Axinite in Canada, viii, 62.
Azote, seeNitrogen.
B.
Babbage, C., on the decline of science in England, xx, 164.
—, fees of admission to learned societies of Britain, xx, 165.
—, list of men of science who have held offices under governments, xx, 172.
—, number of members of some societies, xx, 173.
—, calculating machine and constants of, xxviii, 64.
—, analytical engine of, xlvi, 205.
Babel, tower of, xxxvii, 352.
Bache, A. D., safety apparatus for steamboats, xx, 317.f
—, disturbance of the needle during the aurora borealis, xxvii, 113.f
—, on the meteors of Nov. 13, 1833 and 1834, xxix, 383.
—, influence of color on radiation, xxx, 16.
—, radiation and absorption of heat, specific heat, and apparatus for illustrating, xxviii, 320.f
—, corresponding magnetic observations by, along withProf. Lloydof Dublin, xli, 210.
—, effect of deflected current of air, on the results with a raingauge, xxxv, 287.
—, appointed to the coast survey, xlvi, 213.
Bachman, J., on the migration of the birds of North America, xxx, 81.
Bacon, Lord, some notice of,C. Fox, xxxvi, 220.
Baddely, F. H., on the red color of the flame from strontian, xviii, 261.
—, a new instrument for taking specific gravities, xviii, 263.f
—, on the sulphate of strontian of Kingston, U. C., and on the geology of the vicinity, xviii, 104.
—, buoyancy of boulders at great depths, xxviii, 111.
—, gold in Lower Canada, xxviii, 112.
—, water limerock of Quebec, xxviii, 113.
—, cement of the Castle Rock, Quebec, xxviii,367.
Baily'smethod of determining longitude, notice of,E. Hitchcock, ix, 107.
Bailey, J. W., grasshoppers' legs, a substitute for frogs in galvanic experiments, xxxi, 292.
—, washing-bottles, forms of, xxxi, 292.f
—, on the common blowpipe, xxxii, 319.f
—, excursion to Mt. Katahdin, Me., xxxii, 20.f
—, list of some plants in Maine, xxxii, 23.
—, new test for nitric acid, xxxii, 85.f
—, locality of hyalite, xxxii, 87.
—, effect of a current of air on flame, xxxii, 88.f
—, on the vascular system of ferns, xxxv, 113.f
—, monstrous flower of Orchis spectabilis, xxxv, 117.f
—, on yellow showers of pollen, xlii, 195.f
—, on a curious fungus, Craterium pyriforme, xlii, 195.
—, on the crystals in the tissues of plants, xlv, 149; xlviii, 17.f
—, fossil polythalamia from the upper Mississippi and Missouri, xli, 400.f
—, — —, in the U. States, xlviii, 340.f
—, on fossil infusoria, in peat earth, West Point, N. Y., xxxv, 118.f
—, infusoria of the family Bacillaria, xli, 284f; xlii, 88f; xliii, 321f;
localities, xliii, 328, 329.f
—, — from Oregon, the Bermudas, Virginia and Maryland, with an extended catalogue, xlviii, 321.f
—, — of New Haven harbor, xlviii, 337.f
—, — of Charleston harbor, xlviii, 338.f
—, — of N. Scotia, xlviii, 339.
—, — with bones of Mastodon, xlviii, 339.
—, — from Virginia, xlv, 313; xlvi, 137,f300; xlviii, 330.
—, — from Maryland, xlvi, 137f; xlviii, 330.
Baird, W. M.andS. F., list of birds found near Carlisle, Penn., xlvi, 261.
—, two new species of Tyrannula, xlvi, 273.
Baker, G., vibrations of a mercurial pendulum, xlviii, 156.
Baking, a machine for accelerating fermentation of flour, ix, 198.
Balance, application of the principle of, to milking, churning, &c.,H. Strait, xxvii, 92.f
Balance beam, Patten's, ix, 92.f
Balande'scollections of objects in natural history in Africa, iv, 373.
Baldwin, Wm., two new species of Rottböllia, i, 355.
Ball, J., remarks upon the geology and features of the country west of the Rocky Mountains, xxviii, 1.
Ball's cave, Schoharie, notice of, xxvii, 368.
Balloon with rarefied air, xii, 372.
—, effect of solar heat in raising,J. Rae, xxxiii, 196.
—, principles of aerial navigation,H. Strait, xxv, 15.f
—, a means of making meteorological observations, xlii, 150.
—, observations during an ascent of, byEugene Robertson, xii, 166, 325.
Banks, J., herbarium of, xl, 9.
Bare Hills, Maryland,H. H. Hayden, xxiv, 349.f
Barium, extrication of,R. Hare, xxxvii, 267; xxxviii, 115; xxxix, 362.
—, method of preparing the deutoxide of, xvi, 395.
Bark, Peruvian, experiments on, byG. W. Carpenter, ix, 363.
Barlow, P., instruments for illustrating the effects of electro-magnetism, v, 396.f
Barnard, F. A. P., aurora borealis of Nov. 14, 1837, xxxiv, 267.
