—, means of polishing, viii, 185.
—, polishing of, in India, iv, 246.
Granitogeny, a poem, v, 283.
Grant, H. A., a week among the glaciers, xlvi, 281.
Graphic granite in Massachusetts, i, 138; vi, 16; vii, 22.f
— — in Connecticut, ii, 204, 240.
Graphite,conversion of cannon balls into, iv, 178.
— in coal-gas retorts, vii, 380.
—, formed by pressure, xlix, 227.
—, fusion of, by galvanism, vi, 341.
— of Sturbridge, Mass., xviii, 377.
— of Worcester, Mass., probable age of,C. Lyell, xlvii, 214.
— of Wake, N. Carolina, notice of,D. Olmsted, xiv, 243.
—, mode of working mine of, at Borrowdale, xxxi, 177.
— of Ticonderoga, vi, 178.
— at Mount Dunderberg, N. Y., v, 29.
—, for chronometers instead of oil, xviii, 179.
— in Maine, x, 17.
— in New Hampshire, ii, 241; vi, 245.
— in Massachusetts, vi, 248; viii, 54; x, 18; xviii, 377; xxii, 47.
— in Connecticut, i, 239, 354; ii, 238; viii, 259; xxxiii, 164.
— in New York, i, 237; iv, 48; v, 29; vi, 178; ix, 41; xix, 224; xl, 75.
— in New Jersey, v, 246.
— in Pennsylvania, x, 220; xiv, 10, 14.
— in Maryland, xviii, 80.
— in the Carolinas, iv, 53; v, 263, 264, 407; xiv, 243.
— in Canada, viii, 74.
— battery,B. Silliman, Jr., xliii, 393; xliv, 180.f
Graptolites, remarks on, xlvii, 370.f
Grasshopper's leg a substitute for frogs in galvanic experiments,J. W. Bailey, xxxi, 292.f
Grasses, the importance of, to man,W. Darlington, xli, 365.
Gratiola micrantha, v, 287.
— missouriana, x, 258.
Gravel, singular deposit near Troy,A. Eaton, v, 22.
Graves, R., a gelatinous meteor, ii, 335.
—, on a simplification of Wollaston's goniometer, xxiii, 75.f
Gravity, specific, on the means of taking,R. Hare, xi, 121.f
—, —, of various minerals,Breithaupt, xxxi, 268.
—, varying in its action, leading to errors in determinations of the earth's figure, xv, 172.
Gray, A., botanical excursions to the mountains of N. Carolina, xlii, 1.
—, notices of European herbaria, especially those interesting to American botanists, xl, 1.
—, selections from the correspondence of Cadwallader Colden, xliv, 85.
—, synonymy of several North American plants of the Orchis tribe, xxxviii, 306.
—, remarks on vegetable fecundation, xxxi, 308.
Grease of wines, xxii, 192.
Greece, modern and ancient, notices of,S. G. Howe, xviii, 250.
—, remarks on the antiquities of, and the efforts to preserve, xxxvi, 192.
—, Grecian Archipelago, iron, rutile, serpentine and heavy spar in, xxxi, 175.
—, model farm in, xix, 193.
Grecian University at Corfu, ii, 348.
Green, H., vegetable organography and physiology, xxxviii, 49.
Green, Jacob, air lamp, inflammable, ii, 330.f
—, blowpipe, new, iv, 164.f
—, crystallization instantaneous, instance of, iii, 93.
—, — of snow, ii, 337.f
—, petrified tree near Chitteningo, New York, v, 251.
—, rattlesnake bones, curious fact concerning, iii, 85.
—, trilobites, notice of a monograph on, xxiii, 395.
—, —, new, xxv, 334.
—, —, structure of, &c., xxxvii, 25.f
—, —, genus Paradoxides ofBrongniart, and on the genus Triarthrus, xxxiii, 341.
—, —, Calymene Rowii, xxxiii, 406.
—, —, Calymene bufo, note on, xxxviii, 410.
—, —, Asaphas diurus, xxxvii, 40.
Green, James, barometer and other instruments, construction of, xxvii, 292.
Green, Schweinfurt's, preparation of, vii, 386.
Green malachite, seeMalachite.
— earth in Massachusetts, i, 113.
— paint, a new, for artists, xxviii, 148.
— sand in France, viii, 217.
— — in New Jersey, seeCretaceous.
Greenland, east coast, formerly inhabited by Europeans, xv, 166.
—, subsidence of the coast of, xxx, 379.
—, rocks and country of, xvii, 14.
—, population of, iii, 384.
—, ice, i, 101.
Greenstone in Western Massachusetts, viii, 9.
— of Nova Scotia, xiv, 305.
— of the Connecticut valley, account of,E. Hitchcock, vi, 31, 44.
—, junction of with the sandstone, vi, 47.
—, columnar, Connecticut valley, vi, 53.
—, degradation of, vi, 55.
—, dikes of, Connecticut valley, vi, 47, 56.
—, see further underTrap.
Greek conjugations,J. W. Gibbs, xxxvii, 112.
— correlatives,J. W. Gibbs, xxxiv, 337.
— fire,J. Cutbushon, vi, 302.
— verbal roots in English,J. W. Gibbs, xlv, 284.
Grevilleanum serratum, xi, 183.f
Greystone, characters of, xv, 32.
