—, theory of, with observations at London and Liverpool,J. W. Lubbock, xxxi, 333.
—,W. Whewellon, xxxi, 335, 362; xxxv, 290.
—, connection with the weather,G. W. Hall, xxxi, 371.
—, results mapped out by means of curves,W. Whewell, xxxv, 290.
— wave, circuit character of,W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 313.
— and tidal wave of the Atlantic and Pacific,W. C. Redfield, xlv, 294.
— of the Society Islands anomalous,W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 311.
— — —, —, xxxiv, 83.
—, observations on the coast survey, xlix, 240.
—, remarks on,D. Tomlinson, xxxiv, 81.
—, rise and fall of, vanishes at a central space in the German Ocean, xlii, 158.
— at Arbroath, remarkable, xlvi, 395.
—, of Mount's Bay, Cornwall, xlvi, 396.
— observations made at Bristol and Leith, xlii, 150.
— of London and Liverpool, xxxi, 333.
— of Cape Cod, xxxiv, 393.
—, supposed, in the North American Lakes, remarks on,H. Whiting, xx, 205.
—, —, — —,H. A. S. Dearborn, xvi, 78.f
—, —, — —,D. Ruggles, xlv, 18.
—, —, in Lake Superior,H. R. Schoolcraft, xx, 213.
Tilgate forest, birds in the strata of, xxix, 362.
Timber, growth of,A. C. Twining, xxiv, 391.
—, seasoning of, xii, 163.
—, proper season for cutting, xxxiv, 169.
—, rotting of, in certain situations, xxxii, 380.
—, preserved by pyrolignite of iron, xl, 213.
Tin, purity of, xv, 178.
—, crystallization of, xvii, 206.
—, crystallized from solution,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 254.
—, action of metallic, on solutions of muriate of,A. A. Hayes, xxxviii, 408.
—, method of separating from antimony, xxvii, 197.
—, alloy of, with bismuth and lead, xxi, 371, 375.
—, —, with antimony, the action of muriatic and nitric acids on, xlix, 206.
— ore at Goshen, Mass., xvi, 188; xxii, 62.
— —, in New Hampshire,C. T. Jackson, xliii, 168; xlix, 34.
— —, in Virginia, xliii, 168.
Tinned lead pipes, xxvi, 210, 400.
Tioga coal, xiii, 32, 381.
Titaniferous iron ore, near Baltimore,T. G. Clemson, xvii, 42.
— — —,P. Berliner, xxiv, 375.
Titanium, metallic, vii, 192.
—, volatility of,Zinken, xxviii, 136.
—, crystals of, in the furnaces of Baden, xii, 189.
— in scoria,Wollaston'smode of detecting, xix, 188.
— in rocks, xxviii, 136.
— ores, in Connecticut, iv, 55.
— —, in Greece, xxxi, 175.
— —, of Massachusetts, i, 116, 134; vi, 24.
— —, in Vermont, iv, 276; vi, 24.
— —, in Virginia, ii, 143.
— —, in S. Carolina, iii, 228.
Tithonometer,J. W. Draper, xlvi, 217.f
Toad, poison of the common, xiv, 373.
—, living in rocks,A. Eaton, xv, 247.
—, in stone or wood,W. Buckland, xxiii, 272.
—, vitality of, in rocks,W. A. Thompson, xxv, 41.
—, in sandstone at Park Gardens, Coventry, xxix, 353.
Tobacco, chemical experiments on,C. C. Conwell, xvii, 369.
—, a remedy for arsenic, xxxi, 188.
—, E. Wright's lecture on the use of, alluded to, xxiv, 190.
Toby, Mount, geology of, vi, 8.
—, —, Mass., scenery of, vii, 10.
Tolefree, R., the voice and its modifications, xxvi, 76.
Tom, Mount, Massachusetts, rests on sandstone, i, 109.
—, —, height of, and geological structure, vi, 45.
—, —, scenery of, vii, 9.
Tomatos, acid in, xvii, 115.
Tombacite, xlii, 387.
Tomlinson, D., on the tides, xxxiv, 81.
—, on preserving animal fat for soap making, xxxvii, 194.
Tongueless dog, retaining the power to bark, xxxvi, 194.
Tonsil, concretion from, vi, 165.
Topaz, powder of, used as emery, xxxiv, 381.
—, distribution of coloring matter in crystals, and optical properties of,D. Brewster, vii, 364.
— in Ireland, xxix, 374.
— of Huntington, Ct., x, 352; xi, 192; xii, 158f; xiv, 229.
— in Connecticut, at Middletown,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 324.
— in the While Mountains, xx, 410.
— —, analysis of, x, 352.
Tornado, see underWind.
Toronto picture gallery, xxvii, 178.
Torpedo, experiments on,Dr. Davy, xxv, 187.
—, electricity of, xxxii, 198.
—, new species of,D. H. Storer, xliv, 213; xlv, 165.f
Torpedoes of fulminating silver, i, 169.
Torrelite,J. Renwick, viii, 192.
— of Thomson identical with Columbite,J. D. Dana, xxxii, 149.f
Torrey, John, on the condensation of carbonic, sulphurous and chloro-chromic acid gases, xxxv, 374; xxxvi, 394.f
—, on staurotide, i, 435.
