— —, ores and the minerals of the vicinity of New Brunswick, N. Jersey,L. C. Beck, xxxvi, 107.
— —, on Lake Superior,H. R. Schoolcraft, vii, 43.
— —, ibid,D. Ruggles, xlix, 64.f
— —, ibid,C. T. Jackson, xlix, 81.
— —, ibid,D. Houghton, xli, 183.
— —, of Wisconsin and Missouri, J. T. Hodge, xliii, 381.
— —, Nova Scotia, xv, 152.
— —, of the Hartz, xix, 113.
— —, at Ekatherinenburg, xvii, 25.
— —, Rio Tinto, Spain, yield of, xxviii, 144.
— mountains, Northern America, xvii, 8.
— ores, on the roasting of, xxix, 374;
–in Sweden, xxviii, 145.
— sheathing of ships, on the corrosion of,H. Davy, ix, 207.
— —, causes of the destructibility of,Prideaux, xlii, 322.
Copperas manufactured at Stratford, Vt., viii, 180; xxi, 383.
— — from pyrites in Morris Co., N. J., v, 28.
Coralline agates in the West Indies, i, 141.
Corallines in chalk, xxxiii, 111; xxxix, 205.
Corals, opinion ofQuoyandGaymardon the depth at which they grow, xv, 357.
—, on the temperature limiting the distribution of,J. D. Dana, xlv, 130.
—, distribution of, indicates the areas of subsidence in the Pacific,J. D. Dana, xlv, 131.f
—, fossil, seeZoologyRadiata.
Coral islands, area of subsidence during the formation of Pacific,J. D. Dana, xlv, 131.f
— limestone in Ceylon, vi, 194.
— shores of Florida, xxxv, 60.
— limestone raised, in Dominica and other West Indian islands, iv, 218.
— and shell rock of St. Croix, xxxv, 71.
— reefs, formation of,B. Hall, xiv, 207.
Corda, A. J. C., on the impregnation of plants, xxxi, 317.f
Cordage,on the vegetable materials used for,J. Mease, xxi, 27.
—, material for, from the Rose of Sharon, xxviii, 371.
—, from Manilla hemp, xli, 200.f
—, and nets, strengthened by a solution of glue with oak bark, xxvi, 186.
Cornelius, E., geology, mineralogy, &c., of part of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, i, 214, 317.f
—, singular position of a granite rock, ii, 200.f
Cornuti'splants of Canada, ix, 265.
Corpo Santo, instances of, xvi, 171.
Corrosive sublimate, antidote of, iii, 374.
— —, detection of, xvii, 181; xxiii, 207.
— —, decomposition of, by vegetable substances, xvii, 385.
— —, solubility in ether, xvi, 399.
Corundum, in Connecticut, vi, 219.
—, in New Jersey, xiii, 380; xxi, 319.
—, in North Carolina, iii, 4, 229.
Cosmogony of Moses, xxv, 26.
—, Mosaic, critical interpretation ofbarahandasah,N. Webster, xxxv, 375.
Costa, E. M. da., notice of,C. Fox, xxxvii, 155.
Cotarnine, xlix, 205.
Côteau des Prairies,G. Catlin, xxxviii, 138.
—, red clay or Catlinite of,C. T. Jackson, xxxv, 388; xxxvii, 393.
Cotton, use of, in dressing wounds, xxi, 159.
—, cloth, seeCloth.
—, gin, invention of, byE. Whitney, xxi, 209.
—, seed, illuminating gas from,D. Olmsted, viii, 294; x, 362.
—, plant, importance of cultivating it, iv, 86.
—, —, remarks on the cultivation of, with reference to growing it in India, xxxviii, 131.
—, stuffs, singeing by the gas flame, x, 359.
—, trade, commencement of, in the United States, xxi, 252.
—, case of treatment by, xxiii, 198.
Couthouy, J. P., remarks on icebergs, xliii, 154.
—, remarks on the distribution of corals, as determined by temperature, xlvii, 123.
—, on a charge made byJ. D. Dana, xlv, 378; xlvii, 122.
Couzeranite, description and analysis of, xvii, 183.
Cow tree of Venezuela, xix, 370.
Cowry, money, xxxii, 250.
Crag of Norfolk and Suffolk, fossil vertebrated animals of, xxxi, 339.
Craigleith quarry fossil tree, xxviii, 390.
Cram, T. J., length of a degree, oblateness of the earth and planets, reduction of latitude, xxxi, 222.f
Cramp, cure for, xxx, 169.
Crania, new work on American, proposed,S. G. Morton, xxxii, 207.
—, ibid, review of, xxxviii, 341.
—, American, characteristics of, xlvii, 408.
—, Ægyptiaca,S. G. Morton, notice of, xlvii, 205.
—, ancient Egyptian,S. G. Morton, xlviii, 268.
—, internal capacity in different races of men,S. G. Morton, xxxviii, 373.
Crank motion,A. B. Quinby, vii, 316f; ix, 317; xi, 338f; xii, 124f, 344f; xiii, 73, 356.
— —, remarks in reply toMr. Quinby, viii, 279; xii, 338f; xiii, 75, 350.
— —,I. Doolittle, xii, 367; xiv, 60.f
Crayons, red, manufacture of, xvii 187.
