Chapter M (2)

Minerals, new fluids in cavities of, detected by _D. Brewster_, xii, 214. ----, optical structure of, ix, 384. ----, specific gravities of various, _Breithaupt_, xxxi, 268. ----, Hosack's donation of, iv, 396. ----, pseudomorphous, account of, xlviii, 66, 81. ---- of trap, origin of, _J. D. Dana_, xlix, 49. ---- of volcanic rocks, iv, 212, 215. ----, zeolitic, not formed at the formation of the containing rock, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 116, 145. ----, ----, rendered hydrous bysteam of eruption, _H. D. Rogers_, xlv, 147. ----, in London, prices of, v, 169. ---- of Europe, value of, xxix, 368. ---- of North America, their analogy with those of northern Europe, _W. Meade_, xii, 303. ----, _Foreign_. ---- of a cavern, upon Bosjesman river, southern Africa, xxviii, 290. ---- of Ceylon, vi, 192. ---- of Greece, xxxiii, 207. ----, oriental, from Sardis, _F. Hall_, xxxiii, 249; Pergamos, 250; Smyrna, 250; Ephesus, 251; Thyatira, 251; Samos, 252; Syra, 253. ----, ----, _Robertson_, xxxiii, 255. ---- found in the Hartz, xix, 112. ---- of New Holland, _F. Alger_, xxxix, 157.^f ---- from Palestine, ix, 337; x, 21. ---- of Peru, San Lorenzo, selenite, calc spar, &c., xxxviii, 201. ---- of Sicily, viii, 203. ----, saline, of the plains of Tarapaca, _J. H. Blake_, xliv, 2. ---- of Vesuvius, account of, from _Monticelli's_ treatise, xii, 185. ----, _North American_. ----, ----, proposed as new, shown to be identical with other species previously known, xlvi, 384. ----, ----, in Alabama, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317. ----, ----, in Canada, _J. I. Bigsby_, v, 205; viii, 60. ----, ----, of northern America, and the vicinity of Hudson's Bay, xvii, 12. ----, ----, of Nova Scotia, _F. Alger_, xii, 227. ----, ----, ----, _Jackson_ and _Alger_, xiv, 305; xv, 132, 201. ----, ----, ----, examined by a party from Williams College, xxx, 330. ----, ----, of Connecticut, Litchfield Co., gneiss range, _J. P. Brace_, i, 351. ----, ----, ----, New Haven and vicinity, _B. Silliman_, ii, 201. ----, ----, ----, _T. D. Porter's_ localities of, with a map, ix, 177. ----, ----, ----, various localities, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiii, 155. ----, ----, ----, at Stonington, _W. W. Rodman_, xxxv, 179. ----, ----, of Delaware, x, 223. ----, ----, ----, _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1. ----, ----, of Illinois, Shawneetown, i, 52; ii, 176; iii, 244, 367. ----, ----, of Indiana, _W. B. Stilson_, i, 131. ----, ----, of Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 86. ----, ----, of Maine, Freyburg and Paris, xviii, 291. ----, ----, of Maryland, _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1. ----, ----, ----, Baltimore and Harford Cos., _P. T. Tyson_, xviii, 78. ----, ----, ----, Bare Hills, _H. H. Hayden_, xxiv, 349.^f ----, ----, of Massachusetts, localities of, in part, _C. Dewey_, i, 337; viii, 1. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 112, 201; vi, 201; vii, 30; xiv, 215. ----, ----, ----, Chesterfield and Goshen, _G. Gibbs_, i, 346. ----, ----, ----, Hampshire Co., _A. Nash_, xii, 238. ----, ----, ----, Charlestown quarries, _J. E. Teschemacher_, xxxviii, 194. ----, ----, of Mississippi, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317. ----, ----, of Missouri, iii, 24, 59, 67, 71; xii, 376, 379; xliii, 35; xlv, 340. ----, ----, of New Hampshire, _J. F. Dana_, vi, 245. ----, ----, ----, _C. U. Shepard_, xvii, 353; xviii, 126. ----, ----, ----, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105. ----, ----, ----, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 33. ----, ----, of New Jersey, at Patterson and Sparta, with geological remarks by _T. Nuttall_, v, 239. ----, ----, ----, at Hoboken, i, 49, 54. ----, ----, ----, at Hoboken, _T. Nuttall_, iv, 16. ----, ----, ----, various, ix, 244; xxi, 321; xxxvi, 107; xl, 69; xliv, 54. ----, ----, ----, Bergen Hill, account of, _W. O. Bourne_, xl, 69. ----, ----, ----, near New Brunswick, copper ores, &c., _L. C. Beck_, with analyses of native copper, red oxide, bisilicate, and gray sulphuret of copper, xxxvi, 107. ----, ----, ----, in Sussex Co., _S. Fowler_, xxi, 319. ----, ----, ----, ----, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map, xxi, 321. ----, ----, of New York, some account of, in review of the Report of _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 25.^f ----, ----, ----, secondary region of, _J. Pierce_, ii, 181. ----, ----, ----, of the highlands of, _J. Pierce_, v, 27. ----, ----, ----, at Boonville, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxii, 234. ----, ----, ----, in St. Lawrence Co., _J. Finch_, xix, 220. ----, ----, ----, in St. Lawrence and Jefferson Cos., _J. B. Crawe_ and _A. Gray_, xxv, 346. ----, ----, ----, in Orange Co., _C. U. Shepard_, with a map, xxi, 321.^f ----, ----, ----, in Scoharie Co., _J. Gebhard_, xxviii, 172.^f ----, ----, ----, of Warwick, _S. Fowler_, ix, 242. ----, ----, in North Carolina, _D. Olmsted_, v, 257. ----, ----, ----, and South Carolina, _J. Dickson_, iii, 1. ----, ----, ----, in Carolina, _T. D. Porter_, iii, 227. ----, ----, ----, North, Davidson Co., _J. C. Booth_, xli, 348. ----, ----, in Ohio, _S. P. Hildreth_, xvi, 154. ----, ----, ----, Belmont Co., i, 227. ----, ----, in Pennsylvania, Chester Co., _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1; --Bucks Co., 12; Philadelphia Co., 14. ----, ----, ----, vicinity of West Chester, _J. Finch_, xiv, 15. ----, ----, in Rhode Island, _S. Taylor_, vi, 245. ----, ----, ----, near Providence, _J. H. Webb_, iv, 284. ----, ----, in Vermont, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 105. ----, ----, ----, _F. Hall_, vii, 58. ----, ----, ----, _A. A. Hayes_, xiii, 195. ----, ----, ----, Brattleboro', _J. A. Allen_, iii, 76. ----, ----, ----, Marlboro' and New Fane, _C. U. Shepard_, xvii, 353. ----, ----, of part of Virginia and Tennessee, _J. H. Kain_, i, 60. ----, ----, of parts of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, with geology of the same, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317. ----, ----, see farther, under the names of the several _Minerals_, _Ores_, or _Metals_. ----, artificial, sulphate of lime with half an atom of water, _J. F. W. Johnston_, xxxv, 300. ----, ----, produced by heat, x, 190. ----, ----, oxide of iron about furnaces, xxxvi, 237. ----, ----, feldspar, xxviii, 396. ----, cabinet of, given by Baron de Schutz to the school at Landshut, v, 193. ----, ----, a large, for sale, ii, 169.

Mineral resins from peat mosses--Tekoretin, Phylloretin, Xyloretin, Balloretin, _G. Forchhammer_, xli, 402. ---- springs, see _Springs_. ---- veins, remarks on, with the views of _R. W. Fox_, xxxiii, 93; _I. Fournet's_ views, 94. ---- ----, questions on, _R. W. Fox_, xxxiii, 135. ---- waters, artificial, _S. Morey_, iii, 94. ---- ----, native, see _Springs_. ---- wax, a new species, _M. Prinsep_, xviii, 165.

Mineralogical hammer, new, _E. Hitchcock_, vii, 175.^f ---- systems, W. Whewell on, xliv, 214.

Mineralogy, _P. Cleaveland's_ Treatise on, noticed, i, 35. ----, ----, ibid, 2d edition announced, v, 404. ----, review of _C. U. Shepard's_, xxii, 395; xxviii, 374; xlvii, 333. ----, ibid _F. Alger's_, xlvii, 333. ----, ibid _J. D. Dana's_, xxxii, 387; xlvi, 362.^f

Mining company, the Muskingum, xxv, 224. ---- industry of Spain, _F. le Play_, xxviii, 17.

