—, ibid,D. Hartley'sexperiments, xxv, 300.
—, mode of supplying cisterns with water for extinguishing fires, xxv, 301; xxvi, 293.
Houstonia, notice of species of, x, 262, 263.
Howard, W., description of a differential thermometer, ii, 327.f
—, on the stopping of astronomical clocks, viii, 277.
Howe, S. G., notices of ancient and modern Greece, xviii, 250.
Howell, S., on the shad fisheries of the Delaware, xxxii, 134.
Huaco, an Indian remedy for the hydrophobia,W. R. Johnson, xxiv, 279, 388.
—,L. Feuchtwanger, xxii, 182.
Hubbard, O. P., chemical examination of the bituminous coal of Chesterfield Co., Va., xlii, 369.
—, geological and mineralogical notices, xxxii, 230.f
—, calcareous rocks at Boonville, N. Y., xxxii, 230.
—, — —, ibid, rhomboidal structure in, xxxii, 232.f
—, boulders at Boonville, xxxii, 233.
—, locality of crystallized calc spar, Boonville, N. Y., xxxii, 234.
—, — of green coccolite and tabular spar, at Boonville, N. Y., xiii, 198; xxxii, 234.
—, on the removal of carbonic acid from wells, xxxviii, 206; xlii, 165.
—, spontaneous combustion in wood ashes, xlii, 165.
—, geological observations on an excursion to the White Mts., numerous trap dykes, minerals, granite veins, &c., xxxiv, 105.f
—, Third Geological Report of New York, notice of, xxxix, 95.
—, Geological Reports of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, noticed by, xl, 126.
Huber, F., life and writings of, xxiii, 117.
Hudson river, northern sources of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 301.f
— —, fish of, xx, 151.
— bay, rocks and country in the vicinity of, xvii, 11.
Hudson'sseries of investigations with the barometer, xxiv, 393.
Hudsonite, L. C. Beck, xlvi, 32.
Human bones, fossil, v, 171.
— —, of the præ-historic world, in S. America, xliv, 277.
— skeleton, fossil, of Guadaloupe, skull of,J. Moultrie, xxxii, 361.
— footprints of the Mississippi valley, in limestone, v, 223f; xxxiii, 398.
— —, ibid, in limestone,D. D. Owen, xliii, 14.f
— —, ibid,W. A. Adams, xliv, 200.
— race, stature of,J. G. St. Hilaire, xxii, 357.
— —, law of increase in stature,Quetelet, xxii, 376.
— —, varieties of, xiv, 372.
— —, singular variety of, in Peru and Bolivia, xxviii, 78.
Humboldt, A., expedition to Siberia, xvii, 405.
—, on the invention of the mariner's compass, xl, 242.
—, mean height of the continents above the sea, xlix, 397.
Humboldtilite, xi, 251.f
Humboldtine, v, 193.
Hume, Sir Abraham, notice of, xxxvii, 118.
Hungary, observations onBeudant'sgeological travels in, vii, 256.
—, tribe of Scotacks in, v, 384.
Hunt, R., on the chromatype, xlvi, 396.
—, influence of light on the germination of seeds, xliv, 352.
—, influence of light on the growth of plants, xliv, 352; xlvi, 397.
—, influence of ferro-cyanate of potash on iodide of silver, xlii, 317.
Huraulite, analysis of, xix, 371.
Huronite, xxx, 241.
Huron race of Indians,S. G. Morton, xxxviii, 368.f
Hurricane, seeWind.
Hutton'stable of products, errors in, xliii, 116.
Huxham'sAuroral Register, xxxiii, 297.
Hyalite, in Florida, xxv, 165.
—, at West Point, N. Y., xxxii, 87.
Hybernation, I. Lea, ix, 75.
—,S. Woodruff, xxiv, 363.
Hydrargillite,C. Dewey, iii, 239.
Hydrate of magnesia, from Shetland, vii, 365.
Hydraulic cement in N. York State, xxxvi, 45.
— limestones of N. York, xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29.
— — in the Appalachian chain, xxxvii, 381.
— —, magnesian character of, xxxvii, 381.
— machine, new, ii, 345.
— ram, new, iii, 381.
— volcano, xxii, 358.
Hydriodic acid, preparation of, xvi, 383; xlvii, 192.
Hydroboracite, analysis of, xxviii, 394.
Hydrobromic acid, xlvii, 192.
Hydro-carbo-sulphuric acid, how prepared, vii, 187.
Hydrochloric acid, notice of experiments with reference to,MacaireandDe la Rive, xi, 393.
— —, mode of preparing pure, from muriatic acid of commerce,R. Hare, xxxix, 371.
— —, fumigation with, at Plattsburgh, in 1819, viii, 200.
— —, condensation of,M. Faraday, vii, 357.
Hydrocyanic acid,F. Magendieon, ii, 81.
— —, memoir on,B. L. Oliver, iii, 182.
— —, —,Orfila, xviii, 157.
— —, effect of muriatic and sulphuric acids on, xviii, 146.
— —, apparatus for the evolution of,R. Hare, xxix, 244.f
— —, extraordinary production of,A. A. Hayes, xviii, 201.
— —, preservation of, xvi, 260.
— —, cases in which administered, ii, 83; iii, 187.
