Wallestein, J. de, meteorological tables of, ix, 394.
Walper, G. G., Repertorium, noticed, xlvii, 200.
Waltershausen, W. S. von, letter on Etna, xlvii, 100.
Ward, M., alternating steam engine of, iv, 90.f
Ward, N., on fresh and salt water fountains, xviii, 379.
Ward, N. B., on the growth of plants in closely glazed cases, xxxiv, 11; xliii, 383.
Warder, M. A., reclamation of, relative to a species of trilobite, xxxvi, 187.
Ware, H., notice of an Aurora in 1789, xxxiv, 204.
Ware, N. A., note on drift wood, iii, 19.
Warm air, mode of heating apartments by, xxv, 290; xxxiv, 84.
— springs, seeSprings.
Warren, J. C., on the Siamese twins, xvii, 212.f
—, on North American crania, xxxiv, 47.
Warrington, R., on the adulteration of the green teas of commerce, xlviii, 188.
—, bones from guano, xlix, 391.
—, action of animal charcoal, xlix, 393.
Wartmann, L. F., on Saturn's ring and the comet of Biela, xxv, 191.
Warwick rocking stone, vii, 201.f
Warwickite,C. U. Shepard, xxxiv, 313; xxxvi, 85.
Washington, G., Trumbull's portrait of, xxxix, 245.
—, — painting of his resignation of office, xxxix, 239.
Washington, Capt., account of a Mandingo, xxxv, 305.
—, of recent expeditions to Antarctic seas, xxxv, 306.
—, account of trigonometrical surveys, xxxv, 308.
Washington, Mount, excursion up, viii, 176.
—, —, popular notice of,G. W. Nichols, xxxiv, 73.
—, —, remarks on,B. Silliman, xxxiv, 76.
—, —, —,O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 120.
—, —, height of, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
Washingtonite, a supposed new mineral, xliii, 364.f
Watch, remarkable, made by Rebiller, xviii, 180.
Watchmakers' oil, ix, 202.
Water, action of, on lead, xxxiv, 25; xlvi, 398.
—, analysis of, from Black Sea, xx, 188.
—, —, from Dead Sea,B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 10.
—, —, from sea, near Brighton,G. Schweitzer, xxxviii, 12.
—, —, from the spouting fountain near Naples, xxv, 195.
—, —, from the Rio Vinagre,Boussingaultxxiv, 149.
—, boiling point of, different in vessels of different materials, xlvii, 190.
—, —, used in measuring heights, xxxvii, 19.
—, boring for, xix, 203; xxvii, 399.
—, —, in the United States, xii, 136.
—, —, in New York, xxiii, 206.
—, —, seeWells, artesian.
— of cities, contaminated, xxvi, 294.
—, for the city of Boston, notice ofL. Baldwin'sreport on the introduction of, xxxi, 179.
—, — — Glasgow, iii, 372.
—, color of deep,X. de Maistre, xxvi, 65.
—, compressibility of, J. Perkins, iii, 347.f
—, —,H. C. Œrsted, ix, 189; xv, 186.
—, —, xiii, 189.
—, —, instrument for measuring, vii, 195.
—, non-conducting power in relation to heat,W. W. Mather, xiii, 368.f
—, conduction of heat by,C. Dewey, xxviii, 151; xxxi, 266.
—, currents in,A. W. Carsonon, xxix, 340.f
—, decomposition of,C. Despretz, xx, 186.
—, —, seeOceanic.
—, —, by galvanism, xix, 383.
—, —, by magnetic electrical machines, xxxiii, 217.f
—, —, by atmospheric electricity, xx, 179.
—, —, —, and common electricity, xxi, 368.
—, —, by chlorine in the sun's rays, xlix, 348.f
—, apparatus for illustrating decomposition and recomposition of,R. Hare, xxxviii, 336.f
—, density of, maximum, xvi, 265; xxiii, 391; xxviii, 357.
—, discharge of a jet of, in water, xxi, 379.
—, evaporation of, xv, 180.
—, —, under electric insulation, xlvii, 190.
—, filtering for domestic purposes, xxx, 172.f
—, freezing, sparks emitted by, xxvi, 178.
—, —, apparatus for, with sulphuric acid,R. Hare, xxvii, 132.f
—, formation of, by compound blowpipe, iii, 91.
—, hard, solvent power of, xxi, 150.
—, heating of,E. Emmons, xviii, 371.
—, impurities of, how precipitated, xxviii, 150.
—, —, in rain, xv, 185.
—, medicinal, on the preparation of,W. Meade, xxii, 126, 330.
—, mineral, seeSprings.
—, oxygenized, iii, 369.
—, —, preparation byL. J. Thenard, xxiii, 382.
—, pressure of, at great depths,L. Vanuxem, xiv, 194.
—, purification of, xxviii, 150.
—, rain, nitric acid in, xv, 181.
—, solvent power of hard, xxi, 150.
—, temperature of, low in red hot vessels or surfaces highly heated, xix, 381.
—, —, low and non-ebullition of, ibid, xv, 180.
—, —, — ibid, remarks on,Le Chevalier, xxii, 384.
—, transporting power of,H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 275.
— and air support vegetation, iii, 372.
—, vibration of glass producing a movement in, xxx, 192.
—, mode of access to volcanic fires,G. Bischof, xxxvi, 243, 262.