Mint, projected branch, of North Carolina, xx, 401. ----, gold coinage, amount of, in the United Stales, xx, 403. ----, amount of gold deposited at, xx, 404.

Mirror, metallic, found by the precipitation of silver from the oxide,
xlix, 398.

Mississippi, mounds of, _R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 97.
---- valley, _L. Bringier_, iii, 15;
--banks of the Mississippi, 16;
driftwood of the Achafalaya, Red river, 17;
earthquakes and eruptions, 20;
fossil remains of mastodon, 22;
marble and other mineral productions, 23.
----, ----, _L. Bringier_, lead mines, iii, 24;
iron ores, 26;
cove of Wachitta, 26, 28;
alum slate, 28;
salt, sandhills, 27;
hot springs of Wachitta, 29;
Indians, 30;
mounds, 36.
---- ---- and the lakes, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 201.
---- ----, _H. King_, xlvii, 128.
---- ----, lower part of, _R. Nutt_, xxiii, 49.
----, mineralogy and geology of, _E. Cornelius_, i, 317.
----, Upper, polythalamia of, _J. W. Bailey_, xli, 400.
---- river, elevation of banks of, 1811, _F. C. Usher_, xxxi, 294.^f
---- ----, velocity of, vii, 174.
---- ----, headwaters, botany of, _D. B. Douglass_ and _J. Torrey_,
iv, 56.
---- waters, medical effects of, viii, 396.

Missouri, lead region of, _H. R. Schoolcraft_, iii, 248. ----, ---- ----, ores, _Troost_ and _Lesueur_, xii, 379. ----, ---- ----, _J. N. Nicollet_, xlv, 340. ----, ---- ----, _J. T. Hodge_, xliii, 35.^f ----, ---- mine of la Motte, ore not argentiferous, xliii, 64. ----, native carbonate of lead in, xii, 379. ----, cobalt ores, xii, 378. ----, cretaceous formation of, _J. N. Nicollet_, xli, 180; xlv, 153. ----, Indian mounds or fortifications in, iii, 36. ----, ---- ----, _R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 89. ----, contributions to the botany of, _L. C. Beck_, x, 257; xi, 167; xiv, 112.

_Mitchell, E._, on the effect of quantity of matter in modifying the force of attraction, xvi, 234. ----, on the geology of the gold region of North Carolina, xvi, 1.^f ----, North Carolina, character and origin of the low country of, xiii, 336. ----, on the proximate causes of winds and storms, xix, 248.^f ----, Protogæa of _Leibnitz_, xx, 56. ----, on storms and meteorological observations, xx, 361. ----, on Welther's tube of safety, xvii, 345.^f

_Mitchell, J._, on the ignis fatuus, xvi, 246.

_Mitchell, J. K._, on the liquefaction and solidification of
carbonic acid, xxxv, 346.^f

_Mitchell, T. D._, carbonic oxide obtained free from carbonic acid,
xxv, 344.

_Mitchell, Wm._, on the tails of comets, xxxviii, 35; xl, 59. ----, magnetic dip at Nantucket, xlvi, 157.

_Mitchill, S. L._, conditions of the growth of plants on living animals, xii, 21. ----, on the Mus bursarius or pouched rat, of Canada, iv, 183. ----, on the Proteus of the N. A. Lakes, iv, 181. ----, on a group of polyps, v, 46. ----, a new Raja, ix, 290. ----, Zeus crinitus, xi, 144.^f ----, spoonbill sturgeon, xii, 201.^f ----, new reptiles of North America, vii, 63. ----, on the eatable clam of New York, x, 287. ----, facts showing that two-headed snakes are monsters, x, 48. ----, history of sea-serpentism, xv, 351. ----, notice of his edition of Cuvier's essay on the theory of the earth, i, 68. ----, obituary notice of, xxvii, 149.

_Mitscherlich_, formation of specular iron about volcanoes, xxxvi, 237. ----, on fuming nitric acid, xx, 185.

_Mohs, F._, obituary notice of, xl, 220.

Molasses from the potato, xxi, 93.

Mole, natural history of, xvii, 386. ----, carnivorous, _S. Woodruff_, xxviii, 168.

Molecules, Brown's active, xvii, 390. ----, forms and nature of crystalline, _J. D. Dana_, xxx, 275.^f

Molecular attraction, _J. Henry's_ experiments on, with soap bubbles,
xlviii, 215.

_Moll, G._, experiments in electro-magnetism, xix, 329; xxvi, 177.

Mollusca, see under ZOOLOGY.

Molluskite, _G. A. Mantell_, xlv, 243.

Molybdenite, analysis of, _H. Seybert_, iv, 320. ----, in Connecticut, i, 242; vi, 235; viii, 194. ----, in Maine, x, 17. ----, in Maryland, xxvii, 20. ----, in Massachusetts, i, 238; v, 268; vi, 235; vii, 58; viii, 58; ix, 55; xiv, 217; xxxiii, 400. ----, in New Jersey, v, 401. ----, in New York, vii, 57. ----, in Pennsylvania, v, 41. ----, in Rhode Island, viii, 231.

Monarda allophylla, iv, 56. ----, Bradburiana, x, 260. ----, scabra, x, 260.

Money cowry, xxxii, 250.

Monophane, xxvi, 388.

_Montague, G._, notice of, xxxvii, 162.

Monsoons, remarks on, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 124. ----, character and causes of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 63.

Monte Video, Connecticut, scenery of, vii, 5. ----, in South America, xxix, 240.

Monticellite, xxvi, 388.

_Montlosier, Count_, notice of, xxxvii, 121.

Monuments, public, in the United States, xviii, 229.

Monument to Copernicus, in Warsaw, iv, 387. ---- of Pultowa, iii, 379. ---- to Cuvier, xxiii, 309.

Monumental inscriptions, on the writing of, xvii, 271.

Moodus noises at East Haddam, Ct., xxix, 364; xxxix, 336.

Moon, volcanoes of, v, 176; xxxv, 305. ----, action of, on the atmosphere, deductions respecting, xv, 174. ----, influence of, on the weather, _F. Marcel_, xxvii, 192. ----, heat in rays of, ii, 329; xl, 315. ----, singular appearance of, xxii, 375. ----, halo, West Point, xx, 299.

Moon's mean motion, secular acceleration of, _J. H. Coffin_,
xlvii, 324.^f

_Moore, N. F._, ancient mineralogy, notice of, xxviii, 188.

Morbid animal products, chemical examination of, _J. F. Dana_, iv, 149.

_Mordecai, A._, experiments on gunpowder, xlix, 180.

_Morey, S._, on artificial mineral waters, iii, 94. ----, on heat and light, ii, 118, 122. ----, bubbles blown in melted rosin, ii, 179. ----, on the patent water-burner, vii, 141. ----, revolving steam engine, i, 157.^f ----, observations on combustion, xxv, 146. ----, explosive engine, xi, 104.

Morey's steam engine, _J. Doolittle_, ii, 101.^f ---- ---- ----, _Sullivan_, ii, 106.^f

_Morgan, H. K. G._, galvanic means of blasting, xxxviii, 33.

_Morin, P. E._, laws of meteorological phenomena, xl, 402. ---- solicits meteoric information from America, xlii, 202. ----, theory of the universe, xxxi, 160.

Morphine, preparation of, xvii, 384; xxiii, 190. ----, and its salts, new method for, xli, 51. ----, test for, viii, 381. ----, action of, with iodic acid, xx, 184. ----, sulphate of, results of experiments on, _W. Tully_, xxi, 39.

_Morris, Miss M. H._, on the Hessian fly, xl, 381.

_Morse, S. F. B._, account of the twilight bow, xxxviii, 389. ---- electro-magnetic telegraph, xxxiii, 185.^f ----, two electrical currents over the same conductor without interference, xliv, 418.^f ----, experiments with Grove's battery, xlv, 390.^f

Mortality, observations on bills of, _J. Mease_, xli, 306. ---- of infants in France, xix, 192. ----, effect of ventilation on, xxvii, 79.