— —, efficacy in asthma, vi, 366.
— —, effects on a horse, xii, 385.
— —, effects of, on vegetation, x, 190.
— —, chlorine, an antidote for, xvii, 174; xxi, 157.
Hydrogen, combustion of, under pressure, xxii, 352.
—, —, in water, being a new application of Hare's blowpipe, v, 347.
—, mixed with oxygen, effect of breathing, viii, 375.
—, a new carburetted, xxx, 180.
—, gas apparatus, vii, 392.
—, self regulating reservoir for,R. Hare, xi, 140.f
—, peroxyd of, action of, xvii, 34.
—, and chlorine, iii, 341.
Hydromagnesite of Hoboken,Wachtmeister, analysis of, xviii, 167.
Hydrometers, opinion on,R. Hare, xi, 115.
Hydrophobia, remarks on, ii, 359; iv, 385; v, 177; xvii, 204.
—, singular case of, xvii, 205.
—, account of cases of deaths by, xxiii, 143.
—, cured, x, 385.
—, —, by means of mercurial ointment, xix, 204.
—, —, by Huaco, an Indian remedy,W. R. Johnson, xxiv, 279.
Hydrosilicite, xv, 388.
Hydrostatic balance, xix, 185.
—, press, xix, 185.
Hydrous anthophyllite of N. York,T. Thomson, xix, 359.
Hydroxanthic acid, vii, 376.
Hygrometer, Daniell's, remarks on,E. Loomis, xlvii, 19; xlix, 277.
—, portable,A. A. Hayes, xvii, 351.f
Hygrometric Register at Western Reserve College,E. Loomis, Sept.-Nov. 1838, xxxvi, 166;
–1838-1840, xli, 315;
–1841-44 xlix, 271.
— —, at Hudson, Ohio, compared with those at Greenwich,E. Loomis, xlix, 276.
— observations, mean of, at Malvern, in Worcestershire, xxxviii, 102.
— —, at Matanzas,A. Mallory, xxxi, 287.
— —, at New Orleans,Barton, xxxi, 400.
—, see farther underMeteorology.
Hygrometry, a method of experimenting in, x, 387.
Hyperbola, method of describing,R. G. Hazard, xxi, 314.f
Hypersthene of N. York, analysis of,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 35.
—, in Massachusetts, iv, 55.
Hyssopus anisatus, iv, 65.
I.
Ice, artificial preparation of, xviii, 145.
—, evaporation of, xvi, 390.
—, formation of, in still water, iii, 179.
—, —, at the bottom of rivers,H. W. Sheffey, xxxvi, 186.
—, —, ibid,T. Stratton, xl, 407.
—, —, sparks given out during, xxvi, 178.
— in a well, xxxvi, 184.
— of the sea, characters of, and remarks on, v, 131.
—, Greenland, i, 101.
— of the Alps,J. D. Forbes, xlvi, 173;
–veined structure and motion consequence of its viscous condition, xlvi, 174, 175.
Icebergs, remarks on, v, 131.
—, formation of,C. Wilkes, xlvii, 114.
—,J. P. Couthouy, xliii, 154.
—, character of, and facts concerning,J. L. Hayes, xlv, 316.
— and currents of the North Atlantic,W. C. Redfield, xlviii, 373.f
— in low latitudes, xxii, 200.
—, theory of drift, seeDrift.
Ice houses, natural, iv, 174.
— —, —, in Salisbury, Ct., viii, 254.
— —, —, near Williamstown, Mass., iv, 331; v, 398.
— —, —, of St. Ouen, xii, 184.
Ice mountain of Hampshire Co., Va.,C. B. Hayden, xlv, 78.f
— — in Vermont,S. P. Lathrop, xlvi, 331.
— water, drinking of, xv, 194.
Iceland, notice of, xvii, 15.
—, geysers, springs, &c. of,E. Robert, xxxi, 167; xxxii, 196.
—, —, remarks on,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 255.
Ichnolithology, seeFootprints.
Ichthyolites, seeFish.
Ichthyosaurus, largest, found byMary Anning, xxviii, 369.
—, in U. States, xxvii, 353.
— at Strensham, England, xxxviii, 126.
Ichthyosauri,T. Hawkins, xxvii, 413.
Iconography, xxxiii, 184.
Ideler, J. L., views of, on meteorites, shooting stars and Auroras, xxviii, 288.
Idocrase,analysis of,T. Richardson, xxxviii, 120.
—, of Skye, xxviii, 395.
—, American, first detected,W. Meade, vii, 50.
—, crystal, from Amherst, N. H., xlvi, 381.f
—, in Connecticut, ix, 44.
—, in Massachusetts, viii, 44; x, 11.
—, in N. York, xvii, 145; xxi, 327; xlvi, 35.
—, in Rhode Island, viii, 230.
Idria quicksilver mines, xxix, 219.
Igneous action, as indicated by certain minerals in New York,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 333.
— origin of some trap rocks,B. Silliman, xvii, 119.
— — ibid,T. Cooper, iv, 205.
— theory of the earth, remarks on,W. Maclure, xvi, 351.
— — —, as connected with the secular variation of the magnetic needle,J. H. Lathrop, xxxviii, 68.
