Amethyst, in the Canadas, viii, 63.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 113.
—, in New Jersey, ii, 197.
—, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 348.
—, in Rhode Island, viii, 199, 229.
—, in the Western States, i, 132; vii, 48.
Amianthus, in Connecticut, vi, 225.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 343.
—, in New Jersey, v, 266.
—, in New York, i, 54; v, 29; ix, 40.
—, inPennsylvania, viii, 239; x, 219; xiv, 9, 17.
Ammelide,M. Liebig, xxix, 373.
Ammeline,M. Liebig, xxix, 373.
Ammonia, formation of, xiv, 387; xlvii, 193.
—, action of iron upon, xviii, 146.
—, action of, on butyric ether, xlviii, 191.
—, an antidote against poisons, xvi, 182.
—, in argillaceous minerals, xv, 182.
—, in the rust of iron, ix, 191.
—, in native oxide of iron, xxi, 155.
—, disengaged from growing plants, x, 190.
—, decomposition of salts of, at the ordinary temperature,H. B. Jones, xlix, 392.
—, bitungstate of,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 264.
—, commercial carbonate of,M. Scanlan, xxxv, 297.
—, preparation of nitrate of,R. Hare, v, 346.
Ammonia and Magnesia, carbonate of, xlix, 200.
Ammonia and Zinc, carbonate of, xlix, 200.
Ammoniacal gas, inflammability of, vi, 185.
— salts, solvent and oxidating powers of,J. P. Emmet, xviii, 255.
Ammonites in Canada, viii, 84.
—, see fartherZoology–Mollusca.
Amphide salts, on the existence of radicals of,R. Hare, xlv, 52, 247.
Amsterdam Canal, v, 181.
Amygdaline in bitter almonds, xix, 384.
Amygdaloid, origin of minerals of, xlix, 52.
—, of the Connecticut river valley, vi, 51.
—, of Salem, Mass., iii, 232.
— and minerals of Nova Scotia, xiv, 314; xv, 132, 204.
Amygdaloidal minerals, origin of,J. D. Dana, xlix, 49.
Analcime, in Connecticut, vi, 224.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 114, 115.
—, in New Jersey, ii, 191, 197; xl, 69; xliv, 54.
—, in New York, xliv, 57.
—, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 349.
—, of Sicily, viii, 206.
Analysis of actinolite,H. Seybert, vi, 331.
— albite of Chesterfield, xxx, 381.
— Allanite, xxviii, 394.
— —, of Monroe, N. Y.,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 37.
— alum, of Milo,C. U. Shepard, xvi, 203.
— anatase, xlvii, 215.
— apophyllite from the Tyrol, and Greenland, vii, 370.
— argentine,C. Dewey, vi, 333.
— arragonite,M. Stromeyer, vii, 368.
— arsenical iron (Danaite,)A. A. Hayes, xxiv, 386.
— ashes of two pines, xxvi, 182.
— basalt, iv, 230.
— Beaumontite,M. A. Delesse, xlvii, 216.
— —,C. T. Jackson, xlvii, 337.
— bile, xviii, 162.
— bismuth, carbonate of, xviii, 391.
— —, cobalt ore, xiii, 187.
— bog ore, N. Jersey,H. Seybert, viii, 298.
— bones, xlvii, 131, 419; xlviii, 99, 186.
— borate of lime, native,A. A. Hayes, xlvii, 215.
— Brewsterite, xx, 198.
— brine springs of New York,G. Chilton, vii, 345.
— Brucite, seeChondrodite.
— bronzite,T. G. Clemson, xxiv, 170.
— cacoxenite, xviii, 391.
— calcareous minerals, determination of carbonic acid in,J. L. Smith, xlv, 262.f
— calculi,J. F. Dana, iv, 149.
— —, urinary, xvii, 190.
— calstronbarite,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 161.
— Catlinite,C. T. Jackson, xxxv, 388; xxxvii, 393.
— celestine, iv, 324; vii, 369.
— chabazite,C. Cramer, xxx, 366.
— chlorophyllite, xlvi, 377.
— chromic iron, of Maryland,H. Seybert, iv, 321.
— — —, from Cuba,R. C. Taylor, xxxviii, 243.
— chrysoberyl, of Haddam,H. Seybert, viii, 105.
— cinnamon stone, of Ceylon, xiv, 204.
— clinkstone, xix, 380.
— coal,W. R. Johnson, xxxviii, 382; xxxix, 139; xlix, 166.
— — of Maryland,DucatelandAlexander, xxvii, 31.
— — of Virginia, xlii, 369.
— — of Pennsylvania,W. Meade, xiii, 32.
— cobalt and nickel ores of Chatham,A. A. Hayes, xxi, 195.
— cobalt ores,Wöhler, xxxvi, 332.
— colophonite, v, 113.
— columbite, Rose, xlix, 228.
— copper, native of New Jersey,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 107.
— —, red oxyd, New Jersey,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 107.
— —, bisilicate,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 107.
— —, gray sulphuret, N. Jersey, xxxvi, 107.
— coprolites,S. L. Dana, xlviii, 46.
— couzeranite, xvii, 183.
