IXDEX TO VOLUME XXIX 



A. 



Acid, prussic, apparatus for obtaining, 



244. 

 Agassiz's " Researches on fossil fish/' 



363. 

 Alum shale of Englandj piesiosaurus in. 



3G4. 

 Americas, Rafinesque's histoiy of, 394. 

 Ammelid, 373. 

 Ammeline, 373. 



Analysis of commercial pota?^h, 266. 

 deutarseniuret of nickel, 241 



the water of the " white Sul- 

 phur," 95. 



AndeSj ancient race of men in, 358. 



Animal bodies, new mode of preserving. 

 359. 



Argillaceous iron ore in Ohio and Ken- 

 tucky, 126. 129, 134, 135. 137, 139- 



Asbestos, fibrous blue, from South Afri- 

 ca, 233. 



Assay of ores of manganese, 374. 



Aurora borealis, 348, 388. 



B. 



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Eache, Prof A. D., on meteors of Nov. 

 13, 1834, 383. 



Baltic, gradual rising of countrie-saround 

 the, 3G3, 



Beck, Prof. L. C, on Commercial Pot- 

 ash of the Stale of New York, 2fi0. 



Belemnites, found in certain strata, 351. 



Berzelius, Prof., ou rising of land around 

 the Baltic, 363. 



Birds, American, 291. 



in Fulton Market, New York, 293. 



remains in strata of Tilgate for- 

 est, 362. 



trades in new red sandstone. Masii. 





307. 



Bituminous coal deposits in Ohio, 1, 39. 



50, 123. 



in Pennsylva- 

 nia, 64, ^, 77, 147. 



Blake, Eli W., on the theory of the re- 

 sistance of fluids, 274. 



Booth, Jas. C, on deutarseniuret of nick- 

 el of Riechelsdorf, Hes.sia, 241. 



Botanical specimens wanted, 393. 

 Botany, new w^orks on, 167. 

 Breccia, calcareous, 43. 

 British Association, Proceedings of the 

 fifth meeting, 347, 366. 



Vol. XXIX.— No. 2. 



British Association, Reportof the fourth 



meeting, 355. 

 Browne, D. J., physical observations on 



board ship Erie, between New York 

 and Rio Janeiro, 237. 

 Burrh millstone deposit in Ohio, 142. 



C. 



Cabinet of minerals. Baron Lederer's, 

 for sale, 392. 



Cannel coal in Ohio. 39. 



F 



Caricography, Prof. Dewey on, 245. 

 Carson, Alan W., on currents in water, 



340. 



Cast iron, hot blast in production ofj 356. 



Champion, Rev. George, on topography, 

 scene I y, and geology of the region 

 around Cape of Good Hope, 230. 



Chemistry, new works on, 167. 



Chlorine and hydrogen, explosive reac- 

 tion of, in solar rays. 243. 



Chronometers of Parkinson & Frod- 

 sham, 297. 



Climate of the vallej^ of the KenawLa, 

 89. 



Coa!, cannel, in Ohio, 39. 



Coal deposits^ bituminous, in the valley 

 of Ohio, I, 123. 



^ in Meig's co. 



Ohio, 50. 



Coal deposits on Monongahela river, 64. 



of Pennsylvania, 77. 



of Pittsburgh, 68. 



at the soJines of Kenawha, 



104. 



at Wheeling, 80 



Coal measures in Kentucky, 140. 



in Tennessee, 141. 



Coal plants, 105. 



Cool, use of, in steam engines, 351, 



Coins and medals, ir>6. 



Color of the ocean, 240. 



^ sky, 239. 



Comet, Halley's, observed at Y;ile Col- 

 lege, 155. 

 Conrad's new work on Naiades, 391. 

 Copperas, mnnufartnre of, 126. 

 Copper ores, roasting ol', 374. 

 Currents in water, 340. 



D. 



Day, Mr. HenryN., on a new^ mode of 



preserving animal bodies, by petrifac- 

 tion, 359. 



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