Crenate of copper, native,C. T. Jackson, xxxvii, 398.
Crenic acid, and apocrenic acid, in water,Berzelius, xxviii, 121.
Creosote,M. Liebig, xxviii, 131.
Cretaceous(ferruginous sand) fossils, U. States,S. G. Morton, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 250f; xxiii, 288f; xxiv, 128f; xlviii, 267.
— formation of the U. States, a division in,S. G. Morton, xxviii, 277.
— —, review ofMorton'sSynopsis of the fossils of, xxvii, 377.
— — of the U. States,E. Hitchcock, xli, 246, 265.
— — in South America, xli, 265.
— — in America, extent of,C. G. Ehrenberg, xlvi, 307.
— — of the Upper Missouri, Nicollet, xli, 180; xlv, 153.
— strata of New Jersey,C. Lyell, xlvii, 213.
— — of New Jersey, (green-sand) foraminifera in, xli, 213.
— — of New Jersey, fossil crocodile in, S. G. Morton, xlviii, 265.f
— formation in N. Jersey, list of fossils in,S. G. Morton, xlviii, 267.
— period in United States,H. D. Rogers, xlvii, 251.
Crichtonite in Connecticut, xxxv, 179.
—, (variety Washingtonite) in Connecticut,C. U. Shepard, xliii, 364.f
—, in Rhode Island, xxxv, 180.
Crinoidea, general remarks on the characters and geological position of,J. Hall, xlv, 349.
—, see farther,Zoology,Radiata.
Crocodile, fossil, in New Jersey, xvii, 289; xxvii, 353; xlviii, 265.f
Croom, H. B., plants from Florida, xxv, 74.
—, botanical communications, including botany of Middle Florida, xxvi, 313.
—, new localities of plants at the South, with notes and descriptions, xxviii, 165.
—, organic remains in the marl pits of North Carolina, xxvii, 168.
Crotalus reliquus,A. Eaton, xx, 122.f
Crosse,some account of galvanic apparatus of, xxxii, 372; xxxv, 125.f
—, supposed production of animal life, xxxii, 374f; xxxiii, 272.
—, production of crystals and certain insects, xxxv, 125.f
—, Acari of, xxxii, 374f; xxxv, 125f; xlix, 227.
—, —, experiments ofW. H. Weekesin the production of, xliii, 395.
Crucible, improved, viii, 389.
—, for glass houses, on the manufacture of, xvi, 112.
—, for fusion, xxiii, 384.
Crustaceans in Palæozoic rocks,J. Phillips, xlii, 326.
—, see farther underZoology,Articulata.
Cryophorus,Wollaston's, vii, 140.
—, improved,R. Hare, xxxiii, 244.f
Crystals, compound, formation of,J. D. Dana, xxx, 275.f
—, drawing of figures of,J. D. Dana, xxxiii, 30.f
—, models, of mica, xxxviii, 187.
—, a new fluid in, vii, 186.
—, two new fluids in, xii, 214.f
—, naphtha in,C. Dewey, i, 345.
—, pseudomorphous, seePseudomorphous.
—, cause of double refraction in, xxi, 299.
—, with rounded angles and bent, in New York, deductions from,L. C. Beck, xlvi, 333.
— in plants, discovered byTurpin, xix, 177; xx, 382.
— —, of oxalate of lime,Turpin, xxi, 372.
— —,J. W. Bailey, xlv, 149; xlviii, 17.f
— in geodes, facts tending to illustrate the formation of, viii, 282.
— —, ibid,J. D. Dana, xlix, 52.
—, rotation of, while forming, indicating polarity, as seen under the solar microscope,B. F. Joslin, xxxv, 150.
— of Andalusite from Westford, Mass., xlvi, 381.f
— of apatite, bent and rounded, xlv, 143; xlvi, 365.f
— of anatase, xlvii, 215.f
— of Beaumontite, xlvi, 234.f
— of beryl, from Haddam, viii, 395; xl, 401f; xlvi, 381.f
— —, from Monroe, Ct., bent, xlvi, 366.f
— of calc spar, from Rossie, N. Y.,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 33.f
— of chondrodite, xlvi, 381.f
— of Christianite, (anorthite,) xi, 261.f
— of chromic oxide, xxviii, 396.
— of Columbite, xvi, 220f; xvii, 357f; xxx, 387.f
— of Danaite, xlvi, 384.f
— of datholite, of Roaring Brook,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 380.f
— of epidote, from Haddam, Ct., xlvi, 381.f
— —, from Franconia,C. U. Shepard, xviii, 129.f
— of eremite,C. U. Shepard, xxxii, 341.
— —,J. D. Dana, xxxiii, 70f; xlv, 402.f
— of galena, Rossie, xlvi, 366.f
— of Haydenite, xlvi, 379.f
— of Heulandite, of Paterson and Bound Brook, N. J.,L. C. Beck, xliv, 59.f
— of Humboldtilite, xi, 251.f
— of idocrase, from Amherst, N. H., xlvi, 381.f
— of iodic acid, xx, 185.
— of iodine, xvii, 168; xviii, 84.f
— of iron, magnetic, distorted,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 365.f
— of Lederite,C. U. Shepard, xxxix, 357.f
— —,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 36f; xlviii, 180.
