INDEX. 



403 



J. 



Jackson, C. T., first report on the geology 

 of the state of Maine, 193. 



Jardine's Magazine of Zoology and Bota- 

 ny, 212. 



Johnson, W. R., adhesion of iron spikes 

 in different kinds of timber, 34. 



Johnston, J. F. W., notice of the chemical 

 tables of, 212. 



K. 



Katahdin, Mt., excursion to, 20. 

 L. 



Lectures on the connection between sci- 

 ence and religion, by N. Wiseman, re- 

 marks on, 209. 



Lindley's, John, introduction to Botany, 

 210. 



natural system of Botany, no- 

 tice of, 211. 



natural system of Botany, re- 



view of, 292 



Lyceumof Natural History of New York, 

 officers of, 204. 



Lyell's Geology, remarks on, 210. 

 M. 



Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Jar- 

 dine's, 212. 



Magnet, Edmonson's revolving, 399. 



Magnetic needle, variation of, during an 

 aurora, 179. 



Magneto-electric machine of T. Daven- 

 port, appendix to No. 1. 



Marietta, Ohio, Meteorological Journal 

 kept at, 95. 



Maryland, report on the new map of, 191. 



Academy of Science and Lite- 

 rature, transactions of, 204. 



Maine, first geological report of, 193. 



Maury, M. F., new treatise on navigation, 

 208. 



, gold veins of the U. S. 



mine near Fredericksburg, Va., 325. 



Mc Clelland's East Indian Geology, 216. 



Metallic coils, experiments on the induc- 

 tion of, 308. 



Meteors at Hingham, 892. 



Meteoric shower of November, foreign 

 accounts of, 181. 



Meteorite, 395. 



Meteorological journal kept at Marietta, 

 Ohio, 95. 



. tables for 1836, by the St. 



Louis association of natural sciences, 

 386. 



Microlite, chemical examination of, 338. 



Minerals, notices of, 82, 149, 162, 234, 

 338, 341. 



Mineralogy, new system of, by J. D. 

 Dana, 387. 



of Connecticut, C. U. Shep- 



ard's report on, 399. 



Mineralogical and geological notices of 

 the northern part of New York, 238 



Mines and minerals of Elba, 74. 



Mines, gold, of Virginia, 98. 



Mines, gold, Culpepper mine, 117, 185. 

 , in Fauquier and Culpepper 



counties, 127. 



-, Moss and Busby mines in 



Goochland county, Va., 99. 



-, of the Virginia and New 



England Mining Company, 126. 



■,near Fredericksburg,Va. 183. 

 -, in a portion of North Caro- 



lina, facts concerning, 130. 



-, Walton mine in Louisa coun- 



ty, Va., 109. 



Missouri and Wisconsin territories, report 

 on the geology of, 185. 



Morton, S. G., proposed new work on 

 American skulls, 207. 



Moultrie, James, description of the skull 

 of the Guadaloupe fossil human skele- 

 ton, 361. 



Mulberry, on the cultivation of, 211. 



Mya margeritifera, history and econom- 

 ical uses of, 68. 



Mya Pictorum, economical notice of, 248. 



Mytilus margaritiferus, economical uses 

 of, 56. 



edulis, economical notice of, 252. 



Murex ? history and economical no- 

 tice of, 235. 



Tritonis, history and economical 



notice of, 239. 

 Music, production of galvanic, 396. 



N. 

 Natural history, Lyceum of, at New 

 York, 204. 



Society of Hartford, 



transactions of, 392. 



Navigation, new treatise on, 208. 



New Brunswick tornado, 158. 



New York, first report of the geological 

 survey of the state of, 186. 



Nitric acid, new test for, 85. 



Nitrous oxide gas, combustion of phos- 

 phorus in, 290. 



Nomenclature, chemical, remarks on by 

 R. Hare, 2.59. 



- letter of Berzeliuson, 262. 



North Carolina, facts connected with the 

 gold of a portion of, 130. 

 O. 

 Obituary notice of Dr. Turner, 213. 



M. Persoon, 215. 



R. Cunningham, 215. 



E. T. Bennet, 215. 



Dr. Wm. Henry, 216. 



Odor of wines due to a peculiar ether, 381. 

 OEnanthic ether, 381. 

 acid, 382. 



Ohio, geological report on the state of, 191. 



Oil, essential, of potatoes, 382. 



Olmsted, D. observations on the aurora 



borealis, 176. 

 Ostrea edulis, historical and economical 



notice of, 241. 



scabra, historical and economical 



notice of, 247. 



