INDEX (continued 5)
Reading edition
Loomis, E., clouds, register of, Hudson, Ohio, xli, 323; xlix, 280.
—, on Halley's comet, xxx, 209.
—, hygrometric observations at Hudson, Ohio, 1838-1840, xli, 315.
—, — —, 1841-1844, Hudson, Ohio, xlix, 271.
—, latitude and longitude of Yale College observatory, xxxiv, 309.
—, on the variation and dip of the magnetic needle in different parts of the U. States, xxxiv, 290f; xxxix, 41f; xl, 85; xliii, 93.
—, magnetic dip of various places in Ohio and Michigan, xxxviii, 397.
—, observations on the variation of the magnetic needle at Yale College, xxx, 221.
—, examination of Gauss's theory of terrestrial magnetism, xlvii, 278.
—, meteorological register at Western Reserve College, Sept.-Nov., 1838, xxxvi, 165.
—, — ibid, for 1838-1840, xli, 310.
—, — ibid, for 1841-1844, with a summary for seven years, xlix, 266.
—, on shooting stars, xxviii, 95.f
—, on the meteor of May 18, 1838, and on shooting stars in general, xxxv, 223.
—, on a hurricane which passed over Stowe, Ohio, Oct. 1837, xxxiii, 368.f
—, on the storm of Dec. 1836, in the U. States, xl, 34.
—, —, Feb. 1842, Mayfield, Ohio, xliii, 278.f
—, list of tornadoes in the United States, since 1823, xliii, 298.
—, direction of rotation of small whirlwinds, xliii, 296.
—, on vibrating dams, xlv, 363.f
Lord, E., on architectural, rural, domestic, and other improvements, xxv, 304.
Louisiana, trees with axe marks, W. M. Carpenter, xxxvi, 118.f
—, fossil tooth, W. M. Carpenter, xlii, 390.f
—, fossil teeth of the mastodon and horse, W. M. Carpenter, xxxiv, 201.f
—, meteorological register at Jackson, W. M. Carpenter, 1839-1841, xliv, 49.
—, hailstorm in, W. M. Carpenter, xxvii, 171.
—, Opelousas and Attakapas, geological character of the prairies, with remarks on the vegetation of, W. M. Carpenter, xxxv, 344.
—, ibid, bituminized wood, East Feliciana, xxxv, 345.
Lowell, facts relating to, xxvii, 340.
Löwitz, H. Fitz, fusible cement of, xvii, 81.f
Ludlow rocks, fossil shells of, xxx, 48.
Luminous appearances in the atmosphere, J. A. Allen, iv, 341.
Lunar distance, instrument for finding, M. F. Maury, xxvi, 63.f
Lungs, disease from dust in, xxxiv, 29.
Lupulin, remarks on, xii, 388.
Lute or cement, Willis's, vii, 392.
— for bottling wine, &c., xxiv, 205.
—, see farther, Cement.
Luther, statue of, v, 181.
Lyceum of Natural History, New York, abstract of the proceedings of, ii, 366; vi, 361; vii, 171; viii, 192; ix, 387; x, 198; xiii, 378; xiv, 190; xv, 191, 357; xvi, 205, 354; xviii, 193; xix, 159, 353; xxvii, 148; xxviii, 189; xxxvi, 195.
— ibid, officers of, viii, 192; xv, 193; xvi, 355; xxxii, 204; xxxvi, 195; xlviii, 404.
—, ibid, memorial of, on a geological survey of N. York, xvi, 358.
—, ibid, annals of, commenced, vii, 359;
–noticed, xxxiv, 214.
—, Naval, of Brooklyn, xxvii, 390.
—, at Troy, ii, 173.
Lychnopora, a new genus from S. America, notice of, ix, 375.
Lycoperdon tuber, or Indian bread, ii, 369.
— giganteum, xxxviii, 391.
Lycopodites, generic characters of, vii, 180.
Lycopodium, remark on the yellow powder of, xxxix, 399.
— annotinum, xlv, 46.
— inundatum, xlv, 47.
— selago, xlv, 48.
Lyell, C., medal of the Royal Society conferred on, xxx, 174.
—, address before the Geological Society of London, 1837, xxxiii, 76.
—, on the changes of climate on the earth in past times, xx, 377.
—, coal formation of Nova Scotia, and on the age and position of the gypsum, xlv, 356.
—, upright trees in the coal strata of Nova Scotia, xlv, 353.
—, on the cretaceous strata of New Jersey, xlvii, 213.
—, on the elevated beaches, and boulder formations of the Canadian lakes and valley of St. Lawrence, xlvi, 314.
—, on the elevation of Sweden, xxviii, 72, 387.
—, footprints of birds in the Connecticut valley, xlv, 394.
—, views on granite, xxxiii, 116.
—, probable age of graphite and anthracite in the mica slate at Worcester, Mass., xlvii, 214.
—, geological position of the mastodon at Big Bone Lick, Ky., and elsewhere, xlvi, 320.
—, geology of, 4th edition, notice of, xxix, 358.
—, proposed visit to the United States, xli, 403; xlii, 213.
Lyon, L., on surveying instruments, xiv, 268.f
M.
Macaire, vegetable physiology in relation to rotation of crops, xxiii, 138.
—, injurious action of gases on vegetation, xxiii, 193.
—, on nitrogen in animal substances, xxiii, 384.
—, experiments on hydrochloric acid, xi, 393.
McConnell, B. R., notice of a revolving electro-magnetic instrument, xxxiii, 188.
McCord, J. S., meteorological observations at Montreal, 1836-40, xli, 330.
MacCulloch, J., essay on remittent and intermittent fevers, xviii, 338.
McGuire, W. W., on the prairies of Alabama, xxvi, 93;
–causes of, xxvi, 96.
Machine for cleaning grain invented, iv, 387.
— and its model, relation between, E. Sang, xxiv, 264.
Machines, examination of, maximum and minimum effect of, A. B. Quinby, xii, 346.
—, electrical, see Electrical.
Machinery, use of soapstone in diminishing friction of, xiii, 192.
— and manufactures, economy of, xxiv, 105.
Macle, see Chiastolite.
Maclure, W., on different systems of education, ix, 160, 163.
—, on the Pestalozzian system of, ix, 163; x, 145.
—, geological arrangement, outlines of, i, 209.
—, systematic arrangement of rocks and their probable origin, vii, 261.
—, geological systems, geological maps, and chatoyant feldspar, ix, 253.
—, — changes in N. America, conjectures on, east of the Stoney mountains, vi, 98.
—, — remarks on Mexico, xx, 406.
—, igneous theory of the earth, remarks on, xv, 384; xvi, 351.
—, on Mosaic geology, ix, 157.
—, passage to Mexico of, xv, 400.
—, memoir of, S. G. Morton, xlvii, 1.f
—, list of works of, xlvii, 16.
Maclurite, description of, v, 246.
—, analysis of, H. Seybert, v, 336.
—, identical with chondrodite, v, 366.
—, in New Jersey, v, 343.
Madeira, notice of, xxiv, 238.
—, wines of, xxiv, 240.
Mæcenas, bust of, xxxiv, 51.
Maerenhaut, J. A., on Otaheite, xxix, 283.
Magendie, F., on the mechanism of absorption in animals, iii, 288.
—, on prussic acid, ii, 81.
Magic, natural, remarks on, xxxiii, 258.
Magnesia, effect of, on soil, xli, 159.
—, solubility of, v, 378.
—, in compact limestones, large proportion of, R. E. Rogers, xli, 171.
—, carbonate of, of Staten Island, N. Y., i, 142; v, 266.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, i, 236; xiv, 18.
—, hydrate of, description and analysis of, iv, 245.
—, —, in New Jersey, i, 55; iv, 17; v, 267.
—, —, in Hoboken, i, 54; iv, 17; vii, 370.
—, —, from Shetland, vii, 365.
—, nitrate of, i, 133.
—, sulphate of, i, 133; ii, 375; xv, 241.
—, —, native in New York State, xv, 241.
— and soda, sulphate of, xlviii, 189.
Magnesian carbonate of lime, in N. York, analyses of, L. C. Beck, xlvi, 34.
— hydrate of silica. Harford Co., Md., P. T. Tyson, xviii, 79.
— — — identity of, with Deweylite, C. U. Shepard, xviii, 81.
— pseudomorphs, and metamorphic changes, xlviii, 89.
Magnesite, hard, from Baumgarten, Silesia, vii, 368.
—, in N. York, v, 267; xlvi, 34.
—, in Maryland, xiv, 12.
—, in Pennsylvania, xiv, 9, 10.
Magnesium, notice of, xix, 197, 379; xxvii, 196.
—, obtained by W. W. Mather, xx, 408.
Magnets, cast iron, xxxiii, 265.
—, chemical action in needles suspended from, xviii, 402.
—, best position of, for mutual action, H. Lloyd, xxxviii, 96.
—, current produced by the rotation of, Pixii, xxiv, 144, 146.f
—, electric spark from, J. Henry, xxii, 403.
—, a mode of producing sparks and galvanic currents from the horse shoe, J. P. Emmet, xxiv, 78.f
—, new method of making permanent, xxxvi, 335.f
—, galvanic, construction of, J. B. Zabriskie, xxxvi, 124.f
—, —, Henry's large, xix, 408.f
—, —, made for Laboratory of Yale College, xx, 201.
—, —, Humbert's, xxxviii, 204.
—, —, Ganby's, xxix, 354.
—, —, Page's, xxxv, 253.f
—, —, E. M. Clarke's, xxxiii, 213.f
—, —, see farther under Electro-Magnetic and Magneto-Electric.
—, musical tones from, C. G. Page, xxxii, 396; xxxiii, 118; xlviii, 401.
—, cause of voltaic currents with, J. P. Emmet, xxvi, 23.f
—, native, in Rhode Island, iv, 285; v, 402.
Magnetic attraction and repulsion, law of, R. W. Fox, xxviii, 370.
— — — reciprocating motion of, J. Henry, xx, 340.f
— chart, of the U. States, E. Loomis, xxxiv, 290; xxxix, 41.
— compass, mariner's, on the invention of, A. Humboldt, xl, 242.
— dip, in different parts of the world, T. H. Perry, xlvii, 84.
— —, at different places in Europe, xl, 30.
— —, in Ireland, H. Lloyd, xxxv, 296.
— —, at Perth, Scotland, xl, 342.
— —, at St. Petersburg, xxi, 382.
— —, at different places in the U. States, xl, 380.
— —, ibid, J. Locke, xxxix, 319; xl, 149; xli, 15.
— —, —, ibid, remarks on, xxxix, 325.
— —, ibid, E. Loomis, xxxiv, 290f; xxxix, 41f; xl, 85.
— —, at various places in Ohio and Michigan, E. Loomis, xxxviii, 397.
— —, — ibid, at Cincinnati, J. Locke, xl, 56.
— —, at Philadelphia and Baltimore, A. D. Bache, xl, 375.
— —, at Baltimore, J. Locke and J. N. Nicollet, xlii, 239.
— —, at Nantucket, W. Mitchell, xlvi, 157.
— —, daily variation in, Kupffer, xxv, 194.
— — and intensity determined by one instrument, H. Lloyd, xxxviii, 179.
— discoveries by H. H. Sherwood, xxxiv, 210.
— effects from Hare's calorimotor, G. T. Bowen, v, 357.
— experiments, showing the effect of cold and heat on steel bars, Kupffer, xxv, 194.
— influence of the sun's rays, xiii, 188; xviii, 181.
— — of the violet ray, xviii, 171.
— instrument, new, called a Solar Index, M. Conant, xlix, 301.f
— iron, see Iron.
— intensity, at great elevations, J. D. Forbes, xxxi, 369.
— —, at different places in Europe, xl, 30.
— —, in Ireland, H. Lloyd, xxxv, 296.
— —, daily variation and changes in, H. Lloyd, xlvi, 391.
— —, in different places in the United States, xl, 378.
— investigations, by W. Scoresby, xlviii, 33.
— needle, dipping, theory of adjusting, T. H. Perry, xxxvii, 277.
— —, —, manipulations of, J. Locke, xlii, 235.
— —, dip of, see Magnetic dip.
— —, on the influence of the Aurora on, xxxiv, 285.
— —, ibid, Franklin, xvi, 148.
— —, ibid, J. Henry, xxii, 143.
— —, ibid, of Jan., 1837, New Haven, xxxii, 179.
— —, ibid, in July, 1837, xxxiii, 146.
— —, ibid, at Schenectady, Jan., 1837, &c., B. F. Joslin, xxxv, 152.
— —, ibid, Nov. 14, 1837, E. C. Herrick, xxxiv, 269.
— —, ibid, xl, 48.
— —, ibid, May, 1840, at Toronto, xl, 337.
— —, ibid, as seen at Greenwich, xl, 338.
— —, influence of coasts on the deflection of, xxviii, 62.
— —, — of heating to the temperature of boiling water, xxxviii, 180.
— —, influence of iron cooled to a low red heat, xxix, 348.
— —, improvement in the manufacture of, A. Eaton, xii, 14.
— —, improvement in, reply to the same, xii, 232.
— —, made of thin plates not in contact, W. Scoresby, xxxiv, 398.
— —, oscillations of, differing near different metals, xv, 182.
— —, polarity and dip of, a remark on, xxix, 353.
— —, made to indicate the true north, xxvi, 90.
— —, on the connexion of the theory of the earth with the secular variations of, J. H. Lathrop, xxxviii, 68.
— needles, best position of three, for mutual action, H. Lloyd, xxxviii, 96.
— observations, a union of effort urged for carrying on, xviii, 380.
— —, great scheme for, by the Royal Society of London, xxxvii, 198.
— —, ibid, by British Association, xl, 335; xlii, 151; xliii, 374.
— —, in Russia and other countries, in progress, xlii, 153.
