INDEX TO VOLUME XXXII. 



Academy of Science and Literature, trans- 

 actions of the Maryland, 204. 



Acid, oenanthic, 382. 



Adhesion of iron spikes of various forms 

 in different kinds of timber, 34. 



Air, curious effect of current of, on the 

 flame of a lamp, 88. 



Alexander, J. H. and J. T. Ducatel, re- 

 port on the new map of Maryland, 191. 



Animal electricity, 198. 



Arabia, on the province of Oman, on the 

 east coast of, 383. 



Asaphus, a new species of, 169. 



Asia Minor, 399. 



Astronomy, notice of Gummere's, 208. 



Atlas, white race of, 400. 



Aurora Borealis, observations on by D. 

 Olmsted, 176. 



of Feb. 18, 1837, 396. 



Auroral arch of August, 1836, 220. 



of May, 1836, 224. 



cloud of December, 1835, 217. 



• streamers, dip of, 227. 



— and optical phenomena, observa- 



tions upon, 217. 



B. 



Bailey, J. W., excursion to Mt. Katahdin 

 in Maine, 20. 



, notes on chemistry, 85. 



, on the common blowpipe, 319. 



Barometer gage eudiometer, 280. 



Battery discharger for deflagrating wires, 

 -274. , 



Beech trees, interlocking of, 379. 



Bennet, E. T., obituary notice of, 215. 



Berzelius, letter from, on chemical no- 

 menclature, 262. 



Blowpipe, common, 319. 



, reaction of the principal metal 



lie oxides with the three fluxes, 323. 



Boston society of natural history, report of 

 the curators of, 364. 



Botany, Lindley's Introduction to, 210. 



, Lindley's Natural System of, 211, 



— , review of do. 292. 



Boulders in the northern part of N. York 

 state, 233. 



Bricks, fire, 195. 



Buckland's new work, remarks on, 210. 

 American edition. 



Cameos, remarks on, 257. 

 Cardium edule, economical notice of, 254. 

 Cements, nature of, 200. 

 Chama gigas, economical notice of, 256. 

 Chemical nomenclature, remarks on, by 

 R. Hare, 259. 



tables of J. F. W. Johnston, no- 



tice of, 212. 



Chemistry, notes on, 85. 



Chronometers, 330. 



Coccoiite, green, locality of, 234. 



Columbite^ identity of Torrelite with, 149. 



Combustion of phosphorus in nitrous ox- 

 ide gas, 290. 



Connecticut, geological survey of, 399. 



Cowry, economical notice of, 250. 



Crosse's galvanic apparatus, 372. 



Cunningham, R., obituary notice of, 215. 



Cycadeffi, remarks on the natural order, 

 with a description of the ovula and seeds 

 of Cycas revoluta, 45. 



Cypraea moneta, economical notice of, 250. 

 D 



Dana, James D., identity of the Torrelite 

 of Thomson with Columbite, 149. 



, remarks on the new sys- 



notice of, 397. 



C. 



Calc spar, new locality of, 234. 

 Calymene, a new species of, 167. 



Vol. XXXII.— No. 2. 



tem of mineralogy of, 387. 

 Davenport, T., electro-magnetic machine, 



appendix to No. 1. 

 Delaware river, shad fisheries of, 134. 

 Downing, A. J. remarks on the Cycadese, 



45. 

 Ducatel, and Alexander, report on the 



new map of Maryland, 191. 

 Dynamic multiplier, on the use of, with 



a new accompanying apparatus, 354. 

 E. 

 Earthquake at Hartford, Conn., 399. 

 Economical uses of some species of tes- 



tacea, 53, 235. 

 Edmonson's revolving magnet, 399. 

 Edwardsite, a new mineral, 162. 

 Elba, tour in, and mines and minerals of, 



74. 

 Electrical battery discharges, for defla- 

 grating wires, 274. 



brush, 277. 



machine, description of, 272. 



spark, inferences from the phe- 



nomena of, 278. 



zigzag spark, contrasted with 



the short straight spark, 275. 

 Electricity, animal, 198. 



Galvanism, &c., notice of 



Sturgeon's annals of, 213. 



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