— in Indiana, character of,J. T. Plummer, xliv, 306.
— of Mediterranean, density at different depths, xvii, 364.
— of the British Channel, analysis of, xxxviii, 12.
— of the spouting fountain of Uncino, kingdom of Naples, with analysis, xxv, 194.
— of the Black Sea, analysis of, xx, 188.
— of the Dead Sea, analysis of,B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 10.
—, sea, near Brighton, analysis of,G. Schweitzer, xxxviii, 12.
— of the Rio Vinagre, analysis of,Boussingault, xxiv, 149.
— in wells, temperature of, see underTemperature.
—, ocean, seeOceanandSeawater.
Water-burner, patent, vii, 141.
Water-cement in N. York, iii, 230; xxxvi, 45; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29.
— of Southington, Ct., xiii, 382.
— in the Appalachian chain, xxxvii, 381.
—, rock for, near Quebec,F. H. Baddely, xxviii, 113, 367.
Water-cresses, dangerous plant among, xix, 191.
Water-fall, seeFalls.
Water-spouts, remarks on, v, 135.
—, causes of,X. de Maistre, xxv, 47.f
—, —,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 126, 127; xxxiii, 58; xliii, 265.
—, —,H. E. Œrsted, xxxvii, 250.f
—, —,R. Hare, xxxii, 153.f
—, account and theory of,H. W. Ogden, xxix, 254.
—, illustration of a theory of,W. Gaylord, xl, 399.
—, rotation of, xl, 324, 332.
—, in France in 1823, x, 183.
—, on the Lake of Geneva, xxiv, 377.
—, off Florida in 1826, notice of,B. Lincoln, xiv, 171.f
—, at New Brunswick in 1835, xxxvi, 115.f
Water-wheels, on the asserted acceleration during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163.
—, on the overshot,A. B. Quinby, ix, 304.f
—, pitchback and breast,A. B. Quinby, xi, 333.
Water-works, in Philadelphia, vi, 375; viii, 193.
Waterhouse, B., notice of, i, 37.
Watkins's galvanic battery, xvii, 162.
Watson, J. T., on the heat produced by friction, viii, 276.
Wave lines and mud furrows in rocks,J. Hall, xlv, 148.
Waves, v, 131.
—,J. S. Russellon the laws of, xxxviii, 100; xl, 323; xliv, 159.
—, mechanism of, in reference to steam navigation,J. S. Russell, xxxiii, 283.
— of translation,J. S. Russell, xxxiv, 1.
—, report of the committee of the British Association on, xxxv, 290.
—, remarkable, at the Sandwich Islands, 1837,T. C. B. Rooke, xxxvii, 358.
—, transporting effect, remarks on,H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 274.
— of sea, and sound, instruments for illustrating, xlix, 20.f
Wavellite from Richmond, Mass.,C. Dewey, ii, 249.
Wax, fossil,Meyer, xxx, 185.
— of the Myrica cerifera, i, 294.
—, sealing, xxi, 150; xxiii, 200; xxviii, 148.
— tablet, used for instructing the blind, xxxviii, 186.
Weasel, habits of, xlvi, 241.
Weather, influence of the moon on,F. Marcet, xxvii, 192.
—, seeMeteorology.
Weather-glass, zoological, xvii, 187.
Webb, on lunar volcanoes, xxxv, 305.
Webb, T. H., on fluor spar, iv, 50; vii, 54.
—, minerals near Providence, iv, 284.
—, mineral localities, v, 402; viii, 225, 228.
—, localities of talc and tourmaline, vii, 55.
Webber, S., on the alluvial banks of the Connecticut, xlvii, 98.
Webster, J. W., notice of the lectures of, i, 304.
—, — of the cabinet of, i, 305.
—, structure of Calton Hill, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and on the aqueous origin of wacke, i, 230.f
—, analysis of wacke, i, 296.
—, localities of minerals, principally at Haddam, Ct., ii, 239.
—, sinter at St. Michael's, iii, 391.
—, on prussic acid, iii, 189.
—, epidote at Nahant, iii, 364.
—, on the island of St. Michael, iv, 251.
—, foreign notices in Mineralogy, iv, 25.
—, communication of Boué's notices of European Geology, vi, 188.
—, discovery of green feldspar, xxxv, 192.
—, claim to blowpipe mouth, xxxv, 187.
—, explosion of hydrogen and oxygen, with remarks on Hemming's safety tube, xxxvii, 104.
—, notice of work on the Azores by, iv, 251.
—, work of, on Chemistry, noticed, xi, 377; xx, 89; xxxvi, 195; xxxviii, 329.
—, proposed biography of scientific men, xxxvii, 193.
Webster, N., notice of the seasoning of timber, and of the acceleration of water-wheels during the night, xii, 163.
—, critical interpretation ofbaraandasah, xxxv, 375.
—, winters of uncommon severity, xxviii, 183.
—, opinions on temperature, xlvii, 228.
—, on luminous appearance in the atmosphere, xii, 380.
—, dictionary of, noticed, xv, 399.
Wedgewood ware, notice of, xxvi, 242.
Weed, W. B., on scenery in Pennsylvania, xxi, 197.
Weeds, destruction of, xxii, 381.
Weekes, W. H., experiments with reference to the Acarus Crossii, xliii, 395.
Weight, apparent diminution of, in some instances of lifting,W. E. A. Aikin, xxvii, 224;
–J. Nickalls, xxviii, 198.