— —, coöperation of the Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sciences in a general system of, xxxix, 193.
— —, corresponding, by A. D. Bache and H. Lloyd, xli, 260.
— observatory at Dublin, xxxiv, 3.
— poles, revolution of the two, xxix, 352.
— polarity, notice of, D. H. Barnes, xiii, 70.
— —, reply to D. H. Barnes, xiv, 121.
— — of rocks, xx, 198.
— power of a galvanic battery, v, 388.
— separating machine for magnetic ores of iron, used at Franconia, xviii, 289.
— variation, daily, different in different places, xix, 189.
— —, at Perth, Scotland, xl, 342.
— —, at Paris, France, xxxi, 190.
— —, remarks on, N. Bowditch, xvi, 64.
— —, for the United States, E. Loomis, xxxiv, 290f; xxxix, 41f; xliii, 106.
— —, table made from observations at Boston, Falmouth and Penobscot, xvi, 60.
— —, at Providence, R. I., M. B. Lockwood, xliv, 314.
— —, at Troy, N. Y., xvii, 198.
— —, in some parts of New York State, xxxvi, 28.
— —, in Connecticut, G. Gillet, xxiii, 205.
— —, at Yale College, xxx, 221.
— —, at Westchester, Pa., observations by A. D. Bache, xxvii, 385.
Magnetism, animal, v, 192; xiii, 175.
—, Davis's Manual of, xliii, 381.
— of the earth, especially of the arctic regions, E. Sabine, xvii, 145.f
— —, causes of, B. F. Joslin, xix, 398.
— —, views of J. Hamilton, xxxvii, 100.
— —, views of S. L. Metcalf, xxvii, 153.
— —, views of Rowall, xli, 41.
— —, effect of, on the precipitation of silver, xvi, 262.
— chemical effects of, viii, 374.
—, supposed influence of, in combinations and crystallizations, by O. L. Erdmann, xviii, 395.
—, influence of, xvi, 262.
—, connexion of, with electricity, iii, 386.f
—, connexion of, with heat and electricity, J. F. Dana, vi, 163.
—, —, with light, G. Gibbs, i, 89.
—, —, with geology, J. Locke, xlvii, 101.
—, conversion of, into electricity, xxii, 386.
—, currents and sparks of electricity from, J. Henry, xxii, 403.
—, destroyed by lightning, xii, 382.
—, Gauss's theory of, tested by observations, E. Loomis, xlvii, 278.
—, Hansteen's discovery in, v, 190.
—, influence of heat on, xxii, 361.
— of soft iron, acquired by induction, retained for some time if the armature is not removed, xxviii, 63.
—, molecular forces, on the disturbance of, by, C. G. Page, xxxiii, 118.
— produced by friction, xix, 394.
— — by a stroke of lightning, vi, 394.
— — by voltaic electricity, iii, 383.
— — by the solar rays, xiii, 171.
—, double helix for inducing, C. G. Page, xxxv, 261.f
Magnetization, some phenomena of, De Nairac, xxvii, 401.f
Magneto-electric apparatus, and experiments, J. P. Emmet, xxiv, 78f; xxvi, 311; xxviii, 331.
— - — — —, J. Henry, xxviii, 331.
— - — — —, E. M. Clarke, xxxiii, 213.f
— - — — —, C. G. Page, xxxiv, 163f, 364f; xxxv, 112f, 252f; xxxvii, 275f; xlviii, 392.
— - — —, O. W. Gibbs, xxxix, 132.
— - — — —, J. H. Abbot, xl, 104.f
— - — electrepeter, E. M. Clarke, xxxiii, 224.f
— - — —, C. G. Page, xxxv, 112.f
— - — electrotome, C. G. Page, xxxv, 112f, 253.f
— - —, formula, xxxv, 356.f
— - — multiplier, C. G. Page, xxxvii, 275.f
— - — shock increased by a long coil, J. Henry, xxviii, 331.
— - — — increased by passing it through a portion of the generating magnet, J. P. Emmet, xxviii, 331.
Magneto-electricity, J. Locke, xxxiv, 125.f
Magnetometer, new, A. D. Bache, xl, 380.
Magnolia grandiflora, xxvi, 314.
Mahogany, artificial, ix, 206.
Mahomet Ali, notice of, xxviii, 30.
Maine, geological reports of C. T. Jackson on, noticed, xxxii, 193; xxxv, 387; xxxvi, 143; xxxvii, 376.
—, miscellaneous remarks on the geology of, C. T. Jackson, xxxiv, 69;
–actual bituminization of peat, xxxiv, 73.
—, anthracite coal formation of, C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 149.
—, dikes of trap, and metamorphic limestone, C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 145, 147.
— iron ore veins, C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 147, 150.
—, changes of level in, C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 154.
—, fossiliferous rocks near Moose river, xxxvii, 378.
Maine, list of some plants in, J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 22.
—, minerals of Freyburg and Paris, xviii, 291.
Mairan, on the Aurora Borealis, allusion to, xxix, 388; xxxii, 177; xxxiv, 288, 289.
Maize, from the graves of ancient Peruvians, germination of, ix, 208.
—, sugar from, xliv, 215.
Majorca, notice of a part of, xxvii, 83.
Malachite, in Connecticut, vi, 206, 232.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 115.
—, in New York, viii, 249.
—, in Pennsylvania, i, 236.
—, of Lake Superior copper mines, vii, 45.
Malacrone, a new mineral, xlix, 394.
Malaria, remarks on, xvii, 300; xviii, 339.
—, T. Hopkins on, xxxvii, 196.
— of the Campagna di Roma, xxii, 336.
Malate of lime, in sumach, W. B. Rogers, xxvii, 294.
Malic acid, J. Liebig, xxi, 156.
Malva Lecontii, xlv, 176.
— Nutalloides, xxvi, 313.
— triangulata, vii, 62.
Mammalia, fossil, in Great Britain, xlvii, 186.
—, see farther under Zoology.
Mammoth, first use of the name, xix, 388.
—, see farther under Zoology.
— Cave, Ky., alabaster (gypsum in curved forms) in, J. Locke, xlii, 206.f
Mandingo, native, from near the river Gambia, account of, xxxv, 305.
Manganese, separation of, from zinc, xlvii, 194; xlviii, 187.
—, commercial value of its ores, how ascertained, E. Turner, xxi, 364.
—, electricity of peroxide of, xxx, 179.
—, examination of the peroxide of, H. C. Lea, xlii, 81.
—, two sulphates of, xvi, 383.
— ores, analyses of, P. Berthier, vii, 366.
— ores, method of assaying, xxviii, 146.
— —, in Connecticut, phosphate, xiii, 196.
— ores, in Maryland, iv, 283; xxvii, 20, 33.
— —, in Massachusetts, ii, 374; iv, 54, 189; vii, 253; viii, 30, 233; ix, 42; xxii, 61;
–siliceous, vii, 251; ix, 22; xxii, 62.
— —, in New York, xlvi, 28.
— —, in N. Carolina, v, 258.
— —, in Nova Scotia, xv, 157.
— —, in Pennsylvania, iv, 38; xiv, 4, 12.
— —, in Rhode Island, viii, 231; ix, 248; xl, 185;
–ferro-silicate, with a figure, C. U. Shepard, xvii, 142.f
— —, in Virginia, iii, 245.
Manilla hemp, account of, xxi, 29; xli, 200.f
Mantell, G. A., museum of, xxiii, 162f; xxviii, 194.
—, —, specimens from, noticed, xxviii, 197.
—, C. Lyell's remarks at the presentation of the Wollaston medal to, xxviii, 391.
—, presentation of a microscope to, xliii, 206.
—, description of some fossil fruits, xlv, 401.
—, discovery of the Iguanodon, xxvii, 355.f
—, notice of molluskite, xlv, 243.
—, on the geological age of reptiles, xxi, 359.
—, on the Unionidæ of the country of the Iguanodon, xlvii, 402.f
—, on Zoophytes, xxxiii, 329.
—, Wonders of Geology, review of, xxxiv, 387; xxxix, 1.
—, letter to J. Deane, xlv, 189.
—, Medals of Creation, review of, xlviii, 105.
Manufactories of Lowell, xxvii, 346.
—, limitation of the labor of children in, xii, 194.
Manures, action of, De la Giraudieu, xxvi, 179.
—, action of gypsum in, xxvi, 181.
—, marl for, from Chesapeake Bay, xx, 411.
—, —, from New Jersey, J. Pierce, vi, 237.
—, remarks on calcareous, xxx, 138, 383.
—, use of muriate of lime for, ix, 194.
Map of Maryland, 1835, xxx, 393; xxxii, 191.
— of mountains, iii, 364.
Maps, on contoured, Larcom, xlvi, 394.
—, a mode of illustrating criminal statistics by, xxxi, 379.
Mapping instrument, xx, 159.
Maranta arundinacea, v, 302.
Marble, Carrara, an altered oolite, xxx, 176.
—, and flagstones, strength of, E. Hodgkinson, xliv, 168.
—, durability of, as compared with granite, xv, 168.
—, in Massachusetts, white, iv, 40; viii, 14; xxii, 28.
—, —, clouded, viii, 14.
—, —, dove colored, viii, 14.
—, —, elastic, of Lanesboro' and West Stockbridge, viii, 15.
—, —, — and flexible, of Berkshire, Co., ix, 241.
—, —, tortuous layers of, viii, 28.
— in Vermont, xxxv, 390.
— in Connecticut, ii, 141, 165, 219, 222.
— —, verd antique in Connecticut, ii, 165.
— in New York, at Hudson, transition, vi, 371.
— —, in the Stonybrook Mts., v, 29.
— —, serpentine, v, 29.
—, Potomac breccia, xxvi, 221; xxvii, 22.
—, of Maryland, xxvii, 24, 27.
— —, white, of Hagerstown, v, 264; xxvi, 222.
— in Kentucky, iii, 234.
— in Missouri, iii, 23.
—, yellow, of Tabriz, xxxvii, 355.
Marcet, F., influence of the moon on the weather, xxvii, 192.
—, boiling point in vessels of different materials, xlvii, 190.
Mariner's compass, the invention of, A. Humboldt, xl, 242.
Marl, apparatus for analyzing, W. B. Rogers, xxvii, 299.f
— from Farmington, Ct., analysis of, E. Hitchcock, xxxvi, 176.
— in New York, iii, 237.
— for manure, from near the Chesapeake Bay, xx, 411.
— of New Jersey, identical with the chalk of England, S. G. Morton, xxii, 90.
— — —, analysis of, xvii, 277.
— — —, on the application of, to agriculture, J. Pierce, vi, 237.
—, shell, in Maryland, xxvii, 3.
— beds of Virginia, xi, 54.
— pits, in N. Carolina, organic remains of, H. B. Croom, xxvii, 168.
— from Ashley river, S. C., composition of, J. L. Smith, xlviii, 101.
— — — infusorial character of, J. W. Bailey, xlviii, 102.
— in Wayne Co., Ohio, xxxi, 55.
—, red calcareous, in Texas, J. L. Riddell, xxxvii, 211.
Marmalite, description and analysis of, T. Nuttall, iv, 17, 19.
Marsh, R., meteorological register, xlix, 212.
Marsupial fossils of the Stonesfield slate, xxvii, 412; xxxvii, 228.
— —, see under Zoology.
Martha's Vineyard, notices of geology of, vii, 240.f
— —, ibid, C. Lyell, xlvi, 318.
Martin, A. St., account of the opening into his stomach, and experiments on the gastric juice of, W. Beaumont, xxvi, 194.
Martin, J., on the central forces of bodies revolving about fixed axes, xxxix, 262.f
Martius, C. F. P. von, on the spiritual life of plants, xl, 170.
—, works of, noticed, xlv, 217; xlviii, 207.
Maryland, Bare Hills, near Baltimore, H. H. Hayden, xxiv, 349.f
—, minerals of, G. W. Carpenter, xiv, 1.
—, — of Baltimore and Harford Cos., P. T. Tyson, xviii, 78.
—, chromic iron of, iv, 321; xxiv, 349, 355; xxvii, 18, 20.
—, Appalachian chain in, W. E. A. Aikin, xxvi, 219.f
—, notice of the Geological Report and Map of, J. T. Ducatel and J. H. Alexander, xxvii, 1; xxx, 393; xxxii, 191.
—, Mastodon longirostris in, xliii, 143.
—, caves in, containing saltpetre, xxvii, 33.
—, coal in, J. T. Ducatel and J. H. Alexander, xxvii, 29.
—, —, chemical analysis of, ibid, xxvii, 31.
—, tertiary fossils of, I. Lea, xxv, 422.
—, infusoria in, xlvi, 137f; xlviii, 201, 330.f
Mason, E. P., micrometric measures of eclipse of the sun, Sept. 1838, xxxv, 174.
—, on some nebulæ, xl, 37.
—, obituary notice of, xl, 407; xliii, 381.
Mason, O., chemical examination of the bark of the white birch, xx, 282.
Masonite, description and analysis of, C. T. Jackson, xl, 186.
—, composition of, xlviii, 218.
Massachusetts, geology and mineralogy of a section of, with a part of New Hampshire and Vermont, including notices of rocks, soil, changes in the river, Indian relics at Deerfield, minerals, &c., E. Hitchcock, i, 105.f
—, ibid of Connecticut valley, E. Hitchcock, vi, 1f, 201f;
–granite, 2;
granitic veins, 12;
graphic granite, 16.
—, geology and mineralogy of Connecticut valley, E. Hitchcock, pseudomorphous granite, vi, 17;
gneiss, 18; vii, 29;
hornblende slate, vi, 20;
mica slate, 22;
talcose slate, 26;
chlorite slate, 27;
syenite, vi, 28;
trap, 31, 44;
argillite, 35;
granular limestone, 37;
sandstone, 39;
fossil bones, 43;
coal formations, 61; vii, 28;
fossil fish, vi, 76;
localities of various minerals, ores, &c. 201; vii, 30.
