— rocks of Denbigshire,J. E. Bowman, xlii, 325.
— — of New York, xl, 77.
— system, and its characteristic fossils,T. A. Conrad, xxxviii, 86.
— —, ibid,H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 145.
— fossils, in Indiana, xlvi, 296.
Silver, atomic weight of, xlvii, 189.
—, effect of terrestrial magnetism on the precipitation of, xvi, 262.
—, Gregory's method of obtaining, from the chloride, xlvi, 201.
—, reduction of the chloride of, xxviii, 145.
—, production of the discolored chloride of,Cavalier, xx, 193; xxi, 369.
—, chloride of, on the change of color, xx, 193; xxi, 369.
—, fulminating, accidents from, i, 169; xxii, 185.
—, —, xviii, 335.
—, —, of Berthollet, xviii, 155.
—, —,Mitscherlich'smode of preparation, xix, 379.
—, on some of the substances which may be used in forming a metallic mirror by the precipitation of the oxide of, xlix, 398.
—, hyperoxide of, xlix, 194, 391.
—, purple precipitate of, xxii, 198.
—, German, made byFrick, xiii, 172.
—, imitation, xxiii, 195.
—, preparation of pure nitrate of, v, 348; xxiv, 370.
—, nitrate of, reduced by remaining in a pasteboard box, xviii, 400.
—, —, pure, not blackened by sun's rays, xxxv, 298.
—, native, at Huntington, Conn., vi, 230.
—, —, in New Jersey, v, 401.
—, —, of Davidson Co., N. C., xli, 183, 349.
—, —, in Michigan, Lake Superior, xli, 185; xlix, 81.
— of Lane's mine, analysis of,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 256.
—, in the Southampton lead mines, Mass., xxii, 63.
—, fruitless search for, in Ohio, xxv, 224.
— ores, reduction of,W. W. Mather, xxiv, 218.
—, yield of Russian mines of, xxi, 372.
— mines of Nertchinsk, xvii, 34.
— — of the Hartz, xix, 113.
— — of Peru and Chili, xvii, 43.
— —, —, Pasco, S. America, sketch of,De Rivero, xvii, 43.f
— — —, Tarapaca, xliv, 8.
— — of Mexico and South America, xxiv, 213, 226.
— — of Davidson Co., North Carolina, xli, 183, 348.
—, sulphuret of, in New York, i, 237.
— ore, red, analysis of, v, 377.
— paper, mode of imitating, xix, 189.
Silvering copper, xxiii, 386.
— glass, Drayton's method, xlix, 198.
— iron, xxx, 169.
Simond, L., notice of, xxiii, 371.
Sines and cosines of the sum and difference of two arcs, formulæ for,T. Strong, i, 424.f
—, rational expression for,D. Gould, xxii, 392.
Singapore, climate and productions of,J. S. Travelli, xliv, 151.
Siren, notice of genus and species,D. H. Barnes, xi, 281.
Sismondine, analysis and description of,A. Delesse, xlvii, 217.
Sium tricuspidatum, xi, 175.
Sivatherium, xxxi, 170; xxxiii, 104.
Size for artists, receipt for, xxi, 168.
—, new, for the chain of woven cloth, xxii, 366.
— for cotton or linen, preparation of, xxii, 367.
Skeleton, human, of Guadaloupe,J. Moultrie, xxxii, 361.
—, —, ancient in Ohio, ii, 242.
—, preservation of, xix, 57.
Skene, J., on the emigration of a colony of caterpillars, ix, 284.f
—, graduation of thermometers, xii, 397.
Skidmore, T., formation of flexible elastic lubes, v, 153.
Skins, preservation of, xi, 397.
—, —, see farther underPreservation.
Skugisan, xxvi, 388.
Skull found in a tree, iv, 377.
—, of Guadaloupe human skeleton,J. Moultrie, xxxii, 361.
Skulls, singular variety of, from Peru and Bolivia, xxviii, 78.
—, American, observations on,J. C. Warren, xxxiv, 47.
—, —,S. G. Mortonon, xxxviii, 341.f
—,S. G. Morton'scollection of, xxi, 197.
—, proposed new work on, byS. G. Morton, xxxii, 207.
—, — —, reviewed, xxxviii, 341.f
Skunk, American, iv, 391.
Sky, on the cause of the blue appearance of,B. Hallowell, xv, 360.
—, ibid, xxvi, 65.
Slates, artificial, in Russia, vii, 191.
Slate, roof, in western Massachusetts, viii, 19, 20.
—, —, in Worcester Co., Mass., xxii, 34.
—, fused to hornstone, xxxiv, 73.
Sleep of plants, xxii, 375.
Slide of Alpnach, xxiv, 124.
— in Essex Mountains,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 313.
— from Mount Pilatus to the Lake of Lucerne, iii, 368.
— and avalanches in the White and Green Mountains, xv, 217.
Small pox, nature of the virus of, xix, 389.
— —,F. Pascalis'stheory of its origin, x, 208.
— —, on the increase, xxxviii, 134.
— —, power of new virus, xxxviii, 134.
Smilax grandifolia, xlv, 171.