— cyanogen,R. Hare, xv, 271.f
— Danaite,A. A. Hayes, xxiv, 386.
— Danburite,C. U. Shepard, xxxv, 137.
— Davyne, xi, 255.
— Deweylite,C. U. Shepard, xviii, 81.
— —,T. Thomson, xxxi, 173.
— dioptase,Damour, xlvii, 216.
— dolomite, iv, 17.
— dreelite, xxx, 380.
— Emmonite,T. Thomson, xxxi, 171.
— eupyrchroite,L. C. Beck, xl, 77.
— feldspar from Bytown, L. C.,T. Thomson, xxxi, 173.
— —, containing titanium, xii, 187.
— garnet, manganesian of Haddam, Ct.,H. Seybert, vi, 155.
— gaseous mixtures,R. Hare, xv, 279, 283.
— gastric juice, byBraconnot, xxx, 378.
— gigantolite, xlii, 387.
— glaucolite, xv, 387.
— Gmelinite,A. Connell, xxxv, 195.
— gold of Georgia,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 255.
— —, containing rhodium, from Mexico, xi, 298.
— grains, cereal,C. T. Jackson, andA. A. Hayes, xlv, 339.
— guano,J. E. Teschemacher, xlviii, 181.
— —,GirardinandBidard, xlviii, 181.
— —,W. Francis, xlviii, 182.
— —,J. D. Smith, xlviii, 183.
— —, xlix, 200, 391.
— Haydenite,B. Silliman, Jr., xlvi, 380.
— heavy Spar,G. T. Bowen, iv, 325.
— heterosite, xix, 371.
— Holmesite,T. Thomson, xxxi, 172.
— hops, vi, 393.
— Hudsonite,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 32.
— Humboldtilite, xi, 251.
— huraulite, xix, 371.
— hydrate of magnesia, Hoboken, vii, 370.
— hydraulic limestones,L. C. Beck; xlvi, 29.
— hydroboracite, xxviii, 394.
— hydromagnesite, of Hoboken,M. Wachtmeister, xviii, 167.
— hydrous anthophyllite of N. York,T. Thomson, xix, 359.
— hypersthene of N. York,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 35.
— idocrase,T. Richardson, xxxviii, 120.
— indigo, xviii, 241.
— iolite, xlvi, 383.
— iron, supposed native of Bedford Co. Pa., xiv, 183.
— iron ore of Pennsylvania,W. R. Johnson, xxxviii, 383; xxxix, 142.
— iron ore, bog, in New Jersey,H. Seybert, viii, 298.
— iron, native phosphate, of Cornwall, vii, 369.
— iron, titanic, of Baltimore,T. G. Clemson, xvii, 42.
— isopyre, xv, 388.
— kerolite, of Westchester, N. Y.,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 34.
— kyanite,C. H. Rockwell, xlvi, 383.
— lampblack, xi, 387.
— Latrobite,Gmelin, ix, 329.
— lead, native carbonate, of Davidson Co., N. C., xli, 350.
— —, cupreous sulphato-carbonate of, iv, 29.
— — ore, agentiferous of Lane's mine, Ct.,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 256.
— Ledererite,A. A. Hayes, xxv, 80.
— lepidolite,Gmelin, ix, 329.
— Maclureite,H. Seybert, v, 336.
— magnesian hydrate of silica,P. T. Tyson, xviii, 79.
— — ibid,C. U. Shepard, xviii, 81.
— magnesite, hard, of Baumgarten, vii, 368.
— manganese ores,M. Berthier, vii, 366.
— marl from Farmington, Ct.,E. Hitchcock, xxxvi, 176.
— — from New Jersey, xvii, 277.
— — from Ashley river, S. Carolina,J. L. Smith, xlviii, 101.
— marmolite,T. Nuttall, iv, 17, 19.
— Masonite,C. T. Jackson, xl, 186; xlviii, 218.
— melanite of Franklin furnace, N.J., H. Seybert, viii, 300.
— Menardite, xii, 386.
— meteoric iron of Canaan, Ct.,C. U. Shepard, xii, 155.
— — — from Claiborne, Alabama,C. T. Jackson, xxxiv, 332; xlviii, 145.
— — — ibid,A. A. Hayes, xlviii, 147.
— — — of Oswego, N. Y.,C. U. Shepard, xl, 366.
— — — from Guilford Co., N. Carolina,C. U. Shepard, xl, 369.
— — — from Buncombe Co., N. Carolina, xxxvi, 81.
— — — from Maryland, Feb. 1825,G. Chilton, x, 131.
— — — fromVirginia,C. U. Shepard, xvi, 191.
— — — from Tennessee, of 1827, xvii, 326.
— — — from Tennessee,G. Troost, xxxviii, 250.
— — — from Tennessee,C. U. Shepard, xliii, 354.
— — — from Texas,C. U. Shepard, xvi, 217.
— meteorite of Juvenas, France, 1821, vi, 397.
— — South African Cold Bokkeveld, xxxvii, 190.
— — France, Chateau Renard, xlii, 403.
— — of U. States, in Maine, August, 1823, ix, 400.
— — —,in Connecticut, Weston,i, 273.
— mica yellow and lepidolite, xxxvii, 361.