—, improvement in the Daguerrotype process, xli, 352.
Barnes, D. H., geological section of the Canaan Mt., N. Y., v, 8.
—, on some doubtful reptiles of North America, xiii, 66.
—, notice respecting magnetic polarity, xiii, 70.
—, —, reply to, xiv, 121.
—,on the genera Unio and Alasmodonta, vi, 167,f258.f
—, new species of Chiton, vii, 69.f
Barometer,construction of, in America,J. Green, xxvii, 292.
—, new construction of,J. L. Riddell, xxvii, 223.f
—, improvement of,C. F. Durant, xxvii, 97.f
—, new form of,J. H. Alexander, xlv, 233.f
—, new self-registering, xlix, 400.
—, effect of sound on, xxx, 377.
—, directions regarding, byE. Mitchell, xx, 364.f
—, siphon, in determining the temperature of the mercury in, by observation, xl, 250.f
—, water, constructed in London, xxiv, 198.
—, remarks on,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 129.
—, use of, at sea,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 198.
—, changes in the column, as connected with the progress of a storm,W. C. Redfield, xx, 45; xxv, 117; xxxi, 127; xxxiii, 262.
—, variations of,W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 262.
—, —, semi-diurnal, xxxiii, 263.
—, —, from accumulation of atmospheric pressure owing to obstacles in the course of winds, xxxiii, 264.
—, oscillation of an extensive region in the higher or temperate latitudes, xxxiii, 264.
—, changes during a storm,E. Loomis, xl, 34.
—, —, ibid,J. P. Espy, xxxix, 123.
—, —, ibid,M. Dové, xliv, 315.
—, —, remarks on,W. S. W. Ruschenberger, xxxiii, 345.
—, cause of the daily fluctuations of,Espy, xli, 42.
—, at the equator indicating time by its oscillations, ix, 195.
—, a substitute for, in measuring heights,J. Robison, xxxv, 294.
—, tube, filled with mercury without using an air pump,Stevelly, xxxviii, 109.
—,Hudson'sseries of investigations with, xxiv, 393.
Barometricalobservations at New York, for 1833, 1834, byW. C. Redfield, xxviii, 157;
–for 1832 to 1837, xxxiv, 374;
–for 1838, 1839, xxxviii, 325.
— —, at Western Reserve College, Sept.-Nov., 1838,E. Loomis, xxxvi, 166.
— —, at Hudson, Ohio, for 1838-1840, with remarks,E. Loomis, xli, 311.
— —, at Hudson, Ohio, 1841-44,E. Loomis, xlix, 266.
— —, at New Orleans, 1833-36,Prof. Barton, xxxi, 400.
— —, in Indiana, 1828,D. D. Owen, xxix, 294.
— —, at Montreal, for 1836,J. S. M'Cord, xxxiv, 208;
–for 1837, xxxv, 382;
–for 1838, xxxvi, 180.
— —, at St. John's, Newfoundland, 1834-38, xxxviii, 269.
— —, at Canton, China, 1829-38, xxxviii, 272.
— —, at St. Thomas, during a storm in August, 1837, xliv, 333.
— —, at Matanzas, 1835,A. Mallory, xxxi, 287.
— —, at San Fernando, Cuba,J. H. Blake, in 1840, xlii, 292.
— —, at sea, U. S. ship Peacock,W. S. W. Ruschenberger, xxxiii, 348.
— —, on a voyage from New York to Rio, 1834, xxix, 237.
— —, see farther, underMeteorological observations.
— pressure, monthly maximum and minimum for the years 1833-34, at N. York,W. C. Redfield, xxviii, 159.
— —, mean and range of, at N. York,W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 265, 266.
— —, mean and range of, at St. John's, Newfoundland,W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 265, 266.
— —, mean of, at Montreal, for 1836-40, xli, 330.
— —, mean of, at Plymouth, England, xxxviii, 109.
— —, mean of, horary oscillation, &c., at Plymouth, England,W. Snow Harris, xliii, 369.
— —, comparison of, with pressure in India, &c., xliii, 371.
— —, mean of, at Perth, Scotland, xl, 342.
— —, mean and range of, at Malvern, in Worcestershire, xxxviii, 102.
— —, mean of, at Canton, China,W. C. Redfield, xxxviii, 267.
— —, mean of, in different parts of the world,E. Loomis, xli, 312.
— —, at the level of the Dead Sea, xlii, 214.
— —, minima of, Feb. 16-19, 1842, xlii, 403.
— oscillations at Inverness contrasted with those at London, xliv, 158.
— determination of heights, simple method of,O. Byrne, xliv, 12.f
— compensation of the pendulum, xlvi, 393.
Barrows, Indian, seeMounds.
Barton, D. W., geology of the Catskills, iv, 249.f
Barton, Prof., meteorological register at N. Orleans, xxxi, 400.