—, on siderographite, ii, 176.
—, on an ore of zinc at Ancram, N. Y., v, 235.
—, notice of plants collected by D. B. Douglass, around the Great Lakes and the head waters of the Mississippi, iv, 56.
—, number of indigenous plants of New York state, xl, 77.
—, description of the Usnea acharius, vi, 104.f
—, Flora, of the Northern and Middle States, notice of, vii, 178; viii, 192; xii, 179.
—, on West Point minerals, ix, 402.
—, andA. Gray, Flora of North America of, noticed, xxxv, 180; xxxix, 198; xli, 275; xliv, 420.
Torrey, Joseph, proposed reform of orthography, xxxix, 197.
Tortoise, fossil, xvii, 290.
—, a new freshwater,R. Harlan, xxxi, 382.f
Totten, J. G., descriptions of some shells of the coast of New England, xxvi, 366f; xxviii, 347.f
Touchwood, xxi, 163.
Tourmaline,electricity of, xvi, 390; xviii, 301.
—, to detect boracic acid in, vi, 157.
—, analysis of, xiv, 384.
—, analyses of varieties of, xv, 389.
— in Canada, viii, 61.
— in Connecticut, i, 353; ii, 142, 205, 239, 240; vi, 220, 246; x, 206; xiv, 229; xviii, 361.
— in Delaware, xiv, 11.
— in Maine, x, 15; xviii, 293, 299.f
— in Maryland, v, 256; xiv, 12; xviii, 78.
— in Massachusetts, i, 114, 343, 346; iv, 55; vii, 55; viii, 42, 233; ix, 42; x, 18, 214; xii, 259; xiv, 215, 219.
— in New Hampshire, xxxiv, 107, 204.
— in New Jersey, ix, 245.
— in New York, i, 237; ii, 366; iv, 37; xix, 223, 225, 227; xxv, 349.
— in North Carolina, v, 263.
— in Pennsylvania, ix, 45; x, 221, 222; xiv, 5, 8, 12, 14.
— in Rhode Island, ix, 46.
— in Vermont, i, 114; iii, 76; v, 271.
— in Virginia, v, 263.
— of Chesterfield, for sale, xiv, 400.
Tower of Babel, ruins of, xxxvii, 352.
Town, Ithiel, new mode of bridge-building, iii, 158.f
Town's bridges, xxxviii, 276.f
Townsend, J. K., on the ornithology of the United States, xxxvi, 201.
Townsend, P. S., titles of memoirs read before the New York Lyceum, ii, 339, 371.
Toxodon of Patagonia,R. Owen, xxxiii, 208; xxxv, 196.
Trachyte, varieties of, xiii, 249; xv, 32.
— at the Azores, iv, 259.
Tracks, seeFootprints.
Tract Society of Paris, v, 383.
Tracy, C., on the rotary action of storms, xiv, 65.f
—, on the oil of Indian corn, xliii, 403.
Trade, statistics of, between Great Britain and the United States, xxxiii, 277.
— winds, remarks on,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 124; xxxiii, 61.
Traill, T. S., Russian vapor bath, xxiii, 295.
—, on the preservation of animals, xv, 167.
Transactions, notice of, seeSociety.
Transit of Mercury, May, 1845,D. Olmsted, xlix, 142.
Transition epoch, nature of organic life during, xxxvi, 12.
—, fossils characteristic of,T. A. Conrad, xxxv, 246.
— rocks of the Cataraqui, xviii, 85; xx, 74f; xxiv, 97f; xxx, 233.f
Transpiration of half the body, xxxix, 400.
Transplanting of trees, xxii, 383.
Transylvania, volcanic character of, xiii, 251.
Trapformation of Antigua,S. Hovey, xxxv, 76.
— of New England and New Jersey, volcanic origin of,T. Cooper, iv, 239.
— —, igneous origin of,B. Silliman, xvii, 119.
— of New Jersey, connection with the sandstone, v, 240.
—, peculiar porous character of, v, 240.
—, and minerals of, in Nova Scotia, byJacksonandAlger, xiv, 305; xv, 132f, 204.
— of the Copper Mountains, northern America, xvii, 8.
— dikes, crescent form of, first observed byJ. G. Percival, xlvi, 205.
— —, — —, remarks on, xlv, 334.
— — of Maine, of four different ages,C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 145.
— — in Vermont, at Montgomery, xxii, 189.
— — in gneiss and granite, in New Hampshire,O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105.f
— — in the Connecticut valley, vi, 46, 47.
— — in Connecticut, xxvii, 104.f
— — —,B. Silliman, Jr., xlvii, 107.
— — —, junction of, with sandstone,A. B. Chapin, xxvii, 104.
— — —, ibid,B. Silliman, xvii, 123.f
— — in Massachusetts, at Lowell, Nahant, &c., xxvii, 342.
— — in New York, Essex Co., connection of, with iron ores,E. Emmons, xl, 81.
— —, —, —,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 316.
— — in Michigan,D. Houghton, xli, 184.
— — (natural walls) in North Carolina,J. Beckwith, v, 1.
— —, — ibid, xiv, 242.