—, scenery of, and miscellaneous notices, E. Hitchcock, vii, 1;
–Mount Holyoke, &c. 5, 9, 10;
Bellows Falls, 12;
Turner's Falls, 13;
ancient lakes, 16;
Sunderland cave, 19;
Goshen graphic granite, 22f;
pseudomorphous granite, 22.f
—, tabular arrangement of the rocks of, E. Hitchcock, vii, 24.
—, Report on the Geology of, E. Hitchcock, xxii, 1f;
–Economical Geology, giving an account of the soils from different rocks, &c., 1;
useful rocks and minerals, 13;
granite quarries, prices, &c., 14;
gneiss quarries, &c., 18;
quartz rock, 22;
mica and talcose slate, 23;
limestone, 24;
marble, 28;
serpentine, 29;
steatite or soapstone, 31;
slates, clays, peat, &c., 23, 38;
buhrstone, 40;
coal, 41;
graphite, 46;
mineral waters, 47;
metals and their ores, 50.
—, — (second) on the Economical Geology of, including remarks on soils and modes of analysis adopted by S. L. Dana, xxxvi, 363.
—, — on the Geology of, noticed, xxiii, 389; xxvi, 213; xxxvi, 363; xli, 384.
—, Report on the water courses, terraces, ancient lakes, and the alluvial and rock formations of, A. Smith, xxii, 205.f
—, geology and mineralogy of the vicinity of Williams College, Williamstown, including notices of the Taconic range, of granite, gneiss, quartz, granular limestone, and other rocks and minerals, C. Dewey, i, 337.f
—, — and mineralogy of western, including a small part of the adjoining states, C. Dewey, viii, 1f, 240;
–granite, 4;
gneiss, 5;
mica slate, 6;
trap and hornblende rocks, 9;
syenite, 10;
serpentine, 11;
granular limestone, 13;
quartz rock, 16;
argillaceous slate, &c., 18;
dip and course, 27;
ores and minerals, 30, 243;
alternations of mica slate and granular limestone, 15, 240.
—, geology of the vicinity of Lowell, xxvii, 340.
—, — Hampshire Co., with an account of the lead mines, A. Nash, xii, 238.f
—, — Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands, vii, 240f; xlvi, 318.
—, granite veins and beds of Chester, E. Emmons, viii, 250.f
—, coal in, E. Hitchcock, vi, 61; vii, 28; xxii, 41; xxxvi, 377.
—, —, at Wrentham, xxiii, 405.
—, —, at Mansfield, C. T. Jackson, xxxiv, 395.
—, —, probable age of, C. Lyell, xlvii, 214.
—, footprints in sandstone of, see Footprints.
—, fossil fish of, E. Hitchcock, iii, 222, 365; vi, 76.f
—, cave in Mount Toby, i, 111.
—, caves in Western, viii, 15.
—, mineral localities, C. Dewey, i, 337; viii, 1.
—, — —, E. Hitchcock, i, 112; vi, 201; vii, 30; xiv, 215.
—, — — of Chesterfield and Goshen, G. Gibbs, i, 346.
—, — — of Charlestown quarries, J. E. Teschemacher, xxxviii, 194.
—, — —, see farther under the names of the different minerals.
—, steatite or soapstone in, xxii, 31; xxvii, 341, (see Steatite.)
— lead mines, vi, 204; ix, 166, 249; xii, 238f; xxii, 56.
— iron ores, v, 20; vi, 208, 209; x, 14; xxii, 50; xxxvi, 378.
—, tin in, xvi, 188; xxii, 62.
—, indications of gold in, xxii, 63.
—, graphite or plumbago in, vi, 248; viii, 54; x, 18; xviii, 377; xxii, 46.
—, — of Worcester, probable age of, C. Lyell, xlvii, 214.
—, statistical tables of, xxxiv, 213.
—, — — of Boston, xxxix, 395.
—, Indian relics, at Deerfield, i, 108.
—, Mount Holyoke, height of, i, 112.
—, latitude and longitude of Deerfield, i, 112.
—, Lebanon mineral spring, viii, 21.
Mastodon, tooth of, J. Wyman, xxxix, 53.
—, dental system, xl, 377.
— remains, in Connecticut, at Berlin, xxvii, 165.
— —, —, at Cheshire, xiv, 187.
— —, in New York, near Rochester, xix, 358f; xxxiii, 201.
— —, —, in Chatauque Co., xxvii, 166.
— —, —, in Orange Co., xxxi, 171.
— —, in New Jersey, J. Van Rensselaer, xi, 246.
— —, in Virginia, Wythe Co., xxvii, 352.
— —, —, geological age of, xxvii, 352.
— —, in North Carolina marl pits, Craven Co., H. B. Croom, xxvii, 168.
— —, in Ohio, near Massillon, xxx, 394; xxxi, 56.
— —, —, in Crawford Co., J. W. Foster, xxxvi, 189.f
— —, —, in Pickaway Co., C. Atwater, ii, 245f; xxv, 256.
— —, in Tennessee, near Nashville, xxvii, 354.
— —, Big Bone Lick, Ky., and elsewhere, geological position of, C. Lyell, xlvi, 320.
— —, in Missouri, iii, 22; xxxvii, 191.
— —, —, Gasconade Co., xxxvi, 199.
— —, —, bones from near St. Louis, obtained by A. Koch, xl, 56.
— skeleton, found on the Morris canal, xiv, 188.
— —, found on the Delaware and Hudson canal, xiv, 31.
— longirostris in Maryland, xliii, 143.
— tooth, in Louisiana, W. M. Carpenter, xxxiv, 201.
Matches, kindling without fire, i, 308.
—, lucifer, by whom first made, xviii, 148.
Mathematics, review of the Cambridge course of, v, 304.
Mathematical instrument, short notice of a new, iv, 377.
— problems, T. Strong, ii, 54f, 266.f
Mather, W. W., mode of obtaining aluminium and magnesium, xx, 408.
—, chloride of aluminium and its analysis, xxvii, 241.
—, hydrated chloride of aluminium, xxvii, 253.
—, solubility of bitungstate of ammonia, xxvii, 264.
—, disulphuret of bismuth, xxiv, 189; xxvii, 264.
—, bromine and iodine in the salt springs of Ohio, xlix, 211.
—, new method of cupellation, xxxv, 321.
—, Georgia gold, xxvii, 255.
—, crystalline form of iodine, xviii, 84.f
—, ibid, of xanthite, xviii, 359.f
—, amalgam of platinum, xxvii, 263.
—, iodide of mercury, xxvii, 263.
—, chloriodide of platinum, xxvii, 258.
—, perchloride of platinum, xxvii, 262.
—, iodide of potassium and platinum, xxvii, 257.
—, reduction of iron and silver ores, and on some Mexican and S. American silver mines, xxiv, 213.
—, silver of Lane's mine, Connecticut, xxvii, 256.
—, crystallized tin from solution, xxvii, 254.
—, non-conducting power of water, in relation to heat, xiii, 368.f
—, instrument for measuring the expansion of solids, xxx, 324.f
—, on the possible variation of the length of the day, xlvi, 344.
—, a geological section through a part of Connecticut from Killingly to Haddam, xxi, 94.f
—, geology of the Highlands of New York, xxi, 97.
—, geological survey of Ohio, xxxiv, 196, 347; xl, 126.
—, physical geology of the U. States, east of the Rocky Mountains, xlix, 1, 284.
—, elevation of sedimentary rocks of United States, causes of, xlix, 284.
—, protest with reference to G. W. Featherstonhaugh, xxxiii, 205.
Matter, infinite divisibility of, E. Adams, xxviii, 163.
—, — —, S. Clark, ix, 356.
—, — —, W. Whewell, xxxviii, 113.
—, — —, xxxix, 55.f
—, heavy, demonstration of, W. Whewell, xlii, 264.
—, —, reply to W. Whewell on, R. Hare, xlii, 260.
—, motion the natural state of, xvi, 151.
—, on the vitality of, xv, 54.
Matteucci, C., on electric currents in the nerves, xlix, 387.
—, on animal electricity, xxi, 157; xxxii, 198; xlix, 388.
—, on the decomposition of metallic salts, xx, 187.
—, influence of heat on magnetism, xxii, 361.
—, on atmospheric electricity, xxx, 376.
Mauch Chunk, river, canal and coal region, B. Silliman, xix, 7.f
—, notice of, xx, 163.
Mauna Loa, Hawaii, character of, xvi, 346.
— — and Mauna Kea, Sandwich Islands, xi, 4.
— —, see farther under Volcano.
Mauran, J., improved instrument for venous injection, xxiii, 114.f
Maury, M. F., description of an alembic for distilling amalgam of gold, xxxiii, 66.f
—, on the gold veins of the U. States mine near Fredericksburg, Va., xxxii, 325.
—, on the navigation of Cape Horn, xxvi, 54.
—, on the Gulf Stream and currents of the sea, xlvii, 161.
—, instrument for finding the true lunar distance, xxvi, 63.f
Meade, W., mineral cabinet of, xxvi, 209.
—, on the coal near Tioga river, Penn., xiii, 32.
—, on the anthracites of Europe and America, xii, 75.
—, on the use of anthracite in the making of brick, xviii, 118.
—, mica for spectacle glasses, xviii, 374.
—, analogy of the minerals of northern Europe and N. America, xii, 303.
—, on the artificial preparation of medicinal waters, xxii, 126, 330.
—, on a now mineral spring near Albany, xiii, 145.
—, ibid, at Pittsburgh, xiv, 124.
—, analysis of Lebanon spring, xxxvi, 7.
—, idocrase in New England, vii, 50.
Meal from leguminous fruits, vii, 189.
Mease, J., on spontaneous combustion, xxxiii, 147, 199.
—, on bills of mortality, xli, 306.
—, on some of the vegetable materials from which cordage, twine and thread, are made, xxi, 27.
— and H. Perrine, on the plants used for cordage, xxv, 330.
—, on descents in diving bells, xxii, 327.
Measure of a French metre compared with an English yard, xxi, 382.
Mécanique Céleste, translated by N. Bowditch, xix, 202; xxxv, 17.
Mechanics, analytic, a new general principle of, Jacobi, xliv, 170.
—, experiment in, xxii, 362.
—, review of Allen's, xvii, 338.
Meconic acid, R. Hare, xii, 293.
Meconine, remarks on, xxiii, 380.
Medals, remarks on, xxvii, 74.
— and coins, J. Allan, xxxvii, 285.
— —, J. W. Draper on, xxix, 157.
— of New Haven, J. Allan, xxxvii, 285.
—, antique, found near Geneva, xx, 391.
— founded by De Lalande, xxv, 190.
— offered by the Royal Society of London, xxv, 412.
Medal of the Royal Society of London, conferred on C. Lyell, xxx, 174.
—, Wollaston, conferred on L. Agassiz, xxx, 382.
—, Geographical Society, awarded to E. Robinson, xliii, 404.
—, Thomson's scientific, xviii, 198.
Medical electricity, J. Hall, iii, 168.
— School of South Carolina organized, ix, 392.
Medina sandstone, freshwater fossils not occurring in, xlii, 230.
Medusa, fossil, C. S. Rafinesque, iii, 285.f
Megalonyx, R. Owen, xliv, 342.
—, localities of, in the U. States, xxvii, 353; xlv, 209.
Megatherium, no bony armor to, xxxvii, 371.
—, remains of, in Indiana, R. Haymond, xlvi, 294.
—, of Georgia, xxvii, 353.
—, of New Jersey, R. Harlan, xiv, 187.
—, of Patagonia, xxxiii, 105.
Melam, J. Liebig, xxix, 372.
Melamine, xxix, 372.
Melanite of Franklin furnace, N. J., analysis of, H. Seybert, viii, 300.
Mellon, J. Liebig, xxix, 371.
Melloni, M., investigations on heat, xxiii, 185; xl, 313.
—, on radiant heat and diathermancy, xxvii, 228.
Melville Island, rocks of, xvii, 10.
Memoir, see Obituary.
Memory, the process of, I. Orr, xxiii, 278.
—, loss of, from the use of gin, xxvi, 211.
Menardite, supposed new mineral, from Spain, xii, 385.
Mengite, xxvi, 388; xxxix, 249.
Mental aberration as connected with civilization, xxii, 379.
Mercapian, Zeise, xxix, 368.
Mercurial atmosphere, iii, 385.
Mercury, atomic weight of, xvi, 183; xlviii, 402.
—, amalgam of, W. W. Mather, xxvii, 263.
—, congelation of, vii, 192.
—, method of detecting small quantities of, vii, 392.
—, combination of, with metallic wires, xvii, 375.
—, elastic force of the vapor of, M. Avogadro, xxiv, 286.
—, on the vaporization of, in nitric ether, S. Guthrie, xxi, 90.
—, germination on, xix, 202.
—, passage of, from a vessel through a bar of lead bent like a syphon, xxxviii, 180.
—, iodide of, W. W. Mather, xxvii, 263.
—, compounds of, Donovan, ii, 350.
—, sesqui-sulphate of, xviii, 364.
— mines of Spain, xxviii, 21.
— — of Idria, xxix, 219.
Mercury, observations on the transit of, May, 1845, D. Olmsted, xlix, 142.
Meridian, measurement of, v, 190.
—, length of a degree of, T. J. Cram, xxxi, 222.f
—, formula for the establishment of a true, xxv, 261.f
Merino sheep, v, 189.
Mermaid, ii, 178; vi, 195.
Mesotype in N. Hampshire, xviii, 133.
— in New Jersey, v, 239; xl, 69.
Metagallic acid, Pelouze, xxviii, 126.
Metals, action of, on inflammable gases, xvii, 168.