Smith, Al., Connecticut valley, water courses and geology of, xxii, 205.f
—, — —, terraces of, xxii, 214.
—, — —, ancient lakes, xxii, 216.
—, — —, greenstone, xxii, 224.
Smith, Az., electricity in machines, xxxix, 134.
—, ruins of Nineveh, xlix, 113.
Smith, D. B., Principle of Chemistry, by, noticed, xlvii, 414.
Smith, E. D., effects of earthquakes of 1811-12, i, 93.
—, Warm springs in Buncombe Co., North Carolina, iii, 117.
—, analysis of the Harrodsburg salt, i, 403.
—, application of medico-chemistry to calculous affections, iii, 300.
Smith, F. L., on the gold deposits of a portion of North Carolina, xxxii, 130.
Smith, H., letter to B. Silliman, xxxv, 336.
Smith, H. L., on some nebulæ, xl, 37.
—, discovery of a comet, xlvii, 419.
Smith, J., on Atlantic steam navigation, xxxv, 160, 332; xxxvi, 133.
Smith, J. D., analyses of guano, xlviii, 183.
Smith, J. L., on the means of detecting arsenic, xl, 278; xlii, 75.f
—, action of some alkaline salts on the sulphate of lead, xlvii, 81.
—, instrument for estimating the carbonate of lime in calcareous substances, xlv, 262.f
—, action of phosphates of alkalies on carbonate of lime, &c., xlviii, 97.
—, chromate of potash, a reagent for distinguishing the salts of baryta and strontia, xxxvi, 183.
—, action of potash in cholesterine, xliv, 60.
—, notice ofV. Regnaulton the dilatation of gases, xliv, 63.
—, onVarrentrappandWill'smode of determining the nitrogen in organic compounds, xlii, 253f; xlv, 267.
—, composition and products of distillation of spermaceti, and its oxidation by nitric acid, xliii, 301.
—, composition of marl from Ashley river, S. Carolina, xlviii, 101.
—, on fluorine in bones, xlvii, 131; xlviii, 99.
—, oxide of cobalt at Silver Bluff, S. Carolina, xlvii, 131; xlviii, 103.
—, a new method of making permanent magnets, by galvanism, xxxvi, 335.f
Smith, J. P., lectures on geology, xli, 387.
Smith, J. V. C., remarks on his "Fishes of Massachusetts," xxxvi, 337.
Smith, L. W., suspended animation from drowning, v, 125.
Smith, N., obituary notice of, xvi, 211.
Smith, S., on the salt springs and manufacture of salt at Salina and Syracuse, xv, 6.
Smith, W., labors of, in English geology, xl, 219; xliii, 226.
Smithson, notice of, xx, 306.
Smoke, production and prevention of,H. Dircks, xlvi, 400.
— disperser,Millet's, xvii, 164.
Snail, edible, economical notice of, xxxii, 254.
Snails, habits of,J. T. Plummer, xlviii, 93.
—, see farther underZoology,Mollusca.
Snake, copper-head,C. S. Rafinesque, i, 84.
Snakes, fascination of, xii, 368.
—, ibid, objected to, xiii, 388.
—, preserving of, xii, 288.
—, two headed,S. L. Mitchill, x, 48.f
—, remarks on,S. Woodruff, xxix, 304.
—, suspended by spiders, xxvii, 307.f
Snake Hill, Saratoga lake, ix, 1.f
Snake-root, Turman's, a supposed antidote for the bite of rattlesnake, N. Carolina, xlii, 43.
Snell, E. S., instrument for exhibiting a certain optical deception, xxvii, 310.
—, facts relative to the temperature of the year 1839, from observations at Amherst College, xxxix, 36.f
—, a singular case of parhelion, and the theory of halos, xlix, 73.f
—, on some new articles of philosophical apparatus, xlix, 20.f
Snow, animalcules in, xviii, 56.
—, balls of, at Brunswick, Me., vi, 162.
—, clearing of, from the Baltimore railway, xx, 166.f
—, crystallization of,J. Green, ii, 337.f
—, —,C. Dewey, iii, 367.
—, cylinders of, ii, 375.
—, at New Fane, Vt., 1823-4, depth of,M. Field, viii, 306.
—, at Marietta, Ohio, seeS. P. Hildreth'smeteorological registers from 1829 to 1844.
—, inflammable, on a substance so called,Hermann, xxviii, 361.
—, red, x, 192.
—, —, an animal production, xli, 64.
—, —, near Boston, in 1688, xliii, 399.
—, —, of Baffin's Bay, ii, 356.
— and hail, singular appearances of,D. A. Clark, ii, 132.
Soap, notice ofChevreul'sobservations on, ix, 189.
—, economical mode of making, xxxvii, 194.
—, from the Caraibes insects in Africa, iv, 195.
— bubbles, illustration of cohesive force with,J. Henry, xlviii, 215.
—, making, preservation of animal fat for, xxxvii, 194.
Soapstone, and its uses, xiv, 376.
—, used for diminishing friction in machines, xiii, 192.
— and mica slate, connection of, near Lowell, Mass., xxvii, 341.
—, of Maryland, xxvii, 17, 20.
—, in Virginia, i, 62.
—, see farther underSteatite.