Griffith, Mary, on the halo which surrounds all bodies, xxxviii, 22.
Grindstones of Nova Scotia, xv, 148; xxx, 338.
Griscom, J., on botanical fêtes in France, ix, 154.
Griswold, C., submarine explosion, ii, 94.
Gronovius, J. F., letters from, to C. Colden, xliv, 85.
Grooves in rocks, seeScratches.
Grotto del Cane, xxiv, 244.
Grove's voltaic battery, xxxviii, 116.
— — —, experiments with,S. F. B. Morse, xlv, 390.f
— — —, on the use of carbon in,B. Silliman, Jr., xliii, 393; xliv, 180.f
Groves of evergreens, their value near gardens, &c., xxii, 158.
Growth of wheat, on the acceleration of,G. W. Hall, xxxi, 345.
— of timber, xxiv, 391.
Guaco, notice of, xxii, 182.
—, medical virtues of, confirmed,W. R. Johnson, xxvii, 171.
—, remedy for hydrophobia,W. R. Johnson, xxiv, 279.
—, note on, xxiv, 388.
Guadaloupe fossil human skeleton, description of the skull of,J. Moultrie, xxxii, 361.
Guano, remarks on,J. E. Teschemacher, xlvi, 203.
—, account and analysis of, xlviii, 181.
—, change in bones in,R. Warrington, xlix, 391.
—, xanthic oxide in, xlix, 200.
—, xanthine in,Unger, xlix, 391.
Guillemin, J. B. A., on the bitterness of vegetables, xxiv, 273.
Gulf of Mexico, accumulation of water in, supposed from the action of the Gulf Stream, v, 353.
Gulf Stream, cause of, v, 353.
— —, existence of, determined byB. Franklin, xlvii, 162.
— —, supposed connection of, with opposite currents on the coast of the United States,W. C. Redfield, xxxii, 349.
— —, extent of, xxxii, 350.
— —, ice of the north brought within the dissolving influence of, on the Newfoundland bank,W. C. Redfield, xxxii, 351.
— —, loss of vessels in, xx, 158.
— —, remarks on,M. F. Maury, xlvii, 161.
Gum, composition of, xxii, 350.
— ammoniacum, xx, 399.
Gun barrels, browning of, xxxiv, 45.
Gunpowder,A. Ureon the composition of, xx, 190.
—, experiments on,A. Mordecai, xlix, 180.
—, inflamed underwater, xxii, 354.
—, method of augmenting the force of,Geo. Gibbs, i, 87.
—, safe process for manufacturing,S. Guthrie, xxi, 292.
Guthrie, S., mode of obtaining chloric ether, xxi, 64; xxii, 105.
—, chemical products by, xxi, 92.
—, fulminating preparations, xxi, 288, 293.
—, gunpowder, safe process, xxi, 292.
—, molasses from the potato, xxi, 93.
—, sugar from potato starch, xxi, 284.
—, purification of turpentine, xxi, 291.
—, pure oil of turpentine, xxi, 93.
—, vaporization of mercury in the fumes of nitric ether, xxi, 90.
Gymnasium at New Haven, xiii, 385; xiv, 400.
Gymnastic science in France, x, 176.
Gymnastics in Switzerland, v, 191.
Gypsies, essay on, xxiv, 342.
— in America, xxvi, 189.
Gypsum,action of, as a manure, xxvi, 181.
—, experiments on the solidification of,J. P. Emmet, xxiii, 209.
—, fertilizing properties of, xxii, 350.
—, origin of,L. Vanuxem, xii, 92.
—, curved, mammoth cave, Ky., xlii, 206.f
— of the basin of mines, Nova Scotia, xv, 146.
—, localities of, in New York, i, 243; iv, 36; v, 39, 40; xvi, 377; xxxvi, 38.
—, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 8.
—, —, in Ohio, iv, 51, 52; v, 39; vii, 48; xvi, 158.
—, —, in Canada, viii, 71.
—, —, in Michigan, vii, 47.
—, —, in Virginia, i, 62; iv, 52.
—, —, Prince Regent's Inlet, xvii, 10.
—, —, in Nova Scotia, xiv, 229; xv, 146.
—, —, in the Hartz, xix, 111.
—, —, in Sicily, viii, 204.
—, —, in Africa, iv, 33.
— and accompanying marine limestones, in Nova Scotia, age and position of,C. Lyell, xlv, 356.
Gyropodium coccineum, ix, 56.f
H.
Hæmatoxylin,O. L. Erdman, xliv, 357.
Hail, formation of, xix, 396.
Hail storms, cause of, in warm weather,B. Hallowell, xv, 361.
— —, phenomena and causes of,D. Olmsted, xviii, 1.f
— —, reply toA. T. Christieon, byD. Olmsted, xx, 373.
— —,A. T. Christie'sviews on, xx, 373.
— —,A. Jones, xxiii, 35.f
—, —, remarks on,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 55.
—, — in Louisiana,W. M. Carpenter, xxvii, 171.
—, —, rods a protection against, x, 196.
Hail-rods, in France, x, 196; xii, 398.
— —, —, efficacy of, xiv, 37.
Haile, A. B., observations on the magnetic disturbance during an Aurora, Nov., 1837, xxxiv, 270.
Hailstones, structure of, xxiii, 36.f
— at Clermont, France, large, xxxi, 191.