—, apparatus for combustion of metals in chlorine, xiv, 354.f
—, crystallization of, by galvanic influence, G. Bird, xxxiii, 267.
—, distribution of, according to their electric qualities, J. P. Emmet, xxv, 272.
—, electro-chemical reduction of, Becquerel, xxxi, 164.
—, electro-precipitated, structure of, xlix, 390.
—, letters on, permanent after fusion, xxv, 197.
—, reduction of, by azote, xix, 371.
—, singular modifications of the ordinary action of nitric acid on, xxxiii, 286.
—, solubility of, in persulphate and perchloride of iron, J. Napier, xlviii, 190.
—, new, aurum millium, ii, 363.
—, —, didymium, xliii, 404.
—, —, donium, xxxi, 163.
—, —, erythronium, supposed new, xx, 386.
—, —, lanthanium, xxxvii, 192.
—, —, pelopium and niobium, xlviii, 400.
—, —, ruthenium, xlviii, 401.
—, —, selenium, i, 310.
—, —, thorium, xvii, 381.
—, —, vanadium, xx, 386.
—, sulphurets, new method of precipitating, xlvii, 193.
Metallic casting, vii, 190.
— decompositions by phosphuretted hydrogen, xviii, 403.
— salts, C. Matteucci on the decomposition of, xx, 187.
— vegetation, ii, 349.
— wires and springs, on tempering, xx, 393.
Metalliferous veins, course of, and origin, R. W. Fox, xxxi, 373.
— —, electro-magnetic properties of, xx, 136.
Metamorphic changes at the Lipari Islands, xxxiii, 77.
— agency, as indicated by certain crystals in some rocks in N. York, &c., L. C. Beck, xlv, 143; xlvi, 333.
— changes in iron ore by trap dikes, in Nova Scotia, xv, 212.
— — by artificial heat in a sandstone, E. Emmons, xlv, 146.
— — by heat, through the medium of heated water, J. D. Dana, xlv. 104.
— —, by dikes, J. D. Dana, xlv, 113.
— origin of granite, R. H. Bonnycastle, xxx, 245.
— granite, J. D. Dana, xlv, 108.
— limestone, Carrara marble an instance of, xxx, 176.
— limestones, Maine, C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 146.
— rocks of N. Hampshire, notice of, C. T. Jackson, xlv, 145.
Metamorphism, related to pseudomorphism, xlviii, 92.
—, heated water an agency in, B. Silliman, xliii, 247.
Meteors, instances of some remarkable, D. Olmsted, xxvi, 133.
— seen in Canada, April, 1840, xxxix, 383.
— seen in Connecticut, Dec. 14, 1837, E. C. Herrick, xxxvii, 130.
— — —, at New Haven, March, 1813, S. E. Dwight, xiii, 35.
— — —, at New Haven, March 31 and April 1, 1826, A. C. Twining, xi, 184.
— — —, at New Haven, May, 1840, xxxix, 382.
— — at Boston and N. Haven, in Nov., 1841, xliii, 399.
— — in England, Nov. 26, 1758, xxxv, 231.
— — —, August 18, 1783, xxxv, 231.
— — in Greece, xxxix, 381.
— — in Illinois, in day time, Aug. 20, 1836, xxxiii, 402.
— — in Maine, Aug. 7, 1823, vii, 170.
— — in Massachusetts, near Boston, October, 1689, xliii, 399.
— — in New Hampshire, at Rochester, 1837, xxxiii, 200.
— — in New York, of a green color, Feb. 11, 1828, B. D. Silliman, xiv, 199.
— — in North Carolina, at Fayetteville, xlix, 408.
— — in Vermont, at Burlington, April 14, 1826, G. W. Benedict, xi, 120.
— — in West Indies, at Antigua, xxxix, 381.
—, combustible, in Moscow, March, 1832, xxvi, 134.
—, gelatinous, account of, ii, 335.
—, —, E. Hitchcock, xxv, 362.
—, —, in 1718, in India, xxvi, 133.
—, —, in 1796, in Lusatia, xxvi, 133.
—, called inflammable snow, Hermann, xxviii, 361.
—, mucilaginous, xlvii, 197.
—, theory of, W. G. Reynolds, i, 266.
—, see farther, Shooting star.
Meteoric iron, on chlorine in, C. T. Jackson, xxxiv, 332; xlviii, 145.
— —, ibid, A. A. Hayes, xlviii, 147.
— —, ibid, C. U. Shepard, xxxvi, 81; xl, 369; xliii, 359.
— — in Africa, xxxvi, 213.
— — in Europe, Bohemia, found in 1829, xix, 384.
— — —, in France, xxxiii, 257.
— — —, at Magdebourg, xxviii, 288.
— —, North American, in Alabama, Claiborne Co., analysis of, C. T. Jackson, xxxiv, 332.
— —, —, ibid, C. T. Jackson and A. A. Hayes, xlviii, 145.
— —, —, in Alabama, xliii, 169.
— —, —, in Alabama and Tennessee, G. Troost, xlix, 336.f
— —, —, in Connecticut, Canaan, (? called native iron,) xii, 154.
— —, —, ibid, analysis of, C. U. Shepard, xii, 155.
— —, —, in Mexico, Burkart, xxviii, 288.
— —, —, in N. York, near Oswego, C. U. Shepard, xl, 366.f
— —, —, —, near Lockport, B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 388.f
— —, —, —, at Burlington, B. Silliman, Jr., xlvi, 401.
— —, —, in North Carolina, (called native iron,) v, 262.
— —, —, —, C. U. Shepard, xvii, 140.
— —, —, —, Buncombe Co., C. U. Shepard, xxxvi, 81; xliii, 359.
— —, —, —, Guilford Co., C. U. Shepard, xl, 369.
— —, —, in Tennessee, description and analysis of, G. Troost, xxxviii, 250.
— —, —, ibid, analysis of, C. U. Shepard, xliii, 354.
— —, —, in Tennessee, G. Troost, xlix, 336.f
— —, —, of Texas, account of, viii, 218; xxxiii, 257.
— —, —, —, analysis of, C. U. Shepard, xvi, 217.
— —, —, —, a mass, presented to Yale College, xxvii, 382.
— —, —, in Virginia, xliii, 169.
— —, South American, near Bogota, ix, 194.
— —, see farther under Meteorite.
— phenomena, Adie's mode of registering, xxviii, 70.
— rain in Hungary, terrestrial origin of, xliii, 401.
— shower of grain, xli, 40.
— — of fish, xli, 40.
Meteorites, on the nature and origin of, J. Berzelius, xxxvii, 93.
—, — ibid, J. L. Ideler, xxviii, 288.
—, — ibid, Fleurian de Bellevue, v, 170.
—, African, Cold Bokkeveld, notice of, xxxvi, 393; xl, 199.
—, —, ibid, analysis of, xxxvii, 190.
—, in Asia, Hindoostan, 1834, xxx, 175.
—, in Europe, France, in the Commune of Juvenas, 1821, v, 175.
—, —, —, ibid, analysis of, vi, 397.
—, —, —, in the Dept. of Loiret, 1841, xlii, 203.
—, —, —, of Chateau-Renard, characters and analysis of, xlii, 403.
—, —, —, near Bethune, xlii, 203.
—, —, in Moravia, 1833, xxx, 175.
—, —, in Silesia, at Grüneberg, xlii, 203.
—, in North America,
—, —, Connecticut, at Weston, analysis of, i, 273.
—, —, —, ibid, some considerations on its velocity, course, &c., E. C. Herrick, xxxvii, 132.
—, —, Georgia, May, 1829, notice of the fall of, xviii, 388.
—, —, —, May, 1829, description of, xviii, 389.
—, —, Maine, August, 1823, analysis of, ix, 400.
—, —, Maryland, February, 1825, notice of, S. D. Carver, ix, 351.
—, —, —, ibid, analysis of, G. Chilton, x, 131.
—, —, —, ibid, description of, x, 135.
—, —, Massachusetts, East Bridgewater, May 5, 1837, xxxii, 395.
—, —, Missouri, February, 1839, E. C. Herrick, xxxvii, 385.
—, —, Tennessee, fall of, at Nashville, xv, 358; xviii, 378.
—, —, —, 1827, analysis of, xvii, 326.
—, —, —, ibid, general characters of, xviii, 200.
—, —, Virginia, Richmond, June 4, 1828, xv, 195.
—, —, —, ibid, description and analysis of, C. U. Shepard, xvi, 191.
—, —, —, apatite in, C. U. Shepard, xlv, 102.
—, —, —, Grayson Co., xliii, 169.
—, in South America, Brazil, xxxiv, 209.
—, Sandwich Islands, xlix, 407.
Meteorological correspondence of Morin, xxvii, 172.
— facts and phenomena, review of various, W. C. Redfield, xxv, 122; xxxiii, 50.
— memoranda, ancient, xlii, 399.
— observations, rules for making, C. Dewey, xi, 59.
— —, mode of making at the Albany Institute, &c., xxx, 194.
— —, balloons a means of making, D. Brewster, xlii, 150.
— — made at the equinoxes and solstices, report on the reduction of, before the British Association, 1840, xl, 311.
— — ibid, report of progress, xlii, 149.
— —, on the progress of the great coöperative system of, J. F. W. Herschel, xliii, 372.
— —, in Asia, at Canton, W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 267, 272.
— —, —, at Singapore, 1839-1841, J. S. Travelli, xliv, 151.
— —, —, at Trevandrum, hourly, notice of, xl, 322.
— —, —, in the Ghâts of Western India, xxxviii, 103.
— —, in England, at Plymouth, hourly, notice of a report on, xlii, 149; xliii, 369.
— —, —, hourly, at Inverness and Kingussie, some deductions from, D. Brewster, xxxviii, 95; xl, 321.
— —, —, hourly, at Inverness and Unst, in progress, xlii, 150.
— —, North American, in Canada, at Montreal, J. S. McCord, for 1836, xxxiv, 208.
— —, —, ibid, for 1837, xxxv, 382.
— —, —, ibid, for 1838, xxxvi, 180.
Meteorological observations, North American, in Canada, at Montreal, J. S. McCord, for 1836-1840, xli, 330.
— —, —, at Newfoundland, W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 265, 269.
— —, —, New England, ancient, xliii, 398.
— —, —, in Connecticut, at New Haven, 1766, 1767, xxviii, 183.
— —, —, ibid, for 1827, D. Olmsted, xiv, 176.
— —, —, ibid, for 1828, D. Olmsted, xvi, 70.
— —, —, in Cuba, at San Fernando, J. H. Blake, xlii, 292.
— —, —, in Cuba, at Matanzas, 1832-33, A. Mallory, xxvi, 89; 1835, xxxi, 287.
— —, —, in U. States, at different military posts, by surgeons of the army, xii, 149.
— —, —, in New England, in the years 1741 to 1757, J. Winthrop, xl, 204.
— —, —, in Florida, 1833, H. B. Croom, xxv, 69.
— —, —, in Georgia, 1832-33, W. H. Williams, xxv, 211.
— —, —, —, 1833-34, xxvii, 173.
— —, —, in Indiana, D. D. Owen, xxix, 294.
— —, —, in Louisiana, at New Orleans, 1833-1836, Barton, xxxi, 400.
— —, —, —, at Jackson, 1839-1841, W. M. Carpenter, xliv, 49.
— —, —, in Michigan, at Sault de St. Marie, L. Foot, ix, 171.
— —, —, in Missouri, at St. Louis, xxxii, 386.
— —, —, in Massachusetts, at Deerfield, E. Hitchcock, iv, 333.
— —, —, —, at Westfield, 1825, xii, 119.
— —, —, —, at Boston, 1820-29, xx, 264.
— —, —, —, at New Bedford, 1830, xx, 162; 1831, xxii, 188.
— —, —, in New Hampshire, at Dartmouth College, xxviii, 179.
— —, —, in New York, 1833-34, W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 154.
— —, —, —, in N. Y. city, 1838 and 1839, with the mean results for the last seven years, W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 323.
— —, —, —, for May, 1834, at Cazenovia, J. Johnston, (therm., winds, weather,) xxvi, 398.
— —, —, —, at Brooklyn, for 1829, xvii, 409.
— —, —, —, at Penn Yan, 1834, H. P. Sartwell, xxviii, 187.
— —, —, New Jersey, at Middletown, J. F. Jenkins, 1831, 1832, xxii, 394;
1832-34, xxvi, 395.
— —, —, in North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, D. Olmsted, x, 294.
— —, —, in Ohio, kept at Marietta, S. P. Hildreth, 1826, xii, 213.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1827, xiv, 63.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1828, xvi, 44.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1829, xviii, 368.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1830, xx, 126.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1831, xxii, 109.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1832, xxiv, 132.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1833, xxvi, 84.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1834, xxviii, 160.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1835, xxx, 56.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1836, xxxii, 95.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1837, xxxiv, 132.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1838, xxxvi, 78.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1839, xxxviii, 273.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1840, xl, 345.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1841, xlii, 344.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1842, xliv, 347.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1843, xlvi, 277.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1844, xlviii, 287.
— —, —, —, at Western Reserve College, Sept.-Nov., 1838, E. Loomis, xxxvi, 166.
— —, —, —, at Hudson, for the years 1838, 1839, 1840, E. Loomis, xli, 310.
— —, —, —, ibid, 1841-1844, xlix, 266.
— —, —, —, at Steubenville, 1844, R. Marsh, xlix, 212.
— —, —, in Oregon, or west of the Rocky Mountains, A. Eaton, from J. Ball, xxv, 351.
— —, —, —, at Fort Vancouver, J. Ball, 1832, '33, xxviii, 9.
— —, —, in Vermont, Fayetteville, M. Field, xii, 364; xvi, 288; xviii, 366; xx, 261f; xxii, 298; xxiv, 361.