—, atomic, of elementary bodies, xxxviii, 119; xlvii, 187.
Weights and measures, notice ofF. R. Hassler'sreport on, xxiii, 405.
Welland canal, xiv, 159.f
Wells, R. W., origin of prairies, i, 331.
Wells,artesian, xx, 392.
—, —, notice of, xxvii, 399.
—, —, at St. André, xxxvi, 204.
—, —, at Grenelle, Paris, xli, 209.
—, —, uses arising from the uniform temperature of the water, xxii, 373.
—, —, Ohio, xlix, 406.
—, frozen, xxxvi, 184.
—, of Columbia, S. C., affected by earthquakes, i, 93.
—, temperature of, seeTemperature.
Wellsted, J. R., on the province of Omán, on the eastern coast of Arabia, xxxii, 383.
Welther's tube of safety, substitute for, xvii, 345.f
West, C. E., siliceous tubes in the earth, Rome, N. Y., xlv, 220.
West, on the corrosion of lead tubes by spring water, xlvi, 398.
West Indies, geology of, i, 140.
— —, coral limestone, raised, in Dominica, iv, 218;
–St. Christopher's, iv, 218;
St. Eustatia, iv, 219;
Saba, iv, 219.
— —, Antigua, i, 56, 140; xii, 378; xxxv, 75.
— —, Barbadoes, v, 406.
— —, St. Croix,S. Hovey, xxxv, 64.
West of England Journal, notice of, xxviii, 365.
Westchester, Pa., geology and mineralogy of, xiv, 15.
— County Cabinet of Natural Science, xxii, 402.
Western country, natural resources of, xxii, 122.
Western Museum Society, i, 203.
Wetzel, L., adventure of, xxxi, 14.
Whale, suspension of respiration in, xxix, 348.
—, fossil, xvii, 289.
—, remains of, at Durham, England, xxxviii, 130.
Wheat, manures for, xii, 165.
—, soil for, xii, 372.
—, growth of, on accelerating,G. W. Hall, xxxi, 345; xxxviii, 129.
—, —, effects of an earthquake on, ix, 208.
Wheatstone, C., on binocular vision, xxxv, 295.
Wheels, water, on pitchback or breast,A. B. Quinby, xi, 333.
—, —, on the asserted acceleration of, during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163.
Wheeler, A. D., solution of a diophantine problem, xx, 295.
Wheeler, H., on sea-serpent, ii, 161.
Wheeling, Virginia, notice of, xxiv, 186.
—, —, Indian attacks, xxxi, 3.
Wheelright, W., efforts of, for steam navigation, xli, 358.
—, on steam navigation in the Pacific, xliii, 107.
Whelk, economical notice of, xxxii, 248.
Whelpley, J. D., two species of hydrachna, xxx, 354.f
—, idea of an atom, xlviii, 352.
Whetstone, in R. Island, viii, 232.
—, see farther,Novaculite.
Whewell, W., anniversary address by, before the Geological Society of London, xxxvii, 218.
—, address before the eleventh meeting of the British Association, xli, 391.
—, chemical symbols, xxi, 369.
—, relative level of land and sea, as connected with the tides, xxxi, 335; xxxv, 287.
—, on mineralogical systems, xliv, 214.
—, heat from the sun, central heat, of space, &c., xxix, 349.
—, tides mapped out by curves, with a discussion on, xxxv, 290.
—, demonstration that all matter is heavy, xlii, 264.
—, —, reply to, byR. Hare, xlii, 260.
Whirlpools, course of,A. W. Carson, xxix, 341.f
Whirlwind, seeWinds.
White, C., obtained a patent for hydraulic lime, iii, 230.
White, G., notice of the works of, xxxvii, 155.
White, D. A., eulogium on Dr. Bowditch, xxxv, 386.
White Mountains, old man of the mountain, xiv, 64f; xxxiv, 122.
— —, slides in, and miscellaneous notices of, xv, 217.
— —, excursion among,J. Pierce, viii, 172.
— —, excursion to,O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105.f
White race of Atlas, xxxii, 400.
Whiting, H., on the supposed tides of the North American lakes, xx, 205.
—, remarks on East Florida, 1838, xxxv, 47.
Whiting, S., description of a marine ventilator, xviii, 75.f
Whitlock, G. C., on the measure of polygons, xlvii, 380.f
Whitney, E., on a fluid contained in stones, viii, 285.
—, invention of the cotton gin, xxi, 209.
—, manufacture of fire-arms, xxi, 237.
—, memoir of,D. Olmsted, xxi, 201.f
—, reminiscences of,B. Silliman, xxi, 255.f
—, monumental stone of, xxi, 264.f
Whitney, J. D., translation by, of Berzelius on the blowpipe, noticed, xlix, 379.
Whittlesey, C., heights of places in Ohio, and elsewhere, xlv, 12.
Wiegman, on the inorganic elements of plants, xlvii, 194.
Wier's cave, Virginia, i, 59, 64.
Wikström'sReport on Botany, xl, 393.
Wilcox, C., letters on the White Mountains, xv, 217.
Wilcox, P. B., on adjusting lightning rods, xviii, 361.
Wilcox, W. W., on oil from white fish, xxxv, 391.
Wilder, C., algebraic solution by, xvi, 271.