Mortar, iv, 373. ----, _W. H. Wright_, on, xlix, 379.

_Morton, J._, ancient mound near Wheeling, Va., vi, 166.

_Morton, S. G._, new work on American crania, proposed, xxxii, 207. ----, ibid, review of, xxxviii, 341.^f ----, characteristics of the Aboriginal race of America, xlvii, 408. ----, Crania Ægyptiaca, notice of, xlvii, 205. ----, on a second series of ancient Egyptian crania, xlviii, 268. ----, on the internal capacity of the cranium in different races of men, xxxviii, 373. ----, on the fossils and geological characters of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 249^f; xxiii, 288^f; xxiv, 128.^f ----, analogy between the marl of New Jersey and the chalk of Europe, xxii, 90. ----, synopsis of the organic remains of the cretaceous group of the United States, xxvii, 377. ----, proposed division of the U. States cretaceous group, xxviii, 277. ----, discovery of the galt in Alabama, xxviii, 277. ----, head of a fossil crocodile, xlviii, 265.^f ----, list of fossils associated with the fossil crocodile, xlviii, 267. ----, on the fossil teeth of fishes in the United States, xxviii, 276. ----, notice of an embalmed Ibis, from Egypt, xli, 187. ----, supposed new species of hippopotamus, xlvii, 406.^f ----, memoir of Wm. Maclure, xlvii, 1.^f

Mosaic cosmogony, xxv, 26. ---- ----, critical interpretation of _bara_ and _asah_, _N. Webster_, xxxv, 375. ---- gold, xiii, 174.

Mosasaurus, xvii, 289; xviii, 246. ----, in United States, xxvii, 353.

Möser, images of, _Karsten_ on, xlv, 228.

Moss, Irish, or carrageen, _L. Feuchtwanger_, xxvi, 389.

Mosses and ferns of the United States, _L. C. Beck_, xv, 287.

Motion, the natural state of matter, xvi, 151. ----, on the principles of, and their use in the higher mathematics, xiv, 297. ----, revolving, in fluids, xix, 391. ---- of living particles in all kinds of matter, xix, 393. ---- of a system of bodies, _T. Strong_, xxiv, 40; xxv, 281; xxvi, 44. ---- ibid, _Lagrange's_ formulæ, xi, 398.

Moulting of birds, xxiv, 366.

_Moultrie, J._, skull of fossil human skeleton of Guadaloupe,
xxxii, 361.

Mounds, Indian, of the West, remarks on, _J. Finch_, vii, 158. ----, ----, ----, xxii, 124. ----, ----, and other antiquities, xxxiv, 47. ----, ----, vessels of earthenware in, xxvi, 237; xxvii, 175. ----, ----, in Indiana, _J. T. Plummer_, xliv, 313. ----, ----, and works, in Ohio, xxv, 234, 238. ----, ----, in Ohio, _C. Whittlesey_, xxxiv, 361. ----, ----, near Wheeling, Virginia, _J. Morton_, vi, 166. ----, ----, of various imitative shapes, in Iowa and Wisconsin, _S. Taylor_, xliv, 21.^f ----, ----, earthworks of the form of animal effigies in Wisconsin, &c., _R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 88.^f ----, ----, in Missouri, iii, 36. ----, ----, in Tennessee, i, 322, 428. ----, ----, and relics, near Natchez, Miss., _C. G. Forshey_, xl, 376. ----, ----, in Louisiana, _C. G. Forshey_, xlix, 38.^f ----, ----, in Salisbury Plain, England, &c, _B. Silliman_, xliii, 152.

Mountains, on the measurement of, height of, by boiling water, xxix, 355; xxxvii, 19. ----, ibid, by barometer, _O. Byrne_, xliv, 12.^f ----, bursting of, iii, 252. ----, slides on White and Green, xv, 217. ----, map showing height of, ii, 168. ----, map of, iii, 364. ----, ranges of, elevation of, xxxi, 290. ----, chains of, _C. Darwin_ on the elevation of, xxxvii, 234. ----, ----, elevation of, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 263. ----, ----, theory of origin of, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 125, 128. ----, granitic, relation to modern volcanic, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 125. ---- of iron, iii, 63. ---- of Himmalayah, height of, ix, 384. ---- of Europe, remarks on, _G. F. Shcouw_, xxi, 127, 128. ---- ----, Bolca, xiii, 255.^f ---- ----, see _Volcano_. ----, systems of, in the United States, xli, 266. ---- Katuhdin, Me., excursion to, and height of, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxii, 20.^f ---- Lafayette, ascent of, xii, 172. ---- Washington, notices of, xxxiv, 73, 76, 120. ---- of New York, of Essex Co., description, height of, &c., xxxiii, 301^f; xxxvi, 27; xxxvii, 83. ---- ---- ----, of Lake George, iv, 48. ---- in North Carolina, description and height of, _E. Mitchell_, xxxv, 377. ----, height of, Abraham, Me., xxxvii, 378. ----, ----, Adams, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322. ----, ----, Bald Peak, New York, xxxiii, 320. ----, ----, Black, Vermont, vi, 6. ----, ----, Black, North Carolina, xxxv, 379; xxxvi, 28. ----, ----, Camel's Hump, Green Mountains, xxxvii, 85. ----, ----, Catskill, Round Top, New York, ii, 19; xxxv, 378; xlv, 17. ----, ----, Dial, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28. ----, ----, Dix, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28. ----, ----, Fall, New Hampshire, vii, 12. ----, ----, Franklin, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322. ----, ----, Grandfather, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379. ----, ----, High Peak of Essex, or Mount Marcy, N. Y., xxxiii, 320; xxxvi, 28; xxxvii, 84, 89. ----, ----, Holyoke, Massachusetts, vii, 5. ----, ----, Jefferson, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322. ----, ----, Kedidica Hook, New Jersey, ii, 187. ----, ----, La Fayette, xli, 384. ----, ----, Lyon, New York, xxxvii, 84. ----, ----, Madison, N.H., xxxiii, 322. ----, ----, Mansfield, Green Mountains, Vt., xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 85. ----, ----, McIntyre, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxiii, 320; xxxvi, 28. ----, ----, Monroe, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322. ----, ----, Otter, Va., xxxv, 379. ----, ----, Palisade range, different points of, ii, 184. ----, ----, Pilot, North Carolina, xxxv, 379. ----, ----, Roan, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379. ----, ----, Saddle, Massachusetts, ii, 19; xxxv, 378. ----, ----, Skeene's, at Whitehall, New York, xxxiii, 311. ----, ----, Sugar Loaf, Massachusetts, vii, 9. ----, ----, Table, North Carolina, xxxv, 377, 379. ----, ----, Tom, Massachusetts, vi, 45; vii, 9. ----, ----, Video, Connecticut, vii, 5. ----, ----, Washington, N. Hampshire, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384. ----, ----, West River, N. Hampshire, vii, 11. ----, ----, Whiteface, N. York, xxxiii, 323; xxxvii, 84. ----, ----, White Top, Virginia, xxxv, 379. ---- slides, phenomena of, Essex Co., N. Y., _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 313. ---- leather, xxxvi, 114.

Moving stones, in lakes and ponds, _N. Chipman_, xiv, 303.

Mowing, best time of, v, 380.

Moles, vision of, xvii, 185.

Mucedinea on vines, xxix, 367.

Mud of New Haven harbor, analysis of, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 337. ---- eruptions, iv, 216. ---- furrows in rocks, _J. Hall,_ xlv, 148.

Muhlenbergia filipes, xliv, 83.

Mulberry tree, on the culture of, in the United States, xviii, 278.

Mule from a stag and mare, xiv, 392. ---- silver, xiii, 200.

Multiplier, galvanic, see _Galvanic_.

Munich, public instruction in, iv, 196.

_Murchison, R. I._, departure of, for the Urals, xli, 207. ----, return from a tour to Russia, xlii, 213. ----, salt steppe south of Orenburg, Russia, xliv, 205. ----, freezing cavern, xliv, 205. ----, relation of American geology to Russian, xli, 208. ----, geological map of part of England and Wales, xxxv, 306. ----, Silurian system, xxxvi, 399; xxvii, 219.

Murchisonite, analysis of, xv, 386, [feldspar.]