Haldeman, S. S., on the Melanians of Lamarck, xli, 21; xlii, 216.
—, notice of the zoological writings of the lateC. S. Rafinesque, xlii, 280.
—, species of mollusca common to Europe and America, xlvii, 412.
Hale, M., geological notice of Troy, iii, 72.
Hall, F., notice of, xlvii, 139.
—, notes on a tour in France, Italy and Elba, xxxii, 74.
—, on some minerals from Palestine, ix, 337.
—, notice of oriental minerals, xxxiii, 249.
—, ores of iron and manganese in Vermont, iii, 57.
—, waterfall, in the Green Mts., and an excavation in the rocks, vi, 252.
Hall, James, on the crinoidea, xlv, 349.
—, fossils of U. States, general remarks on the distribution of, xlv, 157; xlvii, 117.
—, Paradoxides, species of, xxxiii, 139.f
—, ripple marks and casts of furrows, xlv, 148.
—, sections at Portage, N. Y., xlv, 329.
—, shells, microscopic, from a marl slate, Cincinnati, xlviii, 292.
Hall, J., Western States, general account of geology of, xlii, 51.
Hall, John, on the staining of wood, and on medical electricity, iii, 166.
Hallowell, B., on the cause of hail in warm weather, xv, 361.
—, blue color of sky, twinkling of stars, and on the deception as to the number in view on a clear evening, xv, 360.
Halos, theory of,E. S. Snell, xlix, 73.f
—, lunar, West Point, March 20, 1831, xx, 299.
—, solar, seen in N. York, at Cazenovia,J. W. Tyler, xxi, 189.
—, —, ibid, in Otsego Co., Feb. 1823, xx, 297.
—, —, ibid, at Kingston,R. H. Bonnycastle, xxx, 136.
—, —, ibid, at West Point,A. C. Twining, xxxii, 229.
—, —, ibid, New Lebanon,T. Kendall, vii, 337.f
—, —, seen in Kentucky, August, 1825, xi, 325.f
—, —, seen in Rhode Island, September, 1816, xi, 328.f
—, —, seen in Tennessee, at Jackson, x, 368.f
Hambato, S. America, account of, xxiv, 382.
Hamilton, J., on terrestrial magnetism, xxxvii, 100.
Hamilton, M., earthquakes of S. America, xli, 57.
Hammer, new mineralogical,E. Hitchcock, vii, 175.f
Hansteen'sjourney in Siberia, notice of, xvii, 392.
Harden, J. M. B., formula for ascertaining the weight and volume in a mixture of two bodies, xxxvii, 289.
Hare, C., perchloric ether, xl, 50; xlii, 63.
—, on the destructive distillation of the sulphate of etherine, xxxvi, 77.
—, reaction of sulphuric acid with the essential oil of hemlock, xxxvii, 246.
Hare, R., acids and salts, remarks on the nature of, xxvii, 63, 67.
—, —, classes of, xxvii, 69.
—, air pump of a new construction, xxxiii, 237.f
—, alkanet, as a substitute for litmus, v, 348.
—, ammonia, nitrate, on the preparing of pure, v, 348.
—, atoms, on the views ofFaraday, respecting, xlviii, 247.
—, amphide salts, on the existence of radicals in, xlv, 52, 247.
—, barium, strontium and calcium, extrication of, xxxvii, 267; xxxviii, 115; xxxix, 362; xl, 293.f
—, blasting rocks, by galvanic ignition, xxi, 139; xxvi, 352.f; xxxviii, 188.
—, blowpipe, improved alcohol, vii, 110.f
—, —, hydrostatic, xi, 135.f
—, —, strictures on a publication entitled Clark's gas blowpipe, ii, 281.f
—, —, oxy-hydrogen, fusion of a large amount of platina with, xxxiii, 195; xxxv, 328.
—, boron, process for evolving, xxii, 189; xxiv, 249.f
—, calorimotor, i, 413.f; v, 94.
—, —, for igniting platina in the galvano-ignition apparatus, xxxii, 284.f
—, carbon, on the fusion of, in reply toL. Vanuxem, viii, 288; x, 111.
—, —, experiments on the fusion of, x, 118.
—, —, —, remarks on, xxxviii, 190.
—, carbonic acid, apparatus for exhibiting some of the properties of, xiv, 358.f
—, carbonic oxide, apparatus for separating from carbonic acid, xxiv, 252.f
—, chemical nomenclature, xxvii, 63; xxxii, 259.
—, ibid, in a letter toBerzelius, xlix, 249.
—, Chemistry, compendium of, noticed, xx, 95.
—, chlorine, explosive reaction of hydrogen with, under the sun's rays, xxix, 243.f
—, —, apparatus for combustion of metals in, xiv, 354.f
—, chlorohydric acid, preparation of, from the muriatic acid of commerce, xxxix, 371.
—, cold, apparatus for producing ebullition by, xxxiii, 248.f
—, collapse of a reservoir, xxxiii, 242.f
—, cryophorus, improved, xxxiii, 244.f
—, cyanogen, analysis of, xv, 271.f
—, deflagrator, galvanic, iv, 201; v, 94.f
—, —, —, improved forms of, and powers, vii, 347f; xl, 48.