— —, —, in Wisconsin, at Fort Winnebago, xxx, 13.
— —, South American, in Colombia, 1820, 1830, R. Wright, xxxvii, 1.
— —, —, at Rio Janeiro, J. Gardner, xlvii, 290.
— —, at sea, on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, v, 137.
— —, —, on board the United States ship Peacock, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, xxxiii, 345.
— —, —, on board the United States ship Erie, 1834, between New York and Rio Janeiro, xxix, 237.
— —, (electro-) J. Swaim, xxxii, 304.f
— —, see farther, Floral calendar.
—, tables, J. de Wallestein, ix, 394.
Meteorology, J. D. Forbes on the progress of, xl, 318.
Metre, French, compared with an English yard, xxi, 382.
Mexican Andes, ascent of Popocatepetl, xxviii, 220.
Mexico, geological character, climate, uses of obsidian, &c. in, xvi, 160.
—, geological remarks relating to, W. Maclure, xx, 406.
—, discovery of mummies near Durango, xxxvi, 200.
—, silver mines of, xxiv, 226.
—, meteoric iron at Charcas, xxviii, 288.
Mica, containing potash and lithia, xxxvii, 356.
—, analyses of lepidolite and a yellow, xxxvii, 361.
—, of Chester, Mass., crystallization of, viii, 250.f
—, use of, in chemical analyses, xxiv, 373.
—, black, a substitute for glass in spectacles, xviii, 374.
—, models of crystals made of, xxxviii, 187.
—, in Canada, viii, 67.
—, in Connecticut, i, 353;
–plumose, vi, 251.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 113; ii, 237; iv, 55 (green); vii, 255; viii, 41, 235;
–prismatic, v, 399; vii, 30, 255; viii, 41; xiv, 219;
–rose, i, 350; v, 265.
—, in New Hampshire, v, 40; xvii, 357.
—, in New Jersey, v, 246; vi, 250.
—, in New York, iv, 37; v, 29; ix, 40, 251; xxi, 326.
—, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45; xiv, 5, 13.
—, in Virginia, v, 257.
—, slate, association with granite, in Massachusetts, and relative age, vi, 4.
—, —, varieties in the Connecticut valley, vi, 22.
—, —, minerals of, vi, 24.
—, —, in western Massachusetts, viii, 6, 240.
—, —, relation to gneiss, viii, 6.
—, —, conglomerated, in Windsor, Mass., viii, 7.
—, —, contorted, viii, 253.
—, —, minerals of, viii, 7.
—, —, alternations with granular limestone, ii, 211; viii, 15, 240, 252.
—, —, containing rounded pebbles of quartz, in Massachusetts, viii, 244.
Mice, habits of, xlvi, 242.
Michaux, André, notice of, A. Gray, xlii, 2.
—, notice of his botanical labors, ix, 266.
—, the younger, notice of, xlii, 10.
Michigan, notice of the peninsula of, in relation to its topography, scenery, agriculture, population, resources and productions, J. Pierce, x, 304.
—, Indians of, J. Pierce, x, 313.
—, rocks of, xl, 136.
—, mining region of, D. Houghton, xli, 183.
—, Geological Reports on, of D. Houghton, noticed, xxxiv, 190; xl, 136.
—, geological and mineralogical observations on the northwest portion of Lake Huron; J. I. Bigsby, iii, 254.f
—, geological and mineralogical observations of the region about Fort Winnebago, D. Ruggles, xxx, 1.f
—, native copper and ores of, D. Houghton, xli, 185; xlv, 331, 332.
—, — — ibid, D. Ruggles, xlix, 64.f
—, — —, of Lake Superior, H. R. Schoolcraft, iii, 201.f
—, — — and silver, of Kewenaw Point, C. T. Jackson, xlix, 81.
—, Lake, height of, xlv, 16; xlvi, 259, 260.
Microlite, C. U. Shepard, xxvii, 361; xxxii, 338; xliii, 116; xlviii, 176.
—, identical with pyrochlore, J. E. Teschemacher and A. A. Hayes, xliii, 33.
—, reply to, ibid, by C. U. Shepard, xliii, 116; xlviii, 176.
—, analysis of, A. A. Hayes, xlvi, 158.
Micrometers, artificial spider's web for, xv, 183.
Microscope, on improvements in, E. Thomas, xix, 57.f
—, on the achromatic, E. Thomas, xx, 265.f
—, monochromatic lamp of D. Brewster for, vii, 363.
— and microscopical observations, notice of, xli, 205.
Microscopic life, see Infusoria, and Zoology.
Migration of birds, note on, x, 192.
— —, of North America, J. Bachman, xxx, 81.
Mildew, prevention of, iii, 385.
Milk, mode of preserving indefinitely, xviii, 152.
—, use of, in dropsy, xxiv, 209.
—, facts from Barruel respecting the milk sold in Paris, xvii, 378.
Milk tree of Venezuela, xix, 373.
Milking, principle of the balance applied to, H. Strait, xxvii, 92.f
Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca, a substitute for flax, xxvii, 384.
—, on the fibre of, xxviii, 380.
Miller, E., canals of Pennsylvania, xxv, 84; xxvi, 108.
—, on tracing oval arches, xxii, 303.f
Millet's smoke disperser, xvii, 164.
Milo, catacombs of, xvi, 331.f
—, caves of, containing alum, xvi, 334.
Mines, depth of different, xxix, 374.
—, wire ropes for deep, xxxv, 319.
—, general remarks on the positions of, Taylor, xxxiv, 9.
— of Pasco, S. A., xvii, 43.f
— of the Hartz, and mode of working, xix, 113.
— of Idria, xxix, 219.
— of Michigan, position of, D. Houghton, xli, 183.
— of Russia, see under Russia.
— of Spain, xxviii, 17, 21, 144.
— of Tokat, xxxvii, 352.
—, see farther, under names of Countries, Metals and Minerals.
Minerals, new fluids in cavities of, detected by D. Brewster, xii, 214.
—, optical structure of, ix, 384.
—, specific gravities of various, Breithaupt, xxxi, 268.
—, Hosack's donation of, iv, 396.
—, pseudomorphous, account of, xlviii, 66, 81.
— of trap, origin of, J. D. Dana, xlix, 49.
— of volcanic rocks, iv, 212, 215.
—, zeolitic, not formed at the formation of the containing rock, J. D. Dana, xlv, 116, 145.
—, —, rendered hydrous bysteam of eruption, H. D. Rogers, xlv, 147.
—, in London, prices of, v, 169.
— of Europe, value of, xxix, 368.
— of North America, their analogy with those of northern Europe, W. Meade, xii, 303.
—, Foreign.
— of a cavern, upon Bosjesman river, southern Africa, xxviii, 290.
— of Ceylon, vi, 192.
— of Greece, xxxiii, 207.
—, oriental, from Sardis, F. Hall, xxxiii, 249;
Pergamos, 250;
Smyrna, 250;
Ephesus, 251;
Thyatira, 251;
Samos, 252;
Syra, 253.
—, —, Robertson, xxxiii, 255.
— found in the Hartz, xix, 112.
— of New Holland, F. Alger, xxxix, 157.f
— from Palestine, ix, 337; x, 21.
— of Peru, San Lorenzo, selenite, calc spar, &c., xxxviii, 201.
— of Sicily, viii, 203.
—, saline, of the plains of Tarapaca, J. H. Blake, xliv, 2.
— of Vesuvius, account of, from Monticelli's treatise, xii, 185.
—, North American.
—, —, proposed as new, shown to be identical with other species previously known, xlvi, 384.
—, —, in Alabama, E. Cornelius, i, 214, 317.
—, —, in Canada, J. I. Bigsby, v, 205; viii, 60.
—, —, of northern America, and the vicinity of Hudson's Bay, xvii, 12.
—, —, of Nova Scotia, F. Alger, xii, 227.
—, —, —, Jackson and Alger, xiv, 305; xv, 132, 201.
—, —, —, examined by a party from Williams College, xxx, 330.
—, —, of Connecticut, Litchfield Co., gneiss range, J. P. Brace, i, 351.
—, —, —, New Haven and vicinity, B. Silliman, ii, 201.
—, —, —, T. D. Porter's localities of, with a map, ix, 177.
—, —, —, various localities, C. U. Shepard, xxxiii, 155.
—, —, —, at Stonington, W. W. Rodman, xxxv, 179.
—, —, of Delaware, x, 223.
—, —, —, G. W. Carpenter, xiv, 1.
—, —, of Illinois, Shawneetown, i, 52; ii, 176; iii, 244, 367.
—, —, of Indiana, W. B. Stilson, i, 131.
—, —, of Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior, C. T. Jackson, xlix, 86.
—, —, of Maine, Freyburg and Paris, xviii, 291.
—, —, of Maryland, G. W. Carpenter, xiv, 1.
—, —, —, Baltimore and Harford Cos., P. T. Tyson, xviii, 78.
—, —, —, Bare Hills, H. H. Hayden, xxiv, 349.f
—, —, of Massachusetts, localities of, in part, C. Dewey, i, 337; viii, 1.
—, —, —, ibid, E. Hitchcock, i, 112, 201; vi, 201; vii, 30; xiv, 215.
—, —, —, Chesterfield and Goshen, G. Gibbs, i, 346.
—, —, —, Hampshire Co., A. Nash, xii, 238.
—, —, —, Charlestown quarries, J. E. Teschemacher, xxxviii, 194.
—, —, of Mississippi, E. Cornelius, i, 214, 317.
—, —, of Missouri, iii, 24, 59, 67, 71; xii, 376, 379; xliii, 35; xlv, 340.
—, —, of New Hampshire, J. F. Dana, vi, 245.
—, —, —, C. U. Shepard, xvii, 353; xviii, 126.
—, —, —, O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105.
—, —, —, C. T. Jackson, xlix, 33.
—, —, of New Jersey, at Patterson and Sparta, with geological remarks by T. Nuttall, v, 239.
—, —, —, at Hoboken, i, 49, 54.
—, —, —, at Hoboken, T. Nuttall, iv, 16.
—, —, —, various, ix, 244; xxi, 321; xxxvi, 107; xl, 69; xliv, 54.
—, —, —, Bergen Hill, account of, W. O. Bourne, xl, 69.
—, —, —, near New Brunswick, copper ores, &c., L. C. Beck, with analyses of native copper, red oxide, bisilicate, and gray sulphuret of copper, xxxvi, 107.
—, —, —, in Sussex Co., S. Fowler, xxi, 319.
—, —, —, —, C. U. Shepard, with a map, xxi, 321.
—, —, of New York, some account of, in review of the Report of L. C. Beck, xlvi, 25.f
—, —, —, secondary region of, J. Pierce, ii, 181.
—, —, —, of the highlands of, J. Pierce, v, 27.
—, —, —, at Boonville, O. P. Hubbard, xxxii, 234.
—, —, —, in St. Lawrence Co., J. Finch, xix, 220.
—, —, —, in St. Lawrence and Jefferson Cos., J. B. Crawe and A. Gray, xxv, 346.
—, —, —, in Orange Co., C. U. Shepard, with a map, xxi, 321.f
—, —, —, in Scoharie Co., J. Gebhard, xxviii, 172.f
—, —, —, of Warwick, S. Fowler, ix, 242.
—, —, in North Carolina, D. Olmsted, v, 257.
—, —, —, and South Carolina, J. Dickson, iii, 1.
—, —, —, in Carolina, T. D. Porter, iii, 227.
—, —, —, North, Davidson Co., J. C. Booth, xli, 348.
—, —, in Ohio, S. P. Hildreth, xvi, 154.
—, —, —, Belmont Co., i, 227.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, Chester Co., G. W. Carpenter, xiv, 1;
–Bucks Co., 12;
Philadelphia Co., 14.
—, —, —, vicinity of West Chester, J. Finch, xiv, 15.
—, —, in Rhode Island, S. Taylor, vi, 245.
—, —, —, near Providence, J. H. Webb, iv, 284.
—, —, in Vermont, E. Hitchcock, i, 105.
—, —, —, F. Hall, vii, 58.
—, —, —, A. A. Hayes, xiii, 195.
—, —, —, Brattleboro', J. A. Allen, iii, 76.
—, —, —, Marlboro' and New Fane, C. U. Shepard, xvii, 353.
—, —, of part of Virginia and Tennessee, J. H. Kain, i, 60.
—, —, of parts of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, with geology of the same, E. Cornelius, i, 214, 317.
—, —, see farther, under the names of the several Minerals, Ores, or Metals.
—, artificial, sulphate of lime with half an atom of water, J. F. W. Johnston, xxxv, 300.
—, —, produced by heat, x, 190.
—, —, oxide of iron about furnaces, xxxvi, 237.
—, —, feldspar, xxviii, 396.
—, cabinet of, given by Baron de Schutz to the school at Landshut, v, 193.
—, —, a large, for sale, ii, 169.
Mineral resins from peat mosses
–Tekoretin, Phylloretin, Xyloretin, Balloretin, G. Forchhammer, xli, 402.
— springs, see Springs.
— veins, remarks on, with the views of R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 93;
I. Fournet's views, 94.
— —, questions on, R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 135.
— waters, artificial, S. Morey, iii, 94.
— —, native, see Springs.
— wax, a new species, M. Prinsep, xviii, 165.
Mineralogical hammer, new, E. Hitchcock, vii, 175.f
— systems, W. Whewell on, xliv, 214.
Mineralogy, P. Cleaveland's Treatise on, noticed, i, 35.
—, —, ibid, 2d edition announced, v, 404.
—, review of C. U. Shepard's, xxii, 395; xxviii, 374; xlvii, 333.
—, ibid F. Alger's, xlvii, 333.
—, ibid J. D. Dana's, xxxii, 387; xlvi, 362.f
Mining company, the Muskingum, xxv, 224.