Societies, admission fees to various foreign, xx, 165.
—, number of members of a few prominent, xx, 173.
Society,(in England,) of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, of London, xviii, 390; xxxix, 397.
—, —, Astronomical, of London, ii, 364.
—, —, Egyptian, of London, ii, 345.
—, —, Electrical, xxxiv, 401.
—, —, Geological, number of fellows of, in 1837, xxxiii, 76.
—, —, —, xli, 190.
—, —, Geographical, of London, xxxii, 383.
—, —, Meteorological, of London, xxxiv, 400.
—, —, Microscopic, of London, xxxix, 203; xliii, 391.
—, —, Royal, iii, 373.
—, —, Traveller's, v, 175.
—, —, Yorkshire Philosophical, xxi, 168.
—, (in Scotland,) Royal, xli, 382.
—, (in Ireland,) Belfast Natural History, ix, 381; xxviii, 369.
—, —, Geological, of Dublin, xxviii, 368.
—, (in Europe,) for the encouragement of Agriculture, Industry and the Arts, in Switzerland, vii, 381.
—, —, for the amelioration of Prisons in Russia, iii, 374.
—, —, for the advancement of the Arts at Geneva, v, 379; vi, 392.
—, —, Bible, of Athens, iii, 381.
—, —, for the encouragement of National Industry in France, expenditure of, for 1821, vii, 198, 371.
—, —, of Christian Morals in France, v, 194.
—, —, Geographical, at Paris, viii, 384.
—, —, Geological, of France, xxiv, 192; xxviii, 283.
—, —, Helvetic, of Natural Sciences, x, 377; xviii, 168.
—, —, Horticultural, of Paris, xv, 378.
—, —, Linnæan, of Paris, v, 382; x, 195; xi, 380.
—, —, —, of Bordeaux, x, 173.
—, —, Literary, of Antwerp, iv, 380.
—, —, Medical, (Royal) in France, iv, 378.
—, —, of Northern Antiquaries, xl, 212, 403; xlii, 214.
—, —, Polytechnic, of Paris, xxiv, 191.
—, (in Canada,) Literary and Scientific, xx, 168.
—, —, Historical and Literary, of Quebec, transactions of, xvii, 412; xx, 168; xxv, 211; xxviii, 368.
—, (in United States,) enunciation of scientific, x, 369.
—, —, American Antiquarian, iii, 357; xviii, 136.
—, —, American Geological, notice of, i, 442; ii, 139; v, 403; vi, 377.
—, —, ibid, proceedings of, iii, 360; iv, 191; ix, 178; x, 201.
—, —, American Philosophical, notice of transactions of, xxxvii, 188.
—, —, ibid, proceedings of, xxxviii, 153; xxxix, 361; xl, 27, 374.
—, —, ibid, proceedings at the centennial anniversary of, in 1843, xlv, 231.
—, —, Albany Institute, transactions of, xvii, 208, 415; xix, 173, 360.
—, —, Boston Natural History, annual report of, giving some account of the cabinet of, xxxii, 364;
proceedings of, xxxiii, 180.
—, —, ibid, notice of Journal of, xxvi, 397;
–proceedings of, xxviii, 373; xxxi, 185; xxxiii, 180; xxxvi, 379; xxxvii, 391; xxxviii, 193; xxxix, 182; xl, 196, 386; xlii, 379; xliv, 193; xlvii, 411.
—, —, Cincinnati Natural History, address from, on collecting specimens and information, i, 203.
—, —, Delaware Chemical and Geological, notice of, v, 198.
—, —, Essex County Natural History, notice of Journal of, xxxvii, 187.
—, —, Entomological, of Pennsylvania, xliv, 199.
—, —, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, established, ix, 391.
—, —, Franklin, of Providence, xviii, 195.
—, —, Hartford Natural History, xxxii, 392.
—, —, Yale Natural History, xxx, 187; xxxiv, 397.
—, —, Indiana Historical, notice of, xx, 163; xxiv, 181.
—, —, New York State Horticultural, formed, viii, 398.
—, —, Statistical, of New York, notice of, xxxii, 202.
—, see farther underAcademy,Association,LyceumandInstitute.
Soda, crude, of commerce, remarks on,J. Revere, xiv, 41.
—, prepared from the sulphate of soda, xiii, 176.
—, impurities in, xix, 83.
—, carbonate of, on the manufacture, xxviii, 143.
—, supercarbonate of, new mode of preparing, xxx, 189.
—, —, xix, 198.
—, nitrate of, in Atacama, Peru, xii, 385.
—, —, in Tarapaca, xxxviii, 410; xxxix, 375; xliv, 5.
—, anhydrous sulphate of, xiii, 185.
—, hyposulphite of,Plessy, xlix, 200.
— and magnesia sulphate, xlviii, 189.
— alum, at Milo, analysis of, xvi, 203; xxii, 387.
Sodium, preparation of, viii, 372.
—, a property of, xvii, 182.
—, price of, in 1825, ix, 387.
—, experiments on,J. T. Ducatel, xxv, 90.
—, chloride of, seeSalt.
Soils, analysis of, remarks on,A. Eaton, xii, 370.
—, —, new mode of,S. L. Dana, xxxvi, 366.
