Parville, H., "Causeries
Scientifiques" (review), 69
De Ruolz, H., Montchal, and De
Fontenay, applications of

phosphide of copper and phos-
phor-bronze, 217

De St. Venant, J.,atomic constitu-
tion of bodies, 8

Deuchemin's compass with cir
cular magnets, 250
Deville, H. Ste. C., and Debray,
H.. physical and chemical
properties of ruthenium, 265
Diamin phenylen, 256
Dichloracetic acid, preparation of,
from chloral, 284
Dickinson, J., measuring air in
mines, 25, 36

Didelot, J., detection of magenta

in sophistication of wines, 152
Didymium, preparation, atomic

weight, and determination of
cerium, free from, 94
Dimethyl-acetal and methyl-
alcohol, 271
Dinitro-chloro-benzol upon acet-

amide and carbamide, action
of a, 270
Dinitro-naphthalin (a and B), 270
Dinitro-para-dibrombenzols and
their derivatives, 88
Diplato-nitrates and
nitrates, 270
"Discursive Chemical Notes in

plato-

Rhyme" (review), 5
"Diseases, Typhoid Fever and

Allied, How to Avoid" (re-
view), 181
Disinfectant, sulphurous acid as
a, 261

Ditte, A., action of hydracids upon
selenious acid, 51, 72
tellurous acid, 92, 133,
Dittmar, Prof., and the "Analyst,"
130, 151, 162, 172, 183
proximate composition of coal-
gas, 145
D-lines spectra flame examined
by the blowpipe, 212, 226, 237
Domeyko, M., examination of
Chilian minerals, 134

actinometer, 40
Eiæomargaric acid, modifications
of produced by light and
heat, 272

Electric effluve, formation and
decomposition of binary com-
pounds by, 21, 93
formation of, 83, 216
lamp, 217

transmissions through the soil,

142

"Electrical and Magnetic Mea-

surements, Exercises in, with
Answers" (review), 161
Electricity of tension, chemical
phenomena produced by, 272
Electro-chemical deposits of

aluminium, magnesium, cad-
mium, bismuth, antimony,
and palladium, 227
Electrolysis of the derivatives of
aniline, phenol, naphthyl-
amin, and anthraquinon, 118
Electrolytic aniline-black, 21
Electrophorus, charge assumed
by the disc of the, 8
Ellstone, W., separation

of

arsenic and copper, 174
Eltoft, T., " Note Book and Lec-
ture Notes for Chemical
Students" (review), 259
Emodin from the bark of the
Rhamnus frangula, 271
Enamelled cooking vessels, 130
Endosmotic lixiviation, manufac-

facture of soda from seaweed
by, 31
Eruptive rocks, origin of, vitreous
and crystalline, 206
Erythrogen and some of its com-
pounds, 34

Estcourt, C., butter analysis, 254
Etching action produced upon

different metals by the acids,
206

Ethide, stannous, oxidised pro-

duct formed during reduction
of stannic ethide to, 203
Ethyl-iso-propyl-ketone, 284.
Eucalyptus globulus, sanitary
effects of, 272

Excreta, town, chemical treat-
ment of, 125

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Fire damp in coal mines, Io

limits within which it is pos-
sible, 205

Fires, coloured, used in pyro-
techny, 139

Fischer, E., hydrazinic

com-

pounds of the fatty series, 218
O., action of nitrous acid on
acetanilide, 163

phthaleins of tertiary aromatic
bases, 270

Flames, luminous theory of, 152,

206

and atmospheres, transparence
of, and the visibility of light-
houses with flashing lights, 9
Flavo-purpurin and anthro-pur-
purin, 131

Fletcher, T., Dr. J. W. Hearder,
F C.S., 30

Fleurens, G., crystallisation of
sugar, 63

Flight, W., Prof. Wohler, 249
Flowers, fruits, and leaves of

certain plants, alcoholic and
acetic fermentation of, 142
Fluid cavities, a further study of,
281

Fluosilicates, crystalline, of iron
and cobalt, 184

Folsom, C. F., "Report of State
Board of Health of Massa-
chusetts" (review), 182
"Food and its Effects" (review),

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Franck, A., action of water on
glass, 271
Free nitrogen, absorption of by
organic matters at ordinary
temperatures, 9
Freezing machines with sulphur-
ous acid, 52

Fremy, E., salts formed by the
peroxide of manganese, 8
Friction, simple, of soft iron
against cold steel to melt it, 46
Friedburg, L. H., purification of
bisulphide of carbon, 184
Fruits, leaves, and flowers of cer-
tain plants, alcoholic and
acetic fermentation of, 142
Furnace, decomposing, 42
discussion on Jones and
and Walsh's, 27
Furstenau, E, ultramarine, 196