—, deflagrating carburets, phosphurets, &c., in vacuo, mode of, xl, 303.f
—, De Luc's column, on the construction of, xxv, 136.f
—, on electricity, vii, 103.f
—, —, on some inferences from the phenomena of the spark, inThomson'swork on heat and electricity, xxxii, 278.
—, —, on the causes of the diversity in the length of sparks erroneously distinguished by the terms positive and negative, xxxii, 275.f
—, electrical brush, xxxii, 277.f
—, electric induction, and letters toFaradayon, xxxviii, 1; xli, 1.
—, — —,M. Faradayin reply to, xxxix, 108; xlii, 291.
—, electrical machine, plate, vii, 108f; (large) xxxii, 272.f
—, — —, on the error that they must communicate with the earth, xxiv, 253.
—, electrometer, single leaf, vii, 351f; viii, 99; xxv, 136.f
—, —, modification of the single leaf, xxv, 136.f
—, electrometer, use of, as an electric discriminator, xxv, 136.
—, electro-magnetic and galvanic experiments, viii, 145.
—, ether, hypo-nitro-acetic, xxxv, 329.
—, —, nitrous, new process for, ii, 326.f
—, —, nitric, process for, xxxiii, 241.f
—, —, sulphurous, xxxi, 275.
—, etherine, sulphate of, xxxi, 275.
—, eudiometer, a new, ii, 312f; x, 67f; xii, 36f; xxxvii, 383.
—, —, barometer gage, xxxii, 280.f
—, —, subsidiary, xv, 271.f
—, eudiometry by means of nitric oxide, xv, 260.f
—, freezing water by aid of sulphuric acid, apparatus for, xxvii, 132.f
—, fulminating powder, consisting of cyanogen and calcium, process for, xxxvii, 268.
—, —, silver, injury to, from the explosion of, xxii, 185.
—, galvanic apparatus, new modifications of, iii, 105.f
—, —, ignition of gunpowder, xxxvii, 269.
—, galvano-ignition apparatus, xxxii, 282.
—, —, ibid, see above, underblasting.
—, galvanism, new theory of, i, 413.f
—, —, series, new, combining the advantages of the trough and deflagrator, xxxii, 265.f
—, —, new rotatory multiplier, xxxviii, 339.f
—, apparatus for regulating the supply of gas by its absorption, xiii, 2.f
—, gases, a mode of obtaining the specific gravity of, xvi, 293, 295.f
—, gaseous mixtures, analysis of, xv, 279, 283.
—, gasometers, mode of suspending, iv, 312.f
—, glass, method of dividing by friction, xiii, 7.f
—, heat, on the cause of, iv, 142.
—, —, capacities for, apparatus for illustrating, xiii, 6.f
—, —, —, apparatus for showing an increase of, in air with relaxed pressure, xiii, 5.f
—, —, reply toD. Olmsted, on the materiality of, xii, 50, 366; xiii, 8.
—, liquids, apparatus for transferring or decanting, xxvi, 358.f
—, hydrometers, xi, 115.
—, hydrostatic blowpipe, xi, 135.f
—, laboratory of, xix, 26.f
—, laudanum, xii, 291.
—, light, means of producing, ii, 172.
—, lightning rods, xiii, 322.
—, litrameter, xi, 133.f
—, meconic acid, mode of obtaining, xii, 293.
—, matter is heavy as demonstrated byW. Whewell, reply to, xiii, 260.
—, nitrogen, apparatus for obtaining, from the atmosphere, xiv, 356f; xxviii, 263.f
—, nitrous oxide, properties of, xvi, 298.
—, —, —, method of obtaining, xvi, 295, 297.f
—, palm-glass, cold produced by, xiii, 4.f
—, olefiant gas, on the analysis of, xv, 270.
—, opium, mode of detecting minute quantities of, xii, 290.
—, platina, on the fusion of, xxxiii, 195; xxxv, 328.
—, pneumatic cistern, xiv, 200f; xxxiii, 246.f
—, potassium, improved process for, xxxviii, 338.
—, phosphorus, combustion of, in nitrous oxide, xxxii, 290.f
—, prussic acid, apparatus for the evolution of, xxix, 244.f
—, sassarubrin, a resin, xxxi, 285.
—, silicon, mode of obtaining, xxii, 189; xl, 28.
—, —, apparatus for evolving from fluo-silicic acid, xxiv, 247.f
—, silver, nitrate of, preparation of pure, v, 348.
—, on specific gravities, xi, 121.f
—, storms of the Atlantic coast, v, 352.
—, —, on Redfield's theory of, xlii, 140; xliii, 122.
—, —, on Dové's essay on, xliv, 137; xlviii, 220.
—, —, replies ofW. C. Redfieldto, xlii, 299; xliii, 250f; xliv, 384.
—, —, or tornado in R. Island, Aug. 1838, and others, xxxviii, 73.
—, —, tornado and water spout, causes of, xxxii, 153.f
—, sulphurous acid, reaction of the essential oils with, xxxi, 281.
—, syphons, improved, xxiv, 317.f
—, valve cock, xxiv, 251.f
—, volumescope, description of, xv, 275f; xxviii, 264.f
—, —, application of, xv, 278.f
—, volumeter, xii, 38.f
—, water, apparatus for decomposition and recomposition of, xxxviii, 336.f
—, Woulfe's apparatus, a substitute for, i, 410f; xiii, 1.f
Harlan, R., Arvicola ferrugineus, x, 285.