—, on the rectification of the ellipse, xviii, 38.f
—, on the resolution of equations of the fourth degree, xviii, 276.
—, on analytical geometry, xx, 285.f
Wilkes, C., notice of Hassler's repeating theodolite, xvi, 252.f
—, on the formation of Antarctic ice, xlvii, 114.
—, Narrative of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, noticed, xlviii, 211; xlix, 149.
Wilkesbarre, on the rocks and coal, &c., of, iv, 1f; vii, 260; xii, 66; xviii, 309.f
— fossil plants, ix, 165.
Wilkie, Daniel, sides of right angled triangles expressed by integral numbers, xxiv, 68.
—, on definitions, xxx, 28, 266; xxxi, 88, 236.
Wilkie, David, death of, xlii, 215.
Willard, Emma, on the universal terms, xxiii, 18.
Williams, S. C., notice of mineral localities, x, 206.
Williams, S. R., on the shooting stars, of August, 1844, xlviii, 320.
Williams, S. W., floral calendar kept at Deerfield, Massachusetts, i, 359.
Williams, W. H., meteorological journal kept at Savannah, xxv, 211; xxvii, 173.
Williamstown, Mass., geology of, &c., i, 337.f
Willis's lute, vii, 392.
Willoughby, some notice of, C. Fox, xxxvi, 229.
Wilmington Island, fossils of, xxxv, 380.
Wilmsen, F. P., death of, xxii, 380.
Winch, N. J., notice of, xxxvii, 120.
Winds and storms,proximate causes of,E. Mitchell, xix, 248.f
—, general, and on atmospheric phenomena,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 125; xlv, 302.
—, —, and on the stratification and elevation of currents in the atmosphere,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 128; xxxiii, 52.
—, names and characters of different,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 126.
—, average velocity near the surface of the ocean,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 52.
—, great circuits of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 61; xlv, 302.
—, causes of the great system of,W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 316; xlv, 307.
—, system of, in the Atlantic,W. C. Redfield, xx, 50.
—, direction indicated by the ashes of volcanoes, xxv, 128; xxxiii, 53.
—, curve representing the comparative force of, almost identical with the curve of temperature, xl, 322.
—, curve of calms reverse of the curve of temperature, xl, 322.
—, monsoons, characters of,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 124.
—, —, character and causes of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 63.
—, —, time of changes in the N. E. and S. W., at Canton, xxxv, 220.
—, sea and land, causes of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 65.
—, trade, attributed to accumulation of air in the Gulf of Mexico, v, 355.
—, —, course and causes of,W. C. Redfield, xx, 30; xxv, 124; xxxiii, 61.
—, —, ibid,J. P. Espy, xxxix, 120, 129.
—, —, relation of, to the westerly, of higher latitudes, xx, 30.
—, —, semi-annual change in,W. C. Redfield, xlv, 304.
—, —, objections to common theories of,W. C. Redfield, xlv, 303.
—, of the summit of the Andes and other high peaks,W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 314.
—, at Canton, xxxviii, 272.
—, at Montreal,J. S. McCord, xli, 331.
— in U. States, of several years, at different forts, xxx, 10.
—, in the U. States; causes of the coldness and dryness of the west and northwest winds of New England,T. Dwight, viii, 307.
—, —, prevailing, in New York state, 1833, xxv, 259.
—, —, of New York state, xlix, 179.
—, —, at New York city, westerly more prevalent than easterly,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 62.
—, —, observations on, at N. York for five years, to 1837, inclusive,W. C. Redfield, xxxiv, 373.
—, —, as indicated by the higher clouds, at Otisco, N. Y.,W. Gaylord, xxxix, 63.
—, —, prevailing, of Ohio and the West,C. Atwater, i, 276.
—, —, register of, at Hudson, Ohio,E. Loomis, xli, 319; xlix, 279, 280.
—, at New Orleans, 1833-36,Prof. Barton, xxxi, 401.
Storms or Tornadoes.
— of the Atlantic, v, 352.
— —,W. C. Redfield, xx, 17f; xxv, 114; xxxi, 115f; xlii, 112.f
— —, —, September, 1804, xxxi, 124.f
— —, —, September, 1821, xx, 20, 24; xxxi, 126.f
— —, —, August, 1827, xxxi, 123.f
— —, —, August, 1830, xx, 34f, 39; xxxi, 125f, 136.f
— —, —, September, 1830, xx, 41; xxxi, 125.f
— —, —, December, 1830, xxxi, 126.f
— —, —, June, 1831, xxxi, 123.f
— —, —, August, 1831, xxi, 191; xxv, 119; xxxi, 123.f
— —, —, August, 1835, xxxi, 124.f
— of the Atlantic,W. C. Redfield, Dec. 15, 1839, xlii, 112.f
— in United States, December, 1836,E. Loomis, xl, 34.
— —, list of, from 1823 to 1842,E. Loomis, xliii, 298.
— in New England, September, 1815,N. Darling, xlii, 243.
— —, in N. Hampshire, Sept. 1821,J. Woods, xxxv, 233.
— —, in Connecticut, at New Haven, July, 1839,D. Olmsted, xxxvii, 340.f
— —, —, at Northford, June, 1794, xxxix, 384.
— —, in Rhode Island, August, 1838,R. Hare, xxxviii, 73.
— —, —, ibid,W. C. Redfield, xliii, 263.f
— —, in New York, at Catskill, July, 1819,B. W. Dwight, iv, 124.
