INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVl. 



Account, additional of shooting stars of 



ofDec, 18:^8.355. 

 Acknowledgments of new works, 399. 

 Adams, C. B., on shells found on shore 

 of Mass , 387. 



shells of fresh pond, 393. 

 Adirondack works of N. Y , iron of, ex- 

 perimented on, 94. 

 Agates, cause of red color of, 207. 

 Agasslz's opinions relative to bowlders 



quoted, 331. 

 Aikin, Wm., statement of circular whirl- 

 winds, 51. 

 America, N , thermal waters of, 88. 

 Amphibia, American, Dr Sager on, 320. 

 Analysis of acidulous or carbonated 

 springs, 8. 



by Dr Hayes, of cobalt ore from 

 N. H, 334 ' 



of two cobalt ores, 332-3, ques- 

 tioned, 332. 



of iron ores in Mass., 378. 

 of native iron from South Af- 

 rica, 213. 



of meteoric iron, 81. 

 of nitrogen springs, 7. 

 of iron ore in Maine, 151. 

 of marl from Farminston, Ct., 

 176. 



of Salt springs at Onondaga and 

 elsewhere in N Y., 3, 5, 6. 



of sulphuretted springs, 9. 

 of Warwickite. 85. 

 of soils, rules for, 368. 

 Angling, practical essay on. 337. 

 Anthony, J. G. discription of a fossil, 106 

 Argulus, new species of, announced, 393 

 Ashville, N C, meteoric iron from, 81. 

 Astronomy, elementary treatise on, 197. 

 Olmsted's introduction to, 213 



[Baryta and Strontia, distinguished by 



Chromate Potassa, 183. 

 Barytes, sulphate of in N. Y., 113. 

 Batteries, galvanic, the benefit of fresh 



immersion of, 137. 

 Beck, Dr. L. C, notices of native copper, 

 ores of copper, &c., in N. J., 107. 



note on N Brunswick Tor- 

 nado or Water spout of 1835, 115. 



on mineralogical and chemical 

 survey of Stale of N Y , 1 

 Berthier, M , mode of ascertaining the 

 absorbent qualities of soils by him, 375 

 Berzelius on cause of rise of Sweden 

 277. ' 



Bessel, Prof F. W., di.-^covery of paral- 

 lax of star 61 Cygni by, 200. 

 Bischof, Dr. G., natural history ofvolca* 



nos and earthquakes, 230. 

 Bituminization of wood in the human 



era, 118. 

 Blocks, erratic, 20. 



recent explanations of, 325. 

 Boiling springs, notice of, 253, 4, 5, 6. 

 Boomerang, notice of, 164. 

 Boston Soc. of Nat. History, paper read 

 before, 337 



minutes of their proceedinffs, 

 379. ^ 



Bowditch, Dr. notice of, 214. 

 iBowlders and diluvial scratches, 39, 44. 



Prof Struder on, 325. 

 Brewer. T. M., on the cow blackbird and 



goldfinch. 386-91 

 Bricks, quantity made in N Y , 21. 

 Brine springs in N. Y., 2. 

 British naturalists, some notice of, 217. 

 British Association, 7th report of, ack- 

 knowledsed, 399. 



Annual received for 1839, R. D. 

 Thomson's, 400. 



rea s introauciion to, :^,),i /o • , »/ , „.,,_ 



Austi-alia, a weapon used by natives of [Brunswick, N tornado of 1835, Ho. 

 •' ' Buckland, Prof , Calymei 



described, 164. 



B. 



Baer, Prof, on depth of frozen ground in 



Siberia, 210 

 Bakewell's Geology, third Am. Ed., 201 



Vol. XXXVI, No. 2.— April- July, 1839. 



y^mene named after, 



106 

 Building stones, 45. 



C. 



Cabinet of minerals for sale, 393. 

 Calcareous tufa, 44. 

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