Bartlett, W. H. C., experiments on the expansion and contraction of building stones by changes of temperature, xxii, 136.f
Bartram, Wm., notice of,A. Gray, xlii, 1.
Baryta, test for, iv, 372.
—, distinguished from strontia by means of chromate of potash,J. L. Smith, xxxvi, 183.
—, native carbonate of, seeWitherite.
—, native sulphate of, seeHeavy spar.
Basalt, analyses of, iv, 230.
—, characters of, xv, 32.
—, of the Caucasus range, xxxvii, 348.
Basaltic columns, in N. Jersey, v, 240.
— rocks of the Labrador coast,R. H. Bonnycastle, xxx, 236.
Basilosaurus, xxvii, 354; xxxvii, 231.
—, named Zygodon,R. Harlan, xli, 179.
Basin of mines, Nova Scotia, minerals of, xv, 132.
Bath, Russian vapor,T. S. Traill, xxiii, 295.
Battery, galvanic, seeElectricity.
Beaches, ancient, about Lake Huron, iii, 257.
—, —, of Lake Ontario,G. E. Hayes, xxxv, 89.
—, elevated, of Canadian lakes,C. Lyell, xlvi, 314.
—, four, to the river Malbay, L. C., v, 221.
Bead manufactory at Venice, xxvii, 78.
Beaufoy, M., notice of a work on nautical and hydraulic experiments, by, xxviii, 340.
Beaumont, W., experiments on the gastric juice, xxvi, 193; xxvii, 405.
Beaumont, E. de, observations on Etna, xxxi, 168.
Beaumontite from Baltimore, analysis of,M. A. Delesse, xlvii, 216.
— —, identical with Heulandite,F. Alger, xlvi, 233.f
—, a crenato-silicate of copper, xxxvii, 398; xlvii, 337.
Beche, H. F. de la, classification of the European rocks by, xviii, 26.
Beck, J. B., influence of salt storms on vegetation, i, 388.
Beck, L. C., contributions to the botany of Illinois and Missouri, x, 257; xi, 167; xiv, 112.
—, ferns and mosses of the U. States, xv, 287.
—, on the formation ofphosphurettedhydrogen, xii, 294.
—, on the nature of the chlorides of soda, lime, xiv, 251.f
—, on the office of nitrogen in respiration, xviii, 52.
—, on the commercial potash of N. York, xxix, 260.
—, researches on wines and other fermented liquors, xxviii, 42.
—, on the tornado or water-spout of New Brunswick, xxxvi, 115.f
—, on theEupyrchroiteand Rensselaerite of Emmons, xl, 77.
—, notices of trap minerals in New Jersey and New York, xliv, 54.f
—, on the occurrence of bituminous or organic matter in some N. York limestones and sandstones, xlv, 335.
—, remarkable example of force of expansion and contraction, xlv, 49.
—, on antediluvian climate, xlv, 144.
—, on igneous action, as deduced from the appearance of crystals, &c., in N. Y., xlv, 143; xlvi, 333.
Beck, L. C., andE. Emmons, description of a new moss, Grevilleanum serratum, xi, 183.f
Beckwith, J., dikes or natural walls in North Carolina, v, 1.
Becquerel, on combinations and crystallizations by the action of weak electric forces, xvii, 383.
—, crystallization of galena and other substances by galvanism, xxviii, 291.
—, electro-chemical reduction of metals, xxxi, 161.
Bed, made of crystal for the Shah of Persia, xv, 186.
Bees, honey, of America,J. A. Vanden Heuvel, iii, 79.
—,Huber'sobservations on, xxiii, 120.
—, a notice of,E. Burgess, xxii, 164.
—, mode of taking swarms of, in Corsica, xxiii, 202.
—, parasite among,M. Field, xxv, 213.
Beets, large amount of alkali in, xv, 180.
—, nutriment for domestic animals, xxii, 200.
—, cultivation of, and manufac. of sugar,M. Girardin, xxiii, 392.
Beet sugar in France, vi, 388; xv, 394.
Belemnite, animal of, xlv, 403.
Belemnites americanus, xvii, 281; xviii, 249.f
—,Raspail'sopinion, xvii, 184.
Bell, J., improved airpump receiver, xxviii, 353.f
Bellows, theory of,H. Strait, xxvii, 88.f
—, exploded by inflammable gas, xxiv, 182.
Bellows Falls, scenery of, vii, 12.
— —, granite of, vi, 11.
Belzoni's gift of two statues to Padua, v, 177.
Benedict, A., on the vegetation of the Ottawa and some of its tributaries, xviii, 349.
Benedict, Prof., on conic sections, xxxi, 258.f
Benedict, F. N., on determining the temperature of the mercury in a siphon barometer, xl, 250.f
Benzoyle, hydruret of, xlix, 194.
Benzoic acid, xxvi, 267; xlix, 194.
Benzoic compounds, researches on the radical of benzoic acid,WöhlerandLiebig, xxvi, 261.
— —, benzoic acid, xxvi, 267.
