INDEX. 
Longitudes —— by meteors, 372. 
several places in the U. s., 
368. 
Loomis, Elias, astronomical observations, | 
361. 
n magnetic variation and dip in 
the U. 8, Dade chart,) 41. 
t of Hudson observatory, 
Lycopodium, fall of, in a shower of rain, 
M. 
Machinery, clea excited in, 134. 
Maclure, Wm., 0 of, 7 395. 
Magwatie chart of the 
di 
eee teh machin 
Maltby, J., tornado in Not thfor d, 384. 
— Wonders of Gatien notice 
Mapes's American Repertory, notice of, 
Martin, ete on central forces, 262. 
Mastodon oth of, des _ pat 
Matter, infinite divieibility os 
Mengite ets with Elorcrdsite, 249. 
Meteoric fire 
Meteorite of Missouri, a of, 254, 
Meteors 
Me eyen’s New System of Vegetable 
hysiology noticed, 
Microse vi. owen Society "of London, 203. 
Mineral, s d new species, 357. 
Mineral, e0 lhetions of for sale, 199. 
m New Holland, notice of, 
157. 
Mitchell, Wm., on auroral belt, 383. 
Monazite pete oS ith Edwardsite, 249. 
pao _ 
Montguitiery: eath of, in attack 
on Quebec, Tramball’s painting of, 
223. 
Moodus noises at E. Haddam, 336. 
N. 
Naiades, habits of, 164. 
“= Holland, notice of minerals from, 
New York, Gunes Survey of, 95. 
f, 388. 
North ieee vie, by Torrey and 
Gray, noticed, 198. 
O’Brien on case of transpiration, 400. 
Observatory at ir n, Ohio, 361. 
Olbers, wt 
Ortho, 
of, 1a” 
403 
P. 
’)\Page’s entomological cabinet for sale, 
Paine’s Medical Commentaries noticed, 
Painting’. Trumbull Gallery of at Yale 
Parkeli’ de cuties 
of, 61. 
a , So uth, native nitrate of soda in, 
Pee oil well, 195. 
1 ean battle of, painted by Trum- 
0. , 231. : 
bull 
Q. 
Quartz, rhombohedral, from New Hol- 
land, 161. 
R. 
Renwick’s applications of mechanics 
noticed, 211. 
Riddell, J. o om Hog Wallow Prairies 
of Tex 
ogers, i. D, on a new chemical com- 
pound, 
ose, G. on identity of Edwardsite and 
‘Mosssite, 249. 
— on Statistical Inquiry, noticed, 
Russell J. L. on cryptogamia of Chelms- 
ford, 183. 
s. 
ee Geo. C. on meteors of August, 
Shells, ‘fossils from North Carolina, 387. 
ecies pa ibed, 373. 
Shepard, Ct . analysis f Missouri me- 
teorite, 254. 
identity of Edwardsite and 
Monazite, 249. 
supposed new mineral, 
357. 
Shooting Stars of Aug. 9 and 10, 1840, 
Sicbold’ s Flora Japonica noticed, 175, 
— remarks on phren ology, 67. 
Smith, — on electricity in ma- 
Snell E-$ 
r, 36. 
es ‘mean temperature of the 
Scviaty, microscopical, of London, 203. 
of = 
anufactures, &e. , 397. 
Am 
Philos., sme of, 
nitrate of, native, 
337, 
“Fnalich, proposed reforms Sphehe supposed new ‘iain allied to, 
