THE Boston Journal of Chemistry. Devoted to the Science of Home Life, the Arts, JAMES R. NICHOLS, M. D., EDITOR. W. J. ROLFE, A. M., ASSOCIATE EDITOR. VOLUME XV. JANUARY - DECEMBER, 1881. BOSTON: JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY COMPANY, 165 HIGH STREET. 1881. AND PERSONS TO WHOM THIS SPECIMEN NUMBER IS SENT. The Publishers of the BOSTON JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY take the liberty of calling your attention to this number of the periodical, and trust that a perusal of the same will lead you to renew your subscription, or, if the JOURNAL is new to you, to subscribe for six months on trial. The JOURNAL has been established fifteen years, and as a medium for furnishing the current scientific, industrial, and medical news of the day, in a popular and attractive form, it has no rival in the English language. It has long received the indorsement and support of the leading Physicians, Chemists, and Scientific men throughout the country. We would call special attention to our CLUBBING LIST, which is the most extensive offered by any journal in America. You will see that by ordering your periodicals in connection with the JOURNAL you obtain the latter either for nothing or at a mere fraction of the regular price. The JOURNAL is sent postage prepaid for one dollar a year, or, if you wish to take it on trial, it will be sent for six months for fifty cents. Blank forms are inclosed for those who desire to subscribe. For " Special Notice" concerning remittances, see page 144 of the present number. Address 5 Explosive Mixture... 127 Eyes, Care of the... 144 77 Facetiæ..... 24 Fallacies and Frauds. INDEX ΤΟ PAGE Cast Iron, Malleable.. 71 66 VOLUME XV. Permeability to Carbonic Acid.. 101 Castor Oil... 39 Caustic Alkalies.. 95 Cavendish, Death of. 63 Celluloid, A New... .6, 31 137 in Photography Nose... .11, 76, 83, 106, 113 Cements.. 65 Chafe, Remedy for 27 Exhilarating Mixture.. 83 108 140 Extractum Rhei Aromaticum Fluidum. Cloth, To Fasten, on Wooden Surfaces.. 81 Clover as a Fertilizer. 112 White... 69 Coal, A New.. Fields of England Miners, Diseases of.. 31 Cod-Liver Oil.. 21 Codeine from Morphine.. 104 Coffee or Milk Stains, Removing. ..9, 33, 57, 69, 81, 93, 117 | Cold Cream 69 "Weather and Health.. 64 Colds, Home Treatment of.. 120 Columbarium, An Ancient.. .9, 101 Compressed Fuel from Coal Dust.. 2 Concrete, A Legend in.. 117 Constipation, Psyllium Seed in. 101 Consumptives.. 75 Contagion, Destroyers of.. 84 Cookery. 9 Copaiba in Sciatica.. 72 Copper and Zinc, Separation of.. 41, 115 Copying Apparatus. .53, 65 Cork, Waste.. 100 Corn, Concerning. 103 Corns.. 66 and Castor Oil. 90 Dentists, The.... 90 Dermatological Drama, A.. 59 Derrick, The Most Powerful.. 137 Deville, The Late M... 77 Dextrose Transformed into Dextrine.. 86 Diamonds, Artificial.. .12, 47, 28, 35, 131 Diarrhoea.. 189 Dickinson College. ..7, 102 Diphtheria... Disinfectants.. 40 Doctors... 17 Dover's Powder... 136 Drains, Air Currents in. .27, 88 Drops and Spoonfuls. 83 Dutch S. P. C. A.. 137 Dyspepsia..... 136 Dyspnoea, Iodide of Ethyl in. 43 76 Ear, Experiment with the. 48 "Foreign Bodies in the. ..22, 34, 35, 46, 47, 52, 60, 66, 94, 107 66 Notes on the .... 132 Education and Suicide. 113 Eidography.. .4, 63, 125 Elasticity, A Phenomenon of.. 94 Electric Lighting.. 108 Electrical Blow-Pipe. 101 Faure's Secondary Battery 83 Fehling's Solution.. 106 Fences, Nuisance of. 113 Fermentation at High Temperature. 70 Fern, A Noble Tree.. 120 Fertility, Dr. Lawes on. 35 Filter, A Simple.. 128 Filtrates, Washing .101, 129 | Finger, Noise of the.. 41 Fir-Tree Oil as an Insecticide.. .26, 77 Fire-Resisting Preparation. 40 Flies and Horses. 5 Florida, Geology of.. 66 Flour, The Germ in.. 112 Flowers, Concerning.. 113 Fluorescence, Experiments in. 7 Food, Concerning. for the Sick. |