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INDEX.

STACKS

Sec.
C. S., on some applications of
electricity to naval and mili-
tary purposes, 2.

ABEL, F. A., F.R.S., For.

D. Forbes, F.R.S., and A. Mat-
Report on
thiessen, F.R.S.

the chemical nature of cast
iron, 229.

Abictinic acid and sylvinic acid,
on the identity of the so called,
33.
"Abridgments of Specifications

relating to Acids, Alkalies,
Oxides and Salts." A.D. 1622
-1866, Printed by order of
the Commissioner of Patents.
London, 1869, 300.

Absorption spectra of certain or-
By Dr.
ganic substances.
Phipson, 157.
Academy of Sciences, French, 19.
Acetic acid, oxidation of into ox-
alic acid, 35.

salts, behaviour of the trichlori-
nated, and of the chloral with
the animal organism, 240.
from acetylen, synthesis of, by a
new method, 312.
testing, 303.

Acetic derivatives of hydro-carbo-

naceous substances, on the,
by MM. Schutzenberger and
Naudin, 333.

Acetochlorhydrine and octylglycol,
100, 209.
Acetonic acid, 31.

Acetonine, preparation of oxalate
of, 188.

Acetons and aldehydes, 177./
Acetylbenzol, 374.

Acetylen, formation of bromide of,
91.

chloride of, and the synthesis of
Julin's chloride, 255.

of the benzoid series, pyrogenic
formation of the, 91.

of hydrogen
upon, when platinum black is
simultaneously present, 309.

Acetylenes, action

Acid, acetonic, 37.

carbonic, on a certain excretion
of, by living plants, by J.
F.C.S.,
B.Sc.,
Broughton,
Chemist to the Cinchona Plan-
tations of the Madras Govern-
ment, 12.
chloral and trichloracetic, rela-
tion of to the animal organ-
ism, 373.

By

free hydrochloric, on the source
of in the gastric juice.
Prof. E. N. Horsford, Cam-
bridge, U. S. A., 11.

byposulphurous, on the constitu-
tion of, by Dr. Schorlemmer,
26.

paramonochlorobenzoic, synthe-

sis of, 30.
protocatechusic, 205.
sulphoxybenzoic, 304.
waters often pumped up from
coal pits and mines, improve-
ment of, 95.

Acids, and polyatomic alcohols,
researches concerning the ethe-
real derivatives of the, 313.
fatty, new method of converting
into their alcohols, 369.
formation of the chlorides of,
209.

new source of the first terms of

to

works, 15, 44, 45.

Alkaloid found during alcoholic
fermentation, 167.

Alkaloids, instability of the solu-
tions of, 37.
Alkanine, 186.
Alloy, a new, 108.

found at Pompeii, analysis of, 95.

Alloys, fusible, 249.
researches in, 242.

Allyl and propylen, isomeric deriva-
tives of, 93.

alcohol, 37.

bromide of, and the essential oil
of mustard, 91.
Allylic alcohol, new mode of pre-
paring, 91.

compounds, boiling points of the,
91.

Alum-shale, the substitution of for

bone-black in sugar manufac-
ture, 33.
Alumina, lime, magnesia, and iron,
on a new method of estimating
the reduced phosphates of,
in super-phosphates or
nures, by J. A. Chesshire,

ma-

11.
"American Association for the
Advancement of Science, pro-
ceedings of," sixteenth meet-
ing, held at Burlington, Ver-
mont. Cambridge, U. S.: J.
Lovering, 1868, 104.

Amido Acids derived from benzoic
acid, relations which exist be-
tween them and the alkaloids
derived from toluen, 173.
and nitrophtalic
Amido-benzoic

acids, 188.
Aminamides of the fatty acid series,
306.

Ammonia, action of on phosphorus,
95.

and sulphate of zinc, compounds
of, 359.

bi-carbonate of, as a pharmaceu-
tical preparation, 247.
combinations of with cyanide of

silver and sulpho-cyanide of
silver, 188.

gas, explosion caused by, 303.
oxidation of, 240, 590.

on a new and economical method
for effecting the extrication
and condensation of, from gas
liquor, for purposes of cheap
carriage, and for facilitating
the manufacture of ammonia-
cal salts, by Frederick Braby,
F.G.S., 340.
Ammoniacal solution of silver, be-
havior of some double cyanides
towards, 188.