— —, —, in Onondaga Co., July, 1838,W. Gaylord, xxxvii, 90.
— —, —, central N. York, September, 1840, xlii, 210.
— —, —, over lakes Erie and Ontario, November, 1835,W. C. Redfield, xxxi, 126.f
— —, in New Jersey, New Brunswick, June, 1835,J. P. Espycited byR. Hare, xxxii, 158.
— —, —, ibid,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.f
— —, —, ibid,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 115.f
— —, in Ohio, at Stowe, October, 1837,E. Loomis, xxxiii, 368.f
— —, —, at Marietta, April 23, 1840,S. P. Hildreth, xl, 346.
— —, —, at Mayfield, February, 1842,E. Loomis, xliii, 278.f
— —, in Tennessee, at Shelbyville, June, 1830,J. H. Kain, xxxi, 252.
— of Europe, remarks on,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 222.
— —, England, January, 1838,F. Osler, xxxviii, 103.
— —, France, xix, 191; xx, 395; xxxviii, 77.
— —, Switzerland, xx, 178.
— of Asia, near Calcutta, April 8, 1838,J. Floyd, xxxvi, 71.
— —, China seas, (tyfoons)W. C. Redfield, xxv, 121; xxxv, 209f; xxxvi, 59.
— —, —, September, 1831,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 218.
— —, —, October, 1831, Manilla,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 220.
— —, —, August, 1832,W. C. Redfield, xxxv, 217.
— —, —, Raleigh's, of 1835, xxxv, 210f; xxxvi, 59.
—, barometric effects attending,W. C. Redfield, xx, 45; xxv, 117; xxxi, 127; xxxiii, 262.
—, —, ibid, during storm of December, 1836, in the U. States,E. Loomis, xl, 34.
—, — ibid,J. P. Espy, xxxix, 123.
—, — ibid,H. W. Dové, xliv, 315.
—,E. Mitchell, on causes and nature of storms, xix, 248f; xx, 361.
—,W. C. Redfield, characters of Atlantic and others, gyratory, xx, 21; xxi, 191; xxv, 117; xxxi, 115; xxxiii, 57; xxxv, 214f; xli, 70; xlii, 301; xlv, 307.
—, —, direction of gyration, xx, 32; xxv, 117, 121; xxxi, 115; xxxv, 215, 222; xli, 70; xlii, 115.
—, —, principles respecting the gyratory action of, xli, 70.
—, —, gyratory storm moves with the main currents, xx, 22; xxi, 191; xxv, 114.
—, —, velocity of the wind, not the velocity of the movement of a gale, xx, 23; xxxiii, 57; xxxv, 215.
—, —, rate of progress, course, extent, xxv, 114, 117; xxxv, 215, 221.
—, —, duration of, xxv, 115.
—, —, on the changes of wind during, xxv, 116; xliii, 268.
—, —, direction of wind and course of storm different, xxv, 115.
—, —, oscillations of the axis of rotation, xxv, 118.
—, —, centre of, a region of calms, xxxiii, 61.
—, —, opposite sides of a whirlwind often unequal in breadth, xliii, 275.
—, —, fluctuations of barometer accompanying the passage of, xx, 45; xxv, 117.
—, —, fall of barometer a result of the gyration, xx, 45; xxxi, 127.
—, —, barometric indications extend beyond the limits of the action, xlii, 114.
—, —, causes of some irregularities, xxxv, 203.
—, —, two sometimes mingled, xlii, 114.
—, —, a transference sometimes from the lower to the higher currents, xxxi, 128.
—, —, transfer of volcanic ashes by upper currents, xxv, 129.
—, —, directions to navigators with regard to escaping the violence of, xxv, 119; xxxv, 216.
—, —, in relation to system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, xx, 50; xxv, 130.
—, —, elliptical circuit of storms in the Atlantic, xxv, 114; xxxi, 128.
—, —, Atlantic storms originate in the tropics, xxv, 114.
—, —, the northeasters and southeasters of the United States coast, part of the same storm, xx, 29.
—, —, Pacific system of storms, same as Atlantic, xxxi, 128, 129.
—, —, causes of thunder-storms, gusts, squalls and water-spouts, xxxiii, 56, 58, 60.
—, —, winds not a result of the condensation producing rain, xxxiii, 58.
—, —, effects of gales on trees and fences, xliii, 263.f
—, —, gyratory action from circular fires, xxxvi, 50.
—, —, Herschel on the views of, xxxv, 281.
—, —,R. Hareon the views of, xlii, 140; xliii, 122; xliv, 384.
—, —, in reply to R. Hare, xlii, 299; xliii, 250.
—,R. Hare, causes of, xxxii, 153f; xxxviii, 81, 82; xlii, 143; xliii, 136.
—, —, effect of an electrified current of air, xxxii, 154; xlii, 143.
—, —, objections to Redfield's views, xlii, 140; xliii, 122.
—, —, — to Dové's essay, xliv, 137.
—,E. Loomis, on the gyratory motion, xliii, 287, 291.
—, —, different character of the two sides, in the tornado of Mayfield, Feb. 1842, xliii, 285.
—, —, force of wind, ibid, xliii, 284.
—, —, effect of, in picking feathers of geese, xliii, 293.
—, —, character of gyration in small whirlwinds, xliii, 296.