—, Batracian reptiles, new, with observations on the larvæ of frogs, x, 53.
—, bones from near the mouth of the Mississippi, xiv, 186.
—, lizards, orbicular, notice of, xxxi, 383.
—, mammalia, fossil, from the Brunswick canal, Georgia, xliii, 141.f
—, mouse, new species of, xxxi, 385.
—, Orycterotherium, xlii, 392; xliv, 69.f
—, Salamandra pennsylvanica, x, 286.
—, tortoise, freshwater, xxxi, 382.f
—, Medical and Physical Researches of, noticed, xxx, 188.
—, new fossil mammalia of,R. Owenon, xliv, 341.
—, ibid, in reply to R. Owen, xlv, 208.
Harris, W. S., utility of lightning conductors on ships, xxi, 347.
—, meteorological observations at Plymouth, xliii, 369.
Harris, T. W., North American Sphinges, xxxvi, 282.
—, Report on Insects injurious to vegetation, noticed, xliii, 386.
Hariz, Europe, notices of,T. G. Clemson, xix, 105.f
Haskins, R. W., examination of the theory of a resisting medium in space, xxxiii, 1.
—, Astronomy of, noticed, xli, 389.
Hassler, F. R., methods and plans of, in the survey of the coast of the United States, xvi, 225.
—, repeating theodolite, description of,C. Wilkes, U.S.N., xvi, 252.f
Hats, manufacture of, x, 193.
Hawaii, seeSandwich Islands.
Hawkins'Saurian remains purchased, xxix, 367.
Hay, siliceous glass from burning, xix, 395; xxiv, 174.
Hayden, C. B., analysis of the Scott spring, Va., xliv, 409.
—, on the ice mountain of Hampshire Co., Va., xlv, 78.f
—, on the rock-salt and salines of the Holston, Va., xliv, 173.
Hayden, H. H., Geological Essays of, noticed, iii, 47.
—, on the Bare Hills, near Baltimore, xxiv, 349.f
—, notices of the geology of the country near Bedford springs, Pennsylvania, xix, 97.
Haydenite, description of, xlvi, 379.f
—, analysis, byB. Silliman, Jr., xlvi, 380.
Hayes, A. A., chlorine, carbon and hydrogen, two new compounds of, xxii, 141.
—, chromium, combinations of, xiv, 136.
—, columbic acid, investigations on, xlvi, 166.
—, dewpoint, remarks on, xviii, 63.
—, hygrometer, portable, xvii, 351.f
—, meteoric iron, Alabama, xlviii, 147.
—, microlite and pyrochlore, identity of, xliii, 33; xlvi, 158.
—, tin, action of metallic, on the muriate of, xxxviii, 408.
—, Tarapaca saline minerals, nitrates, iodates, borates, xxxviii, 410.
Hayes, G. E., geology of western New York, with remarks on the causes of its topographical features, xxxi, 241; xxxv, 86.f
Hayes, J. L., on the geographical distribution and phenomena of volcanoes, xlvii, 127.
—, influence of icebergs upon drift, xlv, 316, 326.
Haymond, R., on remains of Megatherium and Mastodon, xlvi, 294.
Hazard, R. G., method of describing a hyperbola, xxi, 314.f
Heat,absorption of,NobiliandMellonion, xxiii, 188.
—, —, apparatus for illustrating,A. D. Bache, xxviii, 320.f
—, animal, vii, 200.
—, —, influence of the nerves on, x, 390.
—, —,NobiliandMelloni'sexperiments on insects, &c., xxiii, 185.
— of different animals, x, 382.
—, capacity of gas for, iv, 372.
—, — of air, apparatus for illustrating,R. Hare, xiii, 5f, 6.f
—, cause of,R. Hare, iv, 142.
—, of combination, law of,Andrews, xlvi, 397.
—, conduction of, notice ofDespretz'sinvestigations, v, 378.
—, —, laws of,Kelland, xlii, 161.
—, —, by water,C. Dewey, xxviii, 151.
—, connection of, with electricity and magnetism,J. F. Dana, vi, 163.
—, diathermancy of rock salt,Melloni, xl, 313.
—, of the earth, iv, 372.
—, —, at different depths, xxiii, 14; xxxvii, 357.
—, —, rate of increase downward,A. De la RiveandF. Marcet, xxvii, 397.
—, —, ibid,L. Cordier, xv, 116.
—, —, detailed analysis of,L. Cordier'sessay upon, xv, 109.
—, —, criticism of Poisson's view,J. D. Forbes, xl, 319.
—, —,G. Bischof, xxxvii, 52.
—, —,W. Whewell, xxix, 349.
—, —, and of space,Baron Fourier, xxxii, 1.
—, —, effects of internal and solar, on the temperature of the globe, xxxii, 1.
—, —, in mines,R. W. Fox, xxxiv, 46.
—, effect of, on magnetism,C. Matteucci, xxii, 361.
—, — of long continued, on minerals, experiment to determine,W. V. Harcourt, xxix, 357.
—, — of, on some minerals or rocks in New York,L. C. Beck, xlv, 143; xlvi, 333.
—, moon's, xl, 315.
—,NobiliandMelloni'sexperiments on, xxiii, 185; xl, 313.
—, polarization of, xxviii, 366, 397.
—, polarized, and on his claims to the discovery of,J. D. Forbes, xl, 317.
