GURNEY & JACKSON, 33, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 4.

1918.

Abstractors of the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry,

who have contributed to this volume.

J. F. BRIGGS.

T. F. BURTON, B.Sc.

L. A. COLES.

W. F. FREW.

H. J. HODSMAN.

J. H. JOHNSTON.

C. A. KING.

J. H. LANE.

C. A. MITCHELL.

B. NORTH.

A. B. SEARLE.

A. SHONK.

F. C. THOMPSON.

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I.-Mandeliminohydrin. By JOHN EDWIN MACKENZIE

II.-Amidine Salts and the Constitution of the so-called Imino-

hydrins. By HAROLD GORDON RULE.

III.-The Preparation of a-Naphtholphthalein. By EMIL

ALPHONSE WERNER

IV. The Nitration of 5- and 6-Acetylamino-3: 4-dimethoxy-

benzoic Acids and 4-Acetylaminoveratrole. By JOHN LIONEL

SIMONSEN and MADYAR GOPALA RAU

V. Studies in Phototropy and Thermotropy. Part VIII.

Cinnamylideneamines. 2:4-Dihydroxybenzylideneamines.

By ALFRED SENIER and PATRICK HUGH GALLAGHER

VI.-Studies on the Sulphonation of B-Naphthylamine. By

ARTHUR GEORGE GREEN and KAPILRAM H. VAKIL

VII.-The Effect of Temperature and of Pressure on the Limits

of Inflammability of Mixtures of Methane and Air. By

WALTER MASON and RICHARD VERNON WHEELER

VIII. The Relation of Position Isomerism to Optical Activity.

Part XI. The Menthyl Alkyl Esters of Terephthalic Acid

and its Nitro-derivatives. By JULIUS BEREND COHEN and

HANNAH SMITH DE PENNINGTON

IX.-Nitro-derivatives of isoOxadiazole Oxides and of isoOxa-

diazoles. By ARTHUR G. GREEN and FREDERICK MAURICE

ROWE

X.-The Mercury Ammonia Compounds. Part I. By MURIEL

CATHERINE CANNING HOLMES

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XI. "Spark-lengths "in Hydrocarbon Gases and Vapours. By

ROBERT WRIGHT

XII.-Vacuum Balance Cases. By BERTRAM

WILLIAM H. WOODCOCK

XIII.-The Constitution of Carbamides. Part

ས.

Mechanism of the Decomposition of Urea when Heated

in Solution with Alkalis and with Acids respectively. The

Hydrolysis of Metallic Cyanates. By EMIL ALPHONSE

WERNER

XIV.-Di-n-butylaniline. By JOSEPH REILLY and WILFRED

XV. Studies of Drying Oils. Part I. The Properties of some

Cerium Salts obtained from Drying Oils. By ROBERT

SELBY MORRELL

XVI. The Colouring Matters of Camwood, Barwood, and

Sanderswood. By PAULINE O'NEILL and ARTHUR GEORGE

PERKIN

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XVII. Studies on the Walden Inversion. Part VI. The

Influence of the Solvent on the Sign of the Product in the

Conversion of Phenylbromoacetic Acid to Phenylamino-

acetic Acid. By GEORGE SENTER and STANLEY HORWOOD

TUCKER

XVIII.-Studies on the Walden Inversion. Part VII. The

Influence of the Solvent on the Sign of the Product in the

Conversion of a-Bromo-ß-phenylpropionic Acid to a-Amino-

B-phenylpropionic Acid (Phenylalanine). Iminodiphenyl-

dipropionic Acid. By GEORGE SENTER, HARRY DUGALD

KEITH DREW, and GERALD HARGRAVE MARTIN

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XIX. The Action of Aniline on Carbon Tetrachloride. By

ERNST JOHANNES HARTUNG

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XX. The Synthesis of Ammonia at High Temperatures. By

EDWARD BRADFORD MAXTED

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XXI.-A Reinvestigation of the Cellulose-Dextrose Relation-

ship. By MARY CUNNINGHAM

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XXII.-Esparto Cellulose and the Problems of Constitution.