— offerro-silicateof manganese, from Rhode Island,C. U. Shepard, xvii, 142.f
— of microlite,C. U. Shepard, xxvii, 361.
— of pyrites, Rossie,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 36.f
— of quartz, bent, xlvi, 366.f
— —, soft, from Carara, Italy, v, 394.
— —, distorted, xlvi, 365.f
— —, containing globules of water, from Elba, iv, 27.
— —, ibid, in U. States, ii, 14; ix, 246.
— —, containing naphtha,C. Dewey, i, 345.
— of serpentine, of Warwick, N. Y., ix, 242.
— of Sillimanite, xlvi, 382.f
— of snow, ii, 337f; iii, 367.f
— of staurotide, macle,C. T. Jackson, xlvi, 368.f
— of topaz, distribution of coloring matter in, and optical properties of, vii, 364.
— of zircon, tesselated,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 36.f
Crystalline forms, two, presented by the same substance, viii, 378; xlvi, 370.
—, substances from the juice of plants, xi, 391.
Crystallization, tendency to, in matter, xix, 381.
—, on the influence of air on,M. Graham, xvii, 373.
— effected by the action of weak electric forces,M. Becquerel, xvii, 383; xxviii, 291.
— — ibid,G. Bird, xxxiii, 267.
— — —,A. Crosse, xxxv, 125.f
—, an instance of instantaneous,J. Green, iii, 93.
— of snow,J. Green, ii, 337.f
—, curved, of gypsum, Mammoth Cave, Ky.,J. Locke, xlii, 206.f
— the cause of the schistose structure and cleavage of some rocks,J. D. Dana, xlv, 105.
— of carbonate of potash, viii, 181.
— of the carburets,S. Brown, xxxviii, 118.
— of oil of sassafras, remarkable,A. A. Hayes, xx, 128.
— of water, light from, xxvi, 178.
Cuba, coal mines in,J. H. Blake, xlii, 388.
—, fossils of, supposed to be oolitic,J. Lea, xl, 41.
—, meteorological observations in,J. H. Blake, xlii, 292.
Culmites, vii, 180.
Cummingtonite, named and described,C. Dewey, viii, 59.
—, locality in Massachusetts, viii, 233; ix, 43, 54.
Cunningham, R., obituary notice of, xxxii, 215.
Cupellation, new method of,W. W. Mather, xxxv, 321.
—, a mode of,G. Engelmann, xlii, 394.
Currents in water, remarks on the causes of,A. W. Carson, xxix, 340.f
— —, a fact relating to,C. Rumker, xx, 180.
— —, evidences of them over the surface of the earth, xi, 100.
—, oceanic, v, 132.
—, —, and temperature, xxv, 130.
—, —, from the north polar regions in the Atlantic,Wm. C. Redfield, xxxii, 349; xlviii, 373.f
—, —, ibid, ice boulders and pebbles, transported by, xxxii, 351; xlviii, 373.f
—, —, ibid, influence of, on the Gulf Stream,W. C. Redfield, xlviii, 381.
—, —, Gulf Stream, its limits and relation to the north polar current,W. C. Redfield, xxxii, 349; xlviii, 381.
—, —, of the Atlantic, iv, 390.
—, —, —,W. C. Redfield, xlv, 295.
—, —, —, causes of, and influence in producing the sedimentary rocks of the United States,W. W. Mather, xlix, 1.
—, of the Southern and Pacific oceans, xlv, 299.
—, atmospheric, seeWinds.
Curtis, M. A., new and rare plants of N. Carolina, xliv, 80.
—, botanical labors of, xlii, 12.
Curves for arches, method of describing,J. Thomson, xxiv, 73.f
—, of conic sections, instruments for drawing, xv, 368.f
—, of tri-section,W. Allen, iv, 343.f
Cuscutineæ, monograph of North American,G. Engelmann, xliii, 333f; xlv, 73.f
Cutbush, J., on the formation of cyanogen, vi, 149.
—, on the composition and properties of the Chinese fire, and on the so-called brilliant fires, vii, 118.
—, an improvement in the electrical lamp, ii, 332.
—, on the Greek fire, vi, 302.
Cuvier, G., essay of, on the theory of the earth, noticed, i, 68.
—, on the freshwater formations of Paris and Rome, vi, 381.
—, memoir of, byA. De Candolle, xxiii, 303.
—, statue of, at Montbeliard, xxx, 184.
Cuyahoga, falls of, xxxi, 45.f
Cyanhydric acid (or prussic,)Magendieon, ii, 81.
— —, memoir on, byB. L. Oliver, iii, 182.
— —, —, byM. Orfila, xviii, 157.
— —, apparatus for the evolution of,R. Hare, xxix, 244.f
— —, extraordinary production of,A. A. Hayes, xviii, 201.
— —, preservation of, xvi, 260.
— —, effect of muriatic and sulphuric acids on, xviii, 146.
— —, cases in which administered, iii, 187.
— —, efficacy in asthma, vi, 366.
— —, effects of, on a horse, xii, 385.
— —, effects of, on vegetation, x, 190.
— —, chlorine an antidote for, xvii, 174; xxi, 157.
Cyanic acid, xvi, 258.
Cyanide of gold, a new, xlviii, 191.
—, of potassium, xviii, 329.
—, —, preparation of,Liebig, xlvi, 202.