— —, benzoin, xxvi, 279.
— —, benzamid, xxvi, 274.
— —, chlorobenzoyle, xxvi, 270, 277.
— —, cyanobenzoyle, xxvi, 273.
— —, iodobenzoyle, xxvi, 273.
— —, bromobenzoyle, xxvi, 272.
— —, hydrobenzoyle, xxvi, 270.
— —, bitter almond oil, xxvi, 263.f
— —, formulas for, and the ethers, xxvi, 285.
Bennet, E. T., obituary notice of, xxxii, 215.
Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, geology of, viii, 1.
Berlin, notice of the city, xx, 389.
Bertero, C., Chilian plants, xix, 63, 299; xx, 248; xxiii, 78, 250.
Berthierite, xv, 386.
Beryl, broken crystal, xlvi, 366.f
—, of Haddam, forms of crystals, viii, 395.
—, forms of crystals,J. Johnston, xl, 401.f
—, —, ibid, xlvi, 381.f
— of Acworth, N. H.,C. U. Shepard, xvii, 355.
—, localities in Canada, viii, 61.
—, — in Connecticut, i, 242, 354; ii, 142; vi, 222; viii, 258; x, 206.
—, — in Delaware, xiv, 11.
—, — in Maine, xiii, 373; xviii, 291.
—, — in Mass., vi, 222; vii, 255; viii, 43; xii, 259; xiv, 219.
—, — in New Hampshire, xv, 358; xvii, 354.
—, — in New York, ix, 244.
—, — in Pennsylvania, iv, 39; viii, 236; x, 222; xiv, 3, 14.
—, — in R. Island, viii, 226; ix, 46.
Berzelius, J. J., on chemical nomenclature, xxii, 248.
—, on isomeric bodies, xxvi, 178.
—, on crenic and apocrenic acids, xxviii, 121.
—, on tellurium, xxviii, 137.
—, on Prout's hypothesis of atomic weights, xlviii, 369.
—, festival in honor of, xlvii, 218.
Bevan, B., notice of, xxxvii, 120.
Bewick, T., notice of the works of, xxxvii, 158.
Bidard, analysis of guano, xlviii, 181.
Big BoneLick, bones of, xviii, 139.
— — —, report on, xx, 370.
Bigelow, J., forwardness of the spring in the U. S., i, 76.
—, documents and remarks respecting the sea serpent, ii, 147.
Bigsby, J, J., on the environs of Carthage bridge near the mouth of the Genesee river, ii, 250.f
—, geology and mineralogy of the N. W. portion of Lake Huron, iii, 254.
—, outline of the mineralogy and geology of Malbay, L. C., v, 205.f
—, minerals and organic remains in Canada, viii, 60.
Bile, analysis of, xviii, 162.
—, test for,M. Pettenkoffer, xlix, 206.
Binney, A., climate of the post-pleiocene period of the U. States, xlvii, 259.
Binomial theorem, demonstration of,T. Strong, xii, 132.
— —,D. Gould, xix, 50.
Biot, optical properties of saccharine juices, xxiv, 379.
—, views on auroras, xxv, 357.
Biotine, xi, 264,f[anorthite.]
Birch, white, chemical examination of the bark of,O. Mason, xx, 282.
Birds, songs of, innate, xxi, 164.
—, remarks on the notes of, x, 390.
—, gigantic struthoid from New Zealand, xliv, 417; xlv, 185; xlviii, 194; xlix, 219, 403.
— of N. America, on the migration of,J. Bachman, xxx, 81.
—, see farther underZoology.
— nests, large, of New Holland, xlvii, 217, 312; xlviii, 61.
— tracks, seeFootprints.
Births of male and female children, comparative number of, in France, xiv, 372.
Bischof, G., natural history of volcanoes and earthquakes, xxxvi, 230f; xxxvii, 41.f
—, elevations from earthquakes, xxxvi, 273; xxxvii, 49.
Bismuth, native, Huntington, Ct., i, 316; vi, 210.
—, expansion of, on cooling, xxi, 371.
—, new sulphurets of,W. W. Mather, xxiv, 189, 196.
—, disulphuret of,W. W. Mather, xxvii, 264.
—, fusible alloy of, xxi, 371.
—, carbonate of, analysis of, xviii, 391.
— cobalt ore, analysis of, xiii, 187.
Bitter-spar, in Massachusetts, i, 137, 343; ii, 236.
—, in Maryland, v, 256.
—, in R. Island, iv, 285.
—, in Vermont, v, 272; xvii, 353.
Bitterness of vegetables,M. Guillemin, xxiv, 273.
Bitumen in stones, xii, 147.
— or petroleum oil spring of Allegany Co., N. Y., xxiii, 97.
— in the valley of the Little Kenawha, xxix, 86;
valley of the Kenawha, 121;
of Sandy river, 129.
— in N. Jersey, xxxvi, 114.
— from Barbadoes, v, 406.
— of Africa, i, 147.
—, elastic, of France and England, xiv, 371.
