The next No. of this Journal will be published on the first of J 
CONTENTS. 
a ime On ne of Level in the Pacific Ocean by 
ANA 
XxX. On: Soleil’s Gace ianidetas 3 by W. P. re ELL, AB., - 
XXI. “ose ag on some Mounds on the Tensaw River by. 
ee 
| XXU. On =  Phosphorescene of some Marine Invertebrata by 
E A 
| XXUI. On 1 the sansitai whether Temperance deteriihoas the” 
_ Distribution of Marine ee of Animals in oe go. by 
James D. Dana, - i 
. Reéxamination o rican Minseile: Part 1.—Em- 
erylite ; oe ice indie Mica; Unionite; Kerolite; 
Bowenite ;, Williamsite ; Lancasterite ; Hydro-magnesite 3 
Magnesite: by Professor J. Lawrence Smitu, M.D., and 
H.. oe 
; SEV. ‘A Consideration of some of ‘the Picuomesis ‘ic Laws of 
| Sound, and their application in the Construction of Buildings” 
| = eli apa for Musical Effect ; by J. B. Urnam, M.D., a 
XXXVI. iderations on the Theory of Chemical Chanees beer 
on Eaaivaloct Volumes ; by T. S. Hunt 
_ XXVIL New and ready method of determining the " Alkalies in 
Minerals: Part 1—The Quantitative Determination of the 
Alkalies in the silicious minerals not soluble in Acids: with 
a note ona ine method of forming the Pro nye of Nitto 
- gen; by Prof. J. Lawrence Smirn, M. 
XXVIII. Pdali of a Meteorological Journal kept at Mariela 
a ane for the Year 1852; S. P. Hitpre i. 
IX. Ona probably new element with teideumnie and Platiowm, 
from California; by Dr. F. A 
~ On the Causes which may 
- Brief New. 
Nyeigincen, potredhcrn collected in ‘Texa an nd “New * 
wg ARLES Wricut, Esq., under We direction © 
asi by Asa Ciedx, M.D., 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
sCatrempondence of M. J. Nicklés: On Foucault's New 4 
experiment the Rotation ak ae Earth, 263.—Influenee on 
ns hieles passing on roads, and othet 
go e Se nbs nye Compass, eA 