— industry of Spain, F. le Play, xxviii, 17.
Mint, projected branch, of North Carolina, xx, 401.
—, gold coinage, amount of, in the United Stales, xx, 403.
—, amount of gold deposited at, xx, 404.
Mirror, metallic, found by the precipitation of silver from the oxide, xlix, 398.
Mississippi, mounds of, R. C. Taylor, xxxiv, 97.
— valley, L. Bringier, iii, 15;
–banks of the Mississippi, 16;
driftwood of the Achafalaya, Red river, 17;
earthquakes and eruptions, 20;
fossil remains of mastodon, 22;
marble and other mineral productions, 23.
—, —, L. Bringier, lead mines, iii, 24;
iron ores, 26;
cove of Wachitta, 26, 28;
alum slate, 28;
salt, sandhills, 27;
hot springs of Wachitta, 29;
Indians, 30;
mounds, 36.
— — and the lakes, J. B. Gibson, xxix, 201.
— —, H. King, xlvii, 128.
— —, lower part of, R. Nutt, xxiii, 49.
—, mineralogy and geology of, E. Cornelius, i, 317.
—, Upper, polythalamia of, J. W. Bailey, xli, 400.
— river, elevation of banks of, 1811, F. C. Usher, xxxi, 294.f
— —, velocity of, vii, 174.
— —, headwaters, botany of, D. B. Douglass and J. Torrey, iv, 56.
— waters, medical effects of, viii, 396.
Missouri, lead region of, H. R. Schoolcraft, iii, 248.
—, — —, ores, Troost and Lesueur, xii, 379.
—, — —, J. N. Nicollet, xlv, 340.
—, — —, J. T. Hodge, xliii, 35.f
—, — mine of la Motte, ore not argentiferous, xliii, 64.
—, native carbonate of lead in, xii, 379.
—, cobalt ores, xii, 378.
—, cretaceous formation of, J. N. Nicollet, xli, 180; xlv, 153.
—, Indian mounds or fortifications in, iii, 36.
—, — —, R. C. Taylor, xxxiv, 89.
—, contributions to the botany of, L. C. Beck, x, 257; xi, 167; xiv, 112.
Mitchell, E., on the effect of quantity of matter in modifying the force of attraction, xvi, 234.
—, on the geology of the gold region of North Carolina, xvi, 1.f
—, North Carolina, character and origin of the low country of, xiii, 336.
—, on the proximate causes of winds and storms, xix, 248.f
—, Protogæa of Leibnitz, xx, 56.
—, on storms and meteorological observations, xx, 361.
—, on Welther's tube of safety, xvii, 345.f
Mitchell, J., on the ignis fatuus, xvi, 246.
Mitchell, J. K., on the liquefaction and solidification of carbonic acid, xxxv, 346.f
Mitchell, T. D., carbonic oxide obtained free from carbonic acid, xxv, 344.
Mitchell, Wm., on the tails of comets, xxxviii, 35; xl, 59.
—, magnetic dip at Nantucket, xlvi, 157.
Mitchill, S. L., conditions of the growth of plants on living animals, xii, 21.
—, on the Mus bursarius or pouched rat, of Canada, iv, 183.
—, on the Proteus of the N. A. Lakes, iv, 181.
—, on a group of polyps, v, 46.
—, a new Raja, ix, 290.
—, Zeus crinitus, xi, 144.f
—, spoonbill sturgeon, xii, 201.f
—, new reptiles of North America, vii, 63.
—, on the eatable clam of New York, x, 287.
—, facts showing that two-headed snakes are monsters, x, 48.
—, history of sea-serpentism, xv, 351.
—, notice of his edition of Cuvier's essay on the theory of the earth, i, 68.
—, obituary notice of, xxvii, 149.
Mitscherlich, formation of specular iron about volcanoes, xxxvi, 237.
—, on fuming nitric acid, xx, 185.
Mohs, F., obituary notice of, xl, 220.
Molasses from the potato, xxi, 93.
Mole, natural history of, xvii, 386.
—, carnivorous, S. Woodruff, xxviii, 168.
Molecules, Brown's active, xvii, 390.
—, forms and nature of crystalline, J. D. Dana, xxx, 275.f
Molecular attraction, J. Henry's experiments on, with soap bubbles, xlviii, 215.
Moll, G., experiments in electro-magnetism, xix, 329; xxvi, 177.
Mollusca, see under Zoology.
Molluskite, G. A. Mantell, xlv, 243.
Molybdenite, analysis of, H. Seybert, iv, 320.
—, in Connecticut, i, 242; vi, 235; viii, 194.
—, in Maine, x, 17.
—, in Maryland, xxvii, 20.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 238; v, 268; vi, 235; vii, 58; viii, 58; ix, 55; xiv, 217; xxxiii, 400.
—, in New Jersey, v, 401.
—, in New York, vii, 57.
—, in Pennsylvania, v, 41.
—, in Rhode Island, viii, 231.
Monarda allophylla, iv, 56.
—, Bradburiana, x, 260.
—, scabra, x, 260.
Money cowry, xxxii, 250.
Monophane, xxvi, 388.
Montague, G., notice of, xxxvii, 162.
Monsoons, remarks on, W. C. Redfield, xxv, 124.
—, character and causes of, W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 63.
Monte Video, Connecticut, scenery of, vii, 5.
—, in South America, xxix, 240.
Monticellite, xxvi, 388.
Montlosier, Count, notice of, xxxvii, 121.
Monuments, public, in the United States, xviii, 229.
Monument to Copernicus, in Warsaw, iv, 387.
— of Pultowa, iii, 379.
— to Cuvier, xxiii, 309.
Monumental inscriptions, on the writing of, xvii, 271.
Moodus noises at East Haddam, Ct., xxix, 364; xxxix, 336.
Moon, volcanoes of, v, 176; xxxv, 305.
—, action of, on the atmosphere, deductions respecting, xv, 174.
—, influence of, on the weather, F. Marcel, xxvii, 192.
—, heat in rays of, ii, 329; xl, 315.
—, singular appearance of, xxii, 375.
—, halo, West Point, xx, 299.
Moon's mean motion, secular acceleration of, J. H. Coffin, xlvii, 324.f
Moore, N. F., ancient mineralogy, notice of, xxviii, 188.
Morbid animal products, chemical examination of, J. F. Dana, iv, 149.
Mordecai, A., experiments on gunpowder, xlix, 180.
Morey, S., on artificial mineral waters, iii, 94.
—, on heat and light, ii, 118, 122.
—, bubbles blown in melted rosin, ii, 179.
—, on the patent water-burner, vii, 141.
—, revolving steam engine, i, 157.f
—, observations on combustion, xxv, 146.
—, explosive engine, xi, 104.
Morey's steam engine, J. Doolittle, ii, 101.f
— — —, Sullivan, ii, 106.f
Morgan, H. K. G., galvanic means of blasting, xxxviii, 33.
Morin, P. E., laws of meteorological phenomena, xl, 402.
— solicits meteoric information from America, xlii, 202.
—, theory of the universe, xxxi, 160.
Morphine, preparation of, xvii, 384; xxiii, 190.
—, and its salts, new method for, xli, 51.
—, test for, viii, 381.
—, action of, with iodic acid, xx, 184.
—, sulphate of, results of experiments on, W. Tully, xxi, 39.
Morris, Miss M. H., on the Hessian fly, xl, 381.
Morse, S. F. B., account of the twilight bow, xxxviii, 389.
— electro-magnetic telegraph, xxxiii, 185.f
—, two electrical currents over the same conductor without interference, xliv, 418.f
—, experiments with Grove's battery, xlv, 390.f
Mortality, observations on bills of, J. Mease, xli, 306.
— of infants in France, xix, 192.
—, effect of ventilation on, xxvii, 79.
Mortar, iv, 373.
—, W. H. Wright, on, xlix, 379.
Morton, J., ancient mound near Wheeling, Va., vi, 166.
Morton, S. G., new work on American crania, proposed, xxxii, 207.
—, ibid, review of, xxxviii, 341.f
—, characteristics of the Aboriginal race of America, xlvii, 408.
—, Crania Ægyptiaca, notice of, xlvii, 205.
—, on a second series of ancient Egyptian crania, xlviii, 268.
—, on the internal capacity of the cranium in different races of men, xxxviii, 373.
—, on the fossils and geological characters of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 249f; xxiii, 288f; xxiv, 128.f
—, analogy between the marl of New Jersey and the chalk of Europe, xxii, 90.
—, synopsis of the organic remains of the cretaceous group of the United States, xxvii, 377.
—, proposed division of the U. States cretaceous group, xxviii, 277.
—, discovery of the galt in Alabama, xxviii, 277.
—, head of a fossil crocodile, xlviii, 265.f
—, list of fossils associated with the fossil crocodile, xlviii, 267.
—, on the fossil teeth of fishes in the United States, xxviii, 276.
—, notice of an embalmed Ibis, from Egypt, xli, 187.
—, supposed new species of hippopotamus, xlvii, 406.f
—, memoir of Wm. Maclure, xlvii, 1.f
Mosaic cosmogony, xxv, 26.
— —, critical interpretation of bara and asah, N. Webster, xxxv, 375.
— gold, xiii, 174.
Mosasaurus, xvii, 289; xviii, 246.
—, in United States, xxvii, 353.
Möser, images of, Karsten on, xlv, 228.
Moss, Irish, or carrageen, L. Feuchtwanger, xxvi, 389.
Mosses and ferns of the United States, L. C. Beck, xv, 287.
Motion, the natural state of matter, xvi, 151.
—, on the principles of, and their use in the higher mathematics, xiv, 297.
—, revolving, in fluids, xix, 391.
— of living particles in all kinds of matter, xix, 393.
— of a system of bodies, T. Strong, xxiv, 40; xxv, 281; xxvi, 44.
— ibid, Lagrange's formulæ, xi, 398.
Moulting of birds, xxiv, 366.
Moultrie, J., skull of fossil human skeleton of Guadaloupe, xxxii, 361.
Mounds, Indian, of the West, remarks on, J. Finch, vii, 158.
—, —, —, xxii, 124.
—, —, and other antiquities, xxxiv, 47.
—, —, vessels of earthenware in, xxvi, 237; xxvii, 175.
—, —, in Indiana, J. T. Plummer, xliv, 313.
—, —, and works, in Ohio, xxv, 234, 238.
—, —, in Ohio, C. Whittlesey, xxxiv, 361.
—, —, near Wheeling, Virginia, J. Morton, vi, 166.
—, —, of various imitative shapes, in Iowa and Wisconsin, S. Taylor, xliv, 21.f
—, —, earthworks of the form of animal effigies in Wisconsin, &c., R. C. Taylor, xxxiv, 88.f
—, —, in Missouri, iii, 36.
—, —, in Tennessee, i, 322, 428.
—, —, and relics, near Natchez, Miss., C. G. Forshey, xl, 376.
—, —, in Louisiana, C. G. Forshey, xlix, 38.f
—, —, in Salisbury Plain, England, &c, B. Silliman, xliii, 152.
Mountains, on the measurement of, height of, by boiling water, xxix, 355; xxxvii, 19.
—, ibid, by barometer, O. Byrne, xliv, 12.f
—, bursting of, iii, 252.
—, slides on White and Green, xv, 217.
—, map showing height of, ii, 168.
—, map of, iii, 364.
—, ranges of, elevation of, xxxi, 290.
—, chains of, C. Darwin on the elevation of, xxxvii, 234.
—, —, elevation of, H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 263.
—, —, theory of origin of, J. D. Dana, xlv, 125, 128.
—, granitic, relation to modern volcanic, J. D. Dana, xlv, 125.
— of iron, iii, 63.
— of Himmalayah, height of, ix, 384.
— of Europe, remarks on, G. F. Shcouw, xxi, 127, 128.
— —, Bolca, xiii, 255.f
— —, see Volcano.
—, systems of, in the United States, xli, 266.
— Katuhdin, Me., excursion to, and height of, J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 20.f
— Lafayette, ascent of, xii, 172.
— Washington, notices of, xxxiv, 73, 76, 120.
— of New York, of Essex Co., description, height of, &c., xxxiii, 301f; xxxvi, 27; xxxvii, 83.
— — —, of Lake George, iv, 48.
— in North Carolina, description and height of, E. Mitchell, xxxv, 377.
—, height of, Abraham, Me., xxxvii, 378.
—, —, Adams, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, Bald Peak, New York, xxxiii, 320.
—, —, Black, Vermont, vi, 6.
—, —, Black, North Carolina, xxxv, 379; xxxvi, 28.
—, —, Camel's Hump, Green Mountains, xxxvii, 85.
—, —, Catskill, Round Top, New York, ii, 19; xxxv, 378; xlv, 17.
—, —, Dial, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28.
—, —, Dix, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28.
—, —, Fall, New Hampshire, vii, 12.
—, —, Franklin, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, Grandfather, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379.
—, —, High Peak of Essex, or Mount Marcy, N. Y., xxxiii, 320; xxxvi, 28; xxxvii, 84, 89.
—, —, Holyoke, Massachusetts, vii, 5.
—, —, Jefferson, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, Kedidica Hook, New Jersey, ii, 187.
—, —, La Fayette, xli, 384.
—, —, Lyon, New York, xxxvii, 84.
—, —, Madison, N.H., xxxiii, 322.
—, —, Mansfield, Green Mountains, Vt., xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 85.
—, —, McIntyre, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxiii, 320; xxxvi, 28.
—, —, Monroe, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, Otter, Va., xxxv, 379.
—, —, Palisade range, different points of, ii, 184.
—, —, Pilot, North Carolina, xxxv, 379.
—, —, Roan, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379.
—, —, Saddle, Massachusetts, ii, 19; xxxv, 378.
—, —, Skeene's, at Whitehall, New York, xxxiii, 311.