— — in Pennsylvania,H. D. Rogers, xli, 173.
— —, a hundred and twenty miles long, in England, xxxviii, 127.
— — render limestone magnesian, xxix, 351.
—, and rocks altered by, xx, 170.
— minerals, origin of,J. D. Dana, xlix, 49.
— — of New Jersey and New York, xliv, 54.f
— — of Nova Scotia, xiv, 305; xv, 132, 204.
— tufa of the Connecticut river valley,E. Hitchcock, viii, 245; xlvii, 103.
Trap, optical, for catching animals, v, 200.
Trapezium paddle-wheels, xlii, 336.
Traveller's Society, v, 175.
Travels,Stevens's, in Egypt, Arabia, &c., noticed, xxxii, 398.
Travelli, J. S., meteorological register kept at Singapore, Nov. 1839 to Feb. 1841, xliv, 151.
Travelling with dog-sleds in the northwest, xiii, 391.f
Travertine, deposit of, xxxiv, 152.
Tree from which water drops in great quantities, xv, 170.
—, fossil, seeFossil.
Trees, beach, interlocking of, xxxii, 379.
—, fruit, propagation of, xxvii, 288.
—, a new method of grafting, ii, 358.
—, method of transplanting, xxii, 383.
—, items on the growth of, xiii, 193.
—, longevity of, xxii, 379.
—, — of yew, xxix, 353; xxxi, 358.
—, dug up from a depth of forty feet, in Ohio, xvii, 398.
—, protected from hares, by means of fat, xxi, 159.
—, how protected from insects, x, 204.
Trego, C. B., on the coal of Savage Mountain, xli, 186.
Tremolite in Canada, viii, 69.
— in Connecticut, i, 354; ii, 206, 238; v, 36; vi, 225; viii, 258.
— in Delaware, x, 224.
— in Massachusetts, i, 114; ii, 236, 237; vi, 248; vii, 53; viii, 46.
— in New Hampshire, ii, 241.
— in New Jersey, v, 30.
— in New York, vii, 57; ix, 40; xix, 227; xxv, 347.
— in Pennsylvania, viii, 239; x, 222; xiv, 7, 8, 13.
— in Rhode Island, iv, 284, 285; viii, 226; x, 10.
— in Vermont, iii, 76.
Trevelyan, W. C., on the temple of Pæstum, xxxvii, 366.
Treviranus, L. C., Physiology of Plants, noticed, xxxix, 181.
Triangles, expression of the sides of right-angled, by integral numbers,D. Wilkie, xxiv, 68.
Triarthrus, seeTrilobites.
Trigonometer, Bolles's, ix, 401.f
Trilobites,remarks on,A. Eaton, xxii, 165.
—, notice ofJ. Green'smonograph on, xxiii, 395.
—, some new,J. Green, xxv, 334.
—, structure of, &c.,J. Green, xxiii, 396; xxxvii, 25; xxxviii, 410.
—, genus Paradoxides of Brongniart, and on the genus Triarthrus,J. Green, xxxiii, 341.
—, Calymene Rowii,J. Green, xxxiii, 406.
—, Calymene Bufo,J. Green, xxxvii, 32; xxxviii, 410.
—, Asaphus polypleurus,J. Green, xxxiv, 360.
—, — diurus,J. Green, xxxvii, 40.
—, Calymene Bucklandii,J. G. Anthony, xxxvi, 106.f
—, Ceratocephala ceralepta,J. G. Anthony, xxxiv, 379.f
—, Ceratocephala goniata,J. A. Warder, xxxiv, 377.f
—, Paradoxides,J. Hall, xxxiii, 139.f
—, Calymene senaria,T. A. Conrad, xlii, 230.
—, Ceraurus crosotus,J. Locke, xliv, 346f; xlv, 222.f
—, Isotelus megistos,J. Locke, xlii, 366.f
—, in Canada,J. J. Bigsby, viii, 83.
—, in Kentucky,J. Walter, xxxiv, 380.
—, in Ohio, xxxi, 72.f
—, in New York, xlvii, 363f, 368f, 370f; xlviii, 307f, 309f, 311.f
—, from Staffordshire, xxiii, 203.f
—, supposed recent, from the New South Shetlands, xxvii, 395.
Trimmer, J., on marine shells in the Cefn cave, xxxv, 306.
—, Practical Geology and Mineralogy of, noticed, xliii, 191.
Triphyline, a new mineral, xxviii, 394.
Trisection, curves of, iv, 343.f
Troglodytes niger, xlvii, 411.
Troost, G., amber at Cape Sable, Maryland, iii, 8.
—, minerals of Missouri, xii, 376, 378, 379.
—, some remarks on the coal regions of Tennessee, xxx, 391.
—, Third Report on Tennessee, noticed, xxx, 391.
—, Fourth Report on Tennessee, notice of, xxxiv, 187.
—, Fifth Report, xli, 385.
—, analysis of a meteorite from Tennessee, xxxviii, 250.
—, meteoric iron from Tennessee and Alabama, xlix, 336.f
—, shower of red matter in Tennessee, xli, 403.
Tropical rains, iv, 375.
Troy Lyceum, ii, 173.