Cyanobenzoyle, xxvi, 273.
Cyanogen, formation of,Dr. Cutbush, vi, 149.
—, perchloride of, xvi, 257.
—, compounds of,W. H. Ellet, xviii, 329.
—, sulphuret of, xix, 378.
—, remarks on, xlvii, 192.
Cyathocrinites pyriformis, xlviii, 314.f
D.
Daggett, H., on the cutting of steel by soft iron, vi, 336.
Daguerrotype process,Daguerre's, xxxvii, 374; xxxviii, 97.
— —, improvement in,F. A. P. Barnard, xli, 352.
— — and its applications,W. H. Goode, xl, 137.
— experiment by galvanic light,B. Silliman, Jr.andW. H. Goode, xliii, 185.
— pictures, mode of fixing, engraving, and printing from,Dr. Berres, xxxix, 385.
—, see farther underPhotography.
Dahlias, notes concerning, xxiv, 208.
Daltonism, remarks on,Prof. Wartmann, xlii, 162.
Dalyell, J. G., on the propagation of Scottish Zoophytes, xxviii, 77.
Dams, vibrating, account of,E. Loomis, xlv, 363.f
—, time of vibration calculated from the dimensions of, xlv, 373.
Damascus cutlery, v, 182.
Dana, J. D., description of the Argulus Catostomi, xxxi, 297.f
—, — of the Caligus Americanus, xxxiv, 225.f
—, — of two species of Hydrachna, xxx, 354.f
—, metamorphosis of Anatifæ, and their relation to Crustacea, xlv, 335.
—, classification of minerals, xlvi, 374.
—, drawing of figures of crystals, xxxiii, 30.f
—, crystallographic symbols, xxviii, 250.
—, on the formation of twin crystals, xxx, 275.f
—, crystallization of the so-called Edwardsite, (monazite,) xxxiii, 202.f
—, crystals of quartz, magnetic iron, apatite, and calc spar, distorted, xlvi, 365.f
—, — pyrites, Rossie, xlvi, 36.f
—, — datholite, xlvi, 380.f
—, — zircon, tesselated, xlvi, 36.f
—, eremite identical with monazite, xlv, 402.f
—, Torrelite identical with Columbite, xxxii, 149.f
—, measurement of Lederite, showing its identity with sphene, xlviii, 180.
—, minerals in crystallized limestones, produced by heat acting on constituents and impurities of non-crystallized limestones, xlvii, 135.
—, origin of the constituent and adventitious minerals of trap rocks, xlix, 49.
—, — of boracic acid in native borates, xlix, 61.
—, — of mountains, xlv, 128.
—, — of serpentine, xlv, 120.
—, — of zeolites, xlv, 116.
—, observations on pseudomorphism, xlviii, 81, 397.
—, on the analogies between modern igneous rocks, and the so-called primary formations, xlv, 104.
—, schistose structure due to state of crystallization of constituents, xlv, 105.
—, temperature limiting the distribution of corals, xlv, 130, 310.
—, areas of subsidence in the Pacific, indicated by the distribution of coral islands, xlv, 131f, 310.
—, notice of Vesuvius, in 1834, xxvii, 281.
—, withdrawal of a charge againstJ. P. Couthouy, xlvii, 122.
—, reply toMr. Couthouy, xlvi, 129.
—, System of Mineralogy by, reviewed, xlvi, 362.f
Dana, J. F., on arsenical cobalt, and the modes of detecting cobalt, viii, 301.
—, on cantharadin in the Lytta vittata, or potato fly, ii, 137.
—, chemical examination of some morbid animal products, iv, 149.
—, on the connexion of heat, electricity and magnetism, vi, 163.f
—, concretion from the tonsil, vi, 165.
—, electrical battery, i, 292.f
—, preparation of euchlorine, vi, 164.
—, galvano-magnetic apparatus by, vi, 330.f
—, theory of the action of nitrous gas in eudiometry, vii, 338.
—, effect of vapor on flame, i, 401.
—, on the wax of the Myrica cerifera, i, 294.
Dana, S. L., analyses of coprolites, xlviii, 46.
—, on the indigo of commerce, xlii, 320.
Danaite, analysis of,A. A. Hayes, xxiv, 386.
—, identical with mispickel, xlvi, 384.f
Danburite, analysis of,C. U. Shepard, xxxv, 137.
Darlington, W., pluviometrical observations at Westchester, Penn., vi, 326.
—, note on Cardamine rotundifolia, xviii, 356.
—, importance of the grasses to man, xli, 365.
Darling, N., hurricane in New England, Sept., 1815, xlii, 243.
Datholite, crystal from Roaring Brook, Ct.,J. D. Dana, xlvi, 380.f
—, in Connecticut, xxii, 389; xlvi, 380.f
—, in New Jersey, ii, 191, 369; v, 400; xl, 69; xliv, 58.
—, in New York, xliv, 58.
Daubeny, C., on the climate of N. America, xxxv, 288.
—, disintegration of the dolomites of the Tyrol, xlii, 321.
—, remarks on iodine and bromine in mineral waters, xxi, 366.
—, geology of N. America, xli, 195.
—, on the thermal springs of N. America, xxxvi, 88.
—, quantity of salt in seawater, xxxvi, 188.
—, on manures as stimulants to vegetation, xlii, 319.