GAIFFE, A., note on the radio-

meter, 83

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report, 114

Celis, A., use of alkaline sul-

phides in dressing hides, 52
Genth, F. A., American vanadium
minerals, 78
Geological and mineralogical re-
searches on lavas of dykes of
Théra, 238
"Geology and Physics, Elemen-

tary" (review), 154
"Georgia, Report of Agriculture

for State of" (review), 170
Georgia, sheep husbandry in, 195
Gerardin, M., treatment of sew-
age, 284

Gerland, B. W., notes on vana-
dium compounds, 2
Girard, A., transformation of
saccharose into reductive
sugar during rehning, 71
Gladstone, J. H., chemical de-

composition as illustrated by
water, 43

Glass, action of water on, 271
Globular thunderbolts, 92
Glucose, detection of, 154
Glycemia, critique on, 109
observations on 109
Glycerin, derivatives of, 153
Glycogen, oxidation-product of
with bromide, siiver oxide,
and water, 153
Glycol, butyric, 63

Gold in pyrites, 94, 132, 152, 172
Goppelsroder, F., electrolysis of

the deriuatives of aniline,
phenol, naphthylamin, and
anthraquinon, is

elementary analysis of electro-
lytic aniline-black, 21
Govi, M., cause of movements in
the radiometer, 40, 51
Graham, A., effects by addition

of sulphate of alumina in the
treatment of sewage, 197
Graz, communications from the

University Laboratory of, 153
Griffin, W., new gas-bottle, and
arrangements of apparatus
for applying sulphuretted by-
drogen without smell and
avoiding its escape, 250
Greenstone at Terras Mine, oc-
currence of pharmacosiderite,
sc rodite, add olivenite in, 10
Grimaux, L., synthesis of allan-
toin, 51

Guanin in the urine of swine, 206
Guibourt, M., oil of wood, 85
Guignet, E., and G. O. de Almei-

da, a meteoric iron rich in
nickel, 238

and A. Tel.ier, chemical com-
position of the water of Bay
of Rio de Janeiro, 238
Guillemaire, A., lighting

by

means of products from re-
sinous trees, 163
Gundelach, C., derivatives of
isoxylene, 40

quino-acetate of calcium, 8
Guthrie, F., solid water, 161
Guyard, A., metallurgy of silver n
the moist way, 41
method of separating nickel
and cobalt, 255

HALL, M., blowpipe with spec-
troscope for mineralogists, gr

Index.

Halogens, action of upon ferrl-
cyanide of potassium, 217
Hampe, W., boron, 206
Hannay, J. B., calcium sulphate,
250

effect of temperature upon the
growth of potatoes, 155
Hareman, E. T., country labora-
tory apparatus, 195
flame of chloride of sodium in

a common fire, go
Hart, E., volumetric estimation
of iron, 65

Hartley, W. N., a further study
of fluid cavities, 281
Hausmann, U., contributions to

history of betulin, 164
Hayden, F. V., new work by, 228
Hearder, Dr. J. W., F.C.S., 20,

30, 32

Heat and light, modifications of

elæomargaric acid produced
by, 272

Oxygen, combustion of organic
matters under the double
influence of, 9
colouration, 108, 132
probable consequences of the
theory of, 172

Heats of a gas, relation of the
two specific, 206

Hedrick, B. S., requisite amount

of simple friction of soft iron
against cold steel to melt it,

46
Heighman, W., "Practical Por-
trait Photography" (review),
225
Hill, W. N., "Certain Explosive

Agents" (review), 272
Heisch, C., and A. Dupré, Prof.
Dittmar and the " Analyst,"
172
Henwoodite, 156, 172
Herbelin's method for expeditious
assay of cinchona barks, 261
Ierland, L., process for the manu-

facture of soda from seaweed

by endosmotic lixiviation, 31
Herman, W. D., platinum com-
bustion tubes, Sr.
Herter, E., and E. Baumann,

action of homologues of phe-

nol on animal organisms, 270
Hesehus, M. N., application of

the electric current to the
study of the spheroidal state,
254

Hesperidin, 72
Hesse, O., behaviour of phenol

with the cinchonic alkaloids,
153

Heumann, K., representation of
the manufacture of sulphuric
acid, 270

theory of luminous flames, 152,

206

Hides, use of alkaline sulphides
in dressing, 52
Hildebrand, E. C. H., rapid filtra-
tion, 57
Hirn, G. A., maximum of the pos-

sible repulsive power of the
solar rays, 31
reply to by A. Ledieu, 83, 110
Hodgkinson, W. R., and G. C.