— microlite,C. U. Shepard, xxxii, 338; xliii, 119.
— —,A. A. Hayes, xliii, 33; xlvi, 158.
— mineral waters, seeAnalysis ofwaters, below.
— molybdena,H. Seybert, iv, 320.
— mud, New Haven harbor,B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 337.
— Murchisonite, xv, 386.
— needle ore, xxviii, 395.
— nephrite,G. T. Bowen, v, 346.
— olefiant gas,R. Hare, xv, 270.
— olivine, ix, 379; xiii, 184.
— organic compounds, determination of nitrogen in, xlv, 267.
— Oxahverite, xv, 387.
— pennine, xlvii, 216.
— Pickeringite,A. A. Hayes, xlvi, 360.
— picropharmacolite, vii, 368.
— platina of Russia,J. Berzelius, xviii, 162.
— polymignite, xviii, 392.
— pollen,M. Prinsep, xviii, 402.
— pyrargillite,M. Nordenskiöld, xxvi, 387.
— pyrochlore, xviii, 392.
— —,M. Wöhler, xliii, 35.
— —,A. A. Hayes, xlvi, 163.
— pyromorphite,C. Kersten, xxii, 307.
— pyrophyllite, xviii, 392.
— pyroxene, Franklin Iron works,H. Seybert, v, 113; vii, 145.
— Rensselaerite, xl, 77.
— rhodium gold, of Mexico, xi, 298.
— sea water, near Brighton, xxxviii, 12.
— seleniuret of lead, xviii, 391.
— — — and mercury, xviii, 391.
— serpentine marble, Vt.,C. T. Jackson, xxxviii, 198.
— Seybertite,T. G. Clemson, xxiv, 171.
— shells,W. B. Rogers, xxvi, 361.
— Sillimanite,G. T. Bowen, viii, 113.
— Sillimanite, xlvi, 382; xlviii, 219.
— —,T. Thomson, xlix, 396.
— Sismondine,M. Delesse, xlvii, 217.
— soda alum of Milo,C. U. Shepard, xvi, 203.
— spathic iron,T. G. Clemson, xxiv, 170.
— spodumene, Sweden, vii, 371.
— steatitic pseudomorphs,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 35.
— — —,C. Dewey, vi, 333.
— Steinheilite, iv, 377.
— stellite of Bergen Hill, xliv, 54; xlvi, 35.
— strontian, sulphate,G. T. Bowen, iv, 324.
— tabular spar,H. Seybert, v, 113.
— — —, from the Bannat, vii, 370.
— talc, from Chamouni, xlvii, 216.
— titanic iron, from near Baltimore,T. G. Clemson, xvii, 42.
— topaz, of Huntington, Ct., x, 352.
— tourmaline, xiv, 384; xv, 389.
— triphyline, xxviii, 394.
— tungstate of lime,G. T. Bowen, v, 118.
— upas, juice of, xxxix, 206.
— uranite,R. Phillips, vii, 380.
— Vulpinite,M. Vauquelin, vii, 368.
— wacke, i, 296.
— Warwickite,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 313; xxxvi, 85.
— waterof the Rio Vinagre,M. Boussingault, xxiv, 149.
— — of spouting fountain of Naples, xxv, 195.
— — of Black Sea, xx, 188.
— — of Dead Sea,B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 10.
— — of sea near Brighton,G. Schweitzer, xxxviii, 12.
— — of Scott Spring, Va.,C. B. Hayden, xliv, 409.
— — of mineral spring near Albany,W. Meade, xiii, 145.
— — —, the Clinton,G. Chilton, xviii, 346.
— —, from the Azores,C. T. Jackson, xxxi, 94, 96.
— — sulphur, of Virginia,C. U. Shepard, xxx, 100.
— wines of Palestine,E. Hitchcock, xlvi, 249.
— —,L. C. Beck, xxviii, 42.
— Wörthite,M. Hess, xxvi, 387.
— xanthite, xviii, 359; xxvi, 388.
— zinc, red oxide,A. A. Hayes, xlviii, 261.
Analysis of square numbers,A. D. Wheeler, xxv, 87.
Analytical geometry,C. Wilder, xx, 285.f
Anamitic and Latin Dictionary of Taberd, xl, 43.
Anastatic printing, xlix, 401.
Anatase, analysis and crystals of, xlvii, 215.f
Anauxite, analysis of, xlii, 386.
Ancram lead mine, notice of,C. A.Lee, viii, 247.
Ancramite, v, 235, 399.
—, shown to be of furnace origin and identical with cadmia, vi, 180.
Andalusite, crystal from Westford, Mass., xlvi, 381.f
—, in Connecticut, vi, 176, 236.
—, in Massachusetts, x, 394; xlvi, 381.f
Andes, general features of, xvii, 47.
—, winds at the summit of, xxviii, 310.
— of Peru, character of, xviii, 182.
—, highest habitations in, xviii, 183.
—, height of the principal peaks of, xviii, 183.
—, Mexican, ascent of the summit of Popocatepetl, xxviii, 220.
Andre, Major, Notice of a sketch of, by himself, ix, 395.
Angelicic acid, xlvii, 196.
