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INDEX, 



Brocklesby, J., supernumerary rainbows, 429. [ 

 Brontozoum, 50. 



Brumley, R. T., beaver in Alabama, 285. 

 Bull, B. TJ 7 ., chemical examination of several 



waters from Hartford, Ct., 385. 

 Bunbury, C. J. F., coal plants from near 



Richmond, Va., 114. 



Burr, E. F., theory of transit corrections, 

 258. 



C. 



Cactus at Kew, weighing a ton, 251. 

 Caoutchouc, singular effect of latent heat, C. 

 G. Page, 341. 



Cape de Tern's, notes on, 123. 



, recent volcanic eruption at, 146. 





Connell, Prof., on sulphato-chlorid of cop- 

 per, a new mineral, 415. 

 ontinents, origin of features of, 92. 



Contraction of earth during cooling, geologi- 

 cal effects of, J. D. Dana, 88. 



Copper, mass of native, Lake Superior, F. 



Shepherd, 115. 



ores, reduced by electricity, 276. 



, smelting, 292. 



, sulphato-chlorid of, a new mineral, 



415. 



Corals, tertiary, on some species of, in reply 

 to Mr. Dana, W. Lonsdale, 357. 



, , , in reply to Mr. Lonsdale, 



J. 1). Dana, 359. 



Cotton, detection of, in linen, 106. 



Crowe, Ithamar B., obituary notice of, 300. 



Crystallogenic attraction identical with co- 

 hesive attraction, 364. 



Crystals, forms and polarity of molecules of, 



J. D. Dana, 367. 

 , origin of secondary planes, J. D. Dana, 



372. 



Carbon, compounds of iron with. Karsten, 

 104. 



Carey, J., on three new Carices and a new 



Rhynchospora, 22. 

 Carex loliacea and C. gracilis, A. Gray, 19. 

 Carices, three new species, J. Carey, 22. 

 Cartography, C. Dewey, 343. 

 Casein, 403. 



Cassin, J., on the Cymindis Wilsonii, 285, 

 Chaltis, Prof., new theory of the polarization 

 of light, 412. 



Chamgea, a new genus of birds, 17. GambeL 



286. 



Chambers, R., ancient sea margins, 323. 

 Chemistry, Organic, of Gerhardl, reviewed, 



"' physiological, facts in, J. Liebig, 135, -Dana, J. D., general review of the geologi 



2 ^8. cal effects of the earth's coolings from a 



- — -9 



, origin of cleavage of, J. D. Dana, 378. 



, effects of tension in, on polarization, J. 



Z>. Dana, 369. 

 Cymindis Wilsonii, a new bird, J. Cassin, 285. 



D. 



Daguerreotype plate, different properties of 

 rays on, A. Claudet, 409. 



for copying microscopic objects, 411. 



1 



. , Prof Mulder, 402. 



Cleavage, on slaty, D. Sharps 110. 

 Coal and iron in India, 109. 



field, near Richmond, Va., C. Lycll, 113. 



plants from near Richmond, Va., C. J. 



F. Bunbury, 114. 



pits, acetate of lime formed in, 275. 



Cobalt, reparation of, from manganese, 271. 



, oxyd of, with brown hematite, Chester 



Ridge, Pa., 281. 



Cohesive attraction, on certain laws of, J. D. 



Dana, 364. 



Coke, diamonds converted into, 409. 

 Colored glass, for glazing Palm house at 

 Kew, 431. 



Columba, new species of, from Mexico, G. A. 

 M'CVi//, 421. 



Columbite, large crystal, purchased by the 



Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct., 

 449. 



state of igneous fusion, 88. 

 — , fossil shells from Australia, 151. 

 , observations on some tertiary corals de- 



scribed by Mr. Lonsdale, 359. 

 , on certain laws of cohesive attraction 



364. 



, on the acid in the North American, //. 



Rose, 463. 



Comet, new, July, 1847, 287, 426. 

 of May 7, 1847, 426. 



of Oct. 1, 1847, 426. 



, forms and polarity of molecules, 365. 

 , origin of secondary planes, 372. 

 , origin of cleavage, 378. 



, observations on molecules, 382. 



Darlington's Agricultural Botany, 451. 

 Datura sanguinea, effects of, 446. 

 Da»i*, E. H., publications by, on Indian 

 mounds, under the Smithsonian Institution, 

 438. 

 Dawson, J. W., reproduction of forests m 



British North America, 161. 

 Deane, J., observation on a fossil footprint, 



448. , 



Detonating compounds formed with nitric 



acid, on sugar, dextrine, &c, A. boorero, 



274. 

 Dewey, C, on Cartography, 343. 

 Diamonds converted into coke, 409. 



r \ * • i ^^*' ^"- Lfiamonus convercea mio con*?, v • 



of August 11, 1847, M. Schweizer, 426. Diatomaceous vegetation of the Antarctic 



Compound radicals, objections to theory of, 



Compression and distortion of fossils, 111. 



Concentric aggregations, cause of, 379. 



Concretion from a horse's stomach, analysis 

 of, 274. 



Concretionary structure, cause of, 379. 

 Condor of the Cordillera, 447. 

 Congelation of mercury, by virtue of the 

 spheroid: state, 101. 



c^m VaUey> lmP tUff 0fi * HUd 



\V. 



Ocean, J. Hooker, 424. 

 Dictionary of Modem Gardening, I* 



Johnson, 148. /_ 



Diphanite, a new mineral, 277. - tt 



Dodo, and allied birds, on the history oi, *«• 



E. Strickland, 422. aQa 



D'Orbigny, A., on the Orbitolina, 2» 



, on Foraminifera, noticed, 452. 



Draper, J. W., on the production ot lign* D > 



388 



Lak. 



perior, F. Shepherd, 282 



penor, t. shepherd, ZuZ. „ * . tig 



Dutlon, T. R., basalt of Lake Superior, U* 



