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ARTICLES !— Pace
On the Liquefaction of Gases, by J J. Coleman, FIC, F.CS... 8
Improved Methods for Making Platinum-Alloy Assays, by Nelson
W. Perry, EM, ..cccivacnconccnse --ee 89
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES !—
CHEMICAL SocteTy.—On Colouring Matters Derived from Diazocompounds—Investigations
into the Action of Substances in the
Nascent and Occluded Conditions (Hydrogen, continued)—On
some Methods of Vapour-Density Determinations—On the
Decomposition- Produéts of Quinine and the Allied Alkaloids
PHYSICAL SOCIETY. .ectinercoasusncsorsens: Cresesssesacsas
OBITUARY. —Peter Le Neve Foster, MLA. coviieicoecs nee oe
CHEMICAL NOTICES FROM FOREIGN SOURCES coisarsreccocrss
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