Murexide, process for, xli, 46.

Muriate of lime, a native salt, xv, 242. ---- of soda, see _Salt_.

Muriatic acid, fumigations with, at Plattsburgh, 1819, viii, 200. ----, condensation of, _M. Faraday_, vii, 357. ----, experiments with reference to, _Macaire_ and _Dela Rive_, xi, 393. ----, mode of purifying, _R. Hare_, xxxix, 371.

_Murray, John_, obituary notice of, ii, 355.

Musa texilis, xxi, 29.

Muscles, hydatids in human, xxix, 353.

_Muse, J. E._, on resuscitation from drowning, by oxygen, xvi, 250. ----, notice of the appearance of fish and lizards in extraordinary circumstances, xvi, 41. ----, stony concretions in the ovary of a turtle, xxvii, 163. ----, on animalcules in snow, xviii, 56. ----, on the Hessian fly, xxii, 71, 155.

Museum at Geneva, in Switzerland, iv, 199. ---- of the Vatican, iv, 380. ---- of Paris, iv, 381.

Museums of Natural History, when established in England, xxxvii, 143.

Mushrooms, gas from, xvii, 174.

Musical intervals, _J. Farey_, ii, 65. ---- temperament, essay on, _A. M. Fisher_, i, 9^f, 176.^f ---- tones produced by magnets, _C. G. Page_, xxxii, 396; xxxiii, 118; xlviii, 401.

Muskets, manufacture of, by _E. Whitney_, xxi, 237.

Mylocarium ligustrinum, xxvi, 319.

Mylodon, _R. Owen_, xliv, 341. ----, _R. Harlan_, xliii, 141; xlv, 209. ----, in Georgia, xlvii, 258. ----, in Oregon, (?) xlii, 136.

Myology of the human body, works on, noticed, iv, 198; xviii, 203.

Myosotis inflexa, xlvi, 98. ---- macrosperma, xlvi, 98. ---- stricta, xlvi, 98. ---- verna, xlvi, 97.

Myosurus Shortii, i, 379.

Myrica carifera, analysis of, i, 294.

Myrrhis canadensis, xi, 175. ---- longistylis, xi, 175.

Mystery, on, _M. Hopkins_, xiii, 217.

N.

Naiades, see under Zoology, _Mollusca_.

Nantucket, Philosophical Institute of, xii, 173.

Naphtha springs in old Assyria, xxxvii, 353. ---- ---- of Persia, xxxvii, 354. ---- in quartz crystal, _C. Dewey_, i, 345.

_Napier, J._, on the solubility of the metals in the salts of iron,
xlviii, 190.

Naples, surgery in, v, 179.

Napoleon, literary taste of, xii, 390.

Napoleon's library, xii, 390.

Narceine, a new substance, _Pelletier_, xxiii, 379.

Narcotine, results of experiments on, _W. Tully_, xxi, 39. ----, products of the decomposition of, _F. Wöhler_, xlix, 205, 206.

_Nash, A._, lead mines and geology of Hampshire Co., Mass., xii, 238.^f ----, fascination of snakes, xii, 368.

Nasmyth's pneumatic speculum, xxxviii, 107.

Native metals, see under the names of the metals.

Natrolite in New Jersey, xl, 71.

Natural bridge, i, 66.

Natural History Society, see _Society_. ---- magic, remarks on, xxxiii, 258.

Naturalist, Journal of a, noticed, xxi, 390.

Naturalists, some notice of British, _C. Fox_, xxxvi, 217.

Nautilus, fossil, xliii, 187.

Naval Sketches, by _G. Jones_, noticed, xvi, 168, 320^f; xvii, 201. ---- Lyceum, xxvii, 390.

Navigation, submarine, ii, 94. ---- on canals, mode of, vii, 190. ---- of rapids, vii, 175. ---- of Cape Horn, _M. F. Maury_, xxvi, 54. ---- of the Atlantic, by ship Savannah by steam in 1819, xxxviii, 155. ---- ----, ---- ----, log book of, deposited with the American Philosophical Society, xl, 34. ----, letters of _J. Smith_ on, xxxv, 160, 332; xxxvi, 133. ---- to the Pacific by steam, xli, 358. ----, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207. ----, steam, see _Steam_. ----, on the application of the hydrostatic and aerostatic powers to aquatic, _E. C. Genet_, xi, 344.^f ----, solution of a problem in, _W. Chauvenet_, xlvi, 79. ----, Treatise on, _M. F. Maury's_, noticed, xxxii, 208.

Navigator, _N. Bowditch's_, noticed, xxxv, 11.

Navigators, directions to, if overtaken by storms in different seas, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 119, 120. ----, ibid, _H. W. Dové_, xliv, 338.

Navy of steam ships, xxxv, 333.

Nebulæ, account of some, _H. L. Smith_ and _E. P. Mason_, xl, 37. ----, approximate places of some, xxxv, 284. ---- delineated by photography, xliv, 375.

Necrology, see _Obituary_.

Necronite, _H. H. Hayden_, i, 306.

Needle, see _Magnetic_. ---- ore, analysis of, xxviii, 395.

Needlestone in Nova Scotia, xxx, 349.

Nelumbium luteum, iv, 64.

Nemalite, iv, 19.

Nemopanthus, i, 377.

Nephrite from Rhode Island, analysis of, _G. T. Bowen_, v, 346. ---- in Rhode Island, v, 39, 346. ---- in New York, vi, 365. ---- in Pennsylvania, viii, 239.

Neptune's goblet, _A. A. Gould_, xxxvi, 386.

Nerves, influence of, on animal heat, x, 390. ----, electric currents in, denied, xlix, 387.

Nets and cordage, strengthened by means of a solution of glue and
oak bark, xxvi, 186.

Neufchatel, xiii, 182.

_Newbold_, on the kunker, a tufaceous deposit in India, xlix, 398.

New Brunswick tornado, _R. Hare_, from a written statement by _J. P. Espy_, xxxii, 158. ---- ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.^f ---- ----, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 115.^f

New England, geology of, see under _Geology_. ---- ---- Asylum for the Blind, xxiv, 175. ---- ---- Magazine, noticed, xxvii, 389.

New Grenada and Cuba, fossils of, supposed to be oolitic, _I. Lea_,
xl, 41.

New Hampshire, geological account of a part of, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 105;
vi, 1; vii, 1.
----, excursion to the White Mountains and to the summit of
Mount Washington, _J. Pierce_, viii, 172;
observations on the White Mountains, 172;
source of the Saco, 174;
vegetation on the ascent, 174, 175;
view around, 176-178;
wild animals, 178, 179;
mineral spring near the Amonoosuc, 179;
Franconia iron works, 180.
----, miscellaneous notices of mountain scenery and of slides and
avalanches in the White and Green Mountains, xv, 217;
--region about Lake Winnipisiogee, the Notch, the deluge of August,
1826, which destroyed the Willey family, and the consequent
denudation, _B. Silliman_, 218-222;
effects of the storm of August 28, 1826 on the stream, and its action,
_C. Wilcox_, 222-228.
----, geological observations on, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105;
--trap dikes in Dorchester and Canaan, 105^f;
ibid, Wentworth, 107;
ibid, at the fulls of the Campton, 108^f;
tourmalines and diluvial scratches in Rumney, 107;
trap dikes on Red Hill, 111;
ibid, Moultonboro', Tamworth and Eaton, 112, 113.^f
----, geological observations on, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105;
trap and granite boulders, and granite veins, 112;
blende, and galena near Eaton, 114;
White Mountains, 115;
effects of the deluge of August, 1826, 115;
decomposing granite, 116;
octahedral fluor spar, 117;
trap dikes near the Willey house, 118;
Mount Washington, 120;
Franconia Notch and pot hole, 122;
granite veins in granite, 123^f;
detached masses of granite, 124.
----, geological reports on, by _C. T. Jackson_, noticed, xli, 383;
xlviii, 393;
--ibid, review of, xlix, 27;
anticlinal axis of primary rocks in the state, 28;
on the glacier theory of drift, 29;
Camel's Hump mountain ascended, 31;
useful minerals, 33;
tin ore of Jackson, 34.
----, mountains, height of, Adams, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Fall, vii, 12.
----, ----, ----, Franklin, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Washington, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378;
xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
----, ----, ----, Lafayette, xli, 384.
----, ----, ----, Jefferson, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Madison, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Monroe, xxxiii, 322.
----, latitude of Mounts Lafayette and Washington, xli, 384.
----, tin ore in, xliii, 168; xlix, 34.
----, iron ore in, xviii, 130.
----, Bellows falls, scenery of, vii, 12.

