QU ART E R LY JOURNAL THE C~E~ICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. LONDON II-CIPPOLYTE BAILLIERE 219 REGENT ST&EEl1' AND 440 BEOADWAY NEW YORK U.E. YAItIS. J. B. BAILLIERE RUE RhUTCELUII~LC MADltID BAILLY I3AILLICRC CALLE DhL PlLINGIPL. 1862. LONDON PRINTED BY HABRIRON AND 8ONS 8T. NABTIN’S LANE W.U. C'ONTENTS THE FOURTEENTH VOLUME. PAGE Contributions to the knowledge of the Laws of Qas-absorption. By T'bos. 8. ........o.....Sims ........................................ .....).... .....f...................*........................ 1 On Sugar in the Urine. By H. Bence Jones M. D.,F.R.S. ................................ 22 Analysis of the Saline Water of Purton near Swindon North Wilts. By Henry M. Noad Ph.D.F.R.S. F.C.S. ..1.........................................................43 On the Composition of Purton Saline Water. By Augustus Voelcker Ph.D ..... 46 On the Basic Carbonates of Copper with some remarks upon the Carbonates of Nickel and Cobalt. By Frederick Field ...................... .................................. 48 Preliminary Note concerning a new Homologue of Benzoic Acid. By Arthur H. Church B.A. ................................................................................................ 52 On some Prodiicts of the Action of Dilute Nitric Acid on some Hydrocarbons of the Renzol Series (Preliminary Notice) By Warren de la Rue Ph.D. F.R.S. etc. and Hugo Muller Ph.D. F.C.S. ..................... ........................... 54 On the Bisulphide of Iodine.By Frederick Guthrie ............................................ 57 ABSTBAOTS :-On Azobenzol and Benzidine. By P. W. Hofmann .............................. GO On the Constitution of Oil of Cajeput. By Maximilian Schmidl ....,,.. 63 On the Basic Carbonates of Copper. By Frederick Field .... ............... 70 Contribiztions to the History of the Phosphorus Bases. By Augustus William Hofmann F.R.S ..................................................................... 73 On the Ice found under the Surface of the Water in Rivers called Ground Ice. By Richard Adie ................................................................................................ 111 On the Putrefaction of Bile and the Analysis and Theory of Gallstones.By Dr. Thudichum .................................................................................................... 114 On some Derivatives from the Olefines. By Frederick Guthrie ........,......,........ 128 On the Amount of Water displaced from the Hydrates of Potash Soda and Baryta by Boracic and Siiicic Acids. By Charles L. Bloxam .................... 143 On some Minerals from Chile. By Prederick Field ........................................... 153 On the Action of Dibromide of Ethylene on Pyridine By John Davidson .... 161 Account of recent Researches on the Application of Xlectricity from different Sourceg to the Explosion of Gunpowder. By F A. Abel F.R.8 ...,,~,l,,,. 135 PAUE On the Composition of a Carbonaceous Substance existing in Grey Cast Irou.By F. Grace Calvert F.R.S. F.C.S. ................................................................ 199 On the Bromide of Carbon. By Arthur E. W. Lennox ....................................... 205 mal Sixbstances presented to them. By Charles Daubeny M.D. F.R.S.,M.R.T.A. Foreign Associate of the Royal Academy of Munich &c. and Professor of Botany Oxford ............................................................................ 209 On Colouring Mattem derived from Coal Tar. By W. H. Perkin Esq. F.C.S. 230 Researches of the Constituents of Gastric Juice. By William Marcet M.D.,F.R.S. ............................................................................................................... 256 On the Power ascribed to the Roots of Plants of rejecting Poisonous or Abnor-On the Peroxides of Potassium and Sodium.By A. Vernon Harcourt Esq.,F.C.S. .................................................................................................................. 267 Some Results of the Analysis of Commercial Coppers. By 3'. A. Abel F,RS.,and Frederick Field F.R.S.E ............................................................................ 290 On the Gencral Distribution of Bismuth in Copper Ninersls. By Frederick Field F.R.S.E. .................................................................................................... 304 Ou. Leucic Acid and some of its Salts. By 5. Louis W.Thudichum M.D. ........ 307 Contributions to the History of the Phosphorus-bases. By Augustus Wrlliam Hofmann F.R.S. ................................................................................................ 816 Proceedings at the Meetings of the Chemical Society ........................................... 347 Index ........................................................................................................................... 361