—, —, Sugar Loaf, Massachusetts, vii, 9.
—, —, Table, North Carolina, xxxv, 377, 379.
—, —, Tom, Massachusetts, vi, 45; vii, 9.
—, —, Video, Connecticut, vii, 5.
—, —, Washington, N. Hampshire, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
—, —, West River, N. Hampshire, vii, 11.
—, —, Whiteface, N. York, xxxiii, 323; xxxvii, 84.
—, —, White Top, Virginia, xxxv, 379.
— slides, phenomena of, Essex Co., N. Y., W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 313.
— leather, xxxvi, 114.
Moving stones, in lakes and ponds, N. Chipman, xiv, 303.
Mowing, best time of, v, 380.
Moles, vision of, xvii, 185.
Mucedinea on vines, xxix, 367.
Mud of New Haven harbor, analysis of, B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 337.
— eruptions, iv, 216.
— furrows in rocks, J. Hall, xlv, 148.
Muhlenbergia filipes, xliv, 83.
Mulberry tree, on the culture of, in the United States, xviii, 278.
Mule from a stag and mare, xiv, 392.
— silver, xiii, 200.
Multiplier, galvanic, see Galvanic.
Munich, public instruction in, iv, 196.
Murchison, R. I., departure of, for the Urals, xli, 207.
—, return from a tour to Russia, xlii, 213.
—, salt steppe south of Orenburg, Russia, xliv, 205.
—, freezing cavern, xliv, 205.
—, relation of American geology to Russian, xli, 208.
—, geological map of part of England and Wales, xxxv, 306.
—, Silurian system, xxxvi, 399; xxvii, 219.
Murchisonite, analysis of, xv, 386, [feldspar.]
Murexide, process for, xli, 46.
Muriate of lime, a native salt, xv, 242.
— of soda, see Salt.
Muriatic acid, fumigations with, at Plattsburgh, 1819, viii, 200.
—, condensation of, M. Faraday, vii, 357.
—, experiments with reference to, Macaire and Dela Rive, xi, 393.
—, mode of purifying, R. Hare, xxxix, 371.
Murray, John, obituary notice of, ii, 355.
Musa texilis, xxi, 29.
Muscles, hydatids in human, xxix, 353.
Muse, J. E., on resuscitation from drowning, by oxygen, xvi, 250.
—, notice of the appearance of fish and lizards in extraordinary circumstances, xvi, 41.
—, stony concretions in the ovary of a turtle, xxvii, 163.
—, on animalcules in snow, xviii, 56.
—, on the Hessian fly, xxii, 71, 155.
Museum at Geneva, in Switzerland, iv, 199.
— of the Vatican, iv, 380.
— of Paris, iv, 381.
Museums of Natural History, when established in England, xxxvii, 143.
Mushrooms, gas from, xvii, 174.
Musical intervals, J. Farey, ii, 65.
— temperament, essay on, A. M. Fisher, i, 9f, 176.f
— tones produced by magnets, C. G. Page, xxxii, 396; xxxiii, 118; xlviii, 401.
Muskets, manufacture of, by E. Whitney, xxi, 237.
Mylocarium ligustrinum, xxvi, 319.
Mylodon, R. Owen, xliv, 341.
—, R. Harlan, xliii, 141; xlv, 209.
—, in Georgia, xlvii, 258.
—, in Oregon, (?) xlii, 136.
Myology of the human body, works on, noticed, iv, 198; xviii, 203.
Myosotis inflexa, xlvi, 98.
— macrosperma, xlvi, 98.
— stricta, xlvi, 98.
— verna, xlvi, 97.
Myosurus Shortii, i, 379.
Myrica carifera, analysis of, i, 294.
Myrrhis canadensis, xi, 175.
— longistylis, xi, 175.
Mystery, on, M. Hopkins, xiii, 217.
N.
Naiades, see under Zoology, Mollusca.
Nantucket, Philosophical Institute of, xii, 173.
Naphtha springs in old Assyria, xxxvii, 353.
— — of Persia, xxxvii, 354.
— in quartz crystal, C. Dewey, i, 345.
Napier, J., on the solubility of the metals in the salts of iron, xlviii, 190.
Naples, surgery in, v, 179.
Napoleon, literary taste of, xii, 390.
Napoleon's library, xii, 390.
Narceine, a new substance, Pelletier, xxiii, 379.
Narcotine, results of experiments on, W. Tully, xxi, 39.
—, products of the decomposition of, F. Wöhler, xlix, 205, 206.
Nash, A., lead mines and geology of Hampshire Co., Mass., xii, 238.f
—, fascination of snakes, xii, 368.
Nasmyth's pneumatic speculum, xxxviii, 107.
Native metals, see under the names of the metals.
Natrolite in New Jersey, xl, 71.
Natural bridge, i, 66.
Natural History Society, see Society.
— magic, remarks on, xxxiii, 258.
Naturalist, Journal of a, noticed, xxi, 390.
Naturalists, some notice of British, C. Fox, xxxvi, 217.
Nautilus, fossil, xliii, 187.
Naval Sketches, by G. Jones, noticed, xvi, 168, 320f; xvii, 201.
— Lyceum, xxvii, 390.
Navigation, submarine, ii, 94.
— on canals, mode of, vii, 190.
— of rapids, vii, 175.
— of Cape Horn, M. F. Maury, xxvi, 54.
— of the Atlantic, by ship Savannah by steam in 1819, xxxviii, 155.
— —, — —, log book of, deposited with the American Philosophical Society, xl, 34.
—, letters of J. Smith on, xxxv, 160, 332; xxxvi, 133.
— to the Pacific by steam, xli, 358.
—, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207.
—, steam, see Steam.
—, on the application of the hydrostatic and aerostatic powers to aquatic, E. C. Genet, xi, 344.f
—, solution of a problem in, W. Chauvenet, xlvi, 79.
—, Treatise on, M. F. Maury's, noticed, xxxii, 208.
Navigator, N. Bowditch's, noticed, xxxv, 11.
Navigators, directions to, if overtaken by storms in different seas, W. C. Redfield, xxv, 119, 120.
—, ibid, H. W. Dové, xliv, 338.
Navy of steam ships, xxxv, 333.
Nebulæ, account of some, H. L. Smith and E. P. Mason, xl, 37.
—, approximate places of some, xxxv, 284.
— delineated by photography, xliv, 375.
Necrology, see Obituary.
Necronite, H. H. Hayden, i, 306.
Needle, see Magnetic.
— ore, analysis of, xxviii, 395.
Needlestone in Nova Scotia, xxx, 349.
Nelumbium luteum, iv, 64.
Nemalite, iv, 19.
Nemopanthus, i, 377.
Nephrite from Rhode Island, analysis of, G. T. Bowen, v, 346.
— in Rhode Island, v, 39, 346.
— in New York, vi, 365.
— in Pennsylvania, viii, 239.
Neptune's goblet, A. A. Gould, xxxvi, 386.
Nerves, influence of, on animal heat, x, 390.
—, electric currents in, denied, xlix, 387.
Nets and cordage, strengthened by means of a solution of glue and oak bark, xxvi, 186.
Neufchatel, xiii, 182.
Newbold, on the kunker, a tufaceous deposit in India, xlix, 398.
New Brunswick tornado, R. Hare, from a written statement by J. P. Espy, xxxii, 158.
— —, W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.f
— —, L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 115.f
New England, geology of, see under Geology.
— — Asylum for the Blind, xxiv, 175.
— — Magazine, noticed, xxvii, 389.
New Grenada and Cuba, fossils of, supposed to be oolitic, I. Lea, xl, 41.
New Hampshire, geological account of a part of, E. Hitchcock, i, 105; vi, 1; vii, 1.
—, excursion to the White Mountains and to the summit of Mount Washington, J. Pierce, viii, 172;
observations on the White Mountains, 172;
source of the Saco, 174;
vegetation on the ascent, 174, 175;
view around, 176-178;
wild animals, 178, 179;
mineral spring near the Amonoosuc, 179;
Franconia iron works, 180.
—, miscellaneous notices of mountain scenery and of slides and avalanches in the White and Green Mountains, xv, 217;
–region about Lake Winnipisiogee, the Notch, the deluge of August, 1826, which destroyed the Willey family, and the consequent denudation, B. Silliman, 218-222;
effects of the storm of August 28, 1826 on the stream, and its action, C. Wilcox, 222-228.
—, geological observations on, O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105;
–trap dikes in Dorchester and Canaan, 105f;
ibid, Wentworth, 107; ibid, at the fulls of the Campton, 108f;
tourmalines and diluvial scratches in Rumney, 107;
trap dikes on Red Hill, 111;
ibid, Moultonboro', Tamworth and Eaton, 112, 113.f
—, geological observations on, O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105;
trap and granite boulders, and granite veins, 112;
blende, and galena near Eaton, 114;
White Mountains, 115;
effects of the deluge of August, 1826, 115;
decomposing granite, 116;
octahedral fluor spar, 117;
trap dikes near the Willey house, 118;
Mount Washington, 120;
Franconia Notch and pot hole, 122;
granite veins in granite, 123f;
detached masses of granite, 124.
—, geological reports on, by C. T. Jackson, noticed, xli, 383; xlviii, 393;
–ibid, review of, xlix, 27;
anticlinal axis of primary rocks in the state, 28;
on the glacier theory of drift, 29;
Camel's Hump mountain ascended, 31;
useful minerals, 33;
tin ore of Jackson, 34.
—, mountains, height of, Adams, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, —, Fall, vii, 12.
—, —, —, Franklin, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, —, Washington, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
—, —, —, Lafayette, xli, 384.
—, —, —, Jefferson, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, —, Madison, xxxiii, 322.
—, —, —, Monroe, xxxiii, 322.
—, latitude of Mounts Lafayette and Washington, xli, 384.
—, tin ore in, xliii, 168; xlix, 34.
—, iron ore in, xviii, 130.
—, Bellows falls, scenery of, vii, 12.
New Harmony, Indiana, Owen's establishment at, xi, 189.
New Haven medal, J. Allan, xxxvii, 285.
— Gymnasium, xiii, 385; xiv, 400.
—, latitude and longitude of Yale College, xxxiv, 309.
New Haven, geology of the region around, vii, 20.
—, tornado, xxxvii, 340.f
New Holland, bone caves in, xx, 380.
—, Boomerang, xxxvi, 164.f
—, minerals of, F. Alger, xxxix, 157.f
New Jersey, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c. of, J. Pierce, ii, 181;
–Kedidica Hook mountains, 187;
rocks and minerals of the vicinity of Patterson, 189, 192;
Datholite of Patterson, 192;
trap from Patterson to Springfield, Bergen and minerals, 193-195;
peat on the Passaic, 196;
pea-ore, ibid, 196;
copper, 198;
pipe clay, 198;
Snake-hill, 199.
—, alluvial district, with remarks on the marl, and its application to agriculture, J. Pierce, vi, 237.
—, geology, Hoboken serpentine rocks of, and their minerals, (Nemalite, Marmolite, &c.) T. Nuttall, iv, 16.
—, on the cretaceous formation of, S. G. Morton, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 249f; xxii, 90; xxiii, 288f; xxiv, 128f; xlviii, 265f, 267.
—, ibid, C. Lyell, xlvii, 213.
—, fossil fish, W. C. Redfield, xxxvi, 186; xli, 24, 164; xliii, 172; xliv, 134f; xlv, 314.
—, — —, L. D. Gale, xxxv, 192.
—, fossil footprints, W. C. Redfield, xliv, 134; xlv, 315.
—, fossil rain marks, W. C. Redfield, xliii, 172; xliv, 136; xlv, 315.
—, New Brunswick tornado, June, 1835, J. P. Espy, cited by R. Hare, xxxii, 158.
—, — —, W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.f
—, — —, L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 115.f
—, iron ores of Franklin, v, 243.
—, — — at Pompton Mountain, v, 287.
—, — — in Morris Co., v, 28.
—, copper, native, xxxvi, 107; xlv, 331.
—, copper ores, ii, 198; v, 239, 268, 401; viii, 118; xxxvi, 107.
—, mineralogy and geology of, C. U. Shepard, with a map by Young and Heron, xxi, 321.
—, minerals of Bergen Hill, W. O. Bourne, xl, 69.
—, minerals in trap, L. C. Beck, xliv, 54.f
New York, statistics of, in 1831, (population, manufactures, agriculture, education, &c.,) xx, 147.
—, Report, noticed, of the Regents of the University of, xxii, 415; xxv, 258f; xxvii, 177; xxx, 389; xlix, 176.
—, Reports, annual, noticed, of the geological survey of, xxxii, 186; xxxvi, 1; xxxix, 95; xl, 73; xlii, 227.
—, —, final geological, reviewed, D. D. Owen, xlvi, 143; xlvii, 354f; xlviii, 296.f
—, —, mineralogical, by L. C. Beck, reviewed, xl, 75; xlvi, 25.f
—, —, zoological, of J. E. De Kay, xlv, 397.
—, Albany Co., geological survey of, executed by T. R. Beck; iii, 239.
—, mineral waters of Albany city, xxxvi, 9.
—, Canaan Mountains, geological section of, with observations on the soil and productions of the neighboring region, D. H. Barnes, v, 8, 204f;
peat abundant, 8;
quarries of limestone, 10;
fine sand, 10;
Lebanon roofing slate, 11;
graywacke at summit, 14;
prospect, 14;
disruption and sinking of the strata, 15;
iron ores, 20;
lead ore, 21.
—, carburetted hydrogen springs, xv, 236; xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
—, Catskill Mountains, account of, H. E. Dwight, ii, 11;
rocks and petrifactions of, 12, 13;
sulphur spring, 15;
falls of the Kaaterskill, 17, 21.