New Harmony, Indiana, Owen's establishment at, xi, 189.

New Haven medal, _J. Allan_, xxxvii, 285. ---- Gymnasium, xiii, 385; xiv, 400. ----, latitude and longitude of Yale College, xxxiv, 309.

New Haven, geology of the region around, vii, 20. ----, tornado, xxxvii, 340.^f

New Holland, bone caves in, xx, 380. ----, Boomerang, xxxvi, 164.^f ----, minerals of, _F. Alger_, xxxix, 157.^f

New Jersey, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c. of, _J. Pierce_, ii, 181; --Kedidica Hook mountains, 187; rocks and minerals of the vicinity of Patterson, 189, 192; Datholite of Patterson, 192; trap from Patterson to Springfield, Bergen and minerals, 193-195; peat on the Passaic, 196; pea-ore, ibid, 196; copper, 198; pipe clay, 198; Snake-hill, 199. ----, alluvial district, with remarks on the marl, and its application to agriculture, _J. Pierce_, vi, 237. ----, geology, Hoboken serpentine rocks of, and their minerals, (Nemalite, Marmolite, &c.) _T. Nuttall_, iv, 16. ----, on the cretaceous formation of, _S. G. Morton_, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 249^f; xxii, 90; xxiii, 288^f; xxiv, 128^f; xlviii, 265^f, 267. ----, ibid, _C. Lyell_, xlvii, 213. ----, fossil fish, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxvi, 186; xli, 24, 164; xliii, 172; xliv, 134^f; xlv, 314. ----, ---- ----, _L. D. Gale,_ xxxv, 192. ----, fossil footprints, _W. C. Redfield_, xliv, 134; xlv, 315. ----, fossil rain marks, _W. C. Redfield_, xliii, 172; xliv, 136; xlv, 315. ----, New Brunswick tornado, June, 1835, _J. P. Espy_, cited by _R. Hare_, xxxii, 158. ----, ---- ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.^f ----, ---- ----, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 115.^f ----, iron ores of Franklin, v, 243. ----, ---- ---- at Pompton Mountain, v, 287. ----, ---- ---- in Morris Co., v, 28. ----, copper, native, xxxvi, 107; xlv, 331. ----, copper ores, ii, 198; v, 239, 268, 401; viii, 118; xxxvi, 107. ----, mineralogy and geology of, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map by _Young_ and _Heron_, xxi, 321. ----, minerals of Bergen Hill, _W. O. Bourne_, xl, 69. ----, minerals in trap, _L. C. Beck_, xliv, 54.^f

