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CONTENTS. 



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., 



Km., D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S., etc., 



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

 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, 

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



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 Thomas S. Bouve, ..---> 



VII. Some Observations upon Emulsine and its Composition ; 

 B. W. Bull, ........ 



VII L Observations on Terraces ; by James D. Dana, 



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



tions ; by T. S. Hunt, ....... 



X. Though 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., 

 Chemical Examination of Algerite, a new mineral species; 

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

 including a description of the Mineral, by F. Alger, 1 q. 

 (Read before the Boston Society of Natural History, by 



John Bacon, Jr., M.D.) 



Page. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



Chemistry and Physics.— On the Fatty Acids of Castor Oil, by M. Saalhulleh, 

 1C6. — On Taurine and a substance isomeric with it, by J. Redtjenbacher : On 

 Carbothialdine, a new organic base, by Prof. J. Reotenbacher and Prof. X 

 LtKBiG T 107- — On the action of Chlorine upon Benznate of Potash, by I St. 

 Evre: On the identity of Fieri* rophenisic and Chryaol Acids, 108.-— 



On the analysis of some of the Sulphur Acids, bi MM. Fori>os and Gelis : 

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

 bons to Illumination, by C B. Mansfield, 109.— On a new acid of Sulphur, 

 by MM. Fgrdos and Gelis : On a new Borate ©1 la, I Dr. P. Bollev, 1 10- 

 — 'liability < hlurid of Silver in Hydro hi one Ai f Phosphates 



of Ma ineae, by M. W. Hf.int/, 111. — Ph ■ ph and Pyrophosph* Hime, 

 by W. Haer : Process of extracting Nickel rid Cobalt 1 lov d in a Man 

 lorj t Birmingham, h VI. 1 yet, 112 



M. Dtmas M ... — On a new Prod -| 



Bti and K. Diesel, 1 14.— On ihe Action of Chloroform on the Sens! ti e 

 PI nt (M rm i pudiea), by Profeaaor Mattes? of Gel va, 115, — Ana the 



Water of the s mean on the Coast f Fr r: Impurity ol ameretal 



8r ,11 — Metl d of I Iderir.g i n-iron with wrought- iron : H ofSil- 



(F(JT remainder of Contents f see third p c of Cover.) 



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