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INDEX. 



Magnetic pole, Southern, Ross, 17. 



relations of optic axes of crystals, 430. 



Magnetism of the earth, \Y. A. Norton, 35. 

 216,350. 



heat produced by, W. R. Grove, 266. 



manual of, by D Davis, noticed, 308. 



Maize, J. H. Salisbury, 307. 



Manganese, phosphates of, 111. 



Manual of British Marine Alg®, by W- H. 



Harvey, 453. 

 Mansfield, C. B., liquid hydrocarbons for 



illumination, 109. 

 Marcet, action of chloroform on sensitive 



plant, 115. 

 Marchand, on picric acid, 108. 



analysis of waters of Dead Sea, 444. 



Margaric acid, composition of, 270. 

 Margnratinic acid, L. Saalmiiller, 263. 

 Marshall and Bartram, Memoirs of, by W. 



DarUngUm, noticed, 456. 

 Mason ite, 272. 

 Maury, M. F., circular relating to the Astro- 



nom- Exped. to Chile, noticed, 303. 

 Meudipite, analysis of, 127. 

 Mercury, native antimonite of, 127. 



in the Tyrol, 275. 



Mesitine, 121. 



Metals, conducting powers of, 185. 

 Metallurgy, ancient, in Britain, 96, 258. 

 Meteorite of Arva, 439. 

 Meteors, see Shooting Stars. 

 Meteorology, Introduction to, by D. P. 



Thomson, noticed, 305. 

 , W. ReiaVs new work on storms, noticed, 



455. 





I 



. changes of wind, mean amount of 

 clouds, mean temperature, &c, 42 et scq.. 

 218, amount of dew, 220. 



Mica, some species of, B. Siliiman, Jr., 377. 



Minerals, Albite of Pa., 389; Algerite, 103 ; 

 Antimonite of Mercury, 127; Arkansite, 

 274; Babingtonite in Massachusetts, 275 

 Bagrationite, 126; Baierine,27i ; Bismuth, 

 telluric, 127; Bodenite, 124; Boltonite, 

 391; Brrwsterite, 123; Brookite in N. 

 C, 275; Bucholzite, 387; Chloritoid, 123, 



27*; • riliriflrmamfa 3«t3 • Cnnha. KL.,1- 



, ^ — — ^ . y — - y 



272; Clingmanite, 383; Copper, black 

 oxyd of, 273; Copper blende, 127; Cop- 



123; Epi.stilb.te, 123; Eukolite. 



Epidote, 



126 ; Euphyllite^Sl ; Fibrolite', 3 ; Gis- 

 mondine, 122; Glaucophane, 123; Glinkite, 



121; Gold of California, 128, 449; of Aus- 

 tralia, 290; Harmotome, 123; Heulandite, 

 122; Humite, 123; I lydrosilicate of Alu- 

 mina, 122; Indianite, 391; Lardite, 121; 

 Mason i to, 272; Mendipite, 127; Mercury, 



in the Tyrol, 275; Mesitine, 121; new |iaillir(lll . ju.v,^,,^.,,..., -■ 

 Micas, 378 ; Monazite in N. C, 275 ; Mo- Patent Office Report for 18 48, noticed, 456 

 nazitoid, 125 ; Monrolite, 3 ; Muramon- IVctolite and osmelite identical, 123. 



130 ; Talc of Rhode Island, 122 ; Telluric 

 Bismuth, 127 ; Tin of Banca, 291 ; Topaz 

 in N. C.,275 ; Unionite, 384 ; Uralorthite, 

 125: Volknerite, 122 ; Wavellite in Geor- 

 gia, 275 ; Yttrotantalite,126 ; Zygadite, 124. 



Minerals, formation of, Senarmont, 421. 



Mineralogy of J. INicol, noticed, 159. 



Mining, ancient, in Britain, 96,258. 



Mohr's, Pharmacy, noticed, 150. 



Monazite in N. Carolina, 275. 



Monazitoid, anew mineral, 125. 



Monrolite, a new mineral, 385. 



Mvrdecai, A., Experiments on Gunpowder, 



noticed, 309. 

 Morton, S. G., on a new Hippopotamus, 152. 

 .Mounds of Kentucky, E. G. Squier, 1. 

 Mountain, peaks of Himalaya, 133. 

 Mud of the Nile, 275. 

 Muramontite, a new mineral, 125. 

 .Mycology of N. America, M.A. Curtis, 401. 



IN. 



Neolite, a new mineral, 123. 



Neo-macropia, 443. 



Nereis Australis, by W. H. Harvey, noticed, 



453. 



Nickel, extraction of, at Birmingham, 112. 



arsenical, of Oelsnitz, 128. 



arsenio-sulphuret of, 128, 



Niobite, 126. 



Nicol, J., Mineralogy of, noticed, 159. 



Niepce, mode of copying engravings, 293. 



Nile, mud of, 275. 



Nitric acid, anhydrous, 270. 



Nitrogen, liquid protoxyd of, 113. 



Nitrous acid, decomposition of aniline by, 

 372. 



Noad, on Chemical analysis, noticed, 151. 



Norton, W. A , diurnal variations in the dec- 

 lination of the magnetic needle and in the 

 inten.-ity of the horizontal and vertical 

 magnetic forces, 35, 216, 350. 



Numbers, theory of, J. B Luce, 55. 



Nuttallite, analysis of, 394. 



O. 



< tabes's herbarium of plants, 293. 



I Jbituary notice of J. T. Ducattl, 146. 



of Lesueur, 189. 



of G. W. \\h,stkr,294. 



— — of J. W. Dobereiner, 450. 



of W. F. Erichson, 450. 



of L. F. W. A. Seebeck, 450. 



Ord, G., memoir of Lesumr, 189. 

 Osmelite and pectolite identical, 123. 

 Owen, on the nature o[ Limbs, 152. 



P. 



Page, C. G., on galvanic light, 146. 

 Pancreatic juice, Bernard, on, 140. 



tite, 125; Neolite, 121; Nickel ores, 128; 

 Niobite, 127; Nuttallite, 394; Pectolite, 



123; Phillippsite, 12-4; Pbtomettte, 121; 



Pitchblende, 126; Platinum in California, 

 294; Pliniane, 127; Plumbic ochre, 420 ; 

 Pyrophyllite, 122, 274; Kandanite, 121; 

 Rutile in N. C, 274; Schreibersite and 

 Shepardite, 440 ; ISillimanite, 386 ; Stan- 

 nine, 127 ; Steatite, 122 ; Stercorite, 129, 





Pharmacy, A/oAr's, noticed, 150. 



Phiih/>s, J , on Ancient Metallurgy in Brit- 

 ain, %, 25S. 

 Phiilippsitc, identity of, with gismondine,l~*- 



Phosphates of manganese, 111. 



Phosphate and pyrophosphate of lime, 11*. 



of lime in bones, 410. 



in greensand and marl, 422. 

 of copper, native, 127. 