New York, statistics of, in 1831, (population, manufactures, agriculture, education, &c.,) xx, 147. ----, Report, noticed, of the Regents of the University of, xxii, 415; xxv, 258^f; xxvii, 177; xxx, 389; xlix, 176. ----, Reports, annual, noticed, of the geological survey of, xxxii, 186; xxxvi, 1; xxxix, 95; xl, 73; xlii, 227. ----, ----, final geological, reviewed, _D. D. Owen_, xlvi, 143; xlvii, 354^f; xlviii, 296.^f ----, ----, mineralogical, by _L. C. Beck_, reviewed, xl, 75; xlvi, 25.^f ----, ----, zoological, of _J. E. De Kay_, xlv, 397. ----, Albany Co., geological survey of, executed by _T. R. Beck_; iii, 239. ----, mineral waters of Albany city, xxxvi, 9. ----, Canaan Mountains, geological section of, with observations on the soil and productions of the neighboring region, _D. H. Barnes_, v, 8, 204^f; peat abundant, 8; quarries of limestone, 10; fine sand, 10; Lebanon roofing slate, 11; graywacke at summit, 14; prospect, 14; disruption and sinking of the strata, 15; iron ores, 20; lead ore, 21. ----, carburetted hydrogen springs, xv, 236; xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6. ----, Catskill Mountains, account of, _H. E. Dwight_, ii, 11; rocks and petrifactions of, 12, 13; sulphur spring, 15; falls of the Kaaterskill, 17, 21. ----, ---- Mountains, account of, _H. E. Dwight_, ii, 11; elevation, according to Capt. Partridge, 19; prospect, 19; lakes, 20; mink pot, 24; wild animals, 28. ----, ---- ----, geology of, _D. W. Barton_, with a plan, iv, 249. ----, ---- ----, memoir on, with notices of the topography, scenery, mineralogy, zoology and economical resources, _J. Pierce_, vi, 86. ----, Chatauque Co., Fredonia gas spring, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6. ----, Chitteningo, fossil calcareous tree of, v, 251; xviii, 354; xxxvi, 12. ----, Clinton group of rocks, iron ores in, xlviii, 301. ----, Columbia and Dutchess Counties, iron ores in, xxxvi, 21; xlvi, 27. ----, ---- ----, at Hillsdale and Amenia, viii, 243. ----, ---- ----, manganese ores, xlvi, 28. ----, ----, Ancram lead mine, viii, 247. ----, Lebanon nitrogen springs, xxxvi, 7;--analysis by _W. Meade_, 7. ----, Corlear's Hook, fossils at, ii, 371. ----, Crown Point, iron ores, iv, 48. ----, Dutchess Co., iron beds and works, xlvi, 27. ----, ----, manganese ores, xlvi, 28. ----, Erie canal route, _A. Eaton's_ survey of, noticed, vi, 373; viii, 358; ix, 355; xiii, 383; xiv, 145^f, 359; xv, 233. ----, ibid, gases, acids and salts in the vicinity of, _A. Eaton_, xv, 233; --nitrogen gas, 234; sulphuretted hydrogen, 235; carburetted hydrogen, 236; carbonic acid, 237; sulphuric acid, 238; sulphate of magnesia, 241; sulphate of iron, 243. ----, Erie canal route, gases and acids in the vicinity of, _A. Eaton_, xv, 233; sulphate of alumina, 243; carbonate of iron, 244; common salt, pseudomorphous crystals, 244; calc tufa, 247. ----, Essex Co., and northern sources of the Hudson, remarks on, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 301^f; --settlement at MacIntyre and iron works, 303; Labradoritic rocks, 303; Lake Colden, 305; Avalanche lake, 307; Whiteface Mt., the notch, 308; barometrical observations, and heights above Lake Champlain and the ocean, 310, 311; mountain slides, 313; main source of the Hudson; fall of the Au Sable, 313; high peak of Essex, 314; boulders, 315; trap dike, 316; ascent of Mount MacIntyre, 317; elevation of the mountains, 319; head of the Hudson, 320^f; beds of iron, 323. ----, ----, _E. Emmons's_ Geological Report of, noticed, xxxvi, 26; --iron ore, dikes, ripple marks, 26; height of mountains, 27; variation of the needle, 28, 29. ----, ----, ibid, xl, 81; --iron ores, 81. ----, ----, height of mountains, _E. F. Johnson_, xxxvii, 84. ----, Kedidica Hook range, ii, 187. ----, Franklin Co., Duane, steel ore beds, xlvi, 26. ----, Fredonia gas, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6. ----, Genesee Co., sulphuric acid spring, xxxvi, 10. ----, gypsum in, i, 243; iv, 36; v, 39, 40; xvi, 377; xxxvi, 38, 43. ----, Herkimer Co., calcareous tufa, with impressions of numerous plants, xxxvi, 11. ----, heights in, above the level of the sea, of points in the Palisade range, ii, 184. ----, heights in, above the level of the sea, of Lakes Erie, Ontario, Niagara, Rochester, &c., _C. Dewey_, xxxiii, 122. ----, ----, ---- ----, of Lake Colden, source of Hudson, Essex peak, Mount MacIntyre, Bald peak, Lake Champlain, &c. &c., _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 320. ----, ----, ---- ----, of the country near Chatauque lake, Cayuga lake, Seneca lake, Niagara, Buffalo, Mohawk at Little Falls, Round top, Catskill Mountains, &c. &c., xlv, 16, 17. ----, ----, ---- ----, of Lake Champlain, Skeene's Mountain, Moriah, pass of Schroon Mountain, iron works at MacIntyre, Lake Henderson Outlet, &c. &c., _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 311. ----, ----, ---- ----, of Essex peak, (Mount Marcy,) Mount MacIntyre, Mount Dix, Dial Mountain, _E. Emmons_, xxxvi, 28. ----, ----, ---- ----, of Lyon Mountain, Whiteface Mountain, Mount Marcy, xxxvii, 84. ----, Highlands, outline of the geology of, _A. Eaton_, v, 231. ----, ----, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c., of, _J. Pierce_, v, 26; --minerals, 27; animals, 31; lakes and rivers, 32. ----, ----, geology and mineralogy of, _W. W. Mather_, xxi, 97. ----, hydraulic limestones in, xxxvi, 37, 44; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29. ----, Hudson river, tertiary formations on the borders of, _J. Finch_, x, 227. ----, ---- ----, sources of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 301.^f ----, Jefferson Co., mineralogy of a portion of, _J. B. Crawe_ and _A. Gray_, xxv, 346; Sackett's Harbor, and Watertown minerals, cave, Pillar point heavy spar, 346; Antwerp and Oxbow minerals, 347. ----, Long Island, peat near Newtown, xxxvi, 16. ----, ---- ----, encroach of sea on, xxxvi, 16. ----, ---- ----, boulders of, xxxvi, 20. ----, ---- ----, bricks of, xxxvi, 21. ----, ---- ----, soils and marls of, xxxvi, 21. ----, Lebanon nitrogen springs, viii, 31; xxxvi, 7. ----, Mohawk alluvial deposits, xxiii, 207. ----, New York city, population of, in 1826, x, 398. ----, ---- ----, longitude of, v, 143. ----, ---- ----, longitude of the City Hall, xxxvii, 400. ----, Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, _L. Foot_, iv, 55. ----, ----, _J. Geddes_, xi, 213.^f ----, ----, pressure of the atmosphere, within the cataract of, _B. Hall_, xiii, 364. ----, ----, on the falls, and the reasonings of some authors respecting them, _H. D. Rogers_, xxvii, 326.^f ----, ----, retrocession of the falls, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 204. ----, ----, ibid, _G. E. Hayes_, xxxv, 86, 100. ----, ----, remarks on, _J. Hall_, xxxvi, 49. ----, ----, volume of water, _Z. Allen_, xlvi, 67.^f ----, Onondaga Co., salines, _A. Eaton_, xv, 244. ----, ----, ----, _G. W. Carpenter_, xv, 5. ----, ----, ----, and manufacture of salt at Salina, Syracuse, &c., _S. Smith_, xv, 6. ----, ----, ----, of Salina, _J. Foreman_, xix, 141. ----, ----, ----, from the N. Y. state survey, xxxvi, 2; --analysis of Salina water, 3; composition of different kinds of salt, 5. ----, ----, ----, geological position of, &c., xxxix, 103. ----, ----, ibid, xlii, 228. ----, tufa near Syracuse and elsewhere, xxxvi, 12. ----, Orange Co., mineralogy of _J. Pierce_, v, 30. ----, ----, natural history of, _J. Van Rensselaer_, xiii, 224; --habits of the seventeen-year locust, 224; date of the annual song of the kitty didet, 227; register of the flowering of chesnut trees for eleven years, 228. ----, ----, oolite in, xix, 398. ----, ----, iron beds of, xvii, 203; xlvi, 25, 26. ----, ----, Palisades in, ii, 181; --elevations of points in, 184; Tappan creek, 185; excavation for silver, 185. ----, ----, mineralogy and geology of, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map by Young and Heron, xxi, 321. ----, Portage, evidence of outbreaking of lakes, &c., _J. Hall_, xlv, 329. ----, Rensselaer Co., geological survey of, in progress, iv, 189; --ibid, noticed, v, 203. ----, Rochester, polished limestone of, _C. Dewey_, xxxvii, 240. ----, Rockland Co., inhabitants of, ii, 189. ----, Rockland lake, ii, 186. ----, Saratoga Co., Lake and its environs with Snake Hill, _J. H. Steele_, ix, 1.^f ----, ----, mineral water, analysis of, _J. Steel_, xxi, 182; xxxvi, 8. ----, ----, ---- ----, analysis of, _J. F. Dana_, xxxvi, 8. ----, ----, ---- ----, iodine in, xvi, 217, 242. ----, ----, ---- ----, bromine in, xviii, 142. ----, ----, high rock spring, description of, xvi, 343.^f ----, Schoharie Co., geology and mineralogy of Schoharie in, _J. Gebhard_, xxviii, 172.^f ----, ----, on the strontianite limestone cavern, (Ball's cave) of Schoharie, _C. U. Shepard_, xxvii, 363^f, 368. ----, St. Lawrence Co., mineralogy and geology of, boulders of Labrador feldspar, &c., near Laurentia, _J. Finch_, xix, 220; --minerals of Hammond, Rossie and Gouverneur, 222, 225; Norfolk iron furnace, 226; Potsdam rocks, 226, 227; steatite at Little York, 228. ----, ----, mineralogy of a portion of, (Gouverneur, Rossie, Fowler iron ores, Wilson ore bed, &c.,) _J. B. Crawe_ and _A. Gray_, xxv, 346. ----, ----, from the Geological Report of _E. Emmons_, xxxvi, 23; --size of the county, and rocks of, veins of granular limestone, 23, 24; lead of Rossie, 24; temperature of wells, 25. ----, ----, Rossie lead mine, xl, 76; xlvi, 28. ----, ----, iron ores of, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 25. ----, Suffolk Co., extent of salt marshes of, xxxvi, 16. ----, sulphur springs of, ii, 15; xv, 235; xxxvi, 9; xli, 162. ----, ---- ---- of Avon, xxxvi, 10. ----, ---- ---- ----, analysis of, xxxv, 188. ----, ---- ---- near Massena, St. Lawrence Co., xix, 226. ----, ---- ---- near Buffalo, chemical examination of, xx, 156. ----, ---- ---- along the Hudson, allusion to, viii, 31. ----, ---- ---- near Canandaigua, xxxvi, 10. ----, Sullivan Co., facts relating to diluvial action in, _W. A. Thompson_, xxiii, 243. ----, ----, lead mines, xlvi, 28. ----, Taconic range, section of, to Troy, _C. Dewey_, ii, 246. ----, Troy, geological notice of, iii, 72. ----, ----, gravel near, _A. Eaton_, v, 22. ----, Ticonderoga, graphite of, vi, 178. ----, West Point, geology in the vicinity of, v, 232. ----, ----, fossil infusoria in peat earth, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxv, 118.^f ----, winds of, see _Winds_.

New York, packet ship, struck by lightning, xxxvii, 321.

New Zealand, extent of, and on the changes of population in, xxxv, 315. ---- ----, volcano in, xx, 381.

Newcastle coal field, xxxv, 305.

Newellian sphere, xii, 103.

Newfoundland, meteorological observations at, xxxviii, 265.

Newton's Principia, stereotype edition of, vi, 379. ---- ----, review of, xi, 238; xii, 28, 330; xiii, 311.

Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, iv, 35; xi, 213.^f ----, on the falls of, _H. D. Rogers_, xxvii, 326.^f ---- falls, retrocession of, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 204. ---- ----, ----, _G. E. Hayes_, xxxv, 86, 100. ---- ----, remarks on, _J. Hall_, xxxvi, 49. ----, on the pressure of the atmosphere, &c., within the cataract of, _B. Hall,_ xiii, 364. ---- river, volume of, _Z. Allen_, xlvi, 67.^f

_Nichols, G. W._, popular notices of Mount Washington, xxxiv, 73.

Nickel, a test for potash, xvi, 387. ---- in meteoric stones, see _Meteoric_. ----, new antimoniuret of, xxx, 177. ----, white, or deutarseniuret of, from Reichelsdorf, _J. C. Booth_, xxix, 241. ----, ore, in Connecticut, at Chatham, xxi, 195.