— — —, applications of, ibid, xxxix, 90.
Ignis fatuus, observations on,J. Mitchell, xvi, 246.
Iguanodon, bones of, in Mantell's Museum, xxiii, 165.
—, discovery of, xxvii, 355.f
—, Maidstone, xxvii, 420.
Ilicine, in fevers, xxii, 349.
Ilex laurifolia, v, 289.
Illinois, geology of Upper,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 134.f
—, —, ibid, coal formation, xxxiv, 142.f
—, Lake shore near Chicago, xxxiv, 134.
—, route, expense, &c., of the Michigan and Illinois canal, xxxiv, 138.
—, mineral and brine springs, xxxiv, 157.
Ilmenite, (Crichtonite,) localities of, in Connecticut, xii, 161, 170; xxxv, 179; xliii, 364.f
—, in Pennsylvania, xiv, 6, 7.
—, in Rhode Island, xxxv, 180.
Impression in marble near Philadelphia, notice of,J. B. Browne, xix, 361.f
Incas, dominion of, xxxviii, 365.
Inclined planes, on,J. Thomson, xxiii, 107.
Indelible coloring, xxiv, 373.
—, ink, seeInk.
India, culture of cotton in, attempted, xl, 40.
India rubber carpets, xxvi, 191.
Indian attacks on Wheeling, xxxi, 3.
— axe of hornblende rock, xliii, 31.f
— cemetery, Ohio,S. P. Hildreth, xxxi, 69.
— corn, origin of, xix, 186.
— —, oil of, xliii, 403.
— mounds of the West, xxii, 124.
— —, crania, &c.,Dr. Warren, xxxiv, 47.
— —, and earthworks in the form of animal effigies,R. C. Taylor, xxxiv, 88.f
— —, and other remains in Iowa and Wisconsin,S. Taylor, xliv, 21.f
— —,Col. Whittlesey, xxxiv, 361.
— —, and relics, near Natchez,C. G. Forshey, xl, 376.
— —, in Louisiana,C. G. Forshey, xlix, 38.f
— —, in Indiana,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 313.
— mummies and remains in the caves of Tennessee, xxii, 124.
— remains, skeleton, &c., xxxiv, 47.
— races of America, characteristics of,S. G. Morton, xxxviii, 347; xlvii, 408.
— —, ancient Peruvian, xxxviii, 360.f
— —, Araucanian, xxxviii, 368.f
— —, Huron, xxxviii, 368.f
— —, remarks on,R. C. Taylor, xxxiv, 88.
— sepulchre and remains, xxxi, 8.f
— summer, remarks on, xviii, 66.
— —, remarks on,L. Foot, xxx, 8.
— —, essay on, xxvii, 140.
— utensil, ancient,W. R. Johnson, xxiii, 65.f
— words in the English language,J. W. Gibbs, xli, 28.
— —, names of beasts, birds and insects, origin of,J. W. Gibbs, xli, 39.
Indians, Esquimaux, remarks on, xvi, 145.
—, Seminole, ix, 132.
—, adventure of Lewis Wetzel among, xxxi, 14.
—, murder of Logan's family by, xxxi, 11.
Indiana, sketch of the geology and mineralogy of,W. B. Stilson, i, 131.
—, ibid, cave near Corydon, containing Epsom salts, i, 133.
—, geological report on, byD. D. Owen, noticed, xxxiv, 193; xl, 133.
—, suburban geology of Richmond,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 281.f
—, pisolitic rocks,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 283.f
—, phosphate of iron,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 287.
—, fossil including fossil fuci,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 290.f
—, ancient wood and stumps of trees,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 302.
—, boulders in,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 303.
—, magnesia in the water of,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 307.
—, soil of,J. T. Plummer, xl, 198; xliv, 310.
—, mounds of,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 313.
Indigo,J. Dalton'smode of testing the value of, ix, 385.
—, analysis of, xviii, 241.
—, mode of assaying,S. L. Dana, xlii, 320.
—, on the manufacture of, in the U. States,W. Partridge, xviii, 237.
Induction, electrical, seeElectrical.
Inertia, remarks on,Z., xiv, 50.
Infinites, on,I. Orr, v, 326.
Infusoria,Turpin, on siliceous, xxxii, 400.
—,C. G. Ehrenherg'sdiscoveries in relation to fossil and recent, xxxiii, 111; xxxv, 371f; xxxvii, 116.
—, —, in volcanic rocks, xlix, 397.
—, —, in argillaceous formation, at Berlin, xlii, 388.
—, —, conclusions on, xxxviii, 405; xlvii, 208.
—,C. G. Ehrenberg, on American, xliii, 393; xlvi, 297.
—, —, near Richmond, Virginia, xlvi, 300.
—, —, Maryland and Virginia, xlviii, 201.
—, —, near West Point, New York, xlvi, 302; xxxix, 191.
—,J. W. Bailey, in peat earth, West Point, xxxv, 118.f
—, —, from Oregon, Bermudas, Virginia and Maryland, catalogue of, xlviii, 321.f
—, —, Connecticut, New Haven harbor, xlviii, 337.f
—, —, S. Carolina, Charleston harbor, xlviii, 338.f
—, —, Virginia, xli, 214; xlv, 313; xlvi, 137f; xlviii, 330.f
—, —, Nova Scotia, xlviii, 339.