—, effect of arsenic on vegetation, xxxi, 346.
Daubuisson'sElements of Geology announced, ii, 166.
Davenport'srotating electro-magnetic machine, xxxii, appendix after 216.
—, electro-magnetic machine, xxxiii, 193.
Davies, C., demonstration of a problem in conic sections, vi, 280.f
Davyne, analysis and figure of, xi, 255.f
Day, possible variation in the length of,W. W. Mather, xlvi, 344.
Day, G. E., on the restoration of the deaf and dumb to hearing, xxx, 301.
Dead animals, means of employing,M. Payen, xxiv, 326.
—, bodies, preservation of, i, 307.
—, Sea, observations on, ix, 349.
—, —, level of, xl, 213.
—, —, barometrical observations made to determine the level of, xlii, 214.
—, —, account of,J. D. Sherwood, xlviii, 1.
—, —, analysis of waters of, xiii, 395;B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 10.
Deaf and dumb, observations on the language of signs for, byS. Akerly, viii, 348.
Deafness, cure of, ix, 204; xxx, 301.
Deane, J., auroral arch in Vermont, xxxv, 380.
—, fossil footmarks of Turner's falls, Mass., xlvi, 73.f
—, — — the ornithichnites of the Connecticut river sandstone, xlv, 178.
—, — — in the Connecticut valley, xlvii, 381; xlviii, 158f; xlix, 213.f
—, — —, reply toE. Hitchcock, xlvii, 399.
—, — and rain drops, xlix, 213.f
—, — —, new species of Batrachian, xlix, 79.f
Dearborn, H. A. S., on the changes of level in the North American lakes, xvi, 78.f
Deaths, monthly, among infants in France, xix, 192.
—, statistics of, among the white troops in the West Indies, xxxvii, 196.
—, seeObituary.
De Candolle,A. P., biographical notice of,G. B. Emerson, xlii, 217.
—, anecdote of, iv, 388.
—, Species Plantarum announced, i, 435.
Deccan, geology, &c. of, xxxiii, 274.
Decomposition of vegetable and animal substances, most favorable circumstances for, xv, 182.
Decrepitation, cause of,M. Baudrimont, xxxi, 162.
Definitions, remarks on,D. Wilkie, xxx, 28, 266; xxxi, 88, 236.
Deflagrator, Hare's, iii, 105f; iv, 201; v, 94.f
—, and calorimotor, their relations to one another, and to other galvanic instruments, vi, 337.
—, its improved forms, deflagrating power, anomalous polarity,R. Hare, vii, 347f; viii, 99; ix, 181.
—, galvanic,R. Hare, xl, 48.
—, improved form of,M. Faraday, xxxii, 170.
Degradation of greenstone in the Connecticut valley, vi, 55.
— in western New York,G. E. Hayes, xxxv, 88.
De la Beche, H. T., rocks of Europe, classification of, xviii, 26.
De Lalande, notice of, iv, 381.
—, prizes founded by, xxv, 190.
De la Rive, A., galvanic instrument by, v, 395.
—, andMacaire, experiments on muriatic acid, xi, 393.
—, present state (1833) of the principles in electricity, xxvi, 175.
—, on electro-magnetic currents, xxxiv, 6.
De la Rue, W., structure of electro-precipitated metals, xlix, 390.
Delirium, Dwight's cases of, i, 431.
Del Rio, A., in reply toProf. Shepard, xxx, 384.
—, reply ofProf. Shepardto, xxxi, 131.
De Luc's column, on the construction of,R. Hare, xxv, 136.f
De Kay, J. E., on the Pennatula sagitta of Lamarck, iv, 87.f
—, on the supposed transportation of rocks, xiii, 348.
—, report on the bones of Big Bone Lick, xx, 370.
—, report on the fishes of New York, notice of,D. H. Storer, xlv, 275.
Denderah, zodiac of, removed to France, v, 191; vi, 200.
Dent, E. J., a portable mercurial pendulum, xxxv, 289.
—, on the errors of chronometers and on a new compensation-balance, xlv, 83.f
Denudation by Long Lake and Mud Lake, Vt., xi, 39.f
Descartes, theory of, xxxiii, 3.
—, head, presented to the French Institute, iv, 390.
Deserts, origin of,W. C. Redfield, xxv, 134; xxxiii, 261.
Desfontaines, life and writings of, xxvii, 201.
Deshayes, Tertiary Fossils,CuvierandBrongniart'sreport on, xxiii, 196.
Desmarest, A. G., notice of, xxxvii, 124.
Despretz, C., on crystallizable acetic acid, xxvii, 197.
Detection of adulterations in alcohol, xix, 71.
— — in ammonia, xix, 72.
— — in arrow root, xix, 72.
— — in calomel, xix, 72.
— — in castor oil, xix, 77.
— — in chromate of lead, xix, 73.
— — in copaiva, xix, 73.
— — in iodide of potassium, xix, 74.
— — in lemon juice, xix, 75.
— — in morphine, xix, 75.
— — in oil of sweet almonds, xix, 76.
— — —, of olives, xix, 76.
— — in peroxide of manganese, xix, 78.
— — in Peruvian bark, xix, 81.
— — in phosphate of soda, xix, 82.
— — in prussic acid, xix, 70.
