INDEX. 



407 



Silurian System of Murchison, noticed 



219. 

 Soap, economical mode of making, 194. 

 Solar Painting, 169, 374. 

 Springs, mineral in Texas, 213. 



thermal, their connection with 



volcanoes, 53. 



at Singerli, 372. 

 Squirrels of North America described, 



290. 

 Stars, double, motions of, 373. 



missing, 373. 

 Statistical Society of London, notice of 



their Journal, 189. 

 Sternberg, Kaspar, biog. notice of, 125. 

 Stickney, B. F., on supposed discovery 



of cinnabar in Michigan, 185. 

 Stones meteoric, fall of in Missouri, 385. 

 South Africa, 



190. 



investigation of, by Ber- 



zelius, 93. 

 Strontium, extrication of, by Dr. Hare 



267. 

 Sulphuric acid, its reaction with essen- 

 tial oil of hemlock, 246. 



T. 



Tabriz, earthquakes at, 351. 



Talbot, H. F., photographic drawing, 



171. 

 Tapestries of Raphael, revival of their 



colors, 244. 

 Taurus mountains described, 351. 

 Thermal springs, causes of, 53. 

 Thomas, David, on a new species of Li- 



atris, 338. 

 Thomson, R. D., his British Annual no 



ticed, 400. 

 Tomlinson, D., on preserving animal 



fat, 194. 

 Tornado in Allegany Co. N. Y., July 



25, 1838, 90. 



New Brunswick, N. J. June 



19, 1835, 255. 



New Haven, July 31, 1839 



340. 

 Tower of Babel, ruins of, 352. 

 Transactions of Amer. Phil. Soc. Vol. 



6, pt. 2, noticed, 188. 

 Tree, fossil at Granton, 363. 

 Trevelyan on materials of the temples 



at Psestum, 366. 

 Trilobite, new species of, 40. 



Trilobites, remarks on, by Prof. J. 

 Green, 25. 



Dr. Buckland,27. 



Trinity Country, Texas, geology of, 211. 



Trull on the colors of the Raphael Ta- 

 pestries, 244. 



Tuckerman, Edward Jr., on the Lichens 

 of N. E., 394. 



Turner, Prof. E., chemical examination 

 of the fire damp, 201. 



Turpentine, oil of, how purified, 399. 



Turton, Wm., notice of, 161. 



Tuscany, boracic acid lagoons of, 270, 



Vaporization of earths by distillation, 

 398. 



Vegetation as affected by climate, 15. 



Veins metallic, formed by voltaic agen- 

 cy, 199. 



Vespertilio pruinosus, notice of, 195. 



Virginia, notice of Prof. W. B. Rogers' 

 geological report of, 380. 



Volcano, extinct, near Ararat, 349. 



internal, in the Courdish coun- 

 try, 350. 



Volcanoes, chemical theory of, defended 

 by Daubeny, 78. 



natural history of, by Prof. 

 G. Bischof, 41. 



W. 



Water, boiling of, its use in measuring 



heights, 19. 

 Waterspouts, CErsted's essay on, 250. 

 Webster, Prof. J. W., on explosions of 



hydrogen and oxygen, 104. 



his proposed bi- 

 ography of scientific men, 193. 

 Weston meteorite, velocity of, 132. 

 Whewell, Rev. Wm., address before 



Lond. Geological Society, 116, 218. 

 White, Gilbert, notice of, 155. 

 Winch, N. J., notice of, 120. 

 Wines, alcoholic strength of, 363. 

 Wolle, J,, and A. L. Huebener, their 



Catalogue of Plants, 310. 

 Wright, Col. Richard, meteorological 



observations in Colombia, 1. 

 Wyman, Dr. J., proceedings of Boston 



Soc. of Nat. Hist., 391. 



Yarrell, Wm., notice of, 167. 