—, —, with bones of Mastodon, xlviii, 339.
—, —, of the family Baccillaria, xli, 284f; xlii, 88f; xliii, 321f;
–localities, xliii, 328, 329.
—,E. Hitchcock, remarks on the discoveries of, xli, 258.
—,W. B. Rogers, stratum of, near Richmond, Virginia, xlv, 313; xlvi, 141.
Infusorial vegetable remains in England,J. E. Bowman, xl, 174.
Injection, venous, improved instrument for, xxiii, 114.f
Ink,antediluvian,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 287.
—, black writing, improvement in,J. Bostoch, xx, 195.
—, receipt for, xxx, 169.
—, made with chesnut bark, ix, 202.
—, India, substitute for, xxvi, 189.
—, indelible, xxiii, 201.
—, —, composition of,Traill, xxxvi, 209.
—, —,H. Braconnot's, xvii, 172, 371.
—, —, stain from, discharged by corrosive sublimate, xxvi, 392.
—, sympathetic, xviii, 148.
Inking machine, Wood's, xxiii, 103.f
Insanity,B. W. Dwight'scases of, i, 431.
—, connection of civilization with, xxii, 379.
Insects, circulation in, xxx, 186.
—, miscellaneous observations on,J. T. Plummer, xl, 146.
—, a means of protecting trees from, x, 204.
—, method of destroying, xxxiii, 273.
—, on the preservation of,T. Roger, xix, 213.
—, produced, as supposed, by galvanism,A. Crosse, xxxii, 374f; xxxv, 125.f
—, ibid,W. H. Weekes, xliii, 395.
—, not produced by galvanism, xxxiii, 272; xlix, 227.
Inspiration of inflammable gas, xiv, 370.
Institute,Albany, transactions of, noticed, xvii, 208, 415; xix, 173, 360.
—, Mechanic's, New York, notice of proceedings, xxxi, 415.
—, National, a society established at Washington, xli, 203.
Interest, new mode of computing,G. R. Perkins, xlvii, 51.
Interference of light, new case of,Powell, xxxviii, 107.
— —, apparatus for experiments on,E. S. Snell, xlix, 26.f
Iodate of soda, iodate of magnesia, and a borate, &c., Tarapaca,A. A. Hayes, xxxviii, 410; xxxix, 378; xliv, 6.
Iodic acid, crystallization of, xx, 185.
—, action of, with morphine, xx, 184.
— —, combinations of, with vegetable alkalies, xix, 371.
— —, preparation of, xxviii, 136.
Iodide of azote, preparation of,Serullas, xviii, 154.
— of calcium and potassium, xvii, 177.
— of lead, decomposition of, xv, 188.
Iodine, iii, 386.
—, acidification of, by nitric acid, xxi, 376.
—, atomic weight of,J. J. Berzelius, xix, 383.
—, crystallization of, xvii, 168.
—, —,W. W. Mather, xviii, 84.f
—, action of, on the protochloride of mercury, xvi, 395.
—, a reagent forhydrosulphuric acid,A. du Pasquier, xl, 123.
—, used as a dye, xv, 394.
—, medical uses of, iii, 386; vi, 383.
—, — — of tincture of, xx, 196.
—, — —, ibid, in a report byDumerilandMagendie, xx, 386.
—, — —, in Anguina pectoris, xx, 411.
—, — —, in causing disappearance of the breasts, xi, 395.
—, — —, in gout and Anguina pectoris, xvi, 176.
—, — —, as a cure for the goitre and scrofula, v, 387.
—, occurrence of, in coal,Bussy, xl, 217.
— and bromine in mineral waters, remarks on,C. Daubeny, xxi, 366.
— in a mineral spring in Italy, vii, 387.
— in the Saratoga mineral water, xvi, 217;J. H. Steel, xvi, 242.
— in the Kenawha waters, xviii, 260.
— and bromine in the salt springs of Athens, Ohio,W. W. Mather, xlix, 211.
— in plants and mosses, xlv, 227.
— in sponges, ii, 363.
—, in an ore of zinc, xvi, 389.
—, cyanide of, a mode of obtaining, xiii, 181.
—, fluoride of,H. B. Leeson, xlix, 205.
— and phosphorus, heat from, xxvii, 200.
— and oxygen, new compound of, (hyperiodic acid) xxviii, 141.
Iolite, analyses of, xlvi, 383.
—, in Connecticut, xxii, 389.
—, in Massachusetts, xxxiii, 399.
—, decomposed varieties of,C. U. Shepard, xli, 354.
Iowa, mounds of various imitative shapes in,S. Taylor, xliv, 21.f
Ipecacuana, analysis of, xvii, 385.
Ireland, geographical distribution of plants in, xxxi, 367.
Iridium, method of obtaining, from the platinum residue,F. Wöhler, xxvi, 371.
—, means of obtaining pure,Fremy, xlviii, 185.
Iris, affords a good test liquor, v, 408.
Iris Duerinckii, xlv, 176.
— lacustris, iv, 57.
Iriscope,Reade'sexperiments with, xl, 334.
Iron,action of, on ammonia, xviii, 146.