— — in soda, xix, 83.
— — in sulphate of magnesia, xix, 84.
— — in sulphate of quinine, xix, 84.
— — in tartrate of potash, xix, 85.
— — in tartar emetic, xix, 86.
— — in vinegar, xix, 86.
— of arsenic, iii, 354; iv, 155; xliv, 213.
— —,L. Feuchtwangeron, xix, 339.f
— —,Riench'smode, xliv, 240.
— —,J. L. Smithon, xl, 278; xlii, 75.f
Devonshire, structure of,SedgwickandMurchison, xxxi, 349f; xxxiii, 85.
—, lines of dislocation in,De la Beche, xxi, 354.
Dewpoint, remarks on,A. A. Hayes, xviii, 63.
Dewey, C., aurora borealis at Rochester, N.Y., July, 1837, xxxiii, 143.
—, — — of Sept., 1839, xxxviii, 146.
—, an early autumn indicated by the indigenous plants which blossom late, ii, 255.
—, on making meteorological observations, xi, 59.
—, sunsets in the west, xxxviii, 151; xlii, 200.
—, temperature of Lake Ontario, xxxvii, 242.
—, caricography by, vii, 264; viii, 93, 264; ix, 60, 257; x, 30, 265; xi, 147, 304; xii, 296; xiv, 351; xxv, 140; xxvi, 107, 376; xxvii, 236; xxviii, 270; xxix, 245; xxx, 59; xxxix, 50; xliii, 90; xlviii, 140; xlix, 42.
—, carices in the herbarium of Muhlenberg, xxv, 143.
—, — collected in Arctic America, xxvii, 240.
—, on the conduction of water, xxviii, 151; xxxi, 266.
—, on crystallized steatite, and ores of iron and manganese, v, 249.
—, hydrargillite, iii, 239.
—, Wavellite, from Richmond, Mass., ii, 249; iii, 239.
—, analyses of argentine and crystallized steatite, vi, 333.
—, mineralogy and geology of Williamstown, Mass., i, 337.
—, geology and mineralogy of part of Massachusetts, and some portions of the adjoining states, viii, 1f, 240.
—, geological section from Taconick range in Williamstown, to Troy, ii, 246.
—, notice of the flexible or elastic marble of Berkshire Co., Mass., ix, 241.
—, on the polished limestone of Rochester, xxxvii, 240.
—, striæ and furrows of the polished rocks of western N. York, xliv, 146.
—, singular conformation of limestone, ix, 19.f
—, on the rocks of New York, xxxiii, 121.
—, naphtha in quartz crystals, i, 345.
Deweylite from Middlefield, Mass., analysis of,C. U. Shepard, xviii, 81.
—, analysis of,T. Thomson, xxxi, 173.
De Witt, S., mode of drawing ellipses, xxiv, 369.f
—, a conical raingauge, xxii, 321.f
—, obituary notice of, xxvii, 395.
Diabetes, cause of, xlix, 202.
Diabetic urine, to detect sugar in, xlix, 200.
Diallage allied to Augite, xx, 168.
—, in Connecticut, vi, 227.
Diamonds at Algiers, xxviii, 394.
—, pretended artificial, xvi, 394.
—, matrix of,D. Brewster, xxix, 366.
—, on the origin and the use of, xvii, 372.
—, remarkable, v, 175.
—, new structure in,D. Brewster, xxxiv, 37.
—, supposed locality in the United States, xxix, 394.
— mines of Russia, xix, 199.
Diamond Hill, N. Y., ii, 13.
Diathermancy,M. Melloni, xxvii, 228; xl, 313.
Dichroism of the palladio-chlorides of potassium and ammonium, xliv, 165.
Dickson, J., geology and mineralogy of parts of N. and S. Carolina, iii, 1.
Dicobune, xxxvii, 232.
Dictionary of Anamitic and Latin,Taberd, xl, 43.
—, Morrison's Chinese, iii, 377.
— of ancient and modern Greek, in course of publication, iii, 381.
Didymium, a new metal, xliii, 404.
— and cerium, method of separating the oxides of, xlvi, 206.
Differential calculus, on the first principles of,T. Strong, xlv, 269.
—, equations of the second order, integration of, xlii, 273.
Dikes,observed to have a crescent shape in Connecticut,J. G. Percival, xlvi, 205.
— of trap, cause of crescent form,H. D. Rogers, xlv, 334.
— —, in the Connecticut valley, vi, 47, 56.f
— —, of Maine, of four different ages,C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 145.
— —, in Massachusetts, near Lowell, and at Nahant, &c., xxvii, 342.
— —, in Michigan,D. Houghton, xli, 184.
— —, in granite, New Hampshire, numerous,O. P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105.f
— —, or natural walls, of Rowan,N. C., xiv, 242.
— —, in Montgomery, Vt., xxii, 189.
— —, connection of, with the iron ores of Essex Co., N. Y.,E. Emmons, xl, 81.
— —, effect on limestone, xxix, 351.
— —, action on mica slate, xxvii, 343.
— of porphyry in Nova Scotia, xv, 203, 213.
Dilatation of gases,V. Regnault, xliv, 63.
Diluvial action, in Sullivan Co., N. Y., facts relating to,W. A. Thompson, xxiii, 243.
— scratches, seeScratches.