By CHARLES FREDERICK CROSS and EDWARD JOHN BEVAN

XXIII.-The Constitution of the Disaccharides.

Part II.

Lactose and Melibiose. By WALTER NORMAN HAWORTH

and GRACE CUMMING LEITCH

Recent Studies on Active Nitrogen. A Lecture delivered

before the Chemical Society on February 21st, 1918.

By the HON. ROBERT JOHN STRUTT

XXIV. Studies in the Phenylsuccinic Acid Series. Part VI.

Racemisation Phenomena Observed during the Investigation

of the Optically Active Phenyl- and Diphenyl-succinic Acids

and their Derivatives. By HENRY WREN

XXV.-Synthesis of 3 : 4-Dihydroxyphenanthrene (Morphol) and

of 34-Phenanthraquinone. By GEORGE BARGER

XXVI.—The Alkaloids of Ipecacuanha. Part III. By FRANK

LEE PYMAN

XXVII. The Supposed Formation of Ergotoxine Ethyl Ester

from Ergotinine. A Correction. By GEORGE BARGER and

ARTHUR JAMES EWINS

XXVIII.-Interaction of Formaldehyde and Carbamide. By

AUGUSTUS EDWARD DIXON

XXIX.-The Sub-bromide and Sub-chloride of Lead. By

HENRY GEORGE DENHAM

XXX.-The Structure of Crystalline ẞ-Methylfructoside. By

ETTIE STEWART STEELE

XXXI.-Contributions to the Theory of Solutions. Solubility

Studies in Ternary Mixtures of Liquids. By JOHN

HOLMES

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The Old and the New Mineralogy. Hugo Müller Lecture,

delivered before the Chemical Society on April 18th, 1918.

By Sir HENRY ALEXANDER MIERS, F.R.S.

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XXXII. The Synthesis of Ammonia at High Temperatures.

Part II. By EDWARD BRADFORD MAXTED

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XXXIII.-Atomic and Molecular Numbers. By HERBERT

STANLEY ALLEN

XXXIV.-Reactions between Solid Substances. By LESLIE

HENRY PARKER.

XXXV.-The Association of Organic Compounds in Benzene

and Alcohol Solution as Determined by the Vapour Pressure

Method. By WILLIAM ROSS INNES

XXXVI.-The State of Potassium Oleate and of Oleic Acid

in Solution in Dry Alcohol. By MARY EVELYN LAING

XXXVII.-Synthesis of Pyranol Derivatives. By SARAT

CHANDRA CHATTERJI and BROJENDRA NATH GHOSH

XXXVIII.--The Abnormality of Strong Electrolytes.

Part

I. Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Salt Solutions. By

JNANENDRA CHANDRA GHOSH

XXXIX. "Spinacene and some of its Derivatives." By A.

CHASTON CHAPMAN

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XL.-Metallic Derivations of Alkaloids. By JITENDRA NATH
RAKSHIT
XLI.-Studies in Catalysis. Part IX. The Calculation in
Absolute Measure of Velocity Constants and Equilibrium
Constants in Gaseous Systems. By WILLIAM CUDMORE
MCCULLAGH LEWIS
XLII.-epiBerberine. By WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN, jun.
XLIII.—Water-in-oil Emulsions. By ALFRED ULRICH MAX
SCHLAEPFER

XLIV. The Relationship between the Optical Rotatory Powers
and the Relative Configurations of Optically Active Com-
pounds. The Influence of certain Inorganic Haloids on
the Optical Rotatory Powers of a-Hydroxy-acids, a-Amino-
acids and their Derivatives. By GEORGE WILLIAM CLOUGH 526
XLV. The Dissociation Constants of some Higher Members of
the a-Oximino-fatty Acids. By CEDRIC STANTON HICKS
The Principles of Diffusion, their Analogies and Applications.
A Lecture delivered before the Chemical Society on June 6th,
1918. By HORACE T. BROWN, LL.D., F.R.S.
XLVI.-Some Piperylhydrazones. By ALBERT WEINHAGEN