—, —, inC. T. Jackson'sgeological report, xl, 189.
—, on the chemical examination of, xli, 262.
—, organic matter of,C. T. Jackson, xlv, 337.
—, on the importance of determining the organic constituents of, and the mode,C. Daubeny, xliv, 352.
—, state of iron in, xlix, 394.
—, action of manures on,Boutigny d'Evreux, xxvi, 179.
—, action of gypsum on, xxvi, 181.
—, effect of magnesia on, xli, 159.
—, effect of hydrated-peroxide of iron on, xli, 159.
—, effect of sulphuret of iron on, xli, 159.
—, potash in, xli, 160.
—, in Indiana,J. T. Plummer, xl, 198; xliv, 310.
—, of Illinois prairie, xxxiv, 160.
—, of Maryland,J. T. Ducatel, xxvii, 316.
—, of Massachusetts, analyses,E. Hitchcock, xxxvi, 363, 366.
—, of New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond Cos., xxxvi, 21.
—, of Rhode Island,C. T. Jackson, xl, 188.
— of the West, analyses of, xxxvi, 373.
Solareclipse, seeEclipse.
— spectrum, chemical action of,Hessler, xxxi, 160.
— —, dark lines of, rendered distinct,D. Brewster, xxxi, 379.
— —, new observations on,J. F. W. Herschel, xxxviii, 110.
— —, with light from nitre, &c., peculiarities of,D. Brewster, xliv, 163.
— —, action of gaseous and other media on, xlii, 157.
— —, photographic impression of, and phenomena of,J. W. Draper, xliv, 204.
— —, new experiments on,D. Olmsted, xlviii, 137.
— rays, magnetic influence of, xiii, 188.
— —, electricity of, xvii, 391.
— —, see farther underLight.
— spots, first observations on, xxiv, 204.
— —, in 1825, connection of, with temperature, xii, 199.
— —, in Nov., 1837,D. Olmsted, xxxiii, 393.f
— —, heat of,J. Henry, xlix, 405.
— halos, at New Lebanon,T. Kendall, vii, 337.f
— —, in Tennessee, at Jackson, x, 368.f
— —, in Massachusetts, at Millbury, x, 369.f
— —, in Kentucky, xi, 325.f
— —, in Rhode Island, September, 1816, xi, 328.f
— —, in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb., 1823, xx, 297.
— —, at Cazenovia, N. Y.,J. W. Tyler, xxi, 189.
— —, at Kingston, U. C.,R. H. Bonnycastle, xxx, 136.
— —, at West Point,A. C. Twining, xxxii, 229.
— —, theory of,E. S. Snell, xlix, 73.f
— heat, effect of, in raising a balloon, xxxiii, 196.
— and terrestrial radiation, observed at Montreal, xxxvi, 182.
— index, xlix, 301.f
— phosphori, xvii, 170.
— system, on the elements of,E. H. Burritt, xxvi, 129.
Soldering sheet iron, vii, 379.
Solfatara, connection of, with Vesuvius, xix, 387.
Solid bodies, instrument for measuring the expansion of, xxx, 324.f
Solidification of carbonic acid, xxxi, 163, 404; xxxv, 301, 346; xxxviii, 297f; xlii, 203; xlix, 206.f
— of gases,M. Faraday, xlix, 373.
Solorina saccata, xlv, 49.
Solubility of magnesia, v, 378.
Songs of birds, xxi, 164.
Soot, analysis of, xi, 386.
Sophora affinis, xlix, 130.
Sopwith's mode of constructing secretaries, xxxv, 317.
Sordawalite, x, 186.
Sorex, see underZoology.
Soubeiran, E., action of chloride of lime on alcohol, xxiii, 134.
—, on the pulverization of calomel, xlvii, 193.
Sound, concentration of, xix, 190.
—, limits to the audibility of, xxii, 374.
—, effect of, on the barometer, xxx, 377.
—, reverberation of, and best buildings for hearing, xxix, 350.
—, velocity of, vi, 394; xvi, 390.
—, waves of, apparatus for illustrating, xlix, 20.f
—, subterranean, x, 377.
—, —, at East Haddam, Ct., xxxix, 336.
—, influence of, on the elephant and lion, x, 186.
Soundings, deep, in the ocean, by the French ship Venus, xl, 407.
Soups from bones, in France, x, 388.
South America, extracts from travels in, xxiv, 382.
South Carolina, Medical Institution and Journal, xii, 382.
—, geological notices of, iii, 1, 227.
South Seas, icebergs in, xxii, 200.
Southampton lead mine, Massachusetts, i, 136; vi, 201; ix, 166; xii, 238f; xxii, 57.
Southern Review, notice of, xiii, 383; xiv, 199.
— Agriculturalist, xviii, 203; xxi, 182.
Space, planetary,Fourieron the temperature of, xxxii, 1.
—, —,S. D. Poissonibid, xxxiv, 57.
—, —, idea of ether in, when introduced, xxxiii, 1.
—, —, ibid,R. W. Haskinson, xxxiii, 1.
—, resistance in, to the motion of the heavenly bodies, xvii, 389.
Spadiate, a new mineral, xlix, 394.