—, action of air and water on,Mallet, xliv, 355.
—, steel and cast iron, remarks on, xxxviii, 121.
—, method of bronzing, xxx, 173.
—, — of browning, ix, 168.
—, cementation of, by carburetted hydrogen, xxviii, 362.
—, cold short, method of purifying, xxx, 173.
—, chlorine in,C. U. Shepard, xliii, 359.
—, corrosion of, by salt water, xxxiii, 286.
— when cutting, action of, in motion, on tempered steel, ix, 324; x, 127; xi, 384.
—, deoxidation of the salts of the peroxide of,C. F. Schönbein, xlix, 203.
—, experiments on two varieties made from the magnetic ores of Essex Co., N. Y.,W. R. Johnson, xxxvi, 94.f
—, manufacture of, by use of anthracite, xxxiii, 266.
—, —, with the hot blast, xxix, 356.
—, —, with the hot blast,T. Clark, xxxi, 180.
—, —, by the hot and cold blast, comparative strength of,Fairburn, xxxiii, 292.
—, —, ibid, comparative composition of,T. Thomson, xxxiv, 21.
—, —, gas obtained by water applied in,J. S. Dawes, xxxv, 303.
—, oxides of, separation of,J. Liebig, xxiii, 379.
—, —, effect of, on soil, xli, 159.
— for railways,D. Mushet, xxxiv, 15.
—, separation of, from manganese, xiii, 173.
—, method of silvering, xxx, 169.
—, on the different states of, xiii, 159.
—, state of, in soils,R. Phillips, Jr., xlix, 394.
—, use of, for stereotyping, xxvi, 192.
—, sulphur in bar, xxviii, 71.
—, sulphuret of, formation of, xxxi, 74.
— boat, iii, 371.
— bridge in Prussia, xii, 197.
— cement, xxx, 171.
— conduit pipes, vi, 173.
— furnaces, number in England and Scotland, xvi, 395.
— mountain of Missouri, iii, 63.
— — ibid,J. T. Hodge, xliii, 58.
— spikes, experiments on the adhesion of,W. R. Johnson, xxxii, 34.f
— trade of Great Britain, amount of, xx, 176.
— — of Wales, xx, 182.
— works of Sweden, amount of exports from, in 1828, xviii, 173.
— — of Glasgow, xli, 48.
— — of Russia, improvements in, xxx, 181.
— — of McIntyre, Essex Co., N. Y.,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 303.
— —, statistics of, in the U. States, xxii, 179.
— —, —, in Connecticut,C. U. Shepard, xxxiii, 157.
— —, —, in Maryland, (1834,) xxvii, 15.
—, meteoric, seeMeteoric.
—, native, seeMeteoric.
— from Bedford Co., Pa., supposed native, chemical examination of, xiv, 183.
— ores, reduction of,W. W. Mather, xxi, 212.
— —, —, in Connecticut, ii, 207.
Localities.
Iron ores,in Greece, xxxii, 175.
— — in Canada, viii, 75, 76.
— — in Nova Scotia, xv, 157, 159, 201, 210, 213.
— — in United States.
— —, in New England, western, viii, 30.
— —, —, in Maine,C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 147, 150.
— —, —, in New Hampshire, at Franconia, viii, 180.
— —, —, ibid,C. U. Shepard, xviii, 134, 289.
— —, —, in Massachusetts, southern, and northern Connecticut, (bog) x, 14.
— —, —, ibid, notice of some, xxxvi, 378.
— —, —, general account of,E. Hitchcock, xxii, 50.
— —, —, ibid, of Hawley, vi, 208.
— —, —, ibid, of Kent, Richmond, &c., v, 20.
— —, —, of New Braintree, vi, 209.
— —, —, in New England, in Vermont,F. Hall, iii, 57; iv, 23.
— —, —, ibid, at Bennington,C. Dewey, v, 249.
— —, —, ibid, at Plymouth, (spathic) ix, 22.
— —, —, ibid, ibid,T. G. Clemson, xxiv, 170.
— —, —, in Rhode Island, xl, 185.
— —, —, in Connecticut,C. U. Shepard, xxxiii, 152.
— —, —, ibid, at New Milford, (spathic) vi, 209; xix, 311.f
— —, —, in Kent, hematite, ii, 216; vi, 209.
— —, —, in Salisbury, ii, 212; vi, 208; xix, 322.
— —, —, in New York, xlvi, 25.
— —, —, ibid, of Clinton group of rocks, (argillaceous) xlviii, 301.
— —, —, ibid, of Columbia and Dutchess Cos., xxxvi, 21.
— —, —, ibid, of Crown Point, iv, 48.
— —, —, ibid, of Essex Co., xxxvi, 26; xl, 81.
— —, —, ibid, at Hillsdale and Amenia, viii, 243.
— —, —, ibid, in Orange Co., xvii, 203.
— —, —, ibid, in Jefferson and St. Lawrence Cos., xl, 81.
— —, —, ibid, in Scoharie Co., xxviii, 176.
— —, —, ibid, in St. Lawrence Co.,J. Finch, xix, 220.
— —, —, in New Jersey, at Franklin, v, 243.
— —, —, ibid, at Pompton Plains, v, 28.
— —, —, ibid, in Morris Co., v, 28.