Bituminized wood in the recent era,W. M. Carpenter, xxxv, 345; xxxvi, 118.f
— —, partly silicified, Texas, xxxvii, 216.
Bituminous or organic matter in the N. York limestones,L. C. Beck, xlv, 335.
— coal; seeCoal.
Black lead; seeGraphite.
Black mountain, Vt., geology of, vi, 7.
Black sea, anal. of waters of, xx, 188.
— —, height of, above the Caspian, xl, 320.
— —, on the shores of, xxxii, 399.
Blacking, preparation of, xiii, 163.
Blagden, Sir Charles, obituary notice of, ii, 344.
Blake, E. W., on the forms of cog-wheels, vii, 86.f
—, blasting rocks, xvii, 134.f
—, theory of the resistance of fluids, xxix, 274; xxx, 359.
Blake, J. H., meteorological observations in 1840, at San Fernando, Cuba, xlii, 292.
—, coal mines of Cuba, xlii, 388.
—, geological and miscellaneous notices of the province of Tarapaca, xliv, 1.f
Blanc, Mt., journey up,J. Van Rensselaer, ii, 1.
Blastingof rocks, danger and remedies, xvii, 132.f
— —, an improved method of, by firing several blasts at once, with a Leyden jar, xvi, 372.f
— —, by using as a plug, a cone of wood,E. W. Blake, xvii, 134.f
— —, on the premature explosion of powder in, xix, 199.
— —, by galvanism,R. Hare, xxi, 139; xxvi, 352f; xxxviii, 188.
— — —,H. K. G. Morgan, xxxviii, 33.
Bleaching, remarks on, xv, 64.
— oils, xlvii, 196.
— powder, seeChloride of lime.
Blende,in Canada, viii, 76.
—, in Connecticut, v, 41, 44; xxxiii, 162.
—, in Massachusetts, i, 437; vi, 201.
—, in N. Hampshire, xxxiv, 114.
—, in N. Jersey, v. 30.
—, in N. York, viii, 249; ix, 244.
—, western states, iii, 63.
Blind, New England asylum for, xxiv, 175.
Blind fish, from a cave in Ky.,J. Wyman, xlv, 94.
Blood, remarks on the circulating system, xxviii, 79.
—, rapidity of the circulation of, xvi, 388.
—, new mode of analyzing,L. Figuier, xlix, 201.
—, coloring matter of, xix, 381.
—, on the iron in, xv, 169.
—, manganese in, xxi, 370.
—, gases contained in, and on respiration,G. Magnus, xxxv, 198.
—, peculiar principle of, xviii, 148.
—, mode of preserving, xxi, 370.
— of a dog, Filariæ in, xlv, 228.
Bloodgood, S. D., on the Hudson and Mohawk railroad, xxi, 141.
Blowing machinery of a furnace, investigations respecting, byA. B.Quinby, xii, 128.
— —, phenomenon exhibited by, xiii, 395; xiv, 395.
— —, ibid, explanation of, xv, 362.f
Blowpipe,common,J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 319.f
—, simplified, xvii, 163.
—, mineral supports, ix, 201.
—, reaction of fluxes with metallic oxides, xxxii, 323.
—, new,J. Green, iv, 164.f
—, alcoholic, improved,R. Hare, vii, 110.f
—, compound, ofR. Hare, i, 97; ii, 281.f
—, —, fusion of refractory substances by, iii, 87.
—, —, hydrogen burned in water by, v, 347bis.
—, —, experiments with, on diamond, anthracite and graphite, vi, 349.
—, —, mouth for, xxxv, 187.
—, —, large mass of platina fused by,R. Hare, xxxiii, 195.
—, —, a form of, xi, 142.f
—, Clarke's, strictures on an account of, ii, 281.f
—, hydrostatic,R. Hare, xi, 135.f
—, chloro-hydrogen, xvii, 211.
Boat, iron, iii, 371.
Boiling point of water, different in vessels of different material, xlvii, 190.
— —, of liquids, ii, 361.
Bog ore, see underIron ore.
Boletus igniarius analogous to animal substances,A. Eaton, vi, 177.
Bolles's trigonometer, ix, 401.f
Bolton limestone quarry and its minerals, vii, 52.
Bombay, geology of the province of the Deccan, xxxiii, 274.
—, climate of the province of the Deccan, xxxiii, 275.
Bone, strength of, xiii, 189.
—, gelatine from, i, 170; xxii, 369.
—, used for soups, &c., x, 388; xvii, 169.
Bones of the Kirkdale caverns, viii, 158, 317.
—, in caves, in England, ii, 144; viii, 158, 317; xxxi, 341; xxxiii, 106; xxxv, 304.
—, —, in France, xxi, 56; xxiii, 388.
—, —, in Germany, viii, 319, 321.
—, —, in N. Holland, xx, 380.
—, —, in Canada, ix, 354.
—, —, on the Susquehannah, xxxix, 399.
—, fossil, in the red sandstone of the Connecticut valley, ii, 146; vi, 43.