—, production of, and of light,J. L. Sullivan, i, 91.
—, —, from combustion, x, 382.
—, —, by compression of glass, xx, 180.
—, —, by friction, cause of,J. T. Watson, viii, 276.
—, —, by combination with oxygen, different for different substances, and amount of, xv, 392.
—, radiated, influence of color on,A. D. Bache, xxx, 16; xxxiv, 39.
—, —, transmission and refraction of,Melloni, xxvii, 228; xl, 313.
—, — —,J. D. Forbes, xl, 315;
refraction of, xxviii, 366.
—, radiation of, apparatus for illustrating,A. D. Bache, xxviii, 320.f
—, —,Powell'sreport on, noticed, xl, 313.
—, of space,W. Whewell, xxix, 349.
—, —,Baron Fourier, xxxii, 1.
—, specific, of gases, some of the laws of, xiii, 394.
—, —, of certain solids, method of determining and calculating,W. R. Johnson, xxvii, 267.
—, sun's,W. Whewell, xxix, 349.
—, general views on, x, 78.
— at the bottom of the ocean not necessarily diffused by upward currents,W. C. Redfield, xlv, 138.
— and light,S. Morey, ii, 118, 122.
— and vapor, inquiries respecting,W. R. Johnson, xxi, 304.
—, see further underMeteorologyandTemperature.
Heated waters, an agent in producing metamorphic changes,J. D. Dana, xlv, 104.
Heating houses by furnaces below, some important precautions, xxxiv, 84.
Heavy spar,of Berlin, Ct., analysis of,G. T. Bowen, iv, 325.
—, localities of, in Canada, viii, 72.
—, —, in Carolina, iii, 4; v, 257.
—, —, in Connecticut, i, 240; ii, 373; iv, 325; v, 40, 42.f, 254; vi, 211.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 115; vi, 211.
—, —, in New Jersey, xxxvi, 103.
—, —, in New York, i, 237; ii, 173, 368; v, 28; vii, 56; viii, 249; xxv, 346; xxvii, 364; xxviii, 175.
—, —, in Tennessee, i, 63.
—, —, in Virginia, i, 63.
—, —, in Sicily, viii, 205.
Hebrew words, orthography of,J. W. Gibbs, xxiv, 87.
Heckewelder, John, labors of, xxxi, 64, 66.
Height, on the measurement of, by boiling water, xxxvii, 19.
—, mean, of the continents above the sea, xlix, 397.
— of Lake Erie and various places in western New York,C. Dewey, xxxiii, 122.
— of places in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York,C. Whittlesey, xlv, 12.
— — in Wisconsin,I. A. Lapham, xlvi, 258.
Hematite, seeIron Ore.
Hemlock, reaction of sulphuric with the essential oil of, xxxvii, 246.
Hemming's safety tube,J. W. Webster, xxxvii, 104.
Hemorrhage, remedy for, v, 409.
Hemp, Manilla, account of, xli, 200.f
HemprichandEhrenberg, notice of journey by, in Northern Africa, vii, 195.
Henry, J., electro-dynamic induction, xxxviii, 209f; xli, 117.f
—, large, xix, 408.f
—, electro-magnetic experiments, by, xxii, 403.
—, — apparatus, application of galvanic multiplier to, xix, 400.f
—, — —, remarks in confirmation of,J. W. WebsterandR. Hare, xx, 143.
—, magnetism, production of currents of electricity and sparks from, xxii, 403.
—, magnetic attraction and repulsion, reciprocating motion of, xx, 340.f
—, — needle, disturbance during an Aurora, xxii, 143.
—, soap-bubble, experiments with, on molecular attraction, xlviii, 215.
—, spark from a long conductor in a galvanic battery, xxviii, 327.
—, spiral conductor, action of, xxviii, 329.
Henry, W., on the disinfecting powers of increased temperatures, xxi, 392; xxii, 111.f
—, philosophical character of Priestley, xxiv, 28.
Hentz, N. M., on North American spiders, xxi, 99.f
—, a newsub-genusof spiders, xli, 116.f
Hepatic blende, xlii, 387.
Herbaria, European, notices of, xl, 1.
Herculaneum manuscripts, ii, 340.
Herrick, E. C., Argulus catostomi, description of, xxxi, 297.f
—, Aurora Borealis, in summer, with abstract of Huxham's auroral register, xxxiii, 297.
—, — —, February, 1837, xxxii, 396.
—, — —, July, 1837, xxxiii, 144.
—, — —, ibid, needle agitated during, xxxiii, 146.
—, — —, Nov. 14, 1837, influence of, on the magnetic needle, xxxiv, 270.
—, — —, of Sept. 1839, xxxviii, 260.
—, — —, April, 1842, xliii, 213.
—, — —, August, 1844, New Haven, xlviii, 319.
—, — —, belt of May, 1840, xxxix, 194, 383.
—, great comet of 1843, xliv, 412; xlv, 191, 229.
—, elm tree moth, parasite of the eggs of, xxxviii, 385; xl, 211.
—, Hessian fly and its parasites, xli, 153.
—, meteorite of Missouri, xxxvii, 385.
—, meteor of Dec. 14, 1837, xxxvii, 130.
—, Weston meteorite, Dec. 1807, xxxvii, 132.
