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Rose, H., examination of Columbite, 228. 
Rosse, Ear! of, large telescope of, 221. 
Rue, W. de la, on the structure of electro- 
precipitated metals, 390, 
Ruggles, D., on the copper mines of Lake 
Superior, 64. 
on a large trilobite, and Iowa 
coralline marble, 216. 
Ss. 
Salicine, properties of, 392. 
Saltness of the ocean, 208. 
Scheerer, M., on aventurine feldspar, 394. 
My on Polycrase and Malacrone, 
94, 
Schenck, M., on the transit of Mercury, 
May 5, 1832, 148. 
Schlossberger, F., on the composition of 
fungi, 393. 
Schonbein, M., on the properties of ozone, 
195. 
on the deoxidation of the 
ferridcyanide of potassium and the salts 
of the peroxide of iron, 203. 
Sea waves, instruments for illustrating, 20. 
Sedimentary rocks of the United States, 
phenomena of, 1. 
causes of their eleva- 
tion above the level of the sea, 284. 
Sigillarize and Stigmarie, their identity, 227. 
Silicification of organic bodies, 227. 
Silicie ether, 192. 
Sillimanite, analysis of, 396. 
Silver and copper of Kewenaw Point, Lake 
Superior, 81. 
hyperoxide of, 194. 
superoxide of, 391. 
Silvering of glass, 198, 398. 
Smith, A., on the ruins of Nineveh, 113. 
J. L., abstracts of the researches of