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ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 



United States' steamer Susquehanna, 

 Universal sun-dial, 

 Unnoticed kind of abnormal vision, 

 Urine, production of sugar in, by wound- 

 ing the brain, 

 Use of autesthetic agents, 

 " of colored glasses in fogs, 

 " of gutta-percha in electrical insula- 

 tion, 



" of parachutes in mines, 

 Uses of benzole, 

 Valerianate of morphia, 

 Valley of the Connecticut, fossil remains 



in the, 



" " terraces of the, 



Vanadium in the copper of Lake Su- 

 perior, 



Variation-compass, self-determining, 

 Variation of a vessel from her course, 



machine to indicate the, 

 Variations, barometric, in India, 



" diurnal, of the magnetic 



needle, 



Vegetation, action of light on, 

 Velocity of a ship, instrument for meas- 

 uring, 

 " of electrical waves, 



of light, proved by experiment, 

 Vermont, fossil elephant in, 



" " whale in. 



Vertical-dipping paddle-wheel, new, 

 Villeroi, M., 

 Violitter, M., 



Vision, abnormal, unnoticed kind of, 

 Vohl, H , 



Volatilization of carbon, 

 Volcanoes no safety-valves, 

 Volcano, eruption of, in Java, 



" k - in New Grenada, 



Volger, M., 

 Voltaic arc, experiments with the light 



of the 



" ignition, 

 Wa-ions and carts. 

 Wall-paper, improved machine for mak- 



Walker, Mr., 110, 124, 



Ward, W. S., 



Wardinsky, Count de, 



Warfare, novel mode of, 



Warren, Ur. J. C., 



Washington, Mount, flora of, 



Water, action of, on lead pipes, 



" fresh, on beaches and islands, 



" friction of, 



" manganese in, 



" of Dead Sea, analysis of, 



34 



66 



149 



174 



105 

 149 



112 



08 

 190 

 18.0 



282 

 2-29 



262 

 44 



70 

 347 



135 

 144 



69 



109 



145 



286 



285 



32 



43 



M 



141) 



207 



196 



232 



234 



234 



154 



10G 

 108 

 100 



50 

 325 

 120 

 29 

 47 

 313 

 295 

 199 

 247 

 154 

 202 

 200 



Water of Dead Sea, buoyancy of, 161 



of Friths of Forth and Clyde, 



fluorine in, 201 



" of German Ocean, 201 



" of towns, 204 



" organic matter in, 202 



" salt, distillation of, 99 



" sea, carbonate of lime in, 201 



" telescopes, Norwegian, 75 



" thermometer. 160 



" wheel, large,' 32 



Waters of the Northern Lakes, rise and 



fall of, 245 



Water- proof cloth, 102 



Water-spout, 350 



Waves, electrical, velocity of, 309 



Wealth, mineral, of Japan, 265 



Weather, prognostications of, 349 



Weaving carpets, loom for, 53 



Well, Artesian, at Charleston, S. C., 251 

 Whale, fossil, in Vermont, 285 



Whales, best locality for, 158 



Wheat and flour, experiments on, 180 



" mode of determining the value of, 182 

 " to detect the flour of Indian corn 



in, 186 



water in, 181 



Wheeling, suspension bridge at, 13 



Wheels, car, 42 



Wliishaw, Mr., 48 



Whistle, air, 70 



Whistler, George W., 34, 39 



White, zinc, in painting, 214 



Whitney, J. D., 261, 263 



Wild animals, skeletons of, after death, 287 

 Wilson, Charles, 49 



Wilson, Dr. G., 201 



Williamson, Mr., 217 



Winans, Ross, 36 



Winds and currents, Lieut. Maury on, 155 

 Wire as a substitute for lath, 63 



Wool from Abyssinia, 322 



" new machine for spinning, 51 



Woven iron, 78 



Wrought-iron, method of soldering cast- 

 iron with, 89 

 Wyman, Dr. Jeffries, 315, 326, 329 

 Dr. M., 189 

 Yeas and nays, machine for taking, 50 

 Young mammalia, zoological character 



of, 324 



Zinc mines of New Jersey, 263 



" cast, in decoration, 89 



" new method of amalgamating, 90 



" to, copper and brass, 90 



Zinc-white, in painting, 214 



Zoological character of young mammalia, 324 



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