Dimorphism, viii, 378; xlvi, 370.
Dinornis, notice of,G. A. Mantell, xlv, 184, 188.
—, —, and on the Ornithichnites,R. Owen, xlv, 185; xlviii, 194.
—, bearing of, on the subject of fossil footprints, xlviii, 199.
Dinotherium,R. Harlan, xli, 178.
Diophantine problems, solutions of two,T. Strong, xxxi, 156.
Dioptase, analysis of, Damour, xlvii, 216.
Dip, magnetic, daily variation in,M. Kupffer, xxv, 194.
—, —, in different regions,T. H. Perry, xlvii, 84.
—, —, at St. Petersburg, xxi, 382.
—, —, in the U. States, xl, 380.
—, —, ibid,J. Locke, xxxix, 319; xl, 149; xli, 15.
—, —, ibid,E. Loomis, xxxiv, 290f; xxxix, 41f; xliii, 93.
—, —, at Baltimore,J. LockeandNicollet, xlii, 238.
—, —, at Baltimore and Philadelphia,A. D. Bache, xl, 375.
—, —, at Nantucket, Mass.,W. Mitchell, xlvi, 157.
—, —, in Ohio and Michigan,E. Loomis, xxxviii, 397.
Diplomatic cipher, new, iv, 377.
Dipping compass, on the manipulations of,J. Locke, xlii, 235.
— needle, theory of adjusting,T. H. Perry, xxxvii, 277.
— —, seeMagnetic Needle.
Dipyre, xlvii, 417.
Disease among shell fish,S. P. Hildreth, xxxii, 97.f
Disinfection by means of alkaline chlorides, xiii, 169.
— — of alcohol, xiii, 174.
Disintegration of the dolomites of the Tyrol,Daubeny, xlii, 321.
Dislocations, lines of, in Devonshire,De la Beche, xxxi, 354.
— of strata in the U. States,E. Hitchcock, xli, 268.
Diving bell, descents in, at Portsmouth, N. H.,T. Alden, xxii, 325.
— —, heat during descent in, xxv, 196.
Divining rod, iii, 102; xi, 201.f
Divisibility of a finite quantity of matter, on the infinite,S. Clark, ix, 356.
—, remarks on, x, 99.
Dix, D. L., notice of the Aranea aculeata, Philæna antiqua, and some Papiliones, xix, 61.f
Dixon'smanufacture of lead pots, xxi, 196.
Döbereiner'sresearches respecting platina, xviii, 151.
—, on formic acid, xxviii, 126.
—, new compounds of platinum, xxviii, 130.
Dobson, P., remarks on the origin of boulders, x, 217.
—, views on boulders,Murchison'scitation of, xliii, 200.
Dog, tongueless, retaining the power of barking, xxxvi, 194.
— sleds of the Northwest, xiii, 391.f
Dogs, anecdote of, xlvi, 243.
Dolomisation, theory of von Buch,Daubeny'sobjections to, xxxi, 372.
—, — —, facts in Maine, not confirmatory of,C. T. Jackson, xxxvi, 147.
Dolomite, analysis of, iv, 17.
Dolomites of the Tyrol, disintegration of,C. Daubeny, xlii, 321.
—, in Africa, iv, 33.
—, in Connecticut, ii, 206; v, 36; viii, 255.
—, in Massachusetts, (fetid,) iii, 239; viii, 35.
—, in New York, iv, 17.
Dominica, raised coral reef of, iv, 218.
Donium, supposed new metal,T. Richardson, xxxi, 163.
Donovan, E., notice of the works of, xxxvii, 163.
Doolittle, A., the earliest American engraver, xxii, 183.
Doolittle, I., on a new method of charring wood, xvii, 395.f
—, on crank motion, xii, 367; xiv, 60.f
—, gelatine from bones, i, 170.
—, description of a hydrostat, xiii, 64.f
—, on the revolving steam engine of Morey, ii, 101.f
Doornik, J. E., observations on the use made of fossils in geological science, xv, 90.
Dorudon, xlix, 216.
Douglas, D., obituary notice of, xxx, 196.
Douglass, D. B., plants from the headwaters of the Mississippi, iv, 56.
Dové, on the laws of storms, xliv, 315.f
—, — —, strictures on, byR. Hare, xliv, 137.
—, — —, reply toR. Hare'sstrictures on, byW. C. Redfield, xliv, 384.
Downing, A. J., on the order Cycadeæ and the seed of Cycas revoluta, xxxii, 45.f
Draining, extensive, in Russia, v, 393.
Draper, J. W., allotropism of chlorine, as connected with the theory of substitutions, xlix, 346.f
—, carbonic acid and alkaline carbonates, decomposition of, by the light of the sun, xlvi, 398.
—, coins and medals, xxix, 157.
—, electricity, influence of, on capillary attraction, xxvi, 399.
—, elementary substance, change in, from exposure to the sun's rays, xlvi, 390.
—, idolatry and philosophy of the Zabians, xxviii, 201.
—, light, latent, xliv, 202.
—, tithonometer, xlvi, 217.f
Dreelite, analysis of, xxx, 380.
Drift,discussion on, at the Association of American geologists and naturalists, 1842, xliii, 151.
—,P. Dobson'sviews on the iceberg theory of, xlvi, 169.