Anglada'sdeductions respecting mineral springs, v, 187.
Animals, living, found in stones and wood, notice of a work on, xii, 395.
—, growth of vegetables on living, byS. L. Mitchill, xii, 21.
—, dead, means of employing,M. Payen, xxiv, 326.
— produced by galvanism, seeAcarus.
Animal fibrine, albumen and caseine, isomeric with vegetable fibrine,Scheerer, xliii, 402.
— organs, action of barytes, strontian, chrome, &c. on, xiii, 178.
— magnetism in France, v, 192.
— —, notice of a work on, byDupau, xiii, 175.
Animalcules in snow, xviii, 56.
Animalcules, seeInfusoria.
Animation suspended, iv, 393; xxxiii, 292.
Animation suspended by drowning,L. W. Smith, v, 125.
Annals of the New York Lyceum, seeLyceum.
Annelids in the slabs of Waterville, Maine, xli, 163.
Anniversary, centennary, of the American Philosophical Society, Proceedings of, xlv, 231.
Antarctic regions, discoveries in, by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, xl, 394.
— seas, Expeditions to, xxxv, 306.
Anthony, J. G., Calymene Bucklandii, a new species of trilobite, xxxvi, 106.f
—, fossil encrinite from near Cincinnati, xxxv, 359.f
Anthophyllite in Canada, viii, 69.
— in Connecticut, xvii, 144.
— in Massachusetts, ix, 248.
Anthophyllum, xvii, 288; xviii, 249f; xxix, 150.f
Anthracite, seeCoal.
Antigua, petrified wood of, i, 56.
Antimony, test for minute quantities of, xliv, 13.
—, a mode of separating from lead, brass, &c., xv, 188.
—, separation of, from tin,Gay Lussac, xxvii, 197.
—, gray, locality of, in Lyme, N. H., xlix, 228.
—, —, ibid, in Connecticut, xii, 156.
— and lead, sulphuret, xxx, 177.
Antimonial nickel, a new mineral species, xxviii, 395.
Antiparos, description of the grotto of, xvi, 335.
Antiquarian Society, American, notice of, xviii, 136.
— —, —, transactions of, iii, 357.
Antiquaries, Northern, circular of, xl, 212.
—, —, notice of, xl, 403; xlii, 214.
Antiquities, North American, xxxiv, 47.
Antiquities, North American, notice of a work on, xxxi, 408.
—, Celtic, of America, byJ. Finch, vii, 149.
Antiquities, Peruvian, xvii, 116.f
Ants, habits of, xiii, 177.
Apalachian Chain, seeAppalachian.
Apatite,in Canada, viii, 71.
—, in Connecticut, xii, 161.
—, in Delaware, xiv, 11.
—, in Maryland, v, 256.
—, in Massachusetts, vii, 254; viii, 36; xii, 260.
—, in New Jersey, v. 244.
—, in New York, i, 236; v, 28; ix, 244, 402; xxi, 328, 330; xxiii, 403; xlvi, 34, 366.f
—, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45, 246; x, 222; xiv, 6, 8, 13, 14.
—, in Rhode Island, xl, 185.
—, account of, from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., xlvi, 34.
—, distorted or rounded crystals, xiv, 143; xlvi, 366.f
Apocrenic acid,Berzelius, xxviii, 121.
Apophyllite from Tyrol and Greenland, analysis of, vii, 370.
—, of New Jersey and New York,L. C. Beck, xliv, 56.
—, localities of, in Connecticut, vi, 225.
—, —, in New Jersey, xl, 69; xliv, 54.
—, —, in New York, xliv, 56.
—, —, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 345, 348.
Appalachianchain, physical structure of,H. D.andW. B. Rogers, xliii, 177; xliv, 359.
— —, in Maryland, notices and geological sections,W. E. A. Aikin, xxvi, 219.f
Apparatus, chemical, for the combustion of metals in chlorine,R. Hare, xiv, 354.f
—, —, for procuring nitrogen,R. Hare, xiv, 356,fxxviii, 263.f
—, —, for experimenting with carbonic acid gas,R. Hare, xiv, 358.f
—, —, substitute for Woulfe's bottles,R. Hare, i, 410f; xiii, 1.f
—, —, for regulating the supply of gas by its absorption,R. Hare, xiii, 2.f
—, —, cold by the palm glass,R. Hare, xiii, 4.f
—, —, for showing the effect of a relaxation of pressure on capacity for heat,R. Hare, xiii, 5.f
—, —, for illustrating capacities for heat,R. Hare, xiii, 6.f
— for separating carbonic oxide from carbonic acid,R. Hare, xxiv, 252.f
— for producing ebullition by cold,R. Hare, xxxiii, 218.f
— for deflagrating carburets, phosphurets, &c., in vacuo, xl, 303.f
— for freezing water by means of sulphuric acid,R. Hare, xxvii, 132.f
— for obtaining specific gravity of gases,R. Hare, xvi, 293, 295.f
— for transferring or decanting liquids,R. Hare, xxvi, 358.f
— for the evolution of prussic acid,R. Hare, xxix, 244.f
— for evolving silicon from fluo-silicic acid,R. Hare, xxiv,247.f
— for decomposition and recomposition of water, xxxviii, 336.f
— galvano-ignition, xxvi, 352f; xxxii, 282.