—, —, in France, vi, 199; xiv, 203; xx, 382.
—, —, human, skull of Guadaloupe, xxxii, 361.
—, —, —, in S. America, xliv, 277.
—, —, —, in Upper Saxony, v, 171.
—, —, see farther underFossiland underZoology.
—, fluorine in, xlvii, 131, 419.
—, —,C. Daubeny, xlviii, 187.
—, —, source of,J. L. Smith, xlviii, 99.
—, comparative composition of recent and fossil, xlviii, 186.
Bonnets, Italian, material and manufacture of, iv, 166.
Bonnycastle, R. H., on the transition rocks of the Cataraqui, xviii, 85; xx, 74f; xxiv, 97f; xxx, 233.f
—, earthquakes near the Saguenay, xxx, 236.
—, halo, solar, seen at Kingston, xxx, 136.
Bonnycastle, explanation of a collapse of a reservoir, (Dr. Hare's,) xl, 32.
—, effect of instantaneous, as compared with accumulative, pressure, xl, 32.
Bonpland, in S. America, iv, 197.
Books and memoirs of 1833, number of, xxviii, 295.
— of France per year, as compared with those of Germany, xviii, 185.
—, noticed, seeWorks.
Boomerang of Australia, xxxvi, 164.f
Booth, J. C., on the white nickel of Riechelsdorf, in Hessia, xxix, 241.
—, analysis of ores from Davidson Co., N. C., xli, 348.
Boracic acid, from the lakes of Cherchaio, ii, 349.
— —, in the waters of Vulcano, ii, 349.
— —, of Tuscany, xxviii, 143.
— —, ibid,J. Bowring, xxxvii, 270.
— —, reduced by hydrogen, xvii, 176.
— —, to detect, in tourmaline, vi, 157.
— —, on the origin of, in native compounds,J. D. Dana, xlix, 61.
— ether, xlviii, 189.
Borate of lime, description of, xlvi, 377.f
— —, analysis of,A. A. Hayes, xlvii, 215.
Boring for freshwater, seeWells.
Boron, method of evolving,R. Hare, xxiv, 249.f
Boston, forts around, viii, 338.
Botany.
American, remarks on,W. J. Hooker, ix, 263.
—, notices of European herbaria, important to,A. Gray, xl, 1.
—, of Alabama, new species,M. C. Leavenworth, vii, 61.
—, —, list of rare plants,M. C. Leavenworth, ix, 74.
—, —, new species,S. B. Buckley, xlv, 170.
—, of the Cherokee country, new species,Mrs. Gambold, i, 245.
—, of Connecticut, Litchfield,J. P. Brace, iv, 292.
—, of Florida,T. Nuttall, v, 286.
—, —,H. B. Croom, xxv, 74; xxvi, 313.
—, of Illinois and Missouri, contributions to,L. C. Beck, x, 257; xi, 167; xiv, 112.
—, — —, catalogue,G. Engelmann, xlvi, 94.
—, of the Lakes, and headwaters of the Mississippi,D. B. Douglass and J. Torrey, iv, 56.
—, of Maine, list of some plants in,J. W. Bailey, xxxii, 22.
—, of N. York, Cylactis, Nemopanthus, Polanisia, three genera,C. S. Rafinesque, i, 377.
—, of New England, observations on some plants in,E. Tuckerman, xlv, 27.
—, of North Carolina, notes on an excursion,A. Gray, xlii, 1.
—, —, new and rare plants,M. A. Curtis, xliv, 80.
—, of Ohio, three undescribed species in,W. S. Sullivant, xlii, 49.
—, —, Belmont Co.,C. Atwater, i, 226.
—, of the Ottawa river and tributaries,A. Benedict, xviii, 349.
—, of Pennsylvania, Easton, list of rare plants,L. de Schweinitz, viii, 267.
—, —, Northampton Co.,J. WolleandA. L. Hübener, xxxvii, 310.
—, of the southern states, remarks and new localities,H. B. Croom, xxviii, 165.
of Brazil, number of species, xv, 390.
of Chili, lists of,C. Bertero, xix, 63, 299; xx, 248; xxiii, 78, 250.
of Ireland, geographical distribution, xxxi, 367.
of the Pyrenees, xiv, 377.
—, see farther underPlantsandVegetation.
Genera and species described or noticed.
Acacia cavenia, xix, 66.
Aconitum reclinatum, xlii, 34.
Actinomeris pauciflora, v, 301.
Agrimonia suaveolens, xiv, 112.
Agrostis altissima, xlv, 44.
— concinna, xlv, 42.
— laxiflora, xlv, 43.
— perennans, xlv, 44.
— Pickeringii, xlv, 442.
— scabra, xlv, 45.
Allium striatum, xi, 177.
Alnus crispa, xlv, 33.
— incana, xlv, 32.
— rubra, xlv, 32.
Amorpha caroliniana, xxv, 74.
Amphianthus, genus of plants,M. C. Leavenworth, xlix, 127.