—, —, causes of the storm of Dec. 1836, xl, 36.
—, —, limits, ibid, xl, 35.
—, —, effect on barometer, ibid, xl, 34.
—,J. P. Espy, on the nature of, xxxix, 120.
—, —, effect of heat in producing, xxxix, 120.
—, —, effect of tornado on trees, xxxix, 127.
—, —, views of, presented to the British Association, xl, 327.
—, —, —, notice of,A. D. Bache, xxxv, 280.
—, —, —, remarks on,J. Stevelly, xl, 329.
—, —, —, remarks on,F. Osler, xl, 330.
—,W. Gaylord, illustrations of a theory of water-spouts, tornadoes, &c., xl, 399.
—,C. Tracy, on the rotary character and action of, xlv, 65.f
—,W. Reid, on the laws of, xxxv, 276.f
—, —, gyratory character of, xxxv, 183, 277.f
—, —, force of, in accordance with the law of magnetic intensity, xxxv, 280.
—,H. W. Dové, on the law of, xliv, 315.f
—, —, gyratory character of, xliv, 321.
—, —, barometric indications, xliv, 315.
—, —, causes of West Indian, xliv, 329.
—, —, general causes of, xliv, 337.
—, —, direction to navigators, xliv, 338.
Windows of wire gauze, a protection against malaria, xviii, 370.
Windsor, East, fossil bones of, ii, 146.
Wines of Madeira, xxiv, 240.
— of Palestine, xxviii, 51.
— —, analysis of,E. Hitchcock, xlvi, 249.
—, on the alcoholic strength of, xxxvii, 363.
— and other fermented liquors, researches on ingredients of,L. C. Beck, xxviii, 42.
—, ibid, specific gravity of, xxviii, 45.
—, ibid, proportion of alcohol in, xxviii, 48.
—, grease of, xxii, 192.
—, mode of improving, iv, 394.
—, odor of, due to a peculiar ether,LiebigandPelouze, xxxii, 381.
—, tests of coloring material of,Jacob, xlix, 198.
Winnebago, Fort, some account of the region around,D. Ruggles, xxx, 1.f
Winslow, M., on the minerals of Ceylon, vi, 192.
—, notices from Ceylon, viii, 186.
Winthrop, J., ancient catalogue of objects of Natural History, xlvii, 282.
—, meteorological observations during; the years 1741 to 1757, xl, 204.
Wire drawing, vi, 393.
— gauze windows, a protection against malaria, xviii, 370.
— rope for deep mines, xxxv, 319.
—, covering for, xx, 409.
—, conducting power of, xlv, 392.
Wirtemberg University, viii, 183.
—, kingdom of, xx, 176.
Wisconsin Indian mounds, xxxiv, 88.f
—, copper ores in, xliii, 38.
— lead region, remarks upon, xliii, 35.f
—, earthworks,S. Taylor, xliv, 21.f
—, elevations in, xlvi, 258.
Wiseman, N., Connection of Science and Revealed Religion by, noticed, xxxii, 209.
Witham, H., on the vegetation of the first period of an ancient world, xviii, 110.f
—, investigations on fossil vegetables, xxv, 108.
—, sections of fossil wood, xxvii, 415.
Witheritein the state of Missouri, iii, 63.
Withers, R. W., geological notices of Greene Co., Alabama, xxiv, 187.
Wöhler, F., method of obtaining osmium and iridium from the platinum residue, xxvi, 371.
—, products of the decomposition of narcotine, xlix, 205.
— andLiebig, on the radical of benzoic acid, xxvi, 261f;
–analysis, 267.
—, bitter almond oil, xxvi, 263.
—, on compact aluminium, xlix, 390.
Wolchonskoite,Kammerer, xxvi, 387.
Wolf, anecdote of, iv, 310.
Wolves, destruction to stock in Russia by, xx, 177.
Wollaston, H. W., remarks on the Cryophorus of, vii, 140.
—, scale of chemical equivalents, xii, 4; xvi, 371.
—, obituary notice of, xvi, 216; xvii, 159.
Wollaston Medal, awarded to G. A. Mantell, xxviii, 391.
— —, — to L. Agassiz, xxx, 382.
— —, — to Richard Owen, xxxv, 197.
Wolle, J., catalogue of plants, xxxvii, 310.
Wonders of Geology,G. A. Mantell, xxxiv, 387; xxxv, 384; xxxix, 1.
Wood, A., Class Book of Botany by, noticed, xlix, 190.
Wood, charring of, xvii, 395f; xx, 189.
—, bituminization of, in human era, xxxv, 345; xxxvi, 118.f
—, coating for, xxiii, 199.
—, decay and mouldering of,Hermann, xlix, 204.
—, attacked by the Limnoria terebrans, xxxiv, 27.
—, fossil, see underFossil.
—, eatable food from, xxviii, 399.
—, rendered incombustible, xiv, 379.
—, spontaneous combustion of, xxvii, 178; xxxiii, 150; xxxv, 144.
—, process for drying, xvii, 163.
—, inhumed, xvii, 398.
—, preservation of, by pyrolignite of iron,Boucherie, xl, 213.
—, —, xxxiv, 28.
—, set on fire by the direct rays of the sun, xxvii, 179.
—, silicified, seeFossilandSilicification.
— of different kinds, experiments to determine the strength of, xix, 228.f
—, locust, for subterranean works, xxx, 182.