— for solidifying carbonic acid,J. Johnston, xxxviii, 297f; xlii, 203.
— for illustrating absorption of heat,A. D. Bache, xxviii, 320.f
—, hydrogen gas, vii, 392.
— — self-regulating reservoir,R. Hare, xi, 140.f
— for experiments on inflection and interference of light and caustics,E. S. Snell,xlix, 24,f26.f
— for illustrating waves,E. S. Snell, xlix, 20.f
— volumeter,R. Hare, xii, 36.f
— volumescope,R. Hare, xv, 275f; xxviii, 264.f
—, electrical, seeElectric.
—, electro-magnetic, seeElectro-magnetic.
—, eudiometric, seeEudiometry.
Apprentices, manufactory of, iv, 379.
Aqueducts, on the Roman,M. Genieys, xix, 389.
Arabia, notice of a memoir on the province of Omán in, xxxii, 383.
Arabic words in English,J. W. Gibbs, xxxiii, 324.
Ararat, Mount, extinct volcano near, xxxvii, 349.
Araucanian races, remarks on,S. G. Morton, xxxviii, 341.f
Arch, some properties of a rampant,T. Gorton, xxvii, 303.f
Arches, method of describing curves for,J. Thomson, xxiv, 73.f
—, on tracing oval,E. Miller, xxii, 303.f
Archæologia Americana, iii, 357.
Archimedes, on the spiral of, byA. B.Quinby, ix, 316.f
Archimedes, a fossil coral,D. D. Owen, xliii, 19.f
Architecture, notes on, xxiv, 257.f
—, in the United States, xvii, 99, 249f; xviii, 11, 212.
—, Grecian style, the propriety of its application to modern uses, xviii, 218.
—, Gothic style, notice of, xviii, 220.
Architectural improvements,E. Lord, xxv, 304.
— monuments, xviii, 229.
Arctic regions, sketch of geology of, xvii, 1.
Argentine, notice of,C. Dewey, vii, 248.
—, analysis of,C. Dewey, vi, 333.
—, locality of, in Massachusetts, viii, 34.
Argento-cyanate of silver, for fulminating silver, xviii, 335.
Argento-cyanic acid, xviii, 334.
Argillaceous slate, in western Massachusetts, viii, 18, 21, 29.
Argillite, of the Connecticut valley, account of, vi, 35.
Aristotle, notice of,C. Fox, xxxvi, 217.
Armature, seeElectro-magnet, andMagnet.
Arragonite, analysis of,M. Stromeyer, vii, 368.
—, in Canada, viii, 70.
—, in New York, xxi, 326; xxviii, 172.f
—, of New Jersey,J. Finch, xviii, 197.
Arragonite and calc spar,Becquerel, xxiii, 387.
Arsenic,on the detection of,L. Feuchtwanger, xix, 339.f
—, application of Riench's test,D. P. Gardner, xliv, 240.
—, on the detection of,J. L. Smith, xl, 278; xlii, 75.f
—, tests for, iii, 354; iv, 155; xliv, 213.
—, on the iodide of potassium a test for,J. P. Emmet, xviii, 58.
—, tobacco a remedy for, xxxi, 188.
—, oxide of iron an antidote for, xxviii, 135.
—, effect of, on vegetation,Daubeny, xxxi, 346.
Arsenical iron, in N. York, xxi, 326.
— —, (Danaite) in N. Hampshire, analysis of,A. A. Hayes, xxiv, 386.
— — —, identical with mispickel, xlvi, 384.f
Arsenious acid and sulphuric, a new compound of, xli, 47.
Artesian wells, seeWells.
Artificial minerals,A. Crosse, xxxi, 374.
— diamond, pretended, xvi, 394.
— feldspar, xxviii, 396.
— sulphate of lime with half an atom of water,J. F. W. Johnston, xxxv, 300.
— minerals, produced by heat, x, 190.
— oxyd of iron, about furnaces, xxxvi, 237.
— mineral waters,S. Morey, iii, 94.
Asbestus, in Connecticut, i, 354.
—, in Maryland, xviii, 80.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 114; viii, 47.
—, in New Hampshire, vi, 245.
—, in N. York, i, 237; ix, 40, 252.
—, in Pennsylvania, x, 221.
—, in Vermont, v, 40; vi, 249.
—, in anthracite, i, 243, 244.
—, covering for firemen, xviii, 177; xx, 96.f
Asclepias, on the fibre of, xxviii, 380.
Ashes, shower of, at Vesuvius, iii, 374.
—, volcanic, at sea, west of the Philippines,P. Parker, xl, 198.
—, of two pines, composition of, xxvi, 182.
—, spontaneous combustion in,O. P. Hubbard, xlii, 166.
—, combustibility of,J. T. Plummer, xlii, 167; xliii, 80.
—, various properties of,J. T. Plummer, xliii, 85.
Asia, geology of the Deccan, xxxiii, 274.
—, Caucasus range and Persia, geology of, mines, salt, naphtha springs, &c. of, xxxvii, 348.