Matthews, oxidised product
formed during the reduction
of stannic ethide to stannous
ethide, 203

and H. C. Sorby, pigmentum
nigrum, 203
phospho- and arseno-cyanogen,
203
Hofmann, A. W., development of
the chemical arts during the
last ten years, 5, 13, 25, 33, 45,
55, 66, 78, 86, 118, 139, 149,
166, 180, 188, 197, 215, 220, 233,
245

P. W., extraction of sulphur
from pyrites, 218
"Homeopathy, Errors of" (re-
view), 70
Houzeau, A., determination of the
carbonic acid contained in
waters, 110
disappearance of the ammonia
contained in waters, 152

Hooghly river, analysis of, 84
Horses, calculus in, 151
Human corpse, natural poisonous
nature of the, 144
Humpidge, T. S. D., coal-gas of
the Metropolis, 223
Hunaus, P., citric acid and aconi-
tic acid, 270

Hunyadi, Janos, "Natural Mine-
ral Water" (review), 90
Hurter, F., arsenic in vapours of
bone-manure, 8:

Husson, C., detection and deter-

mination of arsenic in wines
artificially coloured, 71
Hutchings, W. M., notes on mine-

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Hydrogen, apparatus for the de-
termination of, 163
evolution of antimony from
stibnite by nascent, 147
free, absorption of under the in-
fluence of the electric effluve,

93
peroxide of, formation of ozone
by the contact of plants with,
420

Hydrogen, sulphuretted, precipi-

tation of zinc by in presence
of bisulphate of potassium, 94
weight of an atom of, 284
Hydrogen-phenyl-sulphate

and

its homologues, synthesis of,
269
Hydroxylamin, amidous deriva-

tives of, 153

Hygienic congress at Brussels, 170
Hygiene, industrial, prize in, 167

ILES, M. W., detection of cop-

per, calcium, and bismuth, 16
Indian corn and mouldy maize

bread, alkaloid found in, 144
Indigo, decolouration of by hydro-

sulphurous acid and persul-
phide of hydrogen, 250
"Industry and Science, Record
of" (review), 69
Infusoria and nitrates, 33
Inns of Court pumps, 19
Insoluble carbonates, decomposi

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Jacquemin, E., detection of ma-
genta in wines, 51

rhodein from an analytical
point of view, 133

new reaction of aniline, 72
Jamin, Puiseux, and E.Becquerel,
reports on memoirs by Allard
relating to the transparence
of flames and atmospheres,
and the visibility of light-
houses with flashing lights, 9
Jean, F., determination of ni-
trates, 41

method of titrating alkaline
sulphates, 272

new process for titrating as-
tringent substances, 230
Jeannel, J., influence of sonorous
vibrations on the radiometer,
133

Johnson, G. S., potassium tri-
iodide, 222

Jones and Walsh's decomposing
furnace, discussion on, 27
H. C., determination of lithium
by means of the spectroscope,

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and peat, 233

Ketone, para-tolyl-phenyl-, deri-
vatives of 270

Ketones and aldehyds present in
wood-spirit, 271

Kimball, A. S.. changes in the
physical properties of steel
by tempering, 81
Kingzett, C. T., action of alcohol
on the brain, 158

formation of ozone by the con-
tact of plants with peroxide
of hydrogen, 20
limited oxidation of essential
oils, 127, 137,

Klippert, L., and T. Zincke, para-
xylenic acid, 270

Kollmeyer, A. H, "Key to Mc-
dern Science "(review), 271
Kopp, E., and P. A. Bolley,
Manual of Chemical Analy
sis" (review), 171

tion of by sulphuretted hy-Krafft, L., fermentation of urine,
drogen, 51

Iodine as a reagent for starch, 72
Iron and cobalt, crystalline fluo-
silicates of, 184

other metals, amalgamation
of, 35

Steel Institute, 123
deposit, analysis of, 198
preservation of from action of

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250

Kramer, G., and H. Troschke,

methyl-alcohol and dimethyl-
acetal; aldehyds and ketones
present in wood-spirit, 271

Kraut, R, derivatives of glycerin,
153

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Le Bel, J. A., reply to certain

objections on atomicity, 93
Le Neve Foster, C., Henwoodite,

172

pyrophyllite at Brookwood, and
new mineral localities in De-
von and Cornwall, 10
Leaves, fruits, and flowers of cer-
tain plants, alcoholic and
acetic fermentation of, 142
"Lecture Notes and Note-Book
for Chemical Students" (re-
view), 259
Ledieu, A., study of the radiome-
ter, 8, 9, 21, 31, 63, 110
"Legal Chemistry" (review), 18
Lévy, A. M., origin of eruptive
rocks, vitreous and crystalline,