Spafford, H. G., on groves of evergreens, as screens for the garden, orchard, &c., xxii, 158.
—, on spontaneous combustion, xxii, 161.
Spain, difficulty of mineralogical excursions in, viii, 187.
—, yield of Rio Tinto mine of copper, xxviii, 144.
—, mines of Almaden, xxviii, 21.
—, extracts from a journal, on the mining industry of,F. Le Play, xxviii, 17.
—, Madrid, science in, xix, 194.
Spark extinguisher, xlii, 209.f
—, electric, seeElectric.
Sparks in the freezing of water by ether,Pontus, xxvi, 178.
Sparrows, number of caterpillars taken by, ix, 200.
Spatangus, seeZoology,Radiata.
Spathic iron, seeIron, carbonate of.
Specific gravity, considered as a mineralogical character, xvi, 260.
— —, on the means of taking,R. Hare, xi, 121.f
— —, a new instrument for,F. H. Baddely, xviii, 263.f
— — of gases, a modification of the method for ascertaining,R. Hare, xvi, 293.
— — —,T. Thomson'smethod of taking, ii, 362.
— — of nitrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and of the vapors of carbon, sulphur, arsenic and phosphorus, xxxv, 298.
— — of various minerals,A. Breithaupt, xxxi, 268.
— — of seawater, v, 129.
— heat of the gases, notice ofde la Rive'sandMarcet'smemoir on, xiii, 394.
— — of certain solids, method of determining, xxvii, 267.
Spectacle glasses, manufactory of, xxvii, 80.
Spectrum, solar, seeSolar.
Specula for telescopes, improvement in, xliv, 166.
Speculum,Nasmyth'spneumatic, xxxviii, 107.
Spencer, A., vindication of claims, relating to the graphic art, xliv, Appendix.
Spencer, T., on the electrotype and its use, xl, 157.f
Spermaceti, composition of, products of distillation of, and oxidation of, by nitric acid,J. Lawrence Smith, xliii, 301.
—, moving particles in, when burning, xl, 148.
Sphene in Canada, viii, 76.
— in Massachusetts, vii, 53, 254; xxiv, 397.
— in New Jersey, v, 243, 244.
— in New York, ix, 40, 41, 251, 402; xxi, 326.
— in Pennsylvania, x, 220; xiv, 7, 18.
— in Vermont, iv, 276.
Sphenophyllites, generic characters of, vii, 182.
Spherical trigonometry, elements of, xvii, 415.
Sphinges, North American, xxxvi, 282.
Spiders, mode of forming the web of, xviii, 165.
— and spider-webs,J. Edwards, xxi, 109.f
—, gossamer, xvi, 399.
—, snake suspended by, xxvii, 307.f
—, see farther,Zoology,Articulata.
Spinel in New York, viii, 92; ix, 242, 251; xxi, 326.
— in New Jersey, v, 244; ix, 245.
Spinning frame, Brewster's, x, 130.
— machine, worked by mice, in Scotland, viii, 371.
Spiral of Archimedes,A. B. Quinby, ix, 316.f
— conductor, on the action of,J. Henry, xxviii, 329.
Spirits, evaporation of, iii, 376.
Spitzbergen, some account of, xvi, 144.
Spix and Martius, reception of, at Munich, iv, 383.
Spodumene in Massachusetts, vi, 225 and vii, 30 (called white Augite); viii, 120, 243; ix, 20; xiv, 220; xx, 170.
— from Sweden, vii, 371.
Sponges on the shores of Long Island,C. S. Rafinesque, i, 149.
Spongia patera, or Neptune's goblet,A. A. Gould, xxxvi, 386.
Spongy platina,Döbereiner'sdiscovery and researches, vii, 387; xviii, 151.
— —,J. Liebigon, xviii, 398.
— —, action of, prevented by certain gases, xxxi, 348.
— —, —,Kuhlmann, xxxvii, 198.
Spontaneous combustion, instance of, iii, 383; v, 201; xxii, 161; xxvii, 178; xxxiii, 147.
— — in wood ashes,O. P. Hubbard, xlii, 165.
— —, remarks on,J. Mease, xxxiii, 147, 199.
— — of coal, xxxiii, 147.
— — of linen, cotton, &c. with linseed oil, xxxiii, 148.
— — of oatmeal, xxxiii, 150.
— — of lampblack, xxxiii, 150.
— — of horse-manure, xxxiii, 151.
— — of coal, xxxiii, 200.
— — of wood, xxxv, 144.
— generation, remarks on the theory of,C. A. Lee, xxxix, 289.
Spots on the sun, first observations on, xxiv, 204.
— —, in 1825, connection of, with the temperature, xii, 199.
— —, in 1837, observations on,D. Olmsted, xxxiii, 393.f
— —, heat of,J. Henry, xlix, 405.
Spring, monograph by, on the Lycopodiaceæ, xliv, 196.
Springsand fountains, on the origin of,G. W. Long, xvii, 336.
—, remarks on Mr. G. W. Long's paper on, xviii, 379.
—, geographical, geological and physical considerations on,H. de Thury, xviii, 267.f
—, freshwater,J. du Commun, xiv, 174.f
—, spouting fountain near Uncino, Naples, xxv, 194.