Wood's inking machine, xxiii, 103.f
Wood, G. B., United States Dispensatory of, noticed, xxxi, 406.
Wood, J., rocks moved by ice, ix, 144.
Woodbridge's Geography, notice of, xii, 373.
Woodbridge, W. C., American Annals of Education by, notice of, xix, 174, 357.
—, Italian engravings, xv, 401.
Woodbury basin, ii, 231.
Woodhull, S., on the heat of 1825, x, 296.
Woodruff, S., on the barn swallow, xix, 172.
—, rattlesnake disarmed by leaves of white ash, xxiii, 337.
—, on snakes, xxix, 304.
—, on hybernation and other topics in Natural History, xxiv, 363.
—, the mole carnivorous, xxviii, 168.
—, on the fibre of the Rose of Sharon, xxviii, 371.
Woods, J., account of a storm in New Hampshire, Sept. 1821, xxxv, 233.
Woodward, F. G., spark extinguisher, xlii, 209.f
Woody tissue, formation of, xxxviii, 128.
Wool, method of cleansing, xxiv, 205.
Wooldridge, A. S., on the coal mines near Richmond, Va., xliii, 1.
Worcester, J. E., notice of an American Almanac conducted by, xxxv, 191.
Works.
—, number of new, offered for sale at Leipsic, 1819, ii, 341.
—, list of new, in science, xxix, 161, 396; xxx, 198.
—, F. Adelung's work on languages, iii, 376.
—, Agardh, Species Algarum, announced, ii, 363; iv, 200.
—, L. Agassiz, on fossil fishes, xxviii, 193; xxx, 33; xxxiv, 212.
—, —, Natural History of the freshwater fish of central Europe, xxxix, 390; xlv, 211.
—, —, on the Echinodermata, and other works by, xxxiv, 212; xxxvii, 369; xli, 194; xlii, 378;xliii, 390;xlv, 399.
—, —, Nomenclator Zoologicus, xlv, 11.
—, J. H. Alexander, Report on the manufacture of iron, xli, 376.
—, F. Alger, Mineralogy, xlvi, 203; xlvii, 333.
—, Z. Allen, Mechanics, review of, xvii, 338.
—, —, Practical Tourist, xxiii, 213.
—, Antiquitates Americanæ, notice of, xxxi, 410.
—, N. Arnott's Elements of Physics, xx, 155.
—, J. J. Audubon's Birds of North America, xvi, 353; xxxix, 343; xlii, 130.
—, C. Babbage, Reflections on the decline of Science in England, notice of, xx, 164.
—, —, Economy of machinery and manufactures, analytical examination of, xxiv, 105.
—, C. C. Babington, Manual of British Botany, xlvi, 198.
—, F. Bache, and G. B. Wood, Dispensatory of the United States,xxiv, 151;xxxi, 406.
—, R. Bakewell, Geology, second American edition, xxvi, 213.
—, —, Geology, third American edition, xxxv, 385; xxxvi, 201.
—, M. Beaufoy, Nautical and Hydraulic experiments, xxviii, 340.
—, L. C. Beck, Gazetteer of Illinois and Missouri, vi, 367.
—, — Botany of the Northern and Middle States, xxiv, 398.
—, —, Manual of Chemistry, xlvii, 414.
—, —, Report on the Mineralogy of New York, xlvi, 25.
—, Berkshire Co., Mass., history of, xviii, 387.
—, J. J. Berzelius, System of Chemistry, xx, 95.
—, —, on the Blowpipe, translated by J. D. Whitney, xlix, 379.
—, F. S. Beudant, Geological Travels in Hungary, vii, 256.
—, J. Bigelow, Elements of Technology, notice of, xvii, 198.
—, G. W. Bischoff, Lehrbuch der Botanik, xlvi, 196.
—, J. R. Blum, on Pseudomorphous Minerals, xlviii, 66.
—, J. C. Booth and M. H. Boyé, Encyclopædia of Chemistry, xlvi, 202.
—, Botany of Capt. Beechey's Voyage, xxxix, 172.
—, Botany of the voyage of H. M. ship Sulphur, xlvii, 202.
—, Botany of the Erebus and Terror, xlviii, 204.
—, J. B. Boussingault, Rural economy, (translated from the French,) xlix, 182.
—, C. Bowen, American Almanac, xxxv, 191.
—, D. Brewster, Treatise on Mineralogy, announced, iv, 245, (never published.)
—, —, Optics, notice of, xxiv, 389.
—, Ad. Brongniart on the classification and distribution of fossil vegetables, review of, vii, 178.
—, Al. Brongniart on Fossil Crustacea, vi, 197.
—, —, Memoir on the Zoological characters of Formations and the application of the same to determining some strata connected with the Chalk, viii, 213.
—, H. G. Bronn, Lethæa Geognostica, xxxiii, 204; xxxvii, 369.
—, —, Handbuch einer Geschichte der Natur, xlviii, 213.
—, —, Index, ad A. P. de Candolle Prodromum, &c., xlvi, 197.
—, W. Buckland, Reliquiæ Diluvianæ, viii, 150, 317.
—, —, Bridgewater Treatise, xxxi, 419; xxxiii, 112, 210.
—, H. W. Buek, Genera, Species, et Synonyma Candolleana, xlii, 375.
—, Cabinet of Natural History, xxiii, 402.