—, Catacecaumene, xxxiii, 95; xxxviii, 207.
—, shores of Black sea, xxxii, 399.
—, volcanoes of the continent and islands, in a review ofDaubeny, xiii, 290.
Asparagin, xx, 187.
Aspartic acid, xvii, 173.
Asparagus, aspartic acid from, xvii, 173.
Asphaltic mastic, xxxiv, 383.
Assafetida, sulphur in, xv, 185.
Association,British, for the promotion of science, plan of, xxi, 373.
—, —, notice of the meeting in 1832, xxiii, 179;
1833, xxv, 411;
1834, xxviii, 55;
1835, xxix, 347;
1836, xxxi, 332;
1837, xxxiii, 265; xxxiv, 1;
1838, xxxv, 275;
1839, xxxviii, 93;
1840, xl, 308;
1841, xli, 391; xlii, 147;
1842, xliii, 367; xliv, 158, 351;
1843, xlvi, 388; xlvii, 182.
—, —, notice of Prof.Whewell'saddress at 11th meeting, xli, 391.
—, —, invitation from, to American men of science, xxxviii, 406.
—, scientific, or a Congress of Savans at Berlin, 1828, xvi, 386.
—, —, in Germany, in 1830, xx, 175.
— of American geologists in 1840, xxxix, 189;
in 1841, xli, 158;
1842, xliii, 146;
1843, xlv, 135, 310;
1844, xlvii, 94;
1845, xlix, 219.
— — —, address before, byE. Hitchcock, xli, 232.
— — —, ibid, byB. Silliman, xliii, 217.
— — —, address before, byH. D. Rogers, xlvii, 137, 247.
— — —, constitution and by-laws of, xliii, 149.
— — —, publication of transactions of, xlv, 220.
Asteroid, seeShooting star.
Astronomy, state of, among the Zabians,J. W. Draper, xxviii, 203.
—, on the resistance in space to motion of heavenly bodies, xvii, 389.
—, ibid.,R. W. Haskins, xxxiii, 1.
—, idea of ether in space, when introduced, xxxiii, 1.
—, theory ofDescartes, xxxiii, 3.
Astronomical clock, Prof.Bessel, xliv, 160.
— —, on the stopping of, byW. Howard, viii, 277.
— machine, for representing the motions of the earth and moon,E. C. Leedom, xlii, 338.f
— observatory, to be erected at Abo in Finland, iv, 386.
— observations on Saturn, Jupiter and his satellites, by Prof.Struve, xiii, 172.
— — at the Cape of Good Hope,Herschel's, xxxv, 283.
— — and observatory, at Rome,P. F. de Vico, xliv, 373.
— — at the observatory of Pulkova, xlvii, 88.
Atlantic steam navigation,J. Smith, xxxv, 160.
— coast, gales of, see underWinds.
Atlas, white race of, xxxii, 400.
Atlee, W. L., on certain cavities in quartz, xxxv, 139.f
Atmometer, a new, vi, 382.
Atmosphere, analysis of,M. Brunner, xxiii, 280.f
—, composition of, xvii, 382.
—, on the carbonic acid of, from a memoir bySaussure, xvi, 214.
—, quantity of carbonic acid in, xx, 183.
—, carbonic acid in,W. H. Watson, xxviii, 71.
—, pressure of, v, 174; xxiv, 174.
—, compression of, in a mine of Bovey coal, xvii, 38.
—, annual movement in, xlii, 158.
—, extent of,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 123.
—, height of, at the equator,J. P. Espy, xxxix, 120.
—, general view of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 50;
average velocity of wind near the surface of the ocean, 52;
temperature of elevation, 52.
—, effect of the rarefaction of, on its desiccation and refrigeration, xl, 44;
formation of clouds a consequence of, 44.
—, luminous appearance in, iv, 341.
—, Prof.Lloydon the clearness of, at times, xxxiv, 7.
—, deductions with regard to the moon's influence on, xv, 174.
—, mercurial, iii, 386.
—, temperature of, seeMeteorologyandTemperature.
—, during the coal period,H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 105.
—, of the planets, remarks on, xxv, 183.
Atmospheric air, on the dilatation of,V. Regnault, xliv, 63.
— pressure, seeBarometer.
— tides, ix, 195.
— dust, byC. S. Rafinesque, i, 397.
— —,reply toC. S. Rafinesque, ii, 134.
— currents, seewinds.
Atomic weights of bodies,Dr. Thomsonengaged in determining, iii, 396.
— —,Turner'sopinions respecting, xxviii, 70.
— —, observations on, Prout's hypothesis of,J. J. Berzelius, xlviii, 369.
— —, not multiples of that of hydrogen, xlvii, 187.
— — of lead, sulphur, nitrogen and carbon,Clark, xxxviii, 119.
— — of hydrogen, chlorine, potassium, calcium, glucinum, silver, uranium, cerium and lanthanum, xlvii, 188.
— — of elements,MarchandandErdmann,
–oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, chlorine, silver, lead, xliv, 215;
of copper, mercury and sulphur, xlviii, 402.
— theory, account of, byJ. Finch, xiv, 24.
Atom, idea of,J. D. Whelpley, xlviii, 352.