Trumbull, J., Sen., Governor of Connecticut, sketch of, xxxix, 246.
Trumbull, Col. John, notice of, xxxix, 213.
—, historical paintings of, xvi, 163.
—, painting of the Declaration of Independence, i, 200.
—, — ibid, notice of, viii, 168.
—, decease of, xlvi, 216.
Trumbull Gallery of Paintings, Yale College, account of, xxxix, 213.f
Tubes, in sand, lightning, xx, 396.
—, see farther,Fulgurites.
—, flexible, elastic,T. Skidmore, v, 153.
Tubular sandpipes in chalk,C. Lyell, xxxviii, 122.
Tuckahoe or Indian bread, ii, 369.
Tuckerman, E., on the Geaster quadrifidus, xxxvi, 380.
—, on the Lichens of New England, xxxvii, 394.
—, observations on some plants of New England, xlv, 27.
—, Enumeratio Methodica Caricum, &c., noticed, xlv, 216.
Tufa, calcareous, in New York state, iii, 236; xv, 247; xviii, 354 (Chitteningo); xxviii, 176; xxxiii, 405.
—, —, in Indiana,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 307.
—, trap, in Massachusetts,E. Hitchcock, vi, 61; viii, 245; xlvii, 103.
Tufaceous deposit in India, called Kunker,Newbold, xlix, 398.
— deposits, New York, xxxvi, 11.
Tullia pycnanthemoides, xx, 343.f
Tully, Wm., on the Ergot of rye, ii, 45.
—, on two sorts of Datura in the United States, vi, 254.
—, on narcotine and sulphate of morphine, xxi, 39.
Tumuli, Indian, seeMounds.
Tungstate of lime, or calcareous oxide of tungsten, of Connecticut, analysis of,G. T. Bowen, v, 118.
Tungsten ores of Connecticut, i, 312, 316, 405; v, 118; vi, 210.
—, yellow oxide of, iv, 52, 187.
Tuomey, M., Nautilus in the Eocene, Virginia, xliii, 187.
—, infusorial stratum at Petersburg, Va., xliv, 339.
Turbo, seeZoology,Mollusca.
Turner, E., chemical examination of the fire-damp of the coal mines near Newcastle, xxxvii, 201.
—, on ores of manganese, xxi, 364.
—, obituary notice of, xxxii, 213.
—, Elements of Chemistry of, noticed, xx, 88.
—, ibid, seventh edition, xliv, 189.
Turner's Falls, Mass., vii, 13.
—, fossil footprints at, xlvi, 73.f
Turnerite, xviii, 392.
Turpentine,purified spirits of,S. Guthrie, xxi, 93, 291.
—, Hare's method of purifying, xxxvii, 399.
—, used for destroying worms and insects, xxvii, 197.
Turpin, on the analogy of the red globules of the blood to Protococcus, xxxvi, 206.
—, on the red color of agates, xxxvi, 207.
Turquois, vi, 382.
Turtle, stony concretions in the ovary of, xxvii, 163.
—, fossil, in the chalk of Kent, xli, 205.
Turton, W., notice of the works of, xxxvii, 161.
Tuscany, boracic acid of, xxviii, 143.
—, — — lagoons of,J. Bowring, xxxvii, 270.
Tweedie, A., Practical Medicine of, noticed, xxxix, 398.
Twilight bow, account of,S. F. B. Morse, xxxviii, 389.
Twin crystals, formation of,J. D. Dana, xxx, 275.f
— — of Columbite,C. U. Shepard, xvii, 358.f
Twine, seeCordage.
Twining, A. C., method of resolving equations of the third and fourth degrees, ix, 86.
—, observations on meteors, xi, 184.
—, on the growth of timber, xxiv, 391.
—, on the position and height of some Auroral arches and streamers, xxxii, 217.
—, on the Aurora of September, 1839, xxxviii, 376.
—, supernumerary rainbows, xxxii, 227.
—, halos in January, 1835, xxxii, 229.
—, on the appearance, nature and cause of the meteors of November 13, 1833, in reply to D. Olmsted, xxvi, 320.f
—, ibid, Nov. 1834, xxvii, 339.
—, suggestions on the solar eclipse of July, 1842, xlii, 395.
—, on the parallelogram of forces, xlvi, 324.f
Twinkling of fixed stars, v, 156.
— — —, remarks on,B. Hallowell, xv, 360.
Tyfoons of the China Sea, xxxv, 209; xxxvi, 59.
— at Balasore, xxxv, 220.
— at Canton, xxxv, 217, 218.
— at Manilla, xxxv, 220.
—, Raleigh's, xxxv, 210f; xxxvi, 59.
—, method of escaping, xxxv, 216.
—, see farther underWinds.
Tyler, J. W., solar halo, seen at Cazenovia, N. Y., xxi, 189.
Tyrannula, see underZoology.
Tyrian dye, xxxviii, 126.
Tyson, P. T., on the minerals of Baltimore and Harford Cos., Maryland, xviii, 78.
U.
Ulcers cured by chloride of lime, xiii, 179.
Ultramarine, artificial, xv, 392; xxii, 368; xxiv, 373; xxvii, 195; xxviii, 144.