206
Leymerie, M., existence of mer-
cury in the Cevennes, 40
Liebermann, C., and M. Wald-
stein, emodin from the bark
of the Rhamnus frangula, 271
constitution
of
oxythymo-

quinon, 271

formula of brazilin, 271
Light and heat, modifications of
eleomargaric acid produced
by, 272

chemical force of, 195
Lighthouses, visibility of with
flashing lights, 9
Lighting by products from resin-
ous trees, 163
Lightning, bead, 134,

effect of during the storm of
August 18, 134

Lime, fossil deposits of phosphate

of in the departments of
Ardennes and La Meuse, 21
influence of salts of on sacchari-
metry, 9

Lindros, T., investigation of the
Adonis vernalis, 284
Lippmann, G., various theories

to which the radiometer has
given rise, 284

Liquids, mutual solution of, 284
Lithium, borates of, 184

determination of by means of
the spectroscope, 94, 122
Litmus, note on, 140, 184
Liversidge, A.," Disease of Sugar-
Cane" (review), 272
Lixiviation, manufacture of soda
from seaweed by endosmotic,

31

Lowe, J., quercitrin and querce-
tin, 181

Loiseau, D., combustion of or-

ganic matters under the
double influence of heat and
oxygen, 9
London University, 206, 251, 268
Louguinine, W., correspondence
from St. Petersburg, 250
Lucas, R., anthracen testing, 267
Lucius, Meister, and Brüning's

method for ascertaining ex-
act quantity of pure anthracen
contained in crude anthracen,
167

Luminous flames, theory of, 152,
206

Lunge, G., apparatus for making
chlorate of potash, 151, 139
Lupton, S., oxides of potassium,
203

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Magnetisation, influence of tem-

perature upon, 238
Magnetism on surface of mag-

nets, distribution of, 217
Magnets, circular, Duchemin's
compass with, 250
distribution of magnetism on
surface of, 217
Maize, mouldy bread, and dam-

aged Indian corn, alkaloid
found in, 144
Malesci, M., and P. Chiappe, pre-
paring the iodides of potas-
sium and sodium, and the
bromide of potassium, 156
Maley, R., compounds of sulpho-

urea with metallic salts, 227
Malting process, pneumatic, of
M. Gallard, 72
Mallet, J. W., notes of practical

chemistry in University of
Virginia, 147, 168, 179, 190
Manetti, L. and G. Muso, salicy-
lic acid in the milk trade, 142
Manganese ore, analyses of ox-
ides of, 39

analysis of, 30, 50

analysis of peroxide of, 8

salts formed by the peroxide of,

8

Manganic oxide, determination
of, 19

"Manure, Bone, Presence of Ar-

senic in Vapours of" (re-
view), 68, 81, 132, 162
Manzoni, G. S., reagents on the

principal organic colouring
matters, 144

use of hydrosulphite of soda as
a reagent in the analysis of
colours fixed upon tissues, 154
Margaric chlorides and its deriva-
tives, 238

Markownikoff, W, pyro-tartaric

acid, normal oxy-pyro-tartaric

acid, and the isomery of the
pyro-citric acids, 284

Martin, A., Hunyadi János, Na-
tural Mineral Water" (re-
view), 90
"Massachusetts Institute of
Technology" (review), 141
"Massachusetts, Report of State
Board of Health (review),
38, 182

Matthews, G. C., and W. R.

Hodgkinson, cxidised pro-
duct formed during reduction
of stannic ethide to stannous
ethide, 203
Maumené, E., alcoholometric me-
thod by the distillation of
alkalinised spirituous liquids,

51
Meadows, B., "Errors of Homao-
pathy" (review), 70

Meat, occurrence of germs of the
tape-worm in, 83

"Medicine, Retrospect of" (re-
view), 19

Meissonier, M., bed of nickel

ores in Spain, 72
Meister, Lucius, and Brüning's

method for ascertaining an-
thracen, 167
Meldola, R., the Chemical So-
ciety, 7

Melsens, M., reactions of chlo-

rine under influence of porous
carbon, 63

Mercuric cyanide, action of phos-
phine on, 167

and arsenic, 167
Mercury in the Cevennes, 40
Mermet, M. A., alkaline sulpho-
carbonates, 94
Metachromatism,

or

colour-

change, 75
Metallic copper, action of fatty
oils on, 176, 200, 213
dust in the atmosphere, 93
nickel extracted from ores of
New Caledonia, 50
salts, sulpho-urea with, 217
Metallisation of organic bodies to
render them fit to receive
ga.vanic deposits, 9
Metals, amalgamation of iron and
other, 35

