— —, —, 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, fromJ. 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. Forbeson 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, ofD. 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. TeschemacherandA. A. Hayes, xliii, 33.
—, reply to, ibid, byC. 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 ofD. Brewsterfor, vii, 363.
— and microscopical observations, notice of, xli, 205.
Microscopic life, seeInfusoria, andZoology.
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 fromBarruelrespecting 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 underRussia.
— of Spain, xxviii, 17, 21, 144.
— of Tokat, xxxvii, 352.
—, see farther, under names ofCountries,MetalsandMinerals.
Minerals, new fluids in cavities of, detected byD. 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, fromMonticelli'streatise, 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.
—, —, —,JacksonandAlger, 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'slocalities 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 byT. 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 ofL. 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. CraweandA. 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 severalMinerals,Ores, orMetals.
—, 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, seeSprings.
— veins, remarks on, with the views ofR. W. Fox, xxxiii, 93;
I. Fournet'sviews, 94.
— —, questions on,R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 135.
— waters, artificial,S. Morey, iii, 94.
— —, native, seeSprings.
— 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'sTreatise on, noticed, i, 35.
—, —, ibid, 2d edition announced, v, 404.
—, review ofC. U. Shepard's, xxii, 395; xxviii, 374; xlvii, 333.
—, ibidF. Alger's, xlvii, 333.
—, ibidJ. 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. DouglassandJ. Torrey, iv, 56.
— waters, medical effects of, viii, 396.
Missouri, lead region of,H. R. Schoolcraft, iii, 248.
—, — —, ores,TroostandLesueur, 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 ofLeibnitz, 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'sexperiments on, with soap bubbles, xlviii, 215.
Moll, G., experiments in electro-magnetism, xix, 329; xxvi, 177.
Mollusca, see underZoology.
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 ofbaraandasah,N. Webster, xxxv, 375.
— gold, xiii, 174.
Mosasaurus, xvii, 289; xviii, 246.
—, in United States, xxvii, 353.
Möser, images of,Karstenon, 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'sformulæ, 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. Darwinon 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
— —, seeVolcano.
—, 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, seeGalvanic.
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, seeSalt.
Muriatic acid,fumigations with, at Plattsburgh, 1819, viii, 200.
—, condensation of,M. Faraday, vii, 357.
—, experiments with reference to,MacaireandDela 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, byE. 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 underZoology,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, seeSociety.
— 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, byG. 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 ofJ. Smithon, xxxv, 160, 332; xxxvi, 133.
— to the Pacific by steam, xli, 358.
—, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207.
—, steam, seeSteam.
—, 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. SmithandE. P. Mason, xl, 37.
—, approximate places of some, xxxv, 284.
— delineated by photography, xliv, 375.
Necrology, seeObituary.
Necronite,H. H. Hayden, i, 306.
Needle, seeMagnetic.
— 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 byJ. P. Espy, xxxii, 158.
— —,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.f
— —,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 115.f
New England, geology of, see underGeology.
— — 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, byC. 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.