AD4 
Rogers, Dr. J. B., experiments with the 
elementary voltaic battery, 33. 
Rose of Sharon, fibres of, 371 
Roses, preparation of oil of, 383. 
—, stearoptine of, 383. 
5. 
Sartwell, Dr., meteorol. 
Penn- Yan, N. Y., 18 
Saurians in magnesian conglomerate, 389. 
Schoharie, mineralogy of, 381. 
Scientific Journals in Great Britain, new, 
365. 
Sealing wax, new mode of manufacture, 
148. 
Sea serpent, 372. 
Sharks teeth, 378. 
Shells on the New England coast, 
observations at 
347. 
Shepard’s, C. U., notice of Trans. Geol.|| 
Soc. of France, for 1833, 283. 
, notice of Travels in the 
Alps, 296. 
ey, 374. 
Shooting stars, 95. 
Silver, reduction of chloride of, 145. 
Snow, a substance calied inflammable, 
361. 
Soapstone in Vermont, 370. 
Society, Geol. Dublin, Journal of, 368. 
France, Trans. of, 283. 
Lit. and His. Quebec, Trans. of, 
363. 
— Nat. His. Belfast, 369. 
Boston, Jour. of, 373. 
Soda, manufacture of carbonate of, 143. 
Solar eclipse, Nov. 30, 1834, observations 
on, 192. 
Spain, journey in—mines of, 17. 
Statistics, 65, 80. 
Steam, ratio between the elastic force and 
temperature, 363. 
Stearine a compound body, 361. 
Stearoptine of oil of roses, 383. 
Strong, Prof. T., on composition and reso- 
lution of forces and statical equilibrium,| 
85. 
Strontianite of Schoharie, 172. 
Strontian, locality of, 389. 
Sulphuric acid, anhydrous, 360. 
Sulphurous acid gas, 360. 
Sweden, proofs of a gradual rise of land 
in some parts of, 387. 
Sypipals new system of crystallographic, 
250. 
Syphon tubes, an easy method of filling, 
268. 
a 
Tannin in purity, 124, 
Tellurium, memoir on, 137. 
» notice of his Mineralo-||- 
INDEX. 
Tertiary strata of the Atlantic coast, 104, 
280. 
Thermo-electric piles, new, by Nobili, 
397. 
Tides, evidence of certain phenomena in, 
310 
(Titanium, constituent of primitive rocks, 
136. 
—_——., volatility of, 136. 
Totten, Jos. G., description of shells on 
the New Engiand coast, 347. 
Transactions of the Geological Society of 
France, 1833, 283. 
of the Literary and Historical 
Society of Quebec, Vol. iii, Part 3, 
568. 
Treatise on Mineralogy by C. U. Shepard, 
notice of, 374. 
Triphylme, anew mineral, 394. 
U. 
Ultramarine, preparation of, 144. 
Uranite, new locality, 382. 
V. 
Vancouver, meteorological observations at 
Fort, in 1832 and 1833, 9. 
Vegetable organization, rapidity of, 399. 
Vesuvius, destructive eruptions of, Aug., 
1834, and April, 1835, 199, 340. 
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, 199, 
332, 340. 
Voltaic battery, experiments with, 33. 
‘Volumescope, for analysis of the atmos- 
phere, 264. 
W. 
Wallace, Dr. W. C., on the retina, 278. 
Water cement, 113, 367. 
—, conduction of, 151. 
mune maximum density of, 357. 
—, purification of, 150. 
West of England Journal of Science and 
Literature, 365. 
|Wines, researches on, 42. 
Wollaston Medal, 391. 
,Woodruff, Samuel, Esq. on the mole car- 
nivorous, 168. 
Wood, to make eatable food of, 399. 
X. 
‘Xiloidine, a new vegetable principle, 
131. 
Z. 
‘Zabians, idolatry and philosophy of, 201. 
\Zafire, new mode of preparing, 147. 