—, ibid, analysis of water of, xxv, 195.
—, acidulous or carbonated, New York, xxxvi, 8.
—, burning, Ohio, xlix, 406.
—, carburetted hydrogen, New York, xxxvi, 6.
—, — —, in the Ohio valley, xxiv, 61.
—, chalybeate, at Litchfield, Ct., iii, 235.
—, —, at Catskill, N. Y., iii, 236.
—, —, remarkable, in Scotland, xx, 384.
—, hot, seeSprings, thermal.
—, intermittent, near Pittsburgh, Pa., cause of, xlviii, 400.
—, mineral,J. Anglada'sdeductions respecting, v, 187.
—, — water from Azores, analysis of,C. T. Jackson, xxxi, 94, 96.
—, —, near Albany,W. Meade, xiii, 145.
—, —, of Carlsbad, vii, 185.
—, —, of Florida, xxxv, 51.
—, —, in Illinois, xxxiv, 157.
—, —, in Massachusetts, viii, 31; xxii, 47.
—, —, of Cliff street, New York city, analysis of,G. Chilton, xviii, 346.
—, —, of Saratoga and Ballstown, analysis of,J. Steel, xxi, 182; xxxvi, 8.
—, —, —, iodine in, xvi, 216, 242.
—, —, —, high rock, description of,J. N. Steel, xvi, 341.f
—, —, — springs, bromine in, xviii, 142.
—, —, —, remarks on, with analyses,J. F. DanaandJ. Steel, xxxvi, 8.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, Bedford, xix, 97, 204.
—, —, —, Pittsburgh, analysis of,W. Meade, xiv, 124.
—, —, in Tennessee, i, 66.
—, —, in Texas,J. L. Riddell, xxxvii, 214.
—, in Scott, Scott Co., Va., analysis of,C. B. Hayden, xliv, 409.
—, naphtha, in Old Assyria, xxxvii, 353.
—, in Persia, xxxvii, 354.
—, nitrogen, locality of, at Hoosick, viii, 31; xv, 234.
—, —, Lebanon, viii, 21 xxxvi, 7.
—, on the formation of nitrogen in warm,C. Daubeny, xx, 383.
—, petrifying, in New York, xxxvi, 11.
—, pretroleum, in Kentucky, xxxix, 195.
—, — in the salt springs of the Ohio valley, xxiv, 63.
—, salt, origin of,A. Eaton, vi, 242.
—, —, in Europe, Bavaria, emitting carbonic acid gas,J. D. Forbes, xxxv, 293.
—, —, —, of Montiers, in the Alps, and a peculiar mode of evaporation,R. Bakewell, xx, 219.f
—, —, —, changes in, in Prussia, x, 193.
—, —, in America, of Bear Lake and Northern America, xvii, 3, 5.
—, —, —, in Canada, viii, 73.
—, —, of the United States, account of,G. W. Carpenter, xv, 1.
—, —, —, of New York, xxxvi, 2; xxxix, 103.
—, —, —, —, analyses of,G. Chilton, vii, 344.
—, —, —, —, of Salina and Syracuse,S. Smith, xv, 6.
—, —, —, —, of Salina, contain iron, xvi, 187.
—, —, —, —, of Salina, bromine contained in, xviii, 143.
—, —, —, —, of Onondaga lake, xlii, 228.
—, —, —, of Pennsylvania, Kiskiminitas and Conemaugh, xxix, 71.
—, —, —, of Ohio, x, 5.
—, —, —, of Ohio valley,S. P. Hildreth, xxiv, 46; xxix, 26, 48.
—, —, —, of Indiana, xl, 135.
—, —, —, of upper Illinois, xxxiv, 157.
—, —, —, of Kentucky, xxix, 140.
—, —, —, of Michigan, xxxiv, 192.
—, —, —, of Virginia, i, 66.
—, —, —, —, Holston,C. B. Hayden, xliv, 173.
—, —, —, —, Kenawha, bromine and iodine in, xviii, 260.
—, —, —, —, Kenawha, analysis of, xxiv, 66.
—, —, —, west of the Mississippi, iii, 27, 33.
—, —, —, of Texas,J. L. Riddell, xxxvii, 213.
—, sulphur, in New York, ii, 15; xv, 235; xxxvi, 9.
—, —, of New York state,L. C. Beck, xli, 162.
—, —, of Avon, analysis of,S. Salisbury, xxxv, 188.
—, —, near Massena, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., xix, 226.
—, —, Buffalo, chemical examination of, xx, 156.
—, —, along the Hudson, allusion to, viii, 31.
—, —, Delaware Co., Ohio, xxxi, 73;
–analysis of, 74.
—, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 28.
—, —, in Virginia, gray sulphur, analysis of the water of,C. U. Shepard, xxx, 100.
—, —, —, white sulphur, xxix, 94.
—, —, —, red sulphur, xxix, 96.
—, —, in Indiana, i, 133.
—, —, on the St. John, Florida, xxv, 170.
—, —, of Florida, xxxv, 51.
—, —, of Texas, xxxvii, 215.
—, sulphuric acid or sour, in New York state, xv, 238; xxxvi, 10.
