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-pyro-
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, 191
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
Amidous 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

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
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, 195
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, 91, 201, 211,

car-

Aromatic bases, phthalein of
tertiary, 270
carbides into formenic
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,

Atomic constitution of bodies, 8
theory, note on, 217
Atomicity as a principle of classi-
fication, 46

reply to certain critical objec-
tions by M. J. A. le Bel, 93
Atoms, isolated, real existence of
a matter formed of, 93
Atterberg, A., derivatives from
a-dinitro-naphthalin and B-
dinitro-naphthalin, 270
constitution of some naphthalin
compounds, 270

Aurantia, 284

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-

TUISSA analysis of raw

sugais, 40

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, 269

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 en 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 atoms

to material

comparable

points, 8, 93

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,

184

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

efflave, 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

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 coin 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

119

Dines 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

Boillot, A, production of electric

effluve, 63, 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), 65, 81, 132, 162

Borates, alkaline, and boric acid,

action of on plants, 205

Boron, 206

Böttinger, C., action of zinc dust

on the chlorides of sulpho-

para-bromo-benzoic acid, 271

Bouilhet, H., and P. Christofle,

metallic nickel extracted from

the ores of New Caledonia,

50

Beuilhon, E., magenta in wine,

227

Bouquet de la Grye, extraction of

vanillin from the sap of the

pine, 144

Bourgoin, E., atomicity as

a

lightning, 246

"Bulletin of the Bussey Institn-

tion" (review), go
Butter, analisis of, 254
Butylen-tolyl, synthesis of, 271
Butylic glycol, new, 63

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

cane-sugar, 110
Cameron, C. A., estimation of
colour in water, 77
Camphols, isomerism of the ro-
tatory power in the, 92

Cane-sugar, cellulosic fermenta-

tion of, 63

·

rotatory power of, 160

Cane-Sugar, Disease of" (re-

view), 272

Carbimide and acetamide, action

of a dinitrochlorobenzol

upon, 270

Carlon, bisulphide of, purification

of, 184

compounds of found in meteor-

ites, 32, 153

Carbonates, insoluble decomposi-

tion of by sulphuretted hy-

drogen, 51

Carbide, aromatic, transforma-

tion of into formenic carbides,

184

Carnelly,

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
tartiate, 23, 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, 183, 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, 256, 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), 80

Chemists, organisation among,

ammonia on, 270

Chloral, compound of, and acetic

chloride, 206

Chlorides, organic, use of molyb-

denum pentachloride for the

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
and car-

upon acetamide
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

CHEMICAL NEWS,)

Jan. 5, 1877.

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

film 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,

De Almeida, G. O, and Guignet,

E. A., meteoric iron rich in

nickel, 238

De Boisbaudran, L., chemical

reaction of gailium, 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-

tancous alteration of an-

hydrous hydro-cyanic acid, 92

De Lalande, F., purpurin, 10

De la Source, L. M., Eydrates 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

287

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, M., dis-

tribution of magnetism on

the surface of magnets, 217

dynamo-magnetic

non, 227

etching action produced upon

different metals by the acids,

206

phenome-

De

Parville, H., "Causerics

Scientifiques" (review), 69

De Fuolz, H., Moutchal, 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,

II.. physical and chemical

properties of ruthenium, 265

Diamin phenylen, 256

Dichloracetic acid, preparation of,

from chloral, 24

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 ß), 270

Dinitro-para-dibrombenzols and

their derivatives, 88

Diplato-nitrates and

nitrates, 270

"Discursive Chemical Notes in

Rhyme" (review), 5

Diseases, Typhoid Fever and

plato-

Allied, How to Avoid" (re-

View), 181

Disinfectant, sulphurous acid as

a, 201

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, 257.

Domeyko, M., examination of

Chilian minerals, 134

actinometer, 40

Elæomargaric 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

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 so a from seaweed

by, 31

Eruptive rocks, origin of, vitreous
and crystaline, 206
Erythrogen and some of its com-
pounds, 34

Estcourt, C., butter nalysis, 254
Etching action produced upon
different metals by the acids,
206

Ethide, stannous, oxidized 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

Exhibition, South African, 159

Explosive Agents, Certain " (re-

quences of the mechanical

theory of heat, 172

Feltz, J and Ritter, E.,researches

on the action of aniline in-

troduced into the blood and

the stomach, 32

Fermentation, influence

of

physico-chemical forces on
phenomena of, 71

Ferments, origin of organic, 9
Ferricyanide of potassium, action
of halogens on, 217

Ferrocyanide

of tetramethyl

ammonium, 217

Field, F., new Cornish mineral 147

the late David Forbes, 200

Filters, action of on organic sub-

stances, 4, 11, 24

Filtration, rapid, 57

Filsinger, F., borates of lithium

184

Fire damp in coal mines, 110

limits within which it is pos-

sible, 205

Fires, coloured, used in pyro-

techny, 139

Fischer, E., hydrazinic com-

pounds of the fatty series, 215

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, 1., Dr. J. W. Hearder,

FC.S., 30

Fleurens, G., crystallisation of

sugar, 6;