Ammonium amalgam, 93.
Amsterdam, international exhibi-
tion of, 391.

Amylaceous matter, chemical con-
stitution of, 100.
Amylen and oil of turpentine, re-

lations existing between, 358.
Amylendisulphuric acid, 94.
Analysis, indirect, on the employ-

ment of constant factors in the
calculation of, by Dr. E.
Fleischer, of Dresden, 161.
on the methods of, and the com-
position of various chemical
manufacturing products, by M.
Gaston Tissandier, 207.
of the iodine containing water
from the mineral spring at Roy,
near Freistadt, Sales, 381.
of the Lauenscheid mineral wa-
ter, 380.

of the medicated spring of Tonis-
stein, and of the chalybeate
spring at the same place, 380.
of the water of the "Royal Sul-
phur Spring," Harrogate, by

Sheridan

Muspratt, M.D.
(Hon.), F.R.S., E.D., M.R.I.
A., etc., 140.

Andersonian Institution, the pro-

posed new chair in the, 390.
Anderson, Thomas, M.D., F.R.S.E.,

F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry
in the University of Glasgow,
preliminary note on the pro-
ducts of the destructive distil-
lation of resin, 211.
Anderson University, new chair at,
303.

Anethol, some derivatives from,
364.

Anhydrite, new mode of formation
of, 187.
Anhydrous lactic acid, synthesis of,
188.

Aniline, formation of from bromide
of benzol, 869.
some derivatives from bromide
of, 374.

green, nature of, 314, 375.
Anisaldehyde, 358.

Answers to Correspondents, 52,
112, 192, 256, 316, 392.

Anthracen series, on the coloring.
matters of the, 31.

Anthranilic acid, action of cyano-

gen on, 374.

Antiaris loxicaria, researches on

the milky juice of them, 31.
some new,
Antimony minerals,
from Wolfac, Baden, 251.
Applied science in Italy, 47.
Arable soil, relation existing be-
tween the chemical composi-
tion of, and its property of
yielding a good harvest, 93.
Arbutine, on, 269.

Argol, analysis of crude cream of
tartar, 37.

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damental principles and exist-
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tion." Longmans, 1869, 104.
Aromatic acids, synthesis of, 309.
the so-called, synthesis of, 100.
Arsenic, sensitiveness of divers
methods for the detection of,
96.

test for, and the preparation of
hydrochloric acid free from ar-
Benic, 365.

acid, modified form of the ni-
trate of silver, test for, 41.
Arsenical aniline reds.-Aniline red
of M. Coupier prepared with-
out arsenic, 189.
pigments, detection of, 171.
Artesian well, another successful,

872.

at Terre Haute, Indiana, 879.
the deepest in the world, 362.
Artificial alizarine, 310, 373.
manures, on the methods of de-
termining the amount of pre-
cipitated or reduced phos-
phates in, by John Hughes, F.
C. S., 62.
Ashbenium, 166.

Asparagine, action of permanga-
nate of potassa upon, 363.
Asparaginic acid, as a product of
the decomposition of animal
proteine compounds, 381.
and glutaminic acids, 380.
Aspidolite, 306.

Astronomical clock for Beauvais

cathedral, 48.

Atmospheric air, effect of, when
mixed with gas, in reducing
its illuminating power, 313.
Atomic ratio, 243.

theory, the, by Dr. Mills, 157.
theory, the, by Dr. Williamson,
Pres. C.S., 87.

value of liquids, 41.

volume of the elements, 243.
weights, 47.

Atractylic acid, 206,

and atractylates, 176.

Aurora at Toronto, Canada, 313.
Aurora Borealis of the 15th of
April, 1869, a note on, 178.
spectrum of the, 241.
Avery, Charles E., on the decompo-

sition of refractory silicates by
fluorides in the wet way, 71.

BALANCES of great precision, 174.
Balata, 248.

Banc, M. on a new source of the
first terms of the fatty acids,
amongst others of propionic
acid, 278.

Banca tin, peculiarly modified phy-
sical structure of, 39.
Baryta-bearing gangue of Wittich,

in the Duchy of Baden, mineral
met with in the, 96.
caustic, preparation of, for in-
dustrial purposes, 383.
on the use of tungstate of, in
painting, 47.

strontia, and lime, estimation of,
by Dr. E. Fleischer, of Dresden,
83.
Basaltic lava, specific gravity of, 96.
Base, discovery of a new. 34.
Bassett, H., Esq., on the prepara-
tion of sesquichloride of car-
bon, 338.