—,R. Hare, on the views of Faraday, xlviii, 247.
—, nature of the crystalline,J. D. Dana, xxx, 275.f
Attraction in liquids, inquiries into the principles of, xvii, 86.f
—, chemical, modified by quantity of matter,E. Mitchell, xvi, 234.
—, magnetic, seeMagnetic.
Atwater, C., prairies and barrens of the west, i, 116.
—, geology, mineralogy, botany, &c. of Belmont Co., Ohio, i, 226.
—, prevailing winds of Ohio and the west, i, 276.
—, on the geology, climate and diseases, &c. of Ohio, xi, 224.
Audubon, work on the birds of N. America, xvi, 353.
—, — —, notice of, xlii, 130.
Augite,of Willsboro, New York, analysis of,H. Seybert, v, 113.
—, analysis of,H. Seybert, vii, 145.
—, in Connecticut, ii, 238; vi, 225; viii, 258; xii, 169.
—, in Maryland, xviii, 79.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 436; vii, 52; viii, 47; ix, 43; xii, 157.
—, in New Jersey, v, 243, 246; vi, 250.
—, in New York, viii, 88; ix, 244, 250; xix, 224; xxv, 347.
—, in Pennsylvania, viii, 239; xiv, 13, 17.
Augur, H., an American sculptor, notice of, ix, 173.
Aurora Australis, Pacific, S. lat., 58°, seen byCapt. Cook, Feb., 1773, xviii, 75.
Aurora Borealis,seen in Brit. America,Capt. Parry, xiv, 96; xvi, 148.
— — —,Capt. Franklin, 1820, xxxiv, 289.
— — —, Sept., 1827, xiv, 105.f
— — in Canada, Kingston, and elsewhere,R. H. Bonnycastle, Dec. 11, 1835, xxx, 131.f
— — — at Toronto, May 8, 1836,R. H. Bonnycastle, xxxii, 393.f
— — — at Toronto, May, 1840, xl, 337.
— — in Denmark, Sept. 1827, xiv, 107.
— — in Faroe and Shetland, viii, 392.
— — in France, Sept., 1827, xiv, 107.
— — —, Aug., 1827, xv, 199.
— — —, Feb. 18, 1837, xxxii, 396.
— — —, Jan. 7, 1831, xx, 396.
— — —, April 1837, xxxiv, 285.
— — —, Oct., 1836, xxxiv, 288.
— — —, Aug. 19, 1726, xxix, 388.
— — in Great Britain, in 1814, 1816 and 1819, xiv, 96.
— — —, Aug., 1827, xiv, 95.
— — —, Gosport, Sept., 1827, xiv, 108.
— — —, Feb. 18, 1837, London, xxxii, 396.
— — —, Nov. 1837, xxxiv, 283.
— — —, from Huxham's Auroral Register, 1728-1748,E. C. Herrick, xxxiii, 297.
— — —, May, June, July, Aug., 1837, Prof.Christie, xxxiii, 300.
— — —, September 1839, xxxviii, 264.
— — —, May, 1840, xl, 338.
— — in Prussia,M. Feld, February, 1835, xxxiv, 285.
— — Oswer Zornea, December, 1736,J. Bowdoin, xviii, 74.
— — in the U. States, 1741-1757,J. Winthrop, xl, 204, 205, 206.
— — —, November, 1789, Hingham, Mass.,H. Ware, xxxiv, 204.
— — —, Aug., 1827,B. D. Silliman, xiv, 91.
— — —, ibid,L. D. Gale, xv, 199.
— — —, March, 1781, xiv, 96.
— — —, Sept., 1827,J. Bowdoin, xviii, 72.
— — —, 1827-1833, at Wilmington, Delaware,H. Gibbons, xxxiii, 299.
— — —, Sept., 1829,L. Feuchtwanger, xviii, 393.
— — —, July, 1830,M. Field, (Fayetteville, Vt.,) xx, 262.
— — —, March, 1831,M. Field, (Fayetteville, Vt.,) xx, 263.f
— — —, April, 1831, Albany,J. Henry, xxii, 143.
— — —, May and July, 1833,A. D. Bache, xxvii, 113.f
— — —, 1832-1834, N. Jersey,J. F. Jenkins, xxvi, 395, 396.
— — —, Nov., 1835,D. Olmsted, xxix, 388.
— — —, ibid,A. C. Twining, xxxii, 227.
— — —, April, 1836, Emmetsburg, Va.,J. McCaffrey, xxxi, 85.
— — —, July, 1837,E. C. Herrick, xxxiii, 144.
— — —, ibid, Rochester, N. Y.,C. Dewey, xxxiii, 143.
— — —, Jan., 1837,D. Olmsted, xxxii, 176.
— — —, Nov., 1837,D. Olmsted, xxxiii, 393.
— — —, ibid,F. A. P. Barnard, xxxiv, 267.
— — —, July and August, 1837, Burlington, Vt.,J. Dean, xxxiii, 212.
— — —, Feb., 1837, New Haven, xxxii, 396.
— — —, September, 1839, xxxvii, 375.
— — —, ibid, Rochester,C. Dewey, xxxviii, 146.
