CONTENTS OP VOLUME VIII. 



NUMBER XXII. 



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by T. S. Hunt, of the Geological Commission of Canada : 

 including a description of the Mineral, by F. Alger, Esq. 

 (Read before the Boston Society of Natural History, by 



John Bacon, Jr., M.D.) 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



Page. 

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Art. I. A Monograph of the Ancient Monuments of the State of 

 Kentucky ; by E. G. Squier, - 



Notice of, and citations from a Voyage of Discovery and Re- 

 search in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the 

 years 1839-43, by Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., 

 Knt., D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S., etc., - 



III. On Ancient Sea Margins ; by R. Chambers, Esq., 33 



IV. On the Diurnal Variations in the Declination of the Magnetic 

 Needle, and in the Intensities of the Horizontal and Vertical 

 Magnetic Forces; by Prof. William: A. Norton, - - 35 



V. On the Theory of Numbers ; by J. B. Luce, ... 55 



VI. Review of M. Tuomey's Final Report on the Geological Sur- 

 vey of South Carolina, presented to the Boston So. Nat. His- 

 tory, May 2d, by ThoxMAs S. Bouve, - - - 61 



VII. Some Observations upon Emulsine and its Composition ; by 



74 



VIII. Observations on Terraces ; by Ja.mes D. Dana, - - 86 



IX. On some principles to be considered in Chemical Classifica- 



tions ; by T. S. Hunt, 89 



X. Thoughts on Ancient Metallurgy and Mining in Brigantia 



and other parts of Britain, suggested by a page of Pliny's 

 Natural History ; by John Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., 96 

 XL Chemical Examination of Algerite, a new mineral species ; 



103 



Chemistry and Physics. — On the Fatty Acids of Cistor Oil, hy M. Saalmuller, 

 106.— On Taurine and a substance isomeric with it, by J. Rkdtenbacher: On 

 Carbothialdine, a new organic base, by Prof. J. Kehtenbacher nml Prof. J. 

 Liebig, 107.— On the action of Chlorine upon Benzoftte of Potash, by E. St. 

 Kvre: On the identity of Picric, Nitrophmisic and Chrysolepic Acids, 108. 

 On the analysis of some of the Sulphur Acids, by MM Fonnos and Gems i 

 Ink for Steel Pens, by M. Runge: On the Application of Liquid Hydrocar- 

 bons to Illumination, by C. B. Mansfield, lOih— On a new acid of Sulphur, 



by MM. Pordos and Gelis : On a new Borate of Soda, by Dr. P. BoLIXY, 110. 



Solubility ofChlorid of Silver in Hydrochloric Acid: Analysis of Phosphates 

 of Manganese, by M. VV. Heintz, 111. — Phosphate and Pyrophosphate of lime, 

 by VV. Baer : Process of extracting Nickel and Cobalt followed in a Manufac- 