—,J. L. Hayes, on the probable influence of icebergs on, xlv, 316, 326.
—,E. Hitchcock, theory of the U. States, xli, 248.
—, —, singular instance in Berkshire Co., Mass., xlvii, 132; xlix, 258.f
—, —, influence of ice on, xlv, 324.
—, —, copper in, Mass., xlv, 331.
—,C. T. Jackson, remarks on, xlv, 320.
—,Nicollet, remarks in opposition to the glacial theory, xlv, 323.
—,W. C. Redfield, influence of ice on, xlv, 325.
—,H. D. Rogers, remarks on, xlvii, 263.
—, —, connection of, with earthquake vibrations, xlvii, 273.
—, see farther underBouldersandScratches.
Drowned person, time of, under water, determined, xviii, 170.
Drowning, resuscitation from, by oxygen gas, xvi, 250.
Druids were Zabians, xxviii, 214.
Drummond's mode of lighting light-houses by means of lime, xxi, 366.
Dry rot,G. Gibbs, ii, 114.
— —, cause of, xxx, 182.
— —,P. Rainey, xxxiv, 169.
— —, brief strictures on an article on, in vol. xxxiv,J. T. Plummer, xlii, 197.
Drunkenness, remedy for, iv, 385.
Ducatel, J. T., andJ. H. Alexander, report on the geology of Maryland, xxvii, 1.
—, experiments on potassium and sodium, xxv, 90.
Dumas, J., on the determination of nitrogen in organic compounds, xxviii, 134.
Dumont'sfilter and prepared charcoal, xxiii, 346.f
Duncan, H., on the footprints of animals in sandstone in Scotland, xv, 84.
Dunn'sChinese collection at Philadelphia, xxxv, 391.
Durant, C. F., improvement of the barometer, xxvii, 97.f
Dwight, H. E., account of the Kaatskill mountains, ii, 11.
Dwight, Benj. W., facts illustrative of the powers and operations of the human mind in a diseased state, i, 431.
Dwight, S. E., on the eruption of Long lake and Mud lake, Vt., xi, 39.f
—, notice of a meteoric fireball, xiii, 35.
Dye, new blue, byRobiquet, xxii, 197.
—, superior green, vii, 196.
—, pink, from the flower of the sweet balm, xxv, 413.
—, for hats, from oak bark, xxii, 383.
—, employment of iodine as, xv, 394.
Dyeing, experiments on coloring matter for,M. Persoz, xxiv, 380.
—, use of chesnut wood in, i, 312.
E.
Eagle, bald, iv, 89.
Earth, action of gravity variable, and producing errors in the determination of the figure of, xv, 172.
—,Cordier'sessay on the temperature of, noticed, xv, 109.
—, —, on fluidity of the centre of, xv, 117, 118.
—, —, on tides in the surface of, xv, 123.
—, —, change of level in the crust of, owing to contraction or to tides in the fluid interior, xv, 122, 124.
—,Fourieron the temperature of, xxxii, 1.
—, heat of the interior of,R. Patterson, xxxvii, 357.
—, remarks on the theory of central heat,W. Maclure, xv, 384.
—, deductions from the igneous theory of,J. H. Lathrop, xxxix, 90.
—, oblateness and axes of, degree of a meridian, &c.,T. J. Cram, xxxi, 222.f
Earthenware and porcelain, on the art of, xxvi, 233. History of the art, xxvi, 233.f
Earthquakes in America:
— —, South,M. Hamilton, xli, 57.
— —, —, in Chili, 1835, xxviii, 336.
— —, —, at eruption of Cosiguina, xxviii, 332.
— —, in U. States, i, 93; xliv, 419.
— —, —, in New England, xxxix, 336; xl, 204, 205, 206.
— —, —, in Connecticut, Aug., 1840, xxxix, 335.
— —, —, —, at Hartford, Apr. 12, 1837, xxxii, 399.
— —, —, —, E. Haddam subterranean noises, xxxix, 336.
— —, —, Mississippi, notice of, iii, 20.
— —, —, ibid, from the travels ofFlint, xv, 366.
— —, —, ibid,F. C. Usher, xxxi, 294.f
— —, near the Saguenay,R. H. Bonnycastle, xxx, 236.
— —, in West Indies, Feb., 1843, xliv, 419; xlvii, 182.
— in Europe, in Sicily, 1823, ix, 216.
— —, at Florence, March, 1835, xxviii, 340.
— in Asia, in Burmah, 1839, xxxviii, 385.
— —, at Cutch, 16th June, 1819, iv, 315.
— —, in Palestine, xlviii, 14.
— —, at Tabriz, xxxvii, 351.
—, causes and effects of,I. Lea, ix, 209.
—, remarks on, xiv, 72.
—,G. Bischofon the natural history of, xxxvii, 41.f
—, —, instances of, xxxvii, 41, 47.
—, —, causes of, xxxvii, 42.
—, —, connection with volcanoes, xxxvii, 43.
—, —, propagation of, xxxvii, 46.
—, —, direction of, xxxvii, 47.
—, —, elevation from, xxxvi, 273.
—, —, elevation of the Andes, xxxvii, 49.
—, —, state of the barometer not a cause, xxxvii, 50.
—, —, theory of central heat, xxxvii, 52.
—,Necker'sviews, xxxvii, 236.