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Rio Grande, botany and ge- 

 ology near 66, 90-95 



Rutile enclosed in emerald. . . 3 



Saguenay Valley 1-2 



San Carlos mine 94^95 



Sands, iron, concentration of. 7-8, 



14-17 



Sahara 148 



sonorous 148 



Sandstone. 68, 72, 1 17-120, 122-127 

 Sea-salt, influence on decay of 



stone 123 



sickness, treatment by 



trance 64-66 



Seasoning of building-stone. 76-77 

 Separation of red oxide of zinc 



26-35 

 Serpentine as building-stone. . 71 



Shell heaps 141-143 



Shells, land 1 50 



land, distribution in 



West Indies 1 51-154 



Sierra Nevada, glaciation in . . 155 



Silver 94-95 



Singing beach of Manchester. 



147-148 

 Skeletons found at Far Rock- 

 away 140-144 



Slate 72.149-150 



Soapstone at Norwich, Ct. . . 18 



Sonorous sands 147--148 



Sotol whiskey of Chihuahua. 93-94 



Southern Egypt 116 



Specific gravity of amber.... 85 

 Spectrum of Gould's comet ... 20 



Spodumene 25 



Staffa, caves of 3-6, 37 



Stalactites . 39-40 



Staten Island, N. Y., buildings 



of 67-71 



Steam engints, absolute limit 

 to economical expan- 

 sion in I 



Stilbite 89 



St. Lawrence, Devonian fossil 



fishes from i 



Stoneham, Me., minerals from 25 



Subterranean scenery 36 



Sunspots 35 



Surgery, use of trance in 66 



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 Sussex County, N. J., ores and 



minerals 25 



Symbols, alchemical 102-104 



chemical notation ... 53-57 

 Table of chemical characters. 56 



Tephroite .... 34 



Terrestrial molluscs 150-154 



Texas, botany and geology.. 



66, 90-95 

 Theories concerning Great 



Pyramid 114-116 



Tin, indications ot 100 



Titanite 24 



Titanium in iron ores. . . .7, 14, 17 

 Tombstones, durability of. . . . 75 



Topaz ... 25, 42, 100 



Tourmaline 25 



Trachyte 94 



Trance, treatment of sea sick- 

 ness 64-66 



Transit of Venus 51-52 



Trap 71-72 



of Palisades 1 17-120 



Tremolite 149 



Trial of building-stone,methods, 



75-76 



Triassic sandstone 1 17-120 



Trilobite 3, 8, 107 



Triphylite 25,42 



TripHte 25 



Tuscarora Indians 58, 60 



Use of trance in surgery 66 



proposed for alchemical 



symbols 54-5^ 



Utah, iron ores 15 



ozokerite 46 



Venus, transit of 51-52 



Vertebrata, evolution of 64 



Vivianite from New Jersey. . . 13 



Wad 18 



Wasatch range, glaciation in. 155 

 Water, organic matter in . . 1 1 i-i 14 

 Waves, destructive action of. . 4 

 Weehawken tunnel, minerals. 88-90 



Willemite 26-35 



Wohler, Prof. F., memorial of. 2 



Zeolites, '54-155 



Zincite . ., 26-35 



Zinc, red oxide 26-35 



Zircon 3, 25 