— pusillus, xlix, 127.
Amyris floridana, v, 294.
Anantherax viridis, xi, 174.
Andromeda montana, xlv, 172.
— polifolia, iv, 62.
— recurva, xlv, 172.
— rosemary-leaved, iii, 283.f
Angelica Curtisii, xlv, 173.
Antiaris toxicaria, or Upas tree, analysis of the juice of, xxxix, 206.
Apocynum cannabinum, xi, 172.
— hypericifolium, xi, 172.
Arabis rhomboidea, iv, 66; xviii, 358.
— patens, xlii, 49.
Arbutus uva-ursi, iv, 62.
Argemone georgiana, xxv, 75.
Arum polymorphun, xlv, 173.
Asarsum, characters of the genus, xlii, 18.
Asclepias, amæna, xi, 173.
— incarnata, xi, 173.
— lanceolata, i, 252.f
— longifolia, xi, 173.
— obtusifolia, xi, 173.
— quadrifolia, xi, 172.
— venicillata, xi, 173.
Aspidium aculeatum, xlv, 46.
Astilbe, characters of the genus, xlii, 39.
— decandra, xlii, 39.
— japonica, xlii, 39.
— rivularis, xlii, 39.
Atheropogon apludoides, iv, 58.
Avicennia tomentosa, v, 296.
Azalea nudiflora, size of, in Florida, xxvi, 319.
Baptisia simplicifolia, xxv, 74;
– mollis, xliv, 81.
Batschia canescens, xi, 168.
Betula glandulosa, xlv, 30.
— Littelliana, xlv, 30.
— nana, xlv, 31.
— papyracea, xlv, 31.
— pumila, xlv, 29.
Boletus igniarius, analogous to animalsubstancesA. Eaton, vi, 177.
Botrychium simplex, vi, 103.f
Boykinia aconitifolia, xlii, 21.
Campanula rotundifolia, xlv, 27.
Capsicum baccatum, v, 289.
Cardamine rotundifolia, xviii, 356; xlii, 30.
— uniflora, vii, 63.
Caricography,C. Dewey, vii, 264; viii, 93, 264; ix, 60, 257f; x, 30, 265f; xi, 147,f304f; xii, 296f; xiv, 351f; xxv, 140f; xxvi, 107,f376; xxvii, 236f; xxviii, 270; xxix, 245f; xxx, 59f; xxxix, 50f; xliii, 90f; xlviii, 140f; xlix, 42.f
Carices, systematic arrangement of,C. Dewey, xi, 319.
—, list of, in northern parts of America,C. Dewey, xxviii, 271.
—, in the herbarium of Muhlenberg,C. Dewey, xxv, 143.
—, three new species in Alabama,S. B. Buckley, xlv, 173.
—, four new species in New England,E. Tuckerman, xlv, 39.
Carex acuta, x, 265.
— æstivalis, xlii, 28.
— affinis, xi, 305.
— alba, vii, 266; x, 280; xi, 316.f
— alopecoidea, xlv, 39.
— alpestris, vii, 268.
— ampullacea, vii, 266.
— anceps, x, 36.f
— aquatilis, x, 267.f
— arctica, xxvii, 239.f
— aristata, vii, 277f; xi, 161; xxvii, 240.f
— atrata, x, 271.
— attenuata, xi, 305.
— Backana, xxix, 250.f
— Backii, xlix, 46.f
— Baldwinia, xxvi, 107.f
— Barrattii, xi, 162; xii, 297.f
— binervis, xxx, 61.
— blanda, x, 45.f
— blepharophora, xxx, 59.f
— bromoides, viii, 264.
— Buckleyi, xlviii, 143.f
— bullata, ix, 71; xi, 315.
— Buxbaumii, x, 39.
— canescens, viii, 93; xlv, 39.
— capillaris, xi, 149; xxxix, 51.
— capitata, xxxix, 51.
— Careyana, xxx, 60.f
— Carltonia, xxvii, 238.f
— caroliniana, xlv, 173; xlviii, 142.f
— castanea, ix, 73.
— cephalophora, vii, 269; x, 268; xliii, 92.
— cespitosa, x, 266; xi, 318; xii, 297.
— cherokeensis, xi, 160.f
— chordorrhiza, xlix, 44.
— collecta, xi, 314.f
— columbiana, xxx, 62.f
— compacta, xxvii, 237.f
— concinna, xi, 152.
— concolor, xi, 309.
— Cooleyi, xlviii, 144.f
— crinita, x, 270.
— cristata, x, 44.f
— cryptocarpa, xxix, 245.f
— dasycarpa, xi, 148.f
— Davalliana, x, 283.
— Davisii, x, 279.f
— decomposita, xxv, 140.f
— Deweyana, ix, 62.f
— digitalis, xi, 147.
— dioica, x, 283.
— disperma, viii, 266.f
— Drummondiana, xxix, 251.f
— Elliottii, xi, 151.f
— exilis, xiv, 351f;
β squamacea, xiv, 351.f
— festiva, xxix, 246.f
— festucacea, viii, 96.