—, shooting stars, facts showing the probable annual occurrence in August, xxxiii, 177, 354, 401.
—, — —, probable periods of showers, in October, June, January, February, July, September, xxxv, 366.
—, — —, April and November showers, cycle of, xl, 365.
—, — —, August showers, characteristics of, xxxiii, 359.
—, — —, nature, motions, numbers of, xxxiii, 360.
—, — —, theory of, xxxiii, 363; xxxv, 367.
—, — —, contributions towards a history of the showers, of former times, xl, 349; (errata) xlviii, 319.
—, — —, of April, 1095, 1122 and 1803, xxxvi, 358, 361.
—, — —, of June, various instances of showers in former times, xlii, 201.
—, — —, of January, 1825, 1838 and 1839, xxxix, 334.
—, — —, of August, 1837, xxxiii, 176; xxxiv, 180.
—, — —, of April, 1838, xxxiv, 398.
—, — —, of August, 1838, xxxv, 167.
—, — —, of December, 1838, xxxv, 361; xxxvi, 355; xlii, 398.
—, — —, of April, 1839, xxxvi, 361.
—, — —, of August, 1839, xxxvii, 325.
—, — —, of August, 1840, xxxix, 328; xl, 201.
—, — —, of October and December, 1840, xl, 203.
—, — —, of April, 1841, xlii, 397.
—, — —, of August, 1841, xli, 399; xlii, 202.
—, — —, of April, 1842, xliii, 212.
—, — —, of August, 1842, xliii, 377; xliv, 208.
—, — —, of November, 1842, xliv, 209.
—, — —, of December, 1842, xliv, 210.
—, — —, of April, 1843, xlv, 230.
—, — —, of August, 1844, xlviii, 316.
Herring, the mode of curing of, when discovered, xx, 183.
Herschel, J. F. W., astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope, xxxv, 283.
—, remarkable phenomena of Halley's comet, xxxv, 285.
—, photographic process by which dormant pictures are made that may be developed by the breath, xlvi, 393.
—, on meteoric iron from South Africa, xxxvi, 213.
Hessian fly, some account of,J. E. Muse, xxii, 71.
—, observations on,M. H. Morris, xl, 381.
—, account of,E. C. Herrick, xli, 153.
Heterosite, analysis of, xix, 371.
Heulandite of Paterson and Bound Brook, N.J.,L. C. Beck, xliv, 59.f
—, locality in New Jersey, xliv, 59.
—, — in Nova Scotia, xxx, 345, 349.
—, Beaumontite and Lincolnite identical with,F. Alger, xlvi, 233.f
Heuvel, J. C. vanden, on the honey bees of America, iii, 79.
Hewitson, W., notice of a work on Oology, by, xxxvii, 166.
Hibbert, S., on the fresh water limestone of Burdie House, near Edinburgh, xxviii, 365.
Hieroglyphical investigations,T. Young, xxii, 245.
Highlands of New York and New Jersey, geology and mineralogy of, v. 26.
Hildreth, S. P.,on the Cicada Septemdecem, or seventeen year locust, xviii, 47.f
—, meteorological register and calendar, with various memoranda, for 1828, at Marietta, Ohio, xvi, 44.
—, ibid, for 1829, xviii, 368.
—, ibid, for 1830, xx, 126.
—, ibid, for 1831, xxii, 109.
—, ibid, for 1832, xxiv, 132.
—, ibid, for 1833, xxvi, 84.
—, ibid, for 1834, xxviii, 160.
—, ibid, for 1835, xxx, 56.
—, ibid, for 1836, xxxii, 95.
—, ibid, for 1837, xxxiv, 132.
—, ibid, for 1838, xxxvi, 78.
—, ibid, for 1839, xxxviii, 273.
—, ibid, for 1840, xl, 345.
—, ibid, for 1841, xlii, 344.
—, ibid, for 1842, xliv, 347.
—, ibid, for 1843, xlvi, 277.
—, ibid, for 1844, xlviii, 287.
—, Ohio, notes on, x, 152, 319; xi, 231.
—, —, ten days in, xxv, 217.
—, —, miscellaneous observations, on a tour to the falls of the Cuyahoga, in 1835, xxxi, 1.f
—, —, miscellaneous notices of rocks and minerals, xvi, 154.
—, —, flight of pigeons, xxiv, 134.
—, —, climate and productions of Washington Co., xii, 206.
—, —, disease amongshell fish, xxxii, 97.
—, —, geology of parts of, x, 1.
—, —, coal of, xiii, 38.
—, —, fossil trees near Gallipolis, xii, 205.
—, — valley, on the coal deposits and accompanying organic remains of, xxix, 1.f
—, — —, saliferous rock formation, xxiv, 46.
—, —, shells of some rivers, xiv, 276.f
—, —, report on, noticed, xxxii, 190; xxxiv, 196, 350.
—, Pennsylvania, bituminous coal of, xxix, 77.
—, Tennessee, coal measures of, xxix, 141.
—, the West, lias of, xxx, 395.
Himalaya Mountains, height of, v, 384; ix, 384.
—, quadruped fossil remains, xxxiii, 103, 211.
Hitchcock, E., Botrychium simplex, a new species of fern, vi, 103.f
—, coal in Massachusetts, xxii, 41; xxxvi, 377.
—, drift, in the U. States, xli, 248; xlv, 331.