— —, —, in Pennsylvania, analyses of,W. R. Johnson, xxxviii, 383; xxxix, 142.
— —, —, in Maryland,DucatelandAlexander, xxvii, 7, 13, 32.
— —, —, near Baltimore, titanic,T. G. Clemson, xvii, 42.
— —, —, in Ohio valley and Ohio,S. P. Hildreth, xxix, 129f, 137; xxxi, 61, 68.
— —, —, in Michigan, xxxiv, 192.
— —, —, in Illinois,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 159.
— —, —, in Missouri and the West, iii, 26, 63; xliii, 67.
— —, —, in North Carolina, v, 417; xiv, 235; xli, 183, 348.
— —, —, in Alabama, xlviii, 399.
—, arsenical, in New Hampshire, xxiv, 386; xlvi, 384.
—, —, in Connecticut, vi, 232.
—, —, in New York, xxi, 326.
—, bog, in Maine, x, 18.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 343; ix, 43; x, 14; xxii, 55.
—, —, in Connecticut, x, 14; xxxiii, 156, 160.
—, —, in New York, v, 270; xxviii, 176.
—, —, in New Jersey,H. Seybert, with an analysis, viii, 298.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, iv, 4; xiv, 5.
—, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 7.
—, —, in North Carolina, xiv, 235.
—, —, in Michigan, xxxiv, 192.
—, —, in Canada, viii, 76.
—, argillaceous, in Massachusetts, iv, 285; xxii, 55.
—, —, in New York, xlviii, 301.
—, —, in Ohio, xvi, 156.
—, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 32.
—, —, in Delaware, xiv, 11.
—, —, in Canada, viii, 76.
—, carbonate of,or spathic, in New Hampshire, vi, 245.
—, —, in Vermont, Plymouth, ix, 22; xxiv, 170, (with analysis.)
—, —, in Massachusetts, v, 269; ix, 54; xxii, 50.
—, —, in Connecticut, ii, 226; vi, 209; xix, 311f, (New Milford); xxxiii, 160.
—, chromic, in Vermont, xxviii, 383.
—, —, in Massachusetts, vi; 248; viii, 56; xxiv, 397.
—, —, in Connecticut, vi, 233.
—, —, in New York, ix, 243.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, viii, 239; ix, 45; xiv, 7, 10.
—, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 18.
—, hematite or brown, in Vermont, iii, 57; iv, 23; v, 249.
—, —, in Massachusetts, iv, 285; v, 269; viii, 55; xxii, 54.
—, —, in R. Island, iv, 285.
—, —, in Connecticut, ii, 209, 212, 216; vi, 208; viii, 260; xix, 322; xxxiii, 156.
—, —, in New York, i, 144; iv, 47.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, i, 236; xiv, 14.
—, magnetic, igneous origin indicated by jointed structure, xli, 173.
—, —, connection with trap dikes,E. Emmons, xl, 81.
—, —, at Mount Etna, xxx, 186.
—, —, in New Hampshire, xviii, 130.
—, —, in Vermont, iii, 76; vi, 232.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 115, 344; v, 269; vi, 208; vii, 255; viii, 55; ix, 43; x, 13, 18; xxii, 52.
—, —, in Rhode Island, (native magnet) iv, 285; v, 402.
—, —, in Connecticut, v, 41; viii, 259; xxxiii, 155; xlvi, 365,f(distorted crystal.)
—, —, in New York, iv, 48; v, 28; ix, 41, 252; xxv, 350; xl, 81.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, viii, 238; x, 219; xiv, 10, 18.
—, —, in Maryland, xviii, 81.
—, —, in Canada, viii, 75.
—, micaceous, in Vermont, iii, 76; vi, 208, 233.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 115; iv, 53; vi, 27, 207, 233, 248; xxii, 53.
—, —, in Rhode Island, viii, 231, 232.
—, —, in New York, xxv, 350.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, iv, 4; viii, 238.
—, —, in Virginia, iii, 232.
—, phosphate of, Cornwall, analysis of, vii, 369.
— pyrites, cause of decomposition of, xix, 387.
— —, specific gravity of, xix, 388.
— —, occurrence of, in fossiliferous rocks, xxxi, 74.
— —, in New Hampshire, xviii, 129, 131.
— —, in Vermont, i, 115; vi, 245.
— —, in Massachusetts, viii, 54; x, 18; xxii, 51.
— —, in Rhode Island, viii, 199.
— —, in Connecticut, i, 49; v, 44; vii, 56; x, 13; xxxiii, 160.
— —, in New York, v, 12, xix, 224; xxv, 350; xxviii, 172f; xlvi, 36.f
— —, in Pennsylvania, iv, 4; viii, 239; x, 222; xiv, 5, 6, 8, 13.
— —, in Ohio, xvi, 156.
— —, in New Jersey, v, 28.
— —, in Maryland, xviii, 80.
— pyrites, in North and South Carolina, iii, 3; v, 262; xli, 183.
— —, in Alabama, xxiv, 9.
— —, in Canada, viii, 75.
— —, in Nova Scotia, xv, 213.
— sand, in Massachusetts, i, 115.
— —, in Connecticut, vi, 232.
— —, in Canada, viii, 75.