Flight, W., Prof. Wöhler, 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),

160

Foque, M, mine, alogical and ge

logical researches on the

lavas of dykes of Thera, 238

Forbes, D., the late, 260

Force and Chymistry," 123

Fordos, M., detection of magenta

in wines, 273

Formenic carbides, transforma-

tion of aromatic carbides in-

to, 184

Formiate of potassa, decomposi-

tion of in carbonic acid, air,

and pure hydrogen, 92

Formic acid, volumetric deter-

mination of, 32

Forster, R., dyeing with artificial

alizarin, 184

Fonvielle, M. de, the radiometer,

8

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

Fraits, leaves, and flowers of cer-

tain plants, alcoholic and

actic fermentation of, 144

Furnace, decomposing, 42
discussion

on Jones and
and Walsh's, 27

Furstenau, L., ultramarine, 196

Gaulterylen, 218

Gautier, A., decomposition of al-

kaline bicarbonates under the
influence of heat and a va-
cuum, 83

Gehe and Co., of Dresden, trade

report, 144

Gelis, 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 refining, 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, 103

observations on 109

Glycerin, derivatives of, 153

Glycogen, oxidation-product of

with bromide, silver oxide,

and water, 153

Glycol, butylic, 63

Gold in pyrites, 94, 132, 152, 172

Goppelsræder, F., electrolysis of

the deriuatives of aniline,

phenol, naphthylamin, and

anthraquinon, 18

elementary analysis of electro-

lytic aniline-black, 21

Govi, M., cause of movements in

the raciometer, 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 hy-

drogen without smell and

avoiding its escape, 280

Greenstone at Terras Mine, oc-

currence of pharmacosiderite,

sc rodite, add olivenite in, 10

Grimaux, E., 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. Telier, 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, 91

Halogens, action of upon ferrl-
cyanide of potassium, 217
Hampe, W., boron, 206
Hannay, J. B., calcium sulphate,
256

effect of temperature upon the

growth of potatoes, 155

Hardman, E/T., country labora-

tory apparatus, 198

flame of chloride of sodium in

a common fire, 90

Hart, E., volumetric estimation

of iron, 65

Hartley, W. N., a further study
of fluid cavities, 251

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

eleomargaric 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
Herland, L., process for the manu-

facture of soda from seaweed

by endosmotic lixiviation, 31
Herman, W. D., platinum com-
bustion tubes, 81

Herter, E., and E. Baumann,

action of homologues of phe-
noi 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, 6, 118, 139, 149,
166, 180, 158, 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

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), go

Hurter, F., arsenic in vapours of

bone-manure, 8t

Husson, C., detection and deter-

mination of arsenic in wines

artificially coloured, 71

Hutchings, W. M., notes on mine-

analyses, 141

Hydrazinic compounds of the

fatty series, 218

Hydracids, action of upon seleni-

ous acid, 52, 72
tellurous acid, 92, 133

Hydric peroxide, reaction of with

chromic acid, 19

Hydrobenzoin and iso-hydroben-

zoin, action of dilute sulphuric

acid upon, 270

Hydrocarbides, preparing con-

densed, 174

Hydrocarbons, determination of,

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-
tion of by sulphuretted hy-
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

salt, 174

"Iron Manufacture in Sweden"

(review), 259

Iron, meteoric, rich in nickel, 238

oxide of, enclosed in calcite and

quartz at the Mwyndy Mines,

contained in waters, 152

lamp, 217

Joubert, J., and M. Pasteur, fer-

mentation of urine, 150

"Journal of Iron and Steel Insti-

tute" (review), 22

ΚΑ

AINITE of Kalusz in Galicia.

184

Keates, T. W., generating sul-

phurous acid for use as a dis-

infectant, 245

Kern, S., coloured fires used in

pyrotechny, 139

presence of copper in cast-iron,

78

quantitative analysis of coal

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 Mo-
dern Science "(review), 271
Kopp, E., and P. A. Bolley,
Manual of Chemical Analy-
sis" (review), 171
Krafft, L., fermentation of urine,

of Graz University, communi-
cations from, 153,
Lamaltina, L., detection of wines
artificially coloured, 152
Laudrin, E., pepper and its adul-
terations, 154

Laurent, M., saccharimeter or

polarimeter, 284

Lauth, C., new class of colouring

matters, 143

Lavas of Dykes of Thera, re-

searches on, 238

Lead, corrosion of by New River

Company's water, 282

iodide of, detecting adulteration

of, 154

sulpho-antimonuret found a
Arnsberg, 206
poisoning, 196