_Nicollet, J. N._, on the cretaceous formation of the Upper Missouri, xli, 180; xlv, 153. ----, drift not accounted for by the glacial theory, xlv, 323. ----, on the mineral region of Missouri, xlv, 340. ----, obituary of, xlv, 404; xlvii, 139.

_Niepce_, photographic processes of, xxxvii, 173, 374.

Niger, mouth of, iv, 373.

Nile, the mouth of, xxviii, 24^f, 28.

Nineveh, ruins of, _A. Smith_, xlix, 113.

Niobium, new metal, xlviii, 400.

Nitrate of lime and of potash, i, 65. ----, of silver, preparation of, v, 348. ----, ----, preparation of pure, xxiv, 370. ----, ----, pure not blackened by sun's rays, xxxv, 298. ----, ----, reduction of, xviii, 400. ----, of soda of Atacama, Peru, xii, 385. ----, ----, of Tarapaca, _A. A. Hayes_, xxxviii, 410; xxxix, 375. ----, ----, of Tarapaca, mode of refining, xliv, 7.

Nitre, origin of, xxviii, 292. ----, native, i, 146. ----, ----, in caves of Kentucky and elsewhere, viii, 323. ----, ----, in Africa, i, 147.

Nitric acid, on fuming, _Mitscherlich_, xx, 185. ---- ----, remarks on its solvent power on metals, _Millon_, xlvii, 191. ---- ----, _J. Liebig's_ new test for, xvii, 176. ---- ----, ibid, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxii, 85. ---- ----, effect on sulphuretted hydrogen, viii, 375. ---- ----, action of, on certain metals, xxxiii, 286. ---- ----, action of, on iodine, xxi, 376. ---- ----, fumes, use of, in pulmonary diseases, xxxvi, 191. ---- ----, eyes of insects reddened by, xxx, 196. ---- ----, and phosphorus, explosion from, xvi, 366. ---- ether, process for, _R. Hare_, xxxiii, 241.^f

Nitrification, theory of, xiv, 385.

Nitrogen, abstracted from the atmosphere by organization, geological proofs of, _L. Vanuxem_, xii, 84. ----, different modes of obtaining, xxviii, 360. ----, apparatus for procuring, _R. Hare_, xiv, 356^f; xxviii, 263.^f ----, mode of preparing, xlix, 195. ----, specific gravity of, xxxv, 298. ----, on the office of, in respiration, _L. C. Beck_, xviii, 52. ----, reduction of metals by, xix, 371. ---- in animal substances, researches relative to, _Macaire_ and _Marcet_, xxiii, 384. ---- ---- ibid, on the determination of, xxviii, 134. ---- ---- ibid, _Bunsen's_ method of estimating, xli, 53. ---- ---- ibid, new method of determining, _Varrentrapp_ and _Will_, xlii, 253^f; xlv, 267. ----, combines with iron and copper, xxiv, 374. ----, phosphuret of, xxviii, 140. ----, combined with boron and silicon, forming combinations analogous to cyanogen, xlvii, 192. ----, chloride of, properties of, _G. S. Serullas_, xviii, 155. ----, new compounds of, (Mellon, Melam, &c.) _J. Liebig_, xxix, 371. ----, gas at Hoosic, N. Y., xv, 234. ----, formation of, in warm springs, _C. Daubeny_, xx, 383. ----, springs in New York, analysis of, xxxvi, 7. ---- ----, see _Springs_.

Nitroline, analysis of, xlix, 204.

Nitrous atmosphere of Tirhoot, xx, 199. ---- ether, new process for, _R. Hare_, ii, 326.^f ---- gas, theory of the action of, in eudiometry, _J. F. Dana_, vii, 338. ---- oxide, effects of, v, 194. ---- ----, condensation of, vii, 355. ---- ----, method of obtaining, _R. Hare_, xvi, 295, 297.^f ----, ----, properties and composition of, xvi, 298.

_Nobili, L._, new thermo-electric piles of, xxviii, 397. ---- and _Melloni_, new experiments on heat, xxiii, 185.

_Noggerath_, on compression of air, xvii, 38.

Nomenclature of minerals, i, 45. ----, chemical, _J. J. Berzelius on_, xxii, 248;--(letter) xxxii, 262. ----, ----, _R. Hare_ on, xxvii, 63; xxxii, 259; xlix, 249. ----, ----, _W. Whewell_ on, xxi, 369. ---- of numbers from ten to twenty, xlvi, 215. ---- of the stars, revision of, under the direction of the British Association, xxxviii, 94; xl, 310; xlii, 147; xliv, 158. ----, zoological, _A. A. Gould_, xlv, 1. ----, ----, remarks on, _S. S. Haldeman_, xlvi, 18. ---- of the Palæozoic strata of the Appalachian basin, xlvii, 154.

_Nooney, J._, on the astronomical operations at Pulkova Observatory,
xlvii, 88.

Nooth's apparatus, a substitute for, _R. Hare_, i, 410.^f

_North, E._, on fuel, xi, 66.

North America, Report on the Zoology of, xxxi, 343, 356, 376.

North American Medical and Surgical Journal, xviii, 203.

North Carolina, basalt, basaltic dikes ("natural walls") and petrifactions of, _J. Beckwith_, v, 1. ----, natural walls of Rowan, xiv, 242. ----, mining district of western part, _J. Peck_, xxiii, 1.^f ----, origin and character of the low country, _E. Mitchell_, xiii, 336. ----, red sandstone of, _D. Olmsted_, ii, 175. ----, rocks and minerals of, _D. Olmsted_, v, 257. ----, geological survey of, in contemplation, v, 202;--_D. Olmsted's_ Report on the Geology of, noticed, xiv, 230. ----, _J. Dickson_ on the mineralogy and geology of, iii, 1. ----, _T. D. Porter_, ibid, iii, 227. ----, gold, miscellaneous notices of, iii, 3; xvi, 360; xvii, 400; xlviii, 398. ----, ----, large mass of, ix, 9. ----, ---- mines of, _D. Olmsted_, ix, 5; xiv, 237. ----, ----, on the mines of, _C. E. Rothe_, xiii, 201.^f ----, ----, on the region of, _E. Mitchell_, xvi, 1.^f ----, remarks on, _J. Peck_, xxiii, 1.^f ----, ----, on the nature of the deposits of, _F. L. Smith_, xxxii, 130. ----, ----, talcose slate, the rock of, _A. Eaton_, xviii, 50. ----, heights of several mountains in, with remarks on their features, (Table Mountain, Roan, Black, Grandfather, Yeates's Knob, Pilot,) _E. Mitchell_, xxxv, 377. ----, temperature of wells and springs, xxxv, 379.

North magnetic pole, revolution of, around the north pole of the earth,
xxix, 352.

North pole and northwest passage, i, 101.

Northern Antiquaries, Society of, xlii, 214.

Northern lights, see _Aurora Borealis_.

Northwest passage, and Greenland ice, i, 101. ---- ----, _I. Lea_, x, 138.

_Northrop, B. F._, fluid in hornstone, vii, 283.

_Norton, W. A._, Treatise on Astronomy by, noticed, xxxvi, 197. ----, on the tails of comets, xlvi, 104.^f

_Norton, J. P._, analysis of Sillimanite, xlvi, 382.

Notices of books, see _Works_.

Nova Scotia, short notice of the minerals of, xii, 176. ----, mineralogy of, _F. Alger_, xii, 227. ----, geology and mineralogy of, _C. T. Jackson_ and _F. Alger_, xiv, 305, with a map; xv, 132^f, 201; xxii, 167. ----, fossils in the iron ore of, xv, 201. ----, scientific excursions to, from Williams College, with an account of the minerals and geology of, xxx, 330.^f ----, fossils and fossil wood of, xxx, 339.^f ----, grindstones, xv, 148; xxx, 338. ----, coal, bituminous, xv, 149. ----, fossil trees, upright in the coal strata of, xlv, 353. ----, gas, from the coal mine of, xxx, 184. ----, coal and gypsiferous formation of, xlv, 356.

Novaculite, or whetstone of North Carolina, v, 262; xiv, 238. ---- in Georgia, xvi, 185. ---- in Ohio, xvi, 374. ---- of Lake Memphremagog, Canada, v, 41, 406.

Nucula, see under ZOOLOGY, _Mollusca_.

_Nugent_, geology of some West India Islands, i, 140.