—, thermal,K. von Nidda'sclassification of, xxxvi, 255.
—, —, of volcanic regions,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 254.
—, —, deposits from,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 259.
—, —, causes of,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 253.
—, —, connection of, with volcanoes, xxxvii, 53.
—, —, of the Azores, iv, 261.
—, —, boiling, near the Akhoor river, xxxvii, 349.
—, —, —, of Iceland, iv 370; xxxvi, 255.
—, —, in Asia Minor, xxxvii 372.
—, —, baths of Tiflis, Georgia, xxxvii, 349.
—, —, of the Pyrenees and Alps, xxxvi, 253; xxxvii, 58, 61.
—, —, in the bed of the Rhone, xxiv, 201.
—, —, of North America, notice of,C. Daubeny, xxxvi, 88.
—, —, of United States, Arkansas, xxxiii, 202.
—, —, —, in Maryland, xxvii, 28.
—, —, —, in Virginia, i, 66.
—, —, —, in North Carolina, iii, 117.
—, —, —, in Missouri, iii, 29.
—, —, —, of Suannee and elsewhere, Florida,C. U. Shepard, xxv, 165.
—, —, —, of Georgia and Florida, remarkable,C. U. Shepard, xxv, 168.
Sproat, A. D., proposed reform of orthography, xxxix, 197.
Spruce timber, strength of, xix, 228.
Spurzheim, G., memoir of, xxiii, 356.
—, works of, xxiii, 406.
Squamaria rubina, notice of, xxxix, 183.
Square numbers, analysis of,A. D. Wheeler, xxv, 87.
Squirrels of North America, description of, xxxvii, 290.
—, larvæ of Estrus in, xlvi, 244.
St. Lawrence, geology of the valley of, xlvi, 314.
St. Croix, geological character of, xxxv, 64.
St. Fond, F. de, obituary notice of, ii, 352.
St. Gall, society for encouragement of industry, vii, 381.
St. Michael, geological structure of, iv, 251.
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., minerals of, xix, 220; xxv, 346.
—, geology of the valley of,C. Lyell, xlvii 314.
St. Petersburgh Academy, xxii, 203.
St. John's river, xxxv, 48.
Stachys aspera, iv, 65.
Staining of wood, iii, 166.
Stalactites, artificial, in a brewery, Indiana,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 307.
—, in New York, xxv, 347.
—, in Ohio, i, 133.
—, lava, of Hawaii, xvi, 350.
Stanleya amplexifolia, v, 297.
Stars in Lacaille's Cœlum Australe Stelliferum, remark on the reduction of, xxxviii, 94; xl, 310; xliii, 368.
— in Lalande's Histoire Céleste, remark on the reduction of, xxxviii, 94; xl, 312; xliii, 367.
—, catalogue by the Royal Astronomical Society of London, in progress, xl, 312.
—, on the revision of the nomenclature of,F. Baily, xl, 310.
—, nomenclature of, to be revised by a committee of the British Association, xxxviii, 94.
—, extension of the Astronomical Society's catalogue, xxxviii, 95; xl, 312.
—, report of a committee from the British Association for revising the nomenclature of the stars, xl, 310; xlii, 147; xliv, 158; xlvi, 389.
—, — ibid, on catalogue, &c., xl, 310; xliii, 368.
—, British Association, catalogue of, completed, xlvi, 389.
—, number and order of, xv, 76.
—, missing, xxxvii, 373; xl, 406.
—, double, remarks on, xv, 76.
—, —, motion of, xxxvii, 373.
—, twinkling of, remarks on, v, 156; xv, 360.
—, sixty-one Cygni, parallax of, xxxvi, 200.
—, aberration of,F. G. W. Struve, xlvii, 91.
—, —,B. Hallowell, xv, 360.
—, observations on the lunar occultations of certain, xxxviii, 177.
—, shooting, seeShooting Stars.
Starch, chemical researches on,J. B. Caventon, xiii, 393.
—, notice of a memoir on, byGuibourt, xxiv, 371.
—, preparation of sugar from, xx, 195.
Starved rock, Illinois, xxxiv, 145.
State's Prison of Connecticut, in an old copper mine, iii, 222.
Statical electricity, generation of,G. W. Raines, xlix, 93.f
Statistics, in Asia, of the Deccan, xxxiii, 274.
—, in Europe, price of labor and subsistence in, xxxvi, 176.
—, —, value of mineral productions of, xxxi, 369.
—, —, France, books published in, xviii, 185.
—, —, —, of crimes, xxviii, 80.
—, —, —, — of infants, xix, 192.
—, —, —, for Paris, 1819, iv, 376.
—, —, —, population, number of clergy, &c., xv, 397.
—, —, Wirtemberg, xx, 176.
—, —, Netherlands, University of, xviii, 182.
—, —, Great Britain and Ireland, xxxv, 315.
—, —, —, of population, xxiv, 211; xxviii, 80.
—, —, —, of crimes, xxxviii, 135.
—, —, —, of crime in Liverpool, xxxiv, 33.
—, —, —, of fires in London, xxxv, 316.
—, in Russia, population, iv, 389; xv, 397.