Metals, etching action produced

upon different, by the acids,
206

Meteoric iron, arragonite on the
surface of a, 87
rich in nickel, 238
Meteorite, arragonite observed
on the surface of a, 132
Meteorites, compounds of carbon
found in, 32

solid compounds of carbon in,
153

Meteor, remarkable, 247
Methyl-alcohol and dimethyl-
acetal, 271
"Metre-diagram" (review), 151
Metropolis, composition

and

quality of the water of the, 216
coal-gas of the, 223
Meyer, R., formation of aniline-
black, 184

Mica vanadium, 46

Michael, A., and Norton, T. H.,

preparation and properties of
tri-iodo-resorcin, 270

Michel, R. F., inconvenience of
copper wire ropes as lightning
conductors, 9

Michigan, University of, 27
Mignon and Rouart, MM., extrac-
tion of juice of sugar-cane by
new apparatus, 152
"Migration" and syphonment of
gases, 184
Milan-Nevole, M., new butylic

glycol, 63

Milk trade, salicylic acid in, 142
Millet, A., and Curie, J., com-

pound of chloral and acetic
chloride, 206

Milne, J.M.,presence of arsenic in

vapours of bone manure, 132
"Miners' Curfew and other
Matters, Social and Political"
(review), 6

in

Mines, coal, fire damp in, 110
measuring air in, 25, 36
Mineral analyses, 141
and organic phosphates
manure, 154
new Cornish, 147
nickel, from New Caledonia, 193
phosphates and superphosphate
of lime, 48, 55
Minerals, American vanadium, 78
examination of Chilian, 134
Mineralogical notices, 71
Miquel, P., stains produced by

sulphocyanic acid, 250
Mitchell, H. W., note on litmus,

140

Molybdenum-pentachloride, use
of, for the production of or-
ganic chlorides, 271
Moriggia, A., natural poisonous
nature of the human corpse,
144

Morton, H., thallene, 188
Moscow, chemical laboratory of

University of, 163.
Mouchot, A., industrial applica-

tion of the sun's rays, 183
Moutchal, M., De Ruoiz, H., and

De Fontenay, M.,applications
of phosphide of copper and
phosphor-bronze, 217
Muir, M. M. P., bismuth com-
pounds, 203

action of water and saline solu-
tions upon lead, 223, 234
Müller, H., Vegetable Fibre

and its Preparation for Indus-
trial Uses" (review), 181
Müntz, A., influence of certain

salts of lime on sacchari-
metry, 9
Muso, G., and Manetti, L., sali-
cylic acid in the milk trade,

142
Muter, J., Prof. Dittmar and the
Analyst," 162
"Mysteries of Nature aad Dis-
coveries of Science" (review),
247

Mwyndy mines, oxide of iron en-
closed in calcite and quartz
at, 10

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silver alloy, 150

metallic, extracted from the ores
of New Caledonia, 50, 193
ores in Spain, 72

Nicol, N. C., anthracen in coal-
tar, 94

Nilson, L. F., plato nitrates and
diplato nitrates, 270
Nitralizarin, 51
Nitrates and infusoria, 33
determination of, 41

in water of the Thames, 82
Nitro-alizarin, 10, 40

Nitrogen, free, absorption of, by
organic matters at ordinary
temperatures, 9

by the proximate principles of
vegetables under the influ-
ence of atmospheric electri-
city, 205

free determination in organic
substances, 205

Nitrous acid upon acetanilide,
action of, 163

Nolting, E., constitution of the
derivatives of benzine, 142
Norton, T. H., and Michael, A.,
preparation and properties of
tri-iodo-resorcin, 270

OATMEAL, barley in, 194
Odling, W.," Practical Chemistry
for the Use of Medical Stu-
dents" (review), 89
Oils, essential, limited oxidation
of, 127. 135

fatty, action of upon metallic
copper, 176, 200, 213
Olivenite, pharmacosiderite, and

scorodite, occurrence of in
greenstone at Terras Mine, 10
O'Neill, C., "Textile Colourist"
(review), 89

Orchil, extract and paste, manu-
facture of, 72
"Ores, Treatment of "(review),

50

Organic bodies, metallisation of
to render them fit to receive
galvanic deposits, 9
colouring matters, reagents on,

144

ferments, origin of, 9
matters at ordinary tempera-
tures, absorption of free
nitrogen by, 9

combustion of under the
double influence of heat and
oxygen

substances, action o certain
filters on, 4, II, 24
determination of free nitrogen
n, 205

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