INDEX. 



459 



E. 



Ear of Limnaetis stagnaiis, 130. 



Earth's contraction during cooling, geologi- 

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



crust, thickness of, W. Hopkins, 88. 



Earth, on the figure of, Bessel, 317. 



Ehrenberg, on the sirocco dust that fell at 

 Genoa^May 16, 1846, 423. 



Electric Telegraph, 253. 



Electrical attraction, on the nature and laws 

 of, W. S. Harris, 413. 



Electrolysis, quantity of, as affected by the 



extent of the sectional area of the electro- 

 lyte, 411. 



Equivalent number of Titanium, 103. 

 Ether, inhalation of, 138, 246. 

 Europe, water power of, 145. 

 Exhalation from the lungs of bicarbonate of 

 ammonia, 274. 



Gillespie, W., Manual of Road Making 148. 

 Glass, colored, for glazing Palm house at 



Kew, 431. 

 Glycocoll, E. N. Horsford, 58, 326. 



and alcargene, relations of, T. 5. Hunt, 



108, 266. 



Gray, A., note on Carex loliacea and C. 

 gracilis, 19. 



Grove, W. R., on the quantity of electrolysis 

 as affected by the extent of the section- 

 al area of the electrolyte, 411. 



Gun-cotton, Schonbeiri's patent, 138 



, experiments with, in blasting, T. B. 



Adams, 139. 

 ■, formula of, and some allied compounds, 



140. 



F. 



by 



of, 



F. 



Faraday, M., congelation of mercury, 



virtue of the spheroidal state, 101. 

 Ferridcyanid of potassium, preparation 



Fertilization and nitrification of soils, 

 Kuhlmann, 107. 



Fisheries, resources of Irish, 437. 



Footmarks, two new species in Massachu- 

 setts and Connecticut, E. Hitchcock, 46. 



■ , J. Deane's reclamation relative to a 



species of, 448. 



Foraminifera, D'Orbigny's work on, noticed, 

 452. G y 



, distribution of, 453. 



of Charleston, S. Carolina, 453. 

 Forests, reproduction of, British N. A., J. 



W. Dawson, 161. 

 Fossil shells, distortion of, 111. 



coal plants, from near Richmond, Va., 



G. J- F. Banbury, 114. 



of anthracite, J. E. Tesche- 



macher, 420. 



trees, Bristol, Ct., 116. 



remains from Australia, J. D. Dana, 

 151. 



flora of European 3Iiocene analogous to 

 recent of America, 424. 

 Fungus, phosphorescent, 446. 



G. 



Gambel, W., on Chamaea, a new genus ofj 



birds, 286. 

 Gardening, Dictionary of Modern, by G. V> 



Johnson, 148. 

 Gastric juice, acid reaction of, 102. 

 Gelatine sugar, see Glycocoll. 

 Geological Society of France, extraordinary 



session of, in 1847, 449. 

 — — Journal, London, notice of, 450. 

 Geologists and Naturalists, Association of, 



14< 127. 

 Geology, Elernentarv, by E. Hitchcock, 146. 

 of the Isle of Wight, G. A. Mantell, 

 147, 230. 

 •, C. LyelVs new edition, 147. 



D. T. AnsteaVs works on, noticed, 

 300. 

 Gerhardt, C, Organic Chemistry reviewed, 

 93,171. 



, on the atdtnic volume of some isomor- 

 phous oxyds of the regular system, 405. 



, on the discovery of, C.F. S 'chonbe in, 440. 



, microscopic examination of, 448. 



Gutta percha, 289. 



, E. Soubeiran, 291. 



for modelling, Busk, 432, 

 , pronunciation and etymology of 



the term, 289, 433. 



H. 



Haidinger, W,, on Hauerite, 108. 



Hare, R., on the hydro-oxygen blowpipe, 



and arrangements for fusing Rhodium, 



Iridium, &c, 37. 

 Harris, W. S., protection against lightning, 



430. 

 , on the nature and laws of electrical 



attraction, 413. 

 Harvard, department of Science and Arts, 



founded by Hon. A. Laurence, 146, 294. 

 Hauerite, a new mineral, 108. 

 Heat and Magnetism, relations of, W. A. 



Norton, 1, 207. 



, latent, effect in caoutchouc, and ne- 

 cessity of to elasticity, C. G. Page, 341. 

 — , on the production of light by, J. W. 

 Draper, 388. 



of commencing incandescence, uniform 



for different substances, 3 >. 



Hebe, new planet, discovery of, 286. 



Hncke, discovery of planet Hebe, 286. 



Henn/, Prof. J., observation on the interfer- 

 ence of rays of heat, 148. 



Herrick, E. G\, Auroral belt of April 7, 1847, 



145. 

 Herschel, J. F. W., life of Bessel, 305. 

 Hind, J. R.i discovery of planet Ins, 425. 

 Hints to Young Architects, by Q. Xighlwick, 



noticed, 302, 

 Hitchcock, K., two species of fossil foot- 

 marks, 46. 



, notice of Elementary Geology by, 146. 



trap tuff or volcanic grit of Connecti- 

 cut valley, 199. 

 Homologies of the vertebrate skeleton, R. 



Given, IS3. 



Hooker, Dr. J., on the Diatomaceous vegeta- 

 tion of the Antarctic Ocean, 424. 



Horse's stomach, analysis of concretion 



Horsford, E. N., on glycocoll, 58, 326. 



, Varrentrapp and Wills method fur the 



determination of nitrogen, improved, 267. 

 Hunt, R., on colored glass for glazing green 



houses, 431. 

 , influence of light on growth oi plant*, 



410. 