Beer, detection of bitter substances
other than hops in, 362.
Beeswax, testing, 168.
Beet-root saccharine juice, theoreti-

cal and practical studies on the
divers processes in use for the
purification (defecation) of, by
means of lime and carbonic
acid, 314.
salts, 209.

sugar, occurrence in the molasses
of, of a new acid homologous
with asparaginic acid, 253.
Beet-roots, elimination of the nitro-
gen contained in, during the
process of manufacturing sugar
therefrom, 101.

Bell, James, Esq., on spirits made
from rice, 279.

on the determination of crystal-
lised sugar, 331.

Bell, J. Lowthian, on the chemistry
of the blast furnace, 20.
Bells, alloys for, 249.
Benzine, formation of substances

homologous with, by the re-
ciprocal action of more sim-
ply composed carbides taken in
free state, 91.

the extraction of and its homo-
logues, from illuminating gas
obtained from coal, 175.
Benzoic acid, on dichloric and
trichloric, 369.

acid series, contribution to our
knowledge of isomerism in,
368.

Benzol, 95.

constitution of, 364.
derivations of, obtained from
toluol, 369.

formulæ of, 240.

hypotheses respecting the con-
stitution of, 98.

on perchloride of, and its forma-

researches on the sulpho-acids of,
369.

series, definition of the place to
be assigned to the, 366.
Benzyl-alcohol, amines of chlori-
nated, 359.

Benzylamine, tri- and bi-, decompo-
sition of by heat, 258.
Benzylic acid, 365.
Berberis vulgaris, 178.
Berlin blue, test for, 378,
Berrard, M., death of, 109.
Berthier, P., a biography of the
chemist, 178.

Bessemer steel, some peculiarities

in the working and manufac-
ture of, in Styria and Carinthia,
246.

Betain, a new vegetable base met
with in the juice of sugar beet-
roots, 252.

Bin-acial mica, grain test for, 181.
Binitro-cresol, 180.

Birch-wood tar, researches on, 309.
Bismuth ore, discovery of, 390.
silver, 253.

Blast furnace, chemistry of the, by
J. Lowthian Bell, 20.
chemistry of the, according to
Mr. J. L. Bell's experiments,
by M. Charles Schinz, 353.
slag, utilisation of, 157.
furnaces of the Siezen district,
certain peculiarities of, 246.
Bleaching feathers, new method

for, 249.

Bleaching soap, 109.
Blood, researches in the microzy-

mas of the, and on the nature
of fibrin, 357.

Blowpipe beads, on crystals enclos-
ed in, by H. C. Sorby, F.R.S.,
etc., 138.

Blowpipe chemistry, 388.
Bloxam, C. L., "Laboratory Teach-
ing, or Progressive Exercises in
Practical Chemistry." John
Churchill & Sons, 1869, 159.
Bloxam, T., Lecturer on Chemistry,

Cheltenham College, on the
electrolysis of nitrates, 82.
Boilers, incrustations in, 390.
Boiling liquids, containing acids

and alkalies, action of on glass
.and porcelain vessels, 181.
Bones, brittleness of, 30.
sulphurous acid for dissolving, 23.
Books, Notices of, 41, 102, 159, 234,
200, 384.

Boomerang, definition of the course

new and economical method
for effecting the extrication
and condensation of ammonia
from gas liquor, for purposes
of cheap carriage, and for fa-
cilitating the manufacture of
ammoniacal salts, 340.
Brain, velocity of the psychical
functions of the, 38.

Bran, the use of in brewing, manu-

facture of spirits, and starch-
making, 33.

Brandy obtained from reindeer
moss, 182.

Brass, copper, and yellow metal,
platinising, 30.

Bread, good wholesome, 39.
Brewing, schools for, in Bavaria,

371.

use of a vacuum in, 371.
British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, The,
108, 265.

chemical section of the the offi-
cial report, 163.

Exeter Meeting, Aug. 18, 1869;
Inaugural Address of the

Stokes, M.A., Sec. R.S., D.C.L.,
Oxon.; LL.D., Dublin; Fel-
low of Pembroke College; and
Lucasian Professor of Mathe-
matics in the University of
Cambridge, 216.

address to the chemical section,
by Dr. Debus, President, Aug.
19th, 225.

list of papers brought before the
chemical section, 233.
report of the Committee for Re-
commending Increased Facili-
ties for Scientifle Investiga-
tions, 233.
Brittleness of bones, 30.
Bromated toluidine, 172.
Bromide and iodide of ethyl, ac-
tion of sulpho-chloride upon,
172.