—, —, influence of ice in, xlv, 324.
—, —, on the glacier theory, xliii, 396.
—, —, singular case of, in Berkshire Co., Mass., xlvii, 132; xlix, 258.f
—, —, copper in, Massachusetts, xlv, 331.
—, Fasciculite, vi, 226.f
—, Flinders' large birds' nests in New Holland, xlvii, 217; xlviii, 61.
—, frost, disruption of the ground by, i, 286.f
—, fossil fish, in the Connecticut valley, iii, 222, 365; vi, 76.f
—, fossil vertebral remains in the Connecticut valley sandstone, xxix, 330.
—, — footprints, description of, (ornithichnology) xxix, 307.f
—, — — in Connecticut, xxxi, 174.
—, — — of Connecticut valley, Report of Committee on, xli, 165.
—, — —, general review of, xxxii, 174; xlvii, 113, 292.f
—, — —, miscellaneous notices of, xlviii, 61.
—, — —, reply toJ. Deaneon the discovery of, xlvii, 390.
—, geology and mineralogy of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, i, 105.f
—, —, of the regions about the Connecticut, with a map, vi, 1f, 201f; vii, 1.f
—, — of Massachusetts, report on, with a map, xxii, 1.
—, — —, Report noticed, xxiii, 389; xxvi, 213; xxxvi, 363; xli, 384.
—, — —, economical review of, xxxvi, 363.
—, — of Connecticut valley sandstone, xxix, 329.
—, — —, trap tufa or volcanic grit, xlvii, 103.
—, — U. States, general review of, xli, 239.
—, —, historical notice of State surveys, xli, 235.
—, Geological Association, address before, xli, 232.
—, Gyropodium coccineum, physiology of, ix, 56.f
—, Lincolnite, xlvii, 416; xlviii, 64.
—, longitude, onF. Baily'smethod of determining, ix, 107.
—, hammer, new mineralogical, vii, 175.f
—, meteors of Nov. 13, 1833, xxv, 354
–their connection with the Aurora Borealis, 357.
—, —, on a supposed gelatinous, of Amherst, xxv, 362.
—, tin ore, at Goshen, Mass., xvi, 188.
—, topaz at Goshen, ix, 180.
—, wines from Palestine, analysis of, xlvi, 249.
—, yttrocerite in Massachusetts, xlv, 331.
Hodge, J. T., on the secondary and tertiary formations of the Southern Atlantic, xli, 332.
—, on the Wisconsin and Missouri lead region, xliii, 35.f
Hodgkinson, E., on the strength of stones and other materials, xliv, 168.
Hoffman, F., obituary notice of, xxxiii, 76.
Hog, curious instinct of, iv, 309.
Holcomb's manufacture of telescopes, xxiii, 403.
Holmesite,T. Thomson, xxxi, 172.
Holyoke, Mt., scenery of, vii, 5.
—, geological structure of, vi, 53.
Homer's Iliad, notice of a copy of, of the fourth century, ii, 343.
Hones, stone for, at Lake Memphremagog, v, 406.
—, —, in Massachusetts, xxii, 34.
Hone-slate of N. Carolina, xiv, 238.
Hooker, W. J., on the Botany of America, ix, 263.
Hop, chemical examination of,A. W. Ives, ii, 302.
Hops, analysis of, vi, 393.
—, lupuline from, xii, 388.
Hopkins, M., on mystery, xiii, 217.
Hopkins, on the geological phenomena of elevation, xxxi, 365.
—, views on dislocations and fractures of the earth's surface, xxxiii, 83.
Horns, manufactured articles from, xx, 394.
Hornblende, localities of, in Connecticut, x, 14.
—, —, in Massachusetts, vi, 226.
—, —, in New Hampshire, vi, 245; xviii, 129.
—, —, in New Jersey, v, 246; ix, 245.
—, —, in New York, ix, 40, 41, 251; xix, 226; xxi, 324.f
—, —, in Pennsylvania, xiv, 4, 17.
—, —, in R. Island, iv, 285.
— rocks, of western Massachusetts, viii, 9.
— slate, of the Connecticut valley, vi, 20.
Horse, anecdote of, xlvi, 243.
—, a Filaria in the eye of, xxxix, 278.f
—, fed with bread in Silesia, xi, 397.
—, fossil bones of, in Louisiana,W. M. Carpenter, xxxiv, 201.f
—, power of, xxi, 167.
Horse latitudes, xxxiii, 64.
Horticultural experiments,J. T. Plummer, xl, 197.
Horticulture, propagation of fruit trees and vines, xxvii, 288.
Hospital of Mt. St. Bernard, v, 393.
Hospitals in France, v, 191.
—, foundling, in Europe, xvii, 393.
Hot blast, in the manufacture of iron,T. Clark, xxxi, 180.
— —, saving by, xxviii, 71.
— springs or baths, seeSprings.
Hough, H.G., inquiries into the principles of liquid attraction, xvii, 86.f
Houghton, D., geology of Michigan, xxxiv, 190.
—, mining region of Michigan, xli, 183.
Houses, improvements in laying out grounds, arranging and building, &c.,E. Lord, xxv, 304.
—, double doors and double windows for, xxv, 294.
—, mode of heating, xxv, 295.
—, on securing from fire,Lord Mahon'sexperiments, xxv, 290, 298; xxvi, 286.