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CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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Investigation of the Vegetable Tallow from a Chinese Plant, the "Stillingia

sebifera." By Nevil Story Maskelyne, M.A., F.G.S.

By Henry E. Roscoe, B.A., Ph.D.

On the Absorption of Chlorine in Water.

On the Preparation of the Metals of the Alkalies and Alkaline Earths by

Electrolysis. By A. Matthiessen, Ph.D.

On a peculiar Efflorescence of the Chloride of Potassium. By R. Warington

On the Thermo-Electrical Currents generated in Elements where Bismuth is

used to form the Joint. By Richard Adie

On Thermo-Electric Joints formed with the metals Antimony, Bismuth, and

Palladium. By Richard Adie

Proceedings at the Meetings of the Chemical Society

Notices of Papers contained in other Journals:-

On Osmotic Force. By Thomas Graham, F.R.S., &c.

Chemical Composition of the Waters of the Metropolis during the Autumn and

Winter of 1854. By Robert Dundas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S. L. & E.................

95

On Platinised Charcoal. By John Stenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S.

105

On the Peparation of Strontium and Magnesium. By A. Matthiessen, Ph.D... 107

Report of the Council of the Chemical Society

109

Balance-sheet of the Chemical Society

115

Proceedings at the Meetings of the Chemical Society

116

Notices of Papers contained in other Journals:

Report on the Supply of Spirit of, Wine, Free from Duty, for Use in the Arts and

Manufactures. By Professors Graham, Hofmann, and Redwood

120

On the Preparation of Lithium. By Professor Bunsen...

143

On the Action of Iodide of Phosphorus upon Glycerine. By MM. Berthelot and

De Luca

145