—, — Mountains, account of, H. E. Dwight, ii, 11;
elevation, according to Capt. Partridge, 19;
prospect, 19;
lakes, 20;
mink pot, 24;
wild animals, 28.
—, — —, geology of, D. W. Barton, with a plan, iv, 249.
—, — —, memoir on, with notices of the topography, scenery, mineralogy, zoology and economical resources, J. Pierce, vi, 86.
—, Chatauque Co., Fredonia gas spring, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
—, Chitteningo, fossil calcareous tree of, v, 251; xviii, 354; xxxvi, 12.
—, Clinton group of rocks, iron ores in, xlviii, 301.
—, Columbia and Dutchess Counties, iron ores in, xxxvi, 21; xlvi, 27.
—, — —, at Hillsdale and Amenia, viii, 243.
—, — —, manganese ores, xlvi, 28.
—, —, Ancram lead mine, viii, 247.
—, Lebanon nitrogen springs, xxxvi, 7;
–analysis by W. Meade, 7.
—, Corlear's Hook, fossils at, ii, 371.
—, Crown Point, iron ores, iv, 48.
—, Dutchess Co., iron beds and works, xlvi, 27.
—, —, manganese ores, xlvi, 28.
—, Erie canal route, A. Eaton's survey of, noticed, vi, 373; viii, 358; ix, 355; xiii, 383; xiv, 145f, 359; xv, 233.
—, ibid, gases, acids and salts in the vicinity of, A. Eaton, xv, 233;
–nitrogen gas, 234;
sulphuretted hydrogen, 235;
carburetted hydrogen, 236;
carbonic acid, 237;
sulphuric acid, 238;
sulphate of magnesia, 241;
sulphate of iron, 243.
—, Erie canal route, gases and acids in the vicinity of, A. Eaton, xv, 233;
sulphate of alumina, 243;
carbonate of iron, 244;
common salt, pseudomorphous crystals, 244;
calc tufa, 247.
—, Essex Co., and northern sources of the Hudson, remarks on, W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 301f;
–settlement at MacIntyre and iron works, 303;
Labradoritic rocks, 303;
Lake Colden, 305;
Avalanche lake, 307;
Whiteface Mt., the notch, 308;
barometrical observations, and heights above Lake Champlain and the ocean, 310, 311;
mountain slides, 313;
main source of the Hudson; fall of the Au Sable, 313;
high peak of Essex, 314;
boulders, 315;
trap dike, 316;
ascent of Mount MacIntyre, 317;
elevation of the mountains, 319;
head of the Hudson, 320f;
beds of iron, 323.
—, —, E. Emmons's Geological Report of, noticed, xxxvi, 26;
–iron ore, dikes, ripple marks, 26;
height of mountains, 27;
variation of the needle, 28, 29.
—, —, ibid, xl, 81;
–iron ores, 81.
—, —, height of mountains, E. F. Johnson, xxxvii, 84.
—, Kedidica Hook range, ii, 187.
—, Franklin Co., Duane, steel ore beds, xlvi, 26.
—, Fredonia gas, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
—, Genesee Co., sulphuric acid spring, xxxvi, 10.
—, gypsum in, i, 243; iv, 36; v, 39, 40; xvi, 377; xxxvi, 38, 43.
—, Herkimer Co., calcareous tufa, with impressions of numerous plants, xxxvi, 11.
—, heights in, above the level of the sea, of points in the Palisade range, ii, 184.
—, heights in, above the level of the sea, of Lakes Erie, Ontario, Niagara, Rochester, &c., C. Dewey, xxxiii, 122.
—, —, — —, of Lake Colden, source of Hudson, Essex peak, Mount MacIntyre, Bald peak, Lake Champlain, &c. &c., W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 320.
—, —, — —, of the country near Chatauque lake, Cayuga lake, Seneca lake, Niagara, Buffalo, Mohawk at Little Falls, Round top, Catskill Mountains, &c. &c., xlv, 16, 17.
—, —, — —, of Lake Champlain, Skeene's Mountain, Moriah, pass of Schroon Mountain, iron works at MacIntyre, Lake Henderson Outlet, &c. &c., W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 311.
—, —, — —, of Essex peak, (Mount Marcy,) Mount MacIntyre, Mount Dix, Dial Mountain, E. Emmons, xxxvi, 28.
—, —, — —, of Lyon Mountain, Whiteface Mountain, Mount Marcy, xxxvii, 84.
—, Highlands, outline of the geology of, A. Eaton, v, 231.
—, —, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c., of, J. Pierce, v, 26;
–minerals, 27;
animals, 31;
lakes and rivers, 32.
—, —, geology and mineralogy of, W. W. Mather, xxi, 97.
—, hydraulic limestones in, xxxvi, 37, 44; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29.
—, Hudson river, tertiary formations on the borders of, J. Finch, x, 227.
—, — —, sources of, W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 301.f
—, Jefferson Co., mineralogy of a portion of, J. B. Crawe and A. Gray, xxv, 346;
Sackett's Harbor, and Watertown minerals, cave, Pillar point heavy spar, 346;
Antwerp and Oxbow minerals, 347.
—, Long Island, peat near Newtown, xxxvi, 16.
—, — —, encroach of sea on, xxxvi, 16.
—, — —, boulders of, xxxvi, 20.
—, — —, bricks of, xxxvi, 21.
—, — —, soils and marls of, xxxvi, 21.
—, Lebanon nitrogen springs, viii, 31; xxxvi, 7.
—, Mohawk alluvial deposits, xxiii, 207.
—, New York city, population of, in 1826, x, 398.
—, — —, longitude of, v, 143.
—, — —, longitude of the City Hall, xxxvii, 400.
—, Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, L. Foot, iv, 55.
—, —, J. Geddes, xi, 213.f
—, —, pressure of the atmosphere, within the cataract of, B. Hall, xiii, 364.
—, —, on the falls, and the reasonings of some authors respecting them, H. D. Rogers, xxvii, 326.f
—, —, retrocession of the falls, J. B. Gibson, xxix, 204.
—, —, ibid, G. E. Hayes, xxxv, 86, 100.
—, —, remarks on, J. Hall, xxxvi, 49.
—, —, volume of water, Z. Allen, xlvi, 67.f
—, Onondaga Co., salines, A. Eaton, xv, 244.
—, —, —, G. W. Carpenter, xv, 5.
—, —, —, and manufacture of salt at Salina, Syracuse, &c., S. Smith, xv, 6.
—, —, —, of Salina, J. Foreman, xix, 141.
—, —, —, from the N. Y. state survey, xxxvi, 2;
–analysis of Salina water, 3;
composition of different kinds of salt, 5.
—, —, —, geological position of, &c., xxxix, 103.
—, —, ibid, xlii, 228.
—, tufa near Syracuse and elsewhere, xxxvi, 12.
—, Orange Co., mineralogy of J. Pierce, v, 30.
—, —, natural history of, J. Van Rensselaer, xiii, 224;
–habits of the seventeen-year locust, 224;
date of the annual song of the kitty didet, 227;
register of the flowering of chesnut trees for eleven years, 228.
—, —, oolite in, xix, 398.
—, —, iron beds of, xvii, 203; xlvi, 25, 26.
—, —, Palisades in, ii, 181;
–elevations of points in, 184;
Tappan creek, 185;
excavation for silver, 185.
—, —, mineralogy and geology of, C. U. Shepard, with a map by Young and Heron, xxi, 321.
—, Portage, evidence of outbreaking of lakes, &c., J. Hall, xlv, 329.
—, Rensselaer Co., geological survey of, in progress, iv, 189;
–ibid, noticed, v, 203.
—, Rochester, polished limestone of, C. Dewey, xxxvii, 240.
—, Rockland Co., inhabitants of, ii, 189.
—, Rockland lake, ii, 186.
—, Saratoga Co., Lake and its environs with Snake Hill, J. H. Steele, ix, 1.f
—, —, mineral water, analysis of, J. Steel, xxi, 182; xxxvi, 8.
—, —, — —, analysis of, J. F. Dana, xxxvi, 8.
—, —, — —, iodine in, xvi, 217, 242.
—, —, — —, bromine in, xviii, 142.
—, —, high rock spring, description of, xvi, 343.f
—, Schoharie Co., geology and mineralogy of Schoharie in, J. Gebhard, xxviii, 172.f
—, —, on the strontianite limestone cavern, (Ball's cave) of Schoharie, C. U. Shepard, xxvii, 363f, 368.
—, St. Lawrence Co., mineralogy and geology of, boulders of Labrador feldspar, &c., near Laurentia, J. Finch, xix, 220;
–minerals of Hammond, Rossie and Gouverneur, 222, 225;
Norfolk iron furnace, 226;
Potsdam rocks, 226, 227;
steatite at Little York, 228.
—, —, mineralogy of a portion of, (Gouverneur, Rossie, Fowler iron ores, Wilson ore bed, &c.,) J. B. Crawe and A. Gray, xxv, 346.
—, —, from the Geological Report of E. Emmons, xxxvi, 23;
–size of the county, and rocks of, veins of granular limestone, 23, 24;
lead of Rossie, 24;
temperature of wells, 25.
—, —, Rossie lead mine, xl, 76; xlvi, 28.
—, —, iron ores of, L. C. Beck, xlvi, 25.
—, Suffolk Co., extent of salt marshes of, xxxvi, 16.
—, sulphur springs of, ii, 15; xv, 235; xxxvi, 9; xli, 162.
—, — — of Avon, xxxvi, 10.
—, — — —, analysis of, xxxv, 188.
—, — — near Massena, St. Lawrence Co., xix, 226.
—, — — near Buffalo, chemical examination of, xx, 156.
—, — — along the Hudson, allusion to, viii, 31.
—, — — near Canandaigua, xxxvi, 10.
—, Sullivan Co., facts relating to diluvial action in, W. A. Thompson, xxiii, 243.
—, —, lead mines, xlvi, 28.
—, Taconic range, section of, to Troy, C. Dewey, ii, 246.
—, Troy, geological notice of, iii, 72.
—, —, gravel near, A. Eaton, v, 22.
—, Ticonderoga, graphite of, vi, 178.
—, West Point, geology in the vicinity of, v, 232.
—, —, fossil infusoria in peat earth, J. W. Bailey, xxxv, 118.f
—, winds of, see Winds.
New York, packet ship, struck by lightning, xxxvii, 321.
New Zealand, extent of, and on the changes of population in, xxxv, 315.
— —, volcano in, xx, 381.
Newcastle coal field, xxxv, 305.
Newellian sphere, xii, 103.
Newfoundland, meteorological observations at, xxxviii, 265.
Newton's Principia, stereotype edition of, vi, 379.
— —, review of, xi, 238; xii, 28, 330; xiii, 311.
Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, iv, 35; xi, 213.f
—, on the falls of, H. D. Rogers, xxvii, 326.f
— falls, retrocession of, J. B. Gibson, xxix, 204.
— —, —, G. E. Hayes, xxxv, 86, 100.
— —, remarks on, J. Hall, xxxvi, 49.
—, on the pressure of the atmosphere, &c., within the cataract of, B. Hall, xiii, 364.
— river, volume of, Z. Allen, xlvi, 67.f
Nichols, G. W., popular notices of Mount Washington, xxxiv, 73.
Nickel, a test for potash, xvi, 387.
— in meteoric stones, see Meteoric.
—, new antimoniuret of, xxx, 177.
—, white, or deutarseniuret of, from Reichelsdorf, J. C. Booth, xxix, 241.
—, ore, in Connecticut, at Chatham, xxi, 195.
Nicollet, J. N., on the cretaceous formation of the Upper Missouri, xli, 180; xlv, 153.
—, drift not accounted for by the glacial theory, xlv, 323.
—, on the mineral region of Missouri, xlv, 340.
—, obituary of, xlv, 404; xlvii, 139.
Niepce, photographic processes of, xxxvii, 173, 374.
Niger, mouth of, iv, 373.
Nile, the mouth of, xxviii, 24f, 28.
Nineveh, ruins of, A. Smith, xlix, 113.
Niobium, new metal, xlviii, 400.
Nitrate of lime and of potash, i, 65.
—, of silver, preparation of, v, 348.
—, —, preparation of pure, xxiv, 370.
—, —, pure not blackened by sun's rays, xxxv, 298.
—, —, reduction of, xviii, 400.
—, of soda of Atacama, Peru, xii, 385.
—, —, of Tarapaca, A. A. Hayes, xxxviii, 410; xxxix, 375.
—, —, of Tarapaca, mode of refining, xliv, 7.
Nitre, origin of, xxviii, 292.
—, native, i, 146.
—, —, in caves of Kentucky and elsewhere, viii, 323.
—, —, in Africa, i, 147.
Nitric acid, on fuming, Mitscherlich, xx, 185.
— —, remarks on its solvent power on metals, Millon, xlvii, 191.
— —, J. Liebig's new test for, xvii, 176.
— —, ibid, J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 85.
— —, effect on sulphuretted hydrogen, viii, 375.
— —, action of, on certain metals, xxxiii, 286.
— —, action of, on iodine, xxi, 376.
— —, fumes, use of, in pulmonary diseases, xxxvi, 191.
— —, eyes of insects reddened by, xxx, 196.
— —, and phosphorus, explosion from, xvi, 366.
— ether, process for, R. Hare, xxxiii, 241.f
Nitrification, theory of, xiv, 385.
Nitrogen, abstracted from the atmosphere by organization, geological proofs of, L. Vanuxem, xii, 84.
—, different modes of obtaining, xxviii, 360.
—, apparatus for procuring, R. Hare, xiv, 356f; xxviii, 263.f
—, mode of preparing, xlix, 195.
—, specific gravity of, xxxv, 298.
—, on the office of, in respiration, L. C. Beck, xviii, 52.
—, reduction of metals by, xix, 371.
— in animal substances, researches relative to, Macaire and Marcet, xxiii, 384.