Unger, on xanthic oxide in guano, xlix, 200, 391.
Unicorn, on the existence of,J. F. Laterrade, xxi, 123.
Unio, see underZoology,Mollusca.
Unionidæ of the country of the Iguanodon,G. A. Mantell, xlvii, 402.f
Unit, linear, proposed by Davy, xvii, 164.
United States, earliest census of, xxxiii, 278.
—, magnetic chart of,E. Loomis, xxxiv, 290; xxxix, 41.
—, plan for the survey of the coast, xvi, 225.
—, architecture in, xvii, 99, 249f; xviii, 11, 212.
—, culture of silk in, xviii, 278.
—, statistics of iron in, xxii, 179.
—, Medical and Surgical Journal, noticed, xxvii, 180.
—, Naval Lyceum, xxvii, 390.
—, distribution of plants in,S. Forry, xlvii, 221.
—, amelioration of climate in,D. Thomas, xix, 361.
—, climate of,S. Forry, xlvii, 18f, 221.
Universal terms,Emma Willard, xxiii, 18.
Universe, on the formation of,I. Orr, vi, 128.f
University of the State of New York, Report of the Regents of, xxii, 415; xxv, 258f; xxvii, 177; xxx, 389; xlix, 176.
—, seeEducation.
Upas, analysis of the juice of, xxxix, 206.
Upham, C. W., memoirs of J. Prince, xxxi, 201.f
Ural, mines of, see underRussia.
Uranite,R. Phillips, vii, 380.
— in Massachusetts, xxviii, 382.
— at Chesterfield, Mass.,C. U. Shepard, xlviii, 179.
— of Chesterfield,J. E. Teschemacher, xlviii, 395.
Uranium, atomic weight of, xlvii, 189.
—, ore of, vii, 194.
Ure, A., Dictionary of Chemistry of, noticed, xx, 93.
—, on the composition of gunpowder, xx, 190.
—, analysis of guano, xlviii, 60.
Urea, on the preëxistence of, in uric acid, xli, 46.
— and uric acid,J. Liebig, xxxiv, 40.
Urinary calculi, iv, 149; xvii, 190.
Urine, rosaic acid in, xvii, 385.
—, diabetic, detection of sugar in, xlix, 200.
Usher, F. C., on the elevation of the banks of the Mississippi in 1811, xxxi, 294.f
Uvularia, used for poisoned wounds, xxxv, 270.
V.
Vaccination, a remedy for the plague, iv, 196.
Vacuum, heat of, ii, 343.
Val di Noto,C. Gemellaroon, xxx, 382.
Vallot, on living animals in solid bodies, xii, 395.
Van Dieman's Land, notice of, iii, 377.
Vanadiate of lead, xxvi, 386.
Vanadium, a new metal, xx, 386.
Vancouver, Fort, meteorological observations at, in 1832 and 1833, xxviii, 9.
Vanden Heuvel, J. C., on honey bees, iii, 79.
Vanilla in Europe, xxxv, 310.
Vanuxem, L., experiments on anthracite and plumbago, with reference to the fusion of carbon, viii, 292; x, 102.
—, proofs from Geology of the abstraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere by organization, xii, 84.
—, on the pressure of water at great depths, xiv, 194.
—, on the classification and characters of American rock formations, xvi, 254.
—, Atlantic coast, ancient oyster shell deposits of, xli, 168.
—, Report on Ornithichnites, xli, 165.
Vapor, effects of, on flame, i, 401.
—, force of, at different temperatures, xix, 182, 201.
—, law with reference to the relation between the elastic force of, and temperature, xxviii, 363.
—, new phenomena of, on placing a disk upon an orifice, xiii, 161.
— and heat, inquiries respecting,W. R. Johnson, xxi, 304.
—, of mercury, elastic force of,Avogadro, xxiv, 286.
— of carbon, sulphur, arsenic and phosphorus, specific gravity of, xxxv, 298.
—, of sulphur and phosphorus, density of, xxiii, 383.
— bath, Russian,T. S. Traill, xxiii, 295.
—, the basis of the Aurora Borealis, xix, 240.
Vapors, latent heat of, ii, 361.
Vaporization of spirits, iii, 376.
— of mercury, in fumes of nitric ether,S. Guthrie, xxi, 90.
—, limits of,M. Faraday, xx, 189; xxi, 151.
—, mechanical, of earths,W. Gaylord, xxxvii, 398.
—, of liquid carbonic acid, xxxi, 402.
Variation, magnetic, seeMagnetic.
Varnish, for articles of cast iron, xxvii, 199.
—, copal,J. J. Berzelius, xvii, 175.
—, seedlac, receipt for, ix, 169.
VarrentrappandWill, new mode of determining the quantity of nitrogen in organic compounds, xlii, 263f; xlv, 267.
Vase, Warwick, notice of, xxvi, 244.f
—, Portland, xxvi, 243.f
—, terra cotta, from Pompeii, xxvi, 238.f
—, Murrhine, xxvi, 336.
Vatican, museum of, iv, 380.
Vaucher, death of, xliii, 215.
Vaughan, B., obituary of, xxix, 395.
Vauquelin, process by, for obtaining metallic chromium, xxi, 375.
