CHEMICAL JOURNAL.

EDITED BY

IRA REMSEN

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

VOL. XVII. 1895.

BALTIMORE: THE EDITOR.

CHEMICAL PUBLISHING CO., PRINTERS,
EASTON, PA.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLICHT

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CONTENTS VOL. XVII.

No. I.

PAGE.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LABORATORY OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY,

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN :

I. On the action of Chlorcarbonic Ester on Sodium Acetone.

By Paul C. Freer,

Nitric

II. The action of Metals on Nitric Acid. By George O.

Higley,

III. An Introductory Study of the Influence of the Substitu-

tion of Halogens in Acids, upon the Rate and Limit of

Esterification. By. D. M. Lichty,

IV. On the Action of Sodium on the Esters of Aconitic and

Citric Acids. Preliminary Notice. By Paul C. Freer,

THE COMBINATION OF SULPHUR WITH IODINE. By C. E. Linebarger,

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORIES OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY:

XII. An Investigation of the Twitchell Method for the De-

termination of Rosin in Soap. By Thomas Evans and I.

E. Beach,

A LABORATORY METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF POTASSIUM

FERRICYANIDE. By M. S. Walker,

No. 2.

RESEARCHES ON THE COMPLEX INORGANIC ACIDS. By Wolcott

Gibbs,

DIAZOBENZENE ANILINE CHLORIDE. By J. H. Kastle and B. C.

Keiser,

73

91

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE KENT CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO:

On Imido-Ethers of Carbonic Acid. By Felix Lengfeld and

Julius Stieglitz,

ON SOME BROMINE DERIVATIVES OF PARAISOBUTYL PHENOL. By

F. B. Dains and I. R. Rothrock,

98

113

ON THE ACTION OF ACID CHLORIDES ON THE METHYL ETHER OF

PARAISOBUTYL PHENOL. By F. B. Dains,

THE EFFECT OF HYDROLYSIS UPON REACTION-VELOCITIES. By F.

L. Kortright,

ON THE INFLUENCE OF MAGNETISM ON CHEMICAL ACTION. By F.

A. Wolff, Jr.,

REVIEWS.

A Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry,

122

139

NOTES.

The Relative Behavior of Chemically Prepared and of Atmos-

pheric Nitrogen in the Liquid State,

No. 3.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF HARVARD

COLLEGE:

LXXXIV. On the Cupriammonium Double Salts. By

Theodore William, Richards, and Andrew Henderson

Whitridge,

LXXXV. The Composition of Anthenian Pottery. By Theo-

dore William Richards,

141

145

152

A REDETERMINATION OF THE ATOMIC Weight of YTTRIUM. By

Harry C. Jones,

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNI-

VERSITY OF MICHICAN:

154

.

Separation of Nickel and Iron. By E. D. Campbell and W.

H. Andrews,

164

RESEARCHES ON THE COMPLEX INORGANIC ACIDS. By Wolcott

Gibbs,

CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF DART-

HEMICAL LABORATORY

MOUTH COLLEGE:

Cupric Hydride. By Edwin J. Bartlett and Walter H.

Merrill,

CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA :

Action of Light on Lead Bromide. By R. S. Norris,

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF PURDUE

UNIVERSITY:

XII. The Action of Ammonia upon Dextrose. By W. E.

Stone,

XIII. The Carbohydrates of the Gum of Acacia Decurrens. By

REVIEWS AND REPORTS.

The Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry,

Grundzüge der Mathematischen Chemie,

Die Praxis des Organischen Chemikers,

Die Maschinellen Hilfsmittel der Chemischen Technik,

A Text-Book of Organic Chemistry,

A Text-Book of Volumetric Analysis,

Anleitung zur Darstellung Organischer Chemischer Präparate

Recent Researches on Diazo-Compounds,

The Recent Work of Moissan upon the Metallic Carbides,

Iodonium Bases,

On Diazomethane,

NOTES.

The Composition of the Vapor of Calomel,

A Sulphide of Tin Soluble in Ammonium Carbonate,

Carbazide, CON, and Diurea, (CO),(NH),,

Anhydrous Hydrogen Peroxide,

Action of Soap as a Cleansing Agent,

191

196

No. 4.

ARGON, A NEW CONSTITUENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. By Lord

Rayleigh and William Ramsay,

ON THE SPECTRA OF ARGON. By William Crookes,

THE LIQUEFACTION AND SOLIDIFICATION OF

225

ARGON. BY K.

ON THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF OXYGEN. SYNTHESIS of WeighED

QUANTITIES Of Water from Weighed QUANTITIES OF HY-

DROGEN AND OF OXYGEN. By Edward W. Morley,

. 267

. 275

ON THE CHLORONITRIDES OF PHOSPHORUS. By H. N. Stokes,

ON THE SAPONIFICATION OF THE ETHERS OF THE SULPHONIC

ACIDS BY ALCOHOL. By J. H. Kastle and Paul Murrill,

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF HARVARD

COLLEGE:

LXXXVI. On the Cupriammonium Double Salts. By

Theodore William Richards and George Oenslager,

BASSWOOD-OIL. By F. G. Wiechmann,

NOTE.

. 290

A Reagent to Replace Hydrogen Sulphide in Qualitative Analysis, 308

No. 5.

ON THE TWO ISOMERIC Chlorides of ORTHOSULPHOBENZOIC ACID.

By Ira Remsen,

I. The Action of Aniline and of the Toluidines on Orthosul-

phobenzoic Acid and its Chloride. By Ira Remsen and C.

E. Coates, Jr.,

II. Further Study of the Action of Aniline on the Chlorides

of Orthosulphobenzoic Acid. By Ira Remsen and E. P.

Kohler,

III. Separation of the Two Chlorides of Orthosulphobenzoic

Acid. By Ira Remsen and A. P. Saunders,

CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF PURDUE

UNIVERSITY:

XIV. The Sugar of the AGAVE AMERICANA. By W. E.

Stone and D. Lotz,

THE LAW OF MASS ACTION. By J. E. Trevor,

CHROMATES OF THE RARE EARTHS: CHROMATES OF THORIUM.

By Chase Palmer,

ON A NEW METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF COPPER AND CAD-

MIUM IN QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. By Allerton S. Cushman, 379

REVIEWS.

German Official Report on Chemical Industry at the Chicago Ex-

hibition of 1893,

French Official Report on Chemical Industry at the Chicago Exhi-

The Density of Oxygen and Hydrogen; a correction,