—, A. P. de Candolle, Prodromus of the Vegetable Kingdom, xxxix, 168; xlvii, 198; xlix, 174.
—, —, Théorie Elementaire de Botanique, xlix, 175.
—, —, Species Plantarum announced, i, 435.
—, G. Catlin, on the North American Indians, xliii, 203.
—, I. A. Chapman, History of Wyoming, xviii, 387.
—, W. Chauvenet, Binomial theorem and Logarithms, xlv, 218.
—, Choisy, de Convolvulaceis, &c., xliv, 95.
—, P. Cleaveland, Mineralogy, i, 35, 308.
—, — —, second edition announced, ii, 375; v, 404.
—, H. Colman, fourth Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts, xliii, 202.
—, J. L. Comstock, Grammar of Chemistry, v, 404; vi, 369.
—, T. A. Conrad, American Marine Conchology, notice of, xx, 409.
—, —, on the Tertiary fossils of America, xxiii, 204.
—, —, on the Naiades, notice of, xxix, 391.
—, Conversations on Vegetable Physiology, noticed, xviii, 204.
—, W. D. Conybeare and W. Phillips, Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, vii, 203; ix, 146.
—, V. Cousin, Elements of Psychology, xxvii, 388.
—, G. Cuvier, work on the fossil bones of quadrupeds, new edition announced, iv, 386.
—, —, Essay on the Theory of the Earth, S. L. Mitchell's edition of, i, 68.
—, —, Règne Animal, xxi, 388.
—, J. D. Dana, System of Mineralogy, xxxi, 413; xlvi, 362.
—, J. F. Dana, Epitome of Chemical Philosophy, notice of, xi, 194.
—, S. L. Dana, Muck Manual for Farmers, xliii, 192.
—, J. Darby, Manual of Botany, xli, 375.
—, W. Darlington, Flora Cestrica, notice of, xii, 177; xxxiii, 183.
—, —, Reliquiæ Baldwinianæ, compiled by, xlvi, 192.
—, Davis, Manual of Magnetism, xliii, 381.
—, H. Davy, Consolations in Travel, xx, 170.
—, J. E. DeKay, on the Zoology of New York, xliv, 188; xlv, 275, 397.
—, B. Delessert's Musée Botanique, xlix, 171.
—, C. Dewey, on the Herbaceous Plants of Massachusetts, xli, 378.
—, E. Donovan, xxxviii, 163.
—, A. J. Downing, Landscape Gardening, xli, 216; xlviii, 214.
—, J. W. Draper, on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants, &c., xlviii, 214.
—, Dunglison, Human Physiology, xxiv, 165.
—, A. Eaton, Index to the Geology of the Northern States, i, 69.
—, —, Geological Survey on the Erie Canal, viii, 195; ix, 355; xiii, 383.
—, —, Manual of Botany, xxiv, 398.
—, H. Milne Edwards, Outlines of Anatomy and Physiology, xli, 199.
—, C. G. Ehrenberg, xxxv, 371.
—, Emmerling, on fossils in brown coal, announcement of, iv, 31.
—, E. Emmons, Manual of Mineralogy and Geology, notice of, xxiv, 397.
—, —, on the Taconic System, xlviii, 394.
—, —, on the Quadrupeds of Massachusetts, xli, 378.
—, Encyclopædia Americana, xvii, 413.
—, S. Endlicher, Genera Plantarum, xxxix, 170; xl, 174; xli, 373.
—, —, Enchiridion Botanicum, xlii, 182.
—, —, Mantissa Botanica, xliv, 198; xlvii, 201.
—, —, and C. F. P. von Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, xlv, 217.
—, —, and F. Unger's Grundzüge der Botanik, xlvi, 196.
—, G. W. Featherstonhaugh's Geological Reports, notice of, xxviii, 379; xxxii, 185.
—, L. Feuchtwanger, on Gems, xxxv, 189.
—, H. B. Fielding, Sertum Plantarum, &c., xlvii, 204.
—, T. Flint's History and Geography of the valley of the Mississippi, xxiv, 179.
—, S. Forry, on the climate of the United States, xliv, 193.
—, G. Fownes, Chemistry for Students, xlix, 379.
—, —, Chemistry as exemplifying the Wisdom and beneficence of God, xlvii, 413.
—, G. R. Fresenius, Grundriss der Botanik, xlvi, 197.
—, Fries, Syst. Mycologicum, announced, iv, 200; xii, 235.
—, Geological Reports, seeGeological.
—, C. Gill, Mathematical Miscellany, xxxi, 184.
—, A. Goldfuss, Petrefakten, notice of, xxv, 430.
—, A. Gordon, Treatise upon Elemental Locomotion, by means of steam carriages, xxvii, 174.
—, J. Gorham, Chemistry, i, 434; iii, 330.
—, A. A. Gould, Report on the invertebrate animals of Massachusetts, xli, 378.
—, Asa Gray, Elements of Botany, xxx, 399.
—, —, Botanical text-book, xliii, 388; xlix, 189.
—, — and J. Torrey, Flora of North America, xxxv, 180; xxxix, 198; xli, 275; xlii, 377; xliv, 420.
—, O. Gregory, Treatise on Mechanics, reviewed, vii, 72.
—, Griesbach, Genera et Species Gentianearum, xxxix, 176.
—, Griscom, Journal of a year in Europe, vii, 360.