Bromine, action of on butyrate and
valerianate of silver, 188.
Bromonitrous acid, some of the de-
compositions of, 38.
Bromotoluen, and the toluidines
derived therefrom, 338.
Bromotoluol, bromotoluolsulpho
acid, and isomeric sulpho-hy-
drate of toluol, 368.
Bronze, 39.
Broughton, (J. B.) Sc., F.C.S.,
Chemist to the Cinchona
Plantations of the Madras Gov-
ernment, on a certain excre-
tion of carbonic acid by living
plants, 12.

Brucine, new reagent for, 252.
Brunswick, researches made in the
laboratory for technical chem-
istry at, 185.
Bumping of boiling liquids, on
some means for preventing
the, by Hugo Müller, F.R.S.,
156.

Bunsen, Prof., accident to, 48.
Bunsen's filter, improved, 303.
Butcher's meat, to preserve in hot
weather, 39.

Butylen, synthesis of a new, ethyl-
vinyl, 309.
Buxine, contribution to the his-
tory of, 306.

CALCIUM, experiments on the di-

rect decomposition of sulphide
of, as met with in soda-water, by
means of chloride of manga-
nese, 95.
Calico printing, use of extracts of

madder in, and the part each
of the different pigments con-
tained in madder plays in this
operation, 311.
Calvert, F. Grace, Ph. D., F.R.S.,

on the presence of soluble
phosphates in seeds, 273.
Cameron, Prof. Charles A., Ph. D.,

M.D., Analyst to the City of
Dublin, on the composition of
the milk of the sow, 1.
Camphoric acid and some of its
combinations, 378.

Caoutchouc, vulcanization of, 101.
"Carbon, a course of six lectures

on the chemical changes of,"
by William Odling, M.B., F.R.
S., Fullerian Professor Chem-
istry, Royal Institution, deliv-
ered before a juvenile auditory
at the Royal Institution of
Great Britain during the
Christmas Holidays of 1868-
69. London: Longmans, Green
& Co., 42.
action of sulphide of, upon oxa-
mide and acetimide, 240.
chemically combined with iron,
process for determining the,
by Prof. Eggertz, Director of
School of Mines, Fahlun, Swe-
den, 206.

chlorides of, 310.

contribution to our knowledge of
its relation to oxygen, 248.
disulphide of, decomposition of
by heat, 95.

formation and decomposition of

immediate analysis of the di-
verse varieties of, M. Berthe-
lot, 245..

on the action of light upon sul-
phide of, 32.

oxysulphide of, 91.
perchloride of, action of anhy-
drous sulphuric acid upon, 242,

376.

sulphide of, formation and de-
composition of, 176.

the preparation of sesquichloride
of, by H. Bassett, Esq., 338.
Carbonic acid, estimation of, 314.
on a certain excretion of, by liv-
ing plants, by J. Broughton,
B. Sc., F.C.S., Chemist to the
Cinchona Plantations of the
Madras Government, 12.
on a combination of, and hydrate
of phenyl, 31.

reduction of to oxalic acid, 179.
Carbonic oxide, improvement of
the preparation of, 189.
Carbylamines, action of acids upon,
359.

Cast iron, report on the chemical
nature of, by Messrs. F. A.
Abel, F.R.S., D. Forbes, F.R.
S., and A. Matthiessen, F.R.
S., 229.
Catechin and catechutannin, 95.
Cellulose in old wood, 166.
Cement, acid-proof, 171.

for iron and stone, very durable,

95.

marl, analysis of a, 95.
Ceramic industry of Kroningen,
Lower Bavaria, 370.

Cerium bases, experiments on the
salts of the, 255.
Chalybeate water, mineral, from
the Departement de Maine et
Loire, 95.

Champonnois press, the, 246.
Chandler, W. H., on the economi-
cal purification of zinc contain-
ing iron, 339.
Chemical actions, development of

heat of, as dependent on the
change of the number of the
molecules of substances, 93.
constitution of the organic hy-
dro-carbons, 179.
equilibrium, and the influence of
pressure as affecting the action
of carbon and hydrogen upon
each other, 176.
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