—, analysis of guano, xlviii, 60.
Vauquelin, a new alkali, i, 310.
Vaux, G., on iron conduit pipes, vi, 173.
Vegetables,saponaceous, remarks on,Bussy, xxiv, 381.
—, action of poisons on, xii, 196.
—, influence of chemical solutions on, xvii, 388.
—, effect of arsenic on,C. Daubeny, xxxi, 346.
—, injurious action of gases on,Macaire, xxiii, 193.
Vegetable fecundation, remarks on,A. Gray, xxxi, 303;
–A. J. C. Corda'sviews on, 317.f
— impregnation,Aldridge, xli, 62.
— life, tenacity of, as shown by a root taken from a mummy, xxi, 158.
— —, functions of,G. T. Burnett, xxi, 153.
— kingdom, rapid growth in, xxviii, 399.
— membrane and fibre, chemical composition of, xxxiii, 289.
— organography and physiology,H. Green, xxxviii, 49.
— physiology, xix, 393.
— —, experiments in,Niven, xxxiii, 290.
— —, in relation to rotation of crops,Macaire, xxiii, 138.
— productions of the earth at different periods in its early history,Ad. Brongniart, xxxiv, 315.
— tissue, elementary composition of,Payen, xlii, 212.
— tissue, development of, xxxix, 205.
— crystallizations, xix, 177.
— monstrosities, xxxv, 310.
Vegetationof the first period of an ancient world,H. Witham, xviii, 110.f
— of the Andes of Columbia, distribution of, xxxvii, 15.
—, progress of, near Philadelphia,C. S. Rafinesque, i, 77.
—, —, see farther,Floral Calendar.
—, supported by air and water, iii, 372.
—, manures as stimulants to,C. Daubeny, xlii, 319.
—, see farther underBotany, andPlants.
—, metallic, ii, 349.
Veins of granite and syenite in Massachusetts,E. Hitchcock, vi, 10, 29.
— —, in Massachusetts,C. Dewey, viii, 4.
— —, —,E. Emmons, viii, 5f, 250.f
— —, —,A. Nash, xii, 261.f
— —, in New Hampshire,O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 123.f
— of feldspar or granite, in Hampshire Co., Mass., xii, 244f, 261.f
—, metalliferous, electro-magnetic properties of,R. Were Fox, xx, 136; xxxi, 374.
—, —, electrical currents in,Reich, xxxviii, 120.
—, mineral, formed artificially by voltaic action,R. W. Fox, xxxv, 308; xxxvii, 199.
—, —, questions relative to,R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 135.
—, —, remarks on,C. Lyell, with the views of R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 93.
—, —,J. Fournet'sviews on, xxxiii, 93.
—, segregation theory of, objections byC. T. Jackson, from facts in Maine, xxxvi, 148.
Velocity of the Mississippi, vii, 174.
— of sound, vi, 394.
Velocities, virtual, principle of, xlii, 66; xliii, 77.f
Venetz, on boulders, xxxvi, 327.
Venice bead manufactory, xxvii, 78.
Ventilating sewers, furnace for, vii, 177.
Ventilation, effect of, on the mortality of infants, xxviii, 79.
Ventilator, marine, description of,S. Whiting, xviii, 75.f
Ventriloquism, remarks on,R. Tolefree, xxvi, 76.
Venus, appearances of, as seen at Rome,P. F. de Vico, xliv, 377.
—, results of observations on,P. F. de Vico, xliv, 383.
—, rotation of the planet, xxiv, 204.
Veratria, xxx, 190.
Verd antique marble in Connecticut, ii, 165; vi, 38, 227.
Vermiculite,T. H. Webb, vii, 55.
—, the species objected to,C. Dewey, viii, 50.
—,T. H. Webb'svindication, viii, 230.
—, in Maryland, xxiv, 356.
Vermin, destruction of, by steam, xvii, 390.
Vermont, geological survey of, xlviii, 404.
Vernier, application of, to the subdividing of time,F. Osler, xliv, 161.
Vespertilio, see underZoology,Articulata.
Vessels, best form for sailing,J. S. Russell, xxxv, 290.
—, propulsion of, by paddle-wheel and screw, xlii, 336.
—, steam, seeSteam.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, xlviii, 395; xlix, 191.
Vesuvian, seeIdocrase.
Vesuvius,notice of, v, 193; vi, 385; xiii, 262; xxiv, 343; xxvii, 281.
—, mineralogy of, xii, 185.
—, connection of the Solfatara with, xix, 387.
—, eruption of, August, 1834, xxviii, 199.
—, —, April, 1835, xxviii, 340.
— and the Solfatara, xlvii, 182.
Vibrating dams,E. Loomis, xlv, 363.f
— —, time of vibration calculated from the dimensions of,E. Loomis, xlv, 373.
Vibration, effect of, on the colors of the light from different stars, x, 188.
— of glass, movements in water produced by, xxx, 192.
— of railways, xxx, 382.
— of a mercurial pendulum,G. Baker, xlviii, 156.
Vico, P. F. de, comet of, xlviii, 402.
Vienna, temple at, iv, 197.
Vinci, L. da, on the motion of water, xix, 397.