—, in Africa, Egypt, vi, 389.
—, in America, West Indies, of deaths in the white troops, xxxvii, 197.
—, —, of trade between U. States and Great Britain, xxxiii, 277.
—, —, United States, of iron, xxii, 179.
—, —, —, New York, of population, manufactures, &c., xx, 147.
—, in New Zealand, of changes of population, xxxv, 315.
—, books of memoirs of 1833, xxviii, 295.
—, list of communications presented to British Association, at the tenth meeting, xli, 65.
—, of agriculture, importance of collecting information on, xxxviii, 135.
—, points of enquiry suggested byMalthus, xxviii, 66.
Statistical tables of Massachusetts, xxxiv, 213.
— Society of London, number of members, xxviii, 80.
— — —, notice of Journal of, xxxvii, 189.
— —, of New York, xxxii, 202.
— —, of Boston, xxxix, 395.
— societies in the United States, on the establishment of, xxxi, 186.
Statue of Luther, v, 181.
— of Cuvier, xxx, 184.
Stature, human, law of increase in,M. Quetelet, xxii, 376.
Staurotide macle,C. T. Jackson, xlvi, 368.f
—, in Canada, viii, 62.
—, in Connecticut, i, 353; ii, 205; v, 36.
—, in Maine, x, 17.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 436; v, 268; vi, 24, 219; viii, 40.
—, in New Hampshire, v, 40, 271; vi, 219, 245; (Mink pond) xviii, 127, 128.
—, in New York, i, 435.
—, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45.
—, in Rhode Island, ix, 49.
—, in Vermont, vi, 219.
Steam,a conductor of electricity, remarks on, xxvi, 206.
—, table of the elastic forces of,Dulong, xix, 181.
—, ratio between the elastic force and temperature of, xxviii, 363.
—, maximum elasticity of, xxxvi, 242.
—, power of, xiii, 180.
—, production of, from heated iron,W. R. Johnson, xxi, 71f
—, properties of, xx, 326, 329.
—, specific gravity of, at different temperatures, xxxviii, 137.
—, electricity from, xl, 383.
—, rapid production of, in contact with highly heated metals,W. R. Johnson, xix, 292; xx, 308, 418.
—, agent in volcanic action,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 241.
—, destruction of vermin in ships by, xvii, 390.
— pyrometer,W. R. Johnsonon, xxii, 96.f
— navigation, ii, 342, 347.
— —, letters on,J. Smith, xxxv, 332; xxxvi, 133.
— —, Atlantic,J. Smith, xxxv, 160.
— —, to the Pacific, by the isthmus of Panama and the western coast of South America, xli, 358.
— —, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207.
— —, mechanism of waves, in reference to,J. S. Russel, xxxiii, 283.
— —, Journal, xxxviii, 205.
Steamboats, American, notices of,W. C. Redfield, xxiii, 311.
—, the first, on the western waters, xxxi, 1.
—, Burden's, in France, xxx, 174.
— Babcock,J. H. Patten, xii, 115.f
— in 1819, between Stockholm and St. Petersburg, ii, 347.
—, at Stockholm, v, 379.
—, at Bordeaux, v, 381.
—, first on the Swiss lakes, vi, 385.
Steamboat, between Trieste and Venice, iv, 377.
—, on fuel for, xx, 133.
—, of iron, v, 396.
—, advantages of iron compared with wood, xxxix, 206.
—, protection of, from lightning,A. Jones, xxii, 106.
—, on extinguishing fire in, xli, 66.
—, propulsion of, by the trapezium paddle-wheel and screw, xlii, 336.
—, an economical, xx, 14.
— explosions, list of,W. C. Redfield, xx, 336.
—, cause of explosion, and a safety apparatus,A. D. Bache, xx, 317.f
—, safety of,B. Silliman, xix, 143.
—, means of safety in,J. L. Sullivan, xx, 1.
—, safety of, xxxiv, 35.
—, causes of explosion, in a review of J. Renwick on the steam engine, xx, 329.
—, precautions to be used against explosion,J. Renwick, xx, 329.
Steamboilers, on the explosion of,J. Perkins, xiii, 52.
—, ibid,E. Hazard, xiii, 56.
—, on the supposed collapse of, and mode of preventing explosions,W. C. Redfield, xxi, 190.
—, loss of life by explosions of, xx, 415.
—, explosions due to defective material, xxxv, 317.
—, premium for protection against explosions, xx, 178.
—, rules regarding, in France, ix, 203.
—, safety of, in France, xix, 202.
—, feeding of, vii, 378.
—, on fuel for,B. Silliman, xx, 133.
—, use of American coal for, xlix, 310.
—, the galvanoscope, a means of detecting a deficiency of water in,C. G. Page, xxxvi, 141.f
—, on high and low pressure,A. B. Quinby, ix, 313.
—, hydrostat for supplying water to,I. Doolittle, xiii, 64.f
—, incrustations within, prevented by potatoes, vii, 193.
—, protection of, by timber, xix, 176.
—, strength of cylindrical,W. R. Johnson, xxiii, 68.
Steam-engines,large, x, 170.
—, spark extinguisher for, xlii, 209.f
—, in Great Britain, xv, 185.