— filifolia, xi, 150; xii, 296.f
— filiformis, vii, 268.
— flava, ix, 65.
— flexuosa, x, 40.
— floridana, x, 45.f
— fœnea, x, 284; xxv, 142.f
— folliculata, x, 32.
— formosa, viii, 98.f
— Fraseri, xi, 155.
— fuliginosa, xi, 152.
— fulvicoma, xxix, 249.f
— gigantea, xi, 164.
— glaucescens, xi, 150f; xliv, 84.
— gracillima, viii, 98.f
— granularis, vii, 272; xi, 156.
— granularioides, ix, 262.f
— Grayana, xxv, 141.f
— Greeniana, xxx, 61.f
— Halseyana, xi, 313.f
— hirsuta, ix, 260; xi, 315.
— Hitchcockiana, x, 274.f
— Hoodii, xlix, 42.f
— Hookerana, xxix, 248.f
— Hoppneri, xlix, 46.f
— Houghtoniana, xxx, 63.f
— hystericina, x, 35.
— incurva, xxvi, 376.
— intumescens, x, 33.
— lacustris, x, 43.
— lagopodioides, viii, 95.
— lanceata, xxix, 249.f
— laxa, xxvi, 376.
— laxiflora, x, 31.
— lenticularis, vii, 273.f
— leucoglochin, x, 42.
— Liddoni, xlix, 45.f
— limosa, x, 41.
— loliacea, xi, 306.
— longirostris, ix, 257.f
— lupulina, xi, 165.f
— —, var. polystachia xi, 166.f
— Lyoni, xlix, 42.f
— macrocephala, xliii, 91.f
— marcida, xlix, 43.f
— marginata, xi, 163.
— marina, xxix, 247.f
— Martensii, xxx, 62.
— Meadii, xliii, 90.f
— media, xi, 309.
— membranacea, xxix, 247.f
— Michauxii, x, 273.f
— miliacea, x, 30.
— miliaris, x, 36.
— mirabilis, xxx, 63.f
— misandra, xi, 153.
— miser, xlv, 173; xlviii, 141.f
— Mitchelliana, xliv, 84; xlviii, 140.f
— monile, xlix, 47.f
— Muhlenbergii, viii, 265.
— multiflora, ix, 60f; xi, 317.
— muricata, xi, 307.
— muskingumensis, x, 281.f
— mutica, xi, 310; xxix, 252.f
— neglecta, xlv, 40.
— nigricans, xxix, 249.f
— nigro-marginata, x, 282.f
— novangliæ, ix, 64.f
— Nutallii, xliii, 92.f
— Œderi, x, 38.
— Okesiana, xiv, 351.f
— oligocarpa, x, 281.f
— ovalis, vii, 276; xxvi, 377.
— ovata, x, 44.
— pallescens, vii, 267.
— panicea, xxv, 140.
— paniculata, x, 275.
— Parryana, xxvii, 239.f
— pedunculata, ix, 259.
— petasata, xxix, 246.f
— petricosa, xxix, 246.f
— plantaginea, vii, 272; xi, 155.f
— podocarpa, xi, 162; xxix, 251.f
— polytrichoides, ix, 258.
— pseudo-cyperus, ix, 71; xi, 318.
— pubescens, ix, 73.
— pyriformis, ix, 69.f
— Redowskiana, xxix, 250.f
— remota, xi, 309.
— retroflexa, vii, 271; x, 277.
— retrorsa, ix, 67.f
— Richardsonii, xi, 152.
— rigida, xlv, 40; xlix, 45.f
— riparia, xlix, 47.
— rosea, x, 276.f
— rostrata, xxxix, 52.
— Sartwellii, xliii, 90.f
— saxatilis, xi, 310; xxvii, 236.
— scabrata, ix, 66.f
— Schkuhrii, xxvii, 238.
— Schweinitzii, ix, 68.f
— scirpoides, viii, 96.
— scoparia, viii, 94.
— setacea, ix, 61.f
— Shortiana, xxx, 60.f
— siccata, x, 278f; xiv, 353.
— Sparganioides, viii, 265.
— spectabilis, xxix, 248.f
— spherostachya, xlix, 44.f
— squarrosa, vii, 270f; xi, 316.
— stellulata, xi, 306.
— stenolepis, xxx, 59.f
— stenophylla, xxvii, 237.
— sterilis, xi, 304.
— Steudelii, xlix, 46.f
— stipata, vii, 271; x, 277.
— straminea, vii, 276; xi, 157, 318.f
— stricta, x, 269.
— styloflexa, xlv, 174; xlviii, 141.f
— Sullivantii, xlii, 29; xlix, 44.f
— supina, xxvi, 376.
— sylvatica, x, 40.
— tenera, viii, 97.f
— tenuiflora, xxxix, 51.
— teretiuscula, vii, 265.
— tentaculata, x, 34.