_Nulty, E._, on formulæ for comets, xxxviii, 160.

Number _five_, the most favorite of nature, xvi, 172.

Numbers, interesting properties of, _G. R. Perkins_, xl, 112. ----, analysis of square, _A. D. Wheeler_, xxv, 87.

Numerical faculties, theory of, vii, 285.

Nutation, new determination of, _Peters_, xlvii, 90.

Nutmeg, in Singapore, xliv, 153.

Nutriment of gelatine, xxii, 197.

Nutritious matter from an acre of land cultivated with potatoes or
wheat, _Eli Ives_, i, 297.

_Nutt, R._, on the origin and extension of prairies, xxiii, 40. ----, observations on the lower part of the Mississippi valley, xxiii, 49.

_Nuttall, T._, plants collected in East Florida, v, 286. ----, serpentine rocks of Hoboken, iv, 16. ----, observations and geological remarks on the minerals of Patterson and the valley of Sparta, N. J., v, 239. ----, reply to _H. Seybert_, vi, 171. ----, Botany of, noticed, xiii, 99. ----, proposed work on birds, xx, 154. ----, ---- ----, noticed, xxii, 178. ----, North American Sylva, noticed, xliv, 194.

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Obesity, xxii, 194.

Obituary of Adam Afzelius, xxxiii, 211. ---- J. Aldini, xxvii, 405. ---- Duke of Atholl, xx, 307. ---- R. Bakewell, xlv, 403. ---- D. H. Barnes, xv, 401. ---- Mark Beaufoy, xxviii, 340. ---- John, Duke of Bedford, xl, 219. ---- Andrew Bell, xxiii, 370. ---- E. T. Bennet, xxxii, 215. ---- J. Bentham, xxiii, 370. ---- Sir Charles Blagden, ii, 344. ---- J. F. Blumenbach, xl, 219. ---- Bode, xv, 177. ---- E. Boethor, of Paris, v, 180. ---- C. Bonnycastle, xl, 375. ---- C. V. de Bonstetten, xxiii, 370, 371. ---- Camille Borghèse, xxiii, 370. ---- N. Bowditch, xxxiv, 220; xxxv, 1.^f ---- G. T. Bowen, xv, 403. ---- S. Breislak, xii, 192. ---- Henry Browne, xx, 307. ---- Archibald Bruce, i, 299.^f ---- Carreno, xliii, 215. ---- G. L. J. Carre, xxiii, 371. ---- Angelo Cesaris, xxiii, 370. ---- J. F. Champollion, xxiii, 371. ---- J. A. Chaptal, xxvi, 127. ---- Chenevix, xx, 305. ---- G. Chilton, xxxi, 421. ---- Chladni, xv, 177. ---- Sheldon Clark, xli, 217.^f ---- J. F. Coindet, xxvii, 404. ---- Condorcet, widow of, vii, 200. ---- Corvisart, of Paris, v, 179. ---- G. Crabbe, xxiii, 370. ---- Wm. Cristy, xl, 219. ---- Allan Cunningham, xl, 219. ---- R. Cunningham, xxxii, 215. ---- G. Cuvier, memoir of, xxiii, 303, 371. ---- Sir Humphrey Davy, xvii, 157^f; review of the labors of, 217. ---- B. Dearborn, xxxviii, 154. ---- A. P. De Candolle, xlii, 217; xliv, 217. ---- R. L. Desfontaines, life and writings of, xxvii, 201. ---- Alberic Deville, xxiii, 371. ---- Simeon Dewitt, xxvii, 395. ---- David Don, xliii, 214. ---- A. Doolittle, xxii, 183. ---- David Douglas, xxx, 196. ---- Auguste Duvau, xxiii, 371. ---- Amos Eaton, xliii, 215. ---- J. P. Emmet, xliii, 404. ---- J. Esmark, xl, 220. ---- Martin Field, xxvi, 204. ---- A. M. Fisher, v, 367.^f ---- Fourier, xx, 174. ---- J. Frauenhofen, xv, 177; xvi, 304. ---- Fresnel, xv, 177. ---- Fuss, xv, 177. ---- Evariste Gallois, xxiii, 371. ---- George Gibbs, xxv, 214. ---- Davies Gilbert, xl, 219. ---- C. Vidua le Gonzano, xxiii, 198. ---- John Gorham, xvi, 400. ---- Prof. Gouan, of France, v, 179. ---- Guillemin, xliii, 214. ---- Frederick Hall, xlv, 404. ---- R. Harlan, xlvi, 216. ---- R. J. Haüy, viii, 362. ---- Sigismund Hernbstadt, xxvi, 402. ---- Frederick Hoffman, xxxiii, 76. ---- Hosack, xxix, 395. ---- François Huber, xxiii, 117. ---- Baron Jacquin, xl, 219. ---- Patrick Keith, xl, 219. ---- George Knox, xv, 189. ---- Don Mariano Lagasca, xl, 219. ---- J. L. Lagrange, xxx, 64; xxxi, 97. ---- Marquis de la Place, xiii, 166; xxv, 1. ---- Lambert, xliii, 214. ---- P. A. Latreille, xxv, 431. ---- Thomas Lawrence, xx, 308. ---- L. Lederer, xliv, 216. ---- Leroux, xxiii, 371. ---- C. Linnæus, xxv, 151. ---- James H. Linsley, xlvi, 216. ---- Martin Lister, xxxvii, 136. ---- Littrow, xl, 220. ---- Wm. Maclure, xxxix, 212; xlvii, 1.^f ---- Sir J. Mackintosh, xxiii, 370. ---- Jared Mansfield, xviii, 208. ---- E. P. Mason, xl, 407; xliii, 381. ---- Wm. Meade, xxv, 215. ---- Prof. Meyen, xl, 219. ---- J. S. Miller, notice of, xx, 300. ---- S. L. Mitchill, xxvii, 149. ---- F. Mohs, xl, 220. ---- Boissel de Monville, xxiii, 371. ---- John Murray, ii, 355. ---- Næff, xxiii, 370. ---- J. N. Nicollet, xlv, 404; xlvii, 139. ---- H. W. M. Olbers, xxxix, 387. ---- B. Oriani, xxv, 186. ---- T. Ornie, xxiii, 370. ---- T. Pennant, xxxvii, 146. ---- Persoon, xxxii, 215. ---- H. Pestalozzi, xiii, 183. ---- William Phillips, xv, 160. ---- M. A. Pictet, x, 179. ---- S. D. Poisson, xl, 220. ---- J. Priestley, xxiv, 28. ---- J. Prince, xxxi, 201.^f ---- C. S. Rafinesque, xl, 221. ---- Ramond, xv, 177. ---- Reichenback, xv, 177. ---- Abel Remusat, xxiii, 371. ---- James Rennell, xx, 304. ---- Stephen Van Rensselaer, xxxvi, 156. ---- La Rochefoucald-Liancourt, xiii, 167. ---- Rodrigues, v, 193. ---- Count Rumford, xix, 28; xxxiii, 21. ---- Thomas Say, xxvii, 393. ---- Scarpa, xxv, 184. ---- L. D. de Schweinitz, xxvi, 218. ---- Schubert, xv, 177. ---- G. S. Serullas, xxiii, 371. ---- Charles Silvertop, xl, 220. ---- Nathan Smith, xvi, 211. ---- Wm. Smith, xl, 219. ---- Smithson, xx, 306. ---- L. Simond, xxxii, 371. ---- G. Spurzheim, xxiii, 356. ---- Sir John St. Aubyn, xl, 220. ---- M. F. de St. Fond, ii, 352. ---- Edward Thomas, xxii, 380. ---- Sir Benjamin Thomson (Count Rumford), xix, 28; xxxiii, 21. ---- John Trumbull, xlvi, 216. ---- Edward Turner, xxxii, 213. ---- Vaucher, xliii, 215. ---- Benjamin Vaughan, xxix, 395. ---- Vigors, xl, 219. ---- Vogel, xliii, 215. ---- Alexander Volta, xv, 67. ---- Eli Whitney, xxi, 201.^f ---- F. P. Wilmsen, xxii, 380. ---- Wollaston, xvi, 216; xvii, 159. ---- Thomas Young, xxii, 232. ---- F. X. Baron de Zach, xxiv, 194.