—, silicate of, Bodenmais, xviii, 164.
—, specular, association of, in Jefferson and St. Lawrence Cos.,E. Emmons, xl, 81.
—, —, of volcanic origin, theory of formation of,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 237.
—, —, ibid,Mitscherlich, xxxvi, 237.
—, —, in Canada, viii, 76.
—, —, in Maine, x, 17.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 115, 438.
—, —, in New Hampshire, xviii, 131.
—, —, in New York, iv, 250; xxi, 329; xl, 81.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, iv, 4; xiv, 9.
—, —, in Rhode Island, ix, 46.
—, sulphate of, in Massachusetts, i, 115; viii, 56.
—, —, in Connecticut, v, 36; viii, 260; x, 13.
—, —, in New York, iv, 250; xv, 243.
—, —, in New Jersey, v, 265.
—, titanic, near Baltimore, Maryland,T. G. Clemson, xvii, 42.
Irradiation, notice ofB. F. Joslin'smemoir on, xxvii, 389.
Ischil, salt mines of, xxix, 225.
Islands, floating,A. Pettengill, xii, 122.
—, sudden formation of, from volcanic action,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 267.
—, volcanic, near Sicily, thrown up, xxi, 399.f
Isomeric compounds, xix, 383.
— bodies,J. J. Berzeliuson, xxvi, 178.
Isomerism, remarks on, xxviii, 356.
Isomorphism,H. Kopp'sviews on, xlvi, 369.
—, exceptions to the law of, xxxv, 302.
Isopyre, analysis of, xv, 388.
Italy, seeVesuviusandVolcano.
Ives, A. W., chemical examination of hop, ii, 302.
Ives, Eli, on a species of Limosella, i, 74.
—, on the amount of nutritious matter afforded by an acre of land cultivated with potatoes or wheat, i, 297.
—, new species of Asclepias, i, 252.f
—, on spring pasture, iii, 355.
Ivory paper, iii, 370.
—, vegetable, xlix, 400.
J.
Jackson, C. T., analysis of mineral waters from the Azores, xxxi, 94, 96.
—, — of the serpentine marble of Vermont, xxxviii, 198.
—, — of meteoric iron from Claiborne, Alabama, xxxiv, 332; xlviii, 145.
—, — of Catlinite, xxxv, 388; xxxvii, 393.
—, composition of some kinds of grains, xlv, 339.
—, on the copper and silver of Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior, xlix, 81.
—, remarks on drift, xlv, 320.
—, geology and mineralogy of a part of Nova Scotia, xiv, 305f; xv, 132f, 201.
—, on certain portions of the geology of Maine, xxxiv, 69.
—, geological reports on Maine, noticed, xxxii, 193; xxxv, 387; xxxvi, 143; xxxvii, 376.
—, — — on N. Hampshire, xli, 383; xlviii, 393; xlix, 27.
—, on the geology of Maine and the public lands, review of, xxxvi, 143.
—, on geological specimens and surveys, xxx, 203.
—, notice of some metamorphic rocks in New Hampshire, xlv, 145.
—, organic matters in soils, xlv, 337.
Jacobi, on electro-magnetism as a moving power, xl, 339.
Jameson'sMineralogy, announced, ii, 167.
Jarman, T., on gas lights, iii, 170.
Jasper in Canada, viii, 64.
— in Connecticut, v, 36.
— in Massachusetts, i, 113, 343.
— in Mississippi valley, iii, 71.
— in New Jersey, ii, 197.
— in North Carolina, v, 261.
Jaundice, use of phosphoric acid in, iv, 162.
Java, native sulphur of, i, 58.
—, sulphuric acid of, i, 58.
Jeffersonite, analysis of, v, 402.
—, identity of, with pyroxene,H. Seybert, vii, 145.
Jenyns, L., notice of the works of, xxxvii, 165.
Jewelry, composition of the powder used in giving the fine color to gold, xii, 188.
Johnson, E. F., canal surveys in the state of New York, xxiv, 19.f
—, on the height of the mountains of New York, xxxvii, 84.
—, on the present mode of conducting land surveys in the U. States, xix, 131.
—, on the epicycloid, xxi, 280.f
Johnson, S. L., ascent of Mt. Etna, xxvi, 1.
Johnson, W. R., economy of fuel, in its domestic applications, xxiii, 318.f
—, electricity, experiments in, xxv, 57.
—, heating power of various coals, xlix, 166, 310.
—, heat and vapor, inquiries respecting, xxi, 304.
—, method of determining and calculating the specific heats of certain solids, xxvii, 267.
—, huaco a remedy for hydrophobia, xxiv, 279, 388.
—, confirmatory notice of the medical virtues of guaco, xxvii, 171.
—, iron from the Adirondack iron works, experiments on two varieties, xxxvi, 94.f
—, iron ore and coal of Pennsylvania, analyses of, xxxviii, 382.
—, on the coal field of Carbon creek, xxxix, 137.
—, iron spikes, experiments on the adhesion of, in different kinds of timber, xxxii, 34.f
—, rotascope, description of, xxi, 265.f
—, rotation of liquids of different specific gravities, placed upon each other, xxvii, 84.f
—, on the rapid production of steam in contact with metals highly heated, xix, 292; xx, 308, 418.