Vines, diseases of, xxix, 367.
—, on the propagation of, xxvii, 288.
—, to prevent the bleeding of, when cut, xxiv, 205.
Vinegar, new process for obtaining from alcohol, xxviii, 359.
—, expeditious mode of manufacturing,L. Feuchtwanger, xxxi, 272.f
—, impurities in, xix, 86.
Vinification, treatise on, noticed, xi, 396.
Violan, xlii, 387.
Virginia meteorite, seeMeteoritesandMeteoric iron.
— gold mines, seeGold.
— salt formation, xxiv, 51; xxix, 84, 113; xli, 214; xliv, 173.
—, geological remarks on, i, 60, 214, 317.
— tertiary formation, xi, 54; xxxviii, 183.
—, coal of, see underCoal.
—, geological report ofW. B. Rogers, noticed, xxxii, 192; xxxvii, 380.
Virtual velocities, principles of,T. Strong, xlii, 66; xliii, 77.f
Virus, vaccine, liable to lose virtue, xxxviii, 175.
Vision, notice of a peculiarity inC. E. Goodrich, xiv, 264.f
— with the head inverted,D. Brewster, xl, 343.
Vitality of matter, xv, 54.
Vœlkel, analysis of guano, xlviii, 60.
Vogel, obituary of, xliii, 215.
Vogt, C., Embryologie des Salmones, noticed, xlv, 211.f
Voice and its modification,R. Tolefree, xxvi, 76.
Volatile oils, adulteration of, xix 77.
— —, see farther underOils.
Volborthite, xlii, 387.
Volcanoes,remarks on, ii, 351.
—, and volcanic substances,T. Cooper, iv, 205.
—, some account of, in a review of Scrope's work, xiii, 106.
—, remarks on, in a notice of Daubeny's work, xiii, 235;
– theories of, xiv, 70, 87.
—, remarks on, fromJ. Phillips'sGeology of Yorkshire, xxi, 24.
—, hypothesis on,J. du Commun, xv, 12.f
—, ibid, objections to, xv, 25.
—, ibid, strictures on,B. Bell, xvi, 51.
—, phenomena of, explained byL. Cordier, by the theory of central fluidity, xv, 123.
—,H. Davy'stheory of, xvii, 239; xxxvi, 231.
—,Gay Lussac'sviews on, xxxvi, 233, 236.
—,G. Bischofon, xxxvi, 230, 239f; xxxvii, 41.f
—, —, theory of central heat satisfactory, xxxvi, 239; xxxvii, 52.
—, —, freshwater rivers contribute to the action of, xxxvi, 262.
—,C. Daubeny, in reply to G. Bischof, on the chemical theory of, xxxvii, 78.
—,L. von Buch, on certain volcanoes and volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 260-273.
—, geographical distribution and phenomena of,J. L. Hayes, xlvii, 127.
—, mud, iv, 216.
—, African, at the Canaries, &c., xiii, 283; xxxvi, 260, 273.
—, —, Azores, iv, 259; xiii, 289.
—, —, supposed, at sea, in lat. 7° N., and long. 99° W., xxxii, 195.
—, American, of Cosiguina, eruption of, xxviii, 332.
—, —, of Peru and Chili, xiii, 308, 309.
—, —, of Mexico, Jorullo,Popocatepetl, &c., xiii, 304.
—, —, of the West Indies, xiii, 302.
—, —, of Greenland, xiii, 279.
—, —, of Upper Missouri, only pseudo-volcanoes,J. N. Nicollet, xlv, 154.
—, —, supposed, of West River Mountain, Vermont,J. A. Allen, iii, 73.
—, —, —, in Canada, xxx, 238.
—, Asiatic, and Asiatic Islands, general review of, xiii, 290.
—, —, near Mount Ararat, extinct, xxxvii, 349.
—, —, in the Kourdish country, xxxvii, 350.
—, —, region of, or Catacecaumene, of Asia Minor, xxxiii, 95; xxxviii, 206.
—, —, of Gunong-Api, iv, 375; xiii, 299.
—, —, Palambang, eruption of, 1833, xxix, 364.
—, European, of France, xiii, 237.
—, —, of Germany, xiii, 242.
—, —, Grecian Archipelago, xiii, 279.
—, —, of Greece, Santorino, xxxvi, 267.
—, —, of Hungary, xiii, 245.
—, —, of Iceland, xiii, 276.
—, —, of Italy, xii, 252.
—, —, —, Vesuvius, v, 193; vi, 385; xii, 185; xiii, 262; xix, 387; xxiv, 243.
—, —, —, ibid, notice of,J. D. Dana, xxvii, 281.
—, —, —, ibid, eruption in 1834, xxviii, 199.
—, —, —, ibid, eruption of April, 1835, xxviii, 340.
—, —, phenomena at the Lipari islands–fumeroles–forming minerals, &c., xiii, 270; xxxiii, 77.
—, —, of Sicily, xiii, 272.
—, —, —, Mount Etna, observations on,E. de Beaumont, xxxi, 168.
—, —, —, —, luminous flames,E. de Beaumont, xxxi, 169.
—, —, —, —, formation of,E. de Beaumont, xxxi, 170.