— — —, ibid,E. C. Herrick, xxxviii, 260.
— — —, ibid, Middlebury, Vermont,A. C. Twining, xxxviii, 376.
— — —, ibid, Princeton, N. J.,Prof. Alexander, xxxix, 364.
— — —, May, 1840,A. D. Bache, xl, 48.
— — —, Nov., 1841, Marietta, Ohio,S. P. Hildreth, xlii, 346.
— — —, April, 1842,E. C. Herrick, xliii, 213.
— — —, May and Aug., 1844, New Haven,E. C. Herrick, xlviii, 319.
— — in summer, Aug., 1827, xiv, 91; xv, 199.
— — —, Prof. Christie on, xxxiii, 300.
— — —,E. C. Herrick'scitations from Huxham's Auroral Register, xxxiii, 297.
— — —, ibid, from H. Gibbons's register, 1827-1833, xxxiii, 299.
— — —, from J. Winthrop's register, June, 1746, xl, 206.
— — —, Aug. 19, 1726, xxix, 388.
— — —, May, 1840, xl, 48, 338.
— — —, July, 1830,M. Field, xx, 262.
— — —, July, 1837, xxxiii, 143, 144, 212.
— — —, August, 1844,E. C. Herrick, xlviii, 319.
— — corona, position of, in several auroras,A. C. Twining, xxxii, 227.
— — —, —,Prof. Alexander, September, 1839, xxxix, 364.
— — —, —,D. Olmsted, Jan., 1837, xxxii, 177.
— — —, —, ibid, Nov., 1835, xxix, 389.
— — —, —,E. C. Herrick, Sept., 1839, xxxviii, 260.
— — —, —,C. Dewey, Sept., 1839, xxxviii, 147.
— —, needle agitated by,M. Arago, xiv, 107; xxxiv, 286.
— —, — —, remarks on, xix, 246.
— —, — —, Aug., 1827,L. D. Gale, xv, 199.
— —, — —, Apr., 1831,J. Henry, xxii, 143.
— —, — —, May and July, 1833,A. D. Bache, xxvii, 113.
— —, — —, Feb., 1835,M. Gauss, xxxiv, 285.
— —, — —, Nov., 1835, xxix, 390.
— —, — —, April, 1836,J. McCaffrey, xxxi, 85.
— —, — —, Jan., 1837, xxxii, 179.
— —, — —, July, 1837,E. C. Herrick, xxxiii, 146.
— —, — —, Nov., 1837,A. B. Haile, xxxiv, 270.
— —, — —, Sept., 1839,E. C. Herrick, xxxviii, 261.
— —, — —, May, 1840, Canada, xl, 337.
— —, wide extent of some,E. C. Herrick, xxxiii, 300.
— —, remarks on the number in Europe, xxviii, 58.
— —, remarks on the nature of, by the Ex-King of Sweden, v, 178.
— —, —, ibid,Thienemann, x, 187.
— —, —, ibid, xiv, 97; xvi, 290; xix, 235.
— —, —, ibid,Hansteen'sviews, xiv, 109.
— —, —, ibid,Ideler'sviews, xxviii, 289.
— —, —, ibid,J. Ross, xxix, 348.
— —, —, ibid,B. F. Joslin, attributing it to crystallized vapor, xxx, 390; xxxv, 145.
— —, —, ibid,F. A. P. Barnard, xxxiv, 284.
— —, —, ibid,D. Olmsted, xxxii, 180.
— —, —,Mr. Rowall'stheory of, xli, 41.
— —, height of,M. Mairan, xxxiv, 288.
— —, —,M. Farquharson, xxxiv, 288.
— —, —,D. Olmsted, xxxiv, 286.
— —, —,M. Wartmann, xxxiv, 288.
— —, —,M. Dalton, xxxiv, 288.
— —, —,Dr. Richardsonof Capt. Franklin's Expedition, xxxiv, 289.
— —, noises of, an illusion,Capt. Scoresby, xxviii, 58.
— —, —, ibid,D. Olmsted, xxxiv, 289.
— —, periodical,D. Olmsted, xxxii, 177.
— —, no polarization by light of,J. Henry, xxxix, 366.
— —, work byMairan, alluded to, xxix, 388; xxxii, 177.
Auroral cloud of Dec., 1835,A. C. Twining, height and position of, xxxii, 217.
Auroral arch of Aug., 1836,A. C. Twining, height and position of, xxxii, 220.
— — of May, 1836, height of,A. C. Twining, xxxii, 224.
— —, in Vermont, Sept., 1838,J. Dean, xxxv, 380.
— belt of May, 1840,E. C. Herrick, xxxix, 194, 383.
Aurum Millium, a new metal, ii, 363.
Auscultation, iii, 375.
Australia, minerals of,F. Alger, xxxix, 157.f
Australian Boomerang, or Kilee notice of, xxxvi, 164.f
Autumnal coloration of leaves,Macaire Prinsep'sview of, xvi, 215.
Automolite, locality in Connecticut, xii, 156.
—, — New Jersey, v, 402.
Aventurine feldspar,M. Scheerer, xlix, 394.
Avogadro, elastic force of the vapor of mercury, xxiv, 286.