—, action between water and hot iron, xxi, 71.f
—, description of a steam pyrometer, xxii, 96.f
—, the strength of cylindrical steam boilers, xxiii, 68.
—, notice of an ancient American utensil, xxiii, 65.f
Johnston, J., improved air pump, xxxiv, 86.f
—, apparatus for solidifying carbonic acid, xxxviii, 297f; xlii, 203.
—, new crystals of beryl, from Middlelown, xl, 401.f
—, on a large crystal of columbite from Middletown, Ct., xxx, 387.f
—, sketch of the early history of Count Rumford, xxxiii, 21.
—, on shrinkage marks in sandstone, xlv, 315.
Johnston, J. F. W., blank form for statistical information on chemical education, xxxi, 414.
—, work by, on agriculture, noticed, xlii, 187.
Joints in rocks,W. W. Mather, xli, 172.
Jones, A., steamboats protected from lightning, xxii, 106.
—, onhail storms, xxiii, 35.f
Jones, G., on the use of anthracite in blacksmith shops, xviii, 303.
—, remarks on prairies, xxxiii, 226.
—, Naval Sketches, citation from, xvi, 168, 320.f
—, excursion to Cairo, &c., xxxi, 412.
Jones, W. G., description of a new compensating pendulum, xxxviii, 274.f
Joslin, B. F., on the atmospheric origin of the Aurora, xxx, 390; xxxv, 145.
—, polarity of crystals indicated by rotation, while forming, as seen under solar microscope, xxxv, 150.
—, on the tails of Halley's comet, xxxi, 142, 324.
—, electro-magnetic apparatus, xxi, 86.f
—, on the causes of the earth's magnetism, xix, 398.
—, memoir on irradiation noticed, xxvii, 389.
Journals of Science, remark on British and American, xxvi, 174.
Journey, scientific, bySeiber, in Abyssinia, announced, iv, 383.
Juncus cylindricus, xlii, 83.
— Greenei, xlv, 37.
Juniperus repens, iv, 69.
Jussieua tenuifolia, v, 294.
Justicia lætivirens, xlv, 176.
K.
Kaatskill mountains, seeCatskill.
Kain, J. H., on the mineralogy and geology of part of Virginia and Tennessee, i, 60.
—, mounds and caves in Tennessee, i, 428.
—, hurricane at Shelbyville, Tenn., June, 1830, xxxi, 252.
Kakodyl,Bunsen, xli, 51; xlii, 324.
Kalmia cuneata, xxvi, 314.
Kamschatka, notice of, xvii, 30.
Kaolin, bed of, in Chester Co., Penn., xiv, 7.
—, in Maryland, xxvii, 19.
—, in New Jersey, ii, 368.
—, in North Carolina, v, 6.
Karsten, experiments by, on the formation of "images of Möser," xlv, 228.
Katahdin mountain, excursion to,J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 20.f
—, height of, xxxii, 31.
Keely, G. W., on the resistance of fluids, xxviii, 318.f
Kelley, E. G., geological features of Hawaii, xl, 117.f
Kellogg, E., on the passage of lightning, ix, 84.
Kenawha gas, J. A. Lewis, xlix, 209.
— river and valley,S. P. Hildreth, xxix, 83, 87.
—, climate of, xxix, 89.
— brines, xviii, 260; xxiv, 51, 66; xxix, 84, 113.
Kendall, E. O., on the comet of 1843, xlv, 188.f
Kendall, T., Halo at New Lebanon, a notice of, vii, 337.f
—, improvements in the surveyor's compass, xix, 337.f
Kent, E. N., new process for preparing gallic acid, xlvi, 78.
Kentucky, fossil bones atBig BoneLick, xviii, 139.
—, — ibid, report on, by Messrs. Cooper, Smith and De Kay, xx, 370.
—, geology of the region near Louisville and Shippingsport canal,I. A. Lapham, xiv, 65.f
—, caves in, containing nitre, viii, 323.
—, marbles of, iii, 234.
Kerolite, xviii, 391.
— of Westchester, N. Y., analysis of, xlvi, 34.
Kilauea, Hawaii, notice of volcano of, xi, 1, 362; xvi, 345.
—, —, ibid,C. S. Stewart, xx, 228.
—, —, ibid,J. Goodrich, xxv, 199.
—, —, ibid,E. G. Kelley, xl, 117.f
King, A. T., footprints in Westmoreland Co., Pa., xlviii, 217, 343f; xlix, 216.f
—, on a halo, xl, 25.f
King, H., on the geology of the valley of the Mississippi, xlvii, 12 8.
Kinic acid, detection of,J. Stenhouse, xlix, 391.
Kirkdale caverns, bones of, &c., examined byW. Buckland, viii, 158, 317.
Kirtland, J. P., on the sexual characters of the Naiades, xxvi, 117.f
—, habits of the Naiades, xxxix, 164.f
—, miscellaneous notices in Ornithology, xl, 19.
—, notice of, xxxi, 22.
Kite, for electro-meteorological observations, xxxii, 304.f
—, for communicating with stranded vessels, x, 184.
Kobell, F. von, on galvanography, xlviii, 221.f
Kobresia filiformis, xxix, 253.f