—, —, —, —, some account of,S. L. Johnson, xxvi, 1.
—, —, —, island thrown up off Sicily, account of,W. Ainsworth, xxi, 399.f
—, —, of Transylvania, xiii, 251.
—, of Pacific ocean, New Zealand, xx, 381.
—, —, Hawaii, Kilauea, xi, 1, 362; xvi, 345; xx, 228, 229.
—, —, —, ibid,C. S. Stewart, xx, 229.
—, —, —, ibid,J. Goodrich, xxv, 199.
—, —, —, ibid,E. G. Kelley, xl, 117.f
—, —, —, ibid,J. P. Couthouy, xli, 200.
—, lunar, v, 176; xxxv, 305.
Volcanic ashes of Etna, analysis of, xii, 194.
— —, on some showers of, xxv, 129.
— —, at sea, west of the Philippines,P. Parker, xl, 198.
— —, carried by upper atmospheric currents,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 128.
— character of Transylvania, xiii, 251.
— eruptions and earthquakes,J. Galindo, xxviii, 332.
— formation of islands, xxxvi, 267.
— — of iron glance,Mitscherlich'stheory of, xxxvi, 237.
— rocks, descriptive arrangement of,G. P. Scrope, xv, 28.
— — or lavas, South America, why not crystalline, xxxi, 176.
— —, nature of,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 252.
— —, scoria of Hawaii, xvi, 348.
— —, fusibility of,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 240.
— —, still soft after crystals have formed,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 266.
— —, force required to raise, xv, 125.
— —, raised by steam, and force required,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 241.
— —, eruptions of, xxxvi, 261.
— —, spun glass of Hawaii, xvi, 349.
Volney, theories of temperature, xlvii, 232.
—, death of, ii, 345.
Volta, A., discoveries of, noticed, xv, 67.
—, biography of, xv, 67.
Voltaic pile, calorific effects of, xviii, 173.
—, see farther underGalvanism.
Volume, changes in, on mixing alcohol and water, xxiv, 373.
Volumeter,R. Hare, xii, 36f, 38.f
Volumescope,R. Hare, xii, 39f; xv, 275f; xxviii, 264.f
Von Buch, L.,on the nature of volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 268.
—, on volcanic eruptions in Lancerote, xxxvi, 260, 264.
—, on Palma and Grand Canary, xxxvi, 273.
—, on the formation of volcanic cones, xxxvi, 273.
—, on the formation of certain conglomerates, xxxvi, 266.
Voorhies, J., fall of meteoric iron in Tennessee, xlix, 338.
Voyage of discovery, French, by Capt.Freycenet, in the Uranie, notice of, iv, 391.
— around the world, projected by the French, under the command of D. d'Urville, xxxiii, 206.
— of Bonite around the world, xxxiv, 219.
— of the French to the Antarctic regions, xxxix, 201.
— of the Chanticleer, xviii, 188.
— of J. C. Ross to the Antarctic, xxxvii, 397; xxxviii, 204; xlii, 152.
— of exploration under Lieut. C. Wilkes, U. S. N., around the world, xxxv, 192.
— — ibid, progress of, xxxvi, 195; xxxvii, 19, 398; xxxviii, 387; xxxix, 193; xliii, 208.
— — ibid, results of, xl, 394; xliv, 393; xlix, 149.
Vulcano, boracic acid in the waters of, ii, 349.
Vulpinite,Vauquelin, vii, 368.
W.
Wachitta, cove of, iii, 26, 28.
—, —, hot springs, iii, 29.
Wacke, aqueous origin of,J. W. Webster, i, 230.
—, analysis of, i, 296.
Wadsworth, D., remarks on the upper falls of the Genesee river, with a view, xviii, 209.
Wages for labor in England, France and the United States, xxiii, 216.
Wagner, S., on the acceleration of the saw at night, viii, 393.
Wailes, on rare insects, xxxv, 310.
Walferdin, on subterranean temperatures, xxxvi, 204.
Walker, C. V., galvanic experiments by, xxxix, 32.f
—, reclamation against W. Sturgeon, xlii, 383.
Walker, S. C., on the great comet of 1843, xlv, 188.f
—, on the meteors of August, 1840, xl, 51;
–on the meteors of August and November, xlii, 401.
Walkly, N., on hydrogen gas in a lead water-pipe, xxxiv, 393.
Walks and alleys, valuable material for, xxiv, 206.
Walls or dikes in North Carolina,J. Beckwith, v, 1.
—, how preserved from dampness, xii, 193.
Wallace, J., on certain Algebraic series, vii, 278.
—, reply to remarks on, ix, 98.
—, numerical faculties, vii, 285.
Wallace, W. C., dissection of the eye of a halibut, xxvi, 393.f
—, discovery of a muscle in the eye of fishes, xxvi, 394.
—, dissection of the eye of the streaked bass, with observations on the accommodation of the eye to different distances, xxvii, 216.f
—, on the retina, xxviii, 278.
—, on a Bramah press attached to the eyes of fishes, xxxiv, 376.
—, denial of a charge of plagiarism made by J. Dalrymple, xxxiv, 396.
—, discovery of a muscle attached to the crystalline lens, xxxv, 291.