INDEX. 



405 



Heights of certain mountains in N. Y., 

 measured trigonometricalJy and baro- 

 metrically, 84, 194, 



Hemlosulphuric acid, 249. 



Heimning's safety-lube, remarks on, 105. 



Herrick, E- C, on the fall of a meteorite 

 in Mo. Feb. 1839, 385. 



the meteor of Dec. 14, 



1837, 130. 



a Northern Lynx ta- 

 ken in Conn., 194. 



shooting stars of Au- 

 gust, 1839, &c., 325, 



velocity of Weston 



meteorite, 132. 



Hewitson, Wm., notice of, 166. 



Hopkins, Thos., on malaria, 196, 



his table of mortality, 

 196. 



Hopkins's mathematical investigations 

 into the condilioa of the earth's inte- 

 rior, 235. 



Hot baths near Tiflis, 349. 



Huebener, A. L., & J. Wolle, their cata- 

 logue of plants, 310. 



Hume, Sir A., biographical notice of, 

 118. 



I. 



Icterus phoeniceus, notice of, 196. 

 Ignition of gunpowder by galvanism, 

 269. 



J. 



Jackson, Dr. C. T., his account of Beau- 

 montite, a new mineral, 398. 



analysis of Indian 

 pipe-stone, (Catlinite.) 394. 



his geological re- 

 port of Maine, noticed, 376. 

 Jay, Dr. J. C, his Catalogue of shells, 

 noticed, 401- 



Jenyns, Rev. Leonard, notice of, 165. 



Johnson, E. P., on heights of certain 

 mountains in N. Y., 84, 194. 



Journal of Essex Co. Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 noticed, 187. 



London Statistical Soc, no- 

 ticed, 189- 



K. 



Knox, L. L., observations on meteors of 

 August 10, 3-29. 



Kuhlmann, on action of spongy plati- 

 num, 198. 



L. 



Larned, Rev. W. A., translation of Ber- 



zelius on meteoric stones, 93. 



Latanium, a new metal, 193. 



Leather electrically excited by friction, 

 197. 



Lepidolite, (rose mica) analysis of, 361. 



Lethaea Geognoslica of Prof. Bronn, no- 

 ticed, 369. 



Liatris, new species of, 338. 

 Lightning, effects of, on packet ship New 



York, 321. 



magnetizing powers of, 322. 

 Limestone, polished of Rochester, N. Y., 



240. 



Limulus Polyphemus, remarks on, 27. 



Linnaeus, notice of, 142. 



Linsley, Rev. Jas. H.^ notice of Icterus 



phoeniceus, 195. 

 Linsley, Rev. Jas. H,, notice of Vesper- 



tilio pruinosus, 195. 

 Lister, Martin, notice of, 136- 

 Lizards in Chalk, 402. 

 Longitude of New York, determined 



chronometrically, 400. 



Lunar origin of meteoric stones, suppo- 

 sed, 94. 



Lynx, Northern, taken in Connecticut, 

 194. 



M. 



Maclure, Wm., his munificent donations 



to science, 399. 

 Magnetical observaiions, scheme for, 



198. 

 Magnetism, terrestrial, remarks on, by 



J. Hamilton, 100. 

 Magneto-electric multiplier, by Dr. C- 



G. Page, 275. 

 Maine, Dr. Jackson*s geological report 



on, noticed, 376. 

 Malaria, effects of water in generating, 



196. 

 Mallet, Robt. on use of light of burning 



coke in photography, 368. 

 Marble, yellow transparent, of Tabriz, 



355. 

 Marsupial remains in Stonesfield slate, 



discussion concerning, 228. 



Mastodon, remains of, in Missouri, 191. 



Medal, New Haven centennial, descri- 

 bed, 287. 



Medals and coins, remarks on, 285. 



Megatherium, nature of its covering, 

 371. 



Mercury, sulphuret of, not found in 

 Michigan, 135. 



Metal 



1 



192. 



new, discovered by Mosander, 





Meteor of December 14, 1837, 130. 



Meteoric iron from Potosi, 190. 

 Meteorite of Weston, velocity of, 139. 



Meteorites, fall of, in South Africa in 

 1838, 190. 



Meteorites, fall of, in Missouri, Febru- 

 ary, 1839, 385. 



investigations concerning, 

 by Berzelius, 93. 



Meteorological observations in Colom- 

 bia, 1. 



Meteors of August 9 and 10, 1839, 325. 



Nov. 13 and 14, 1838,372. 

 Mica, analyses of, 361. 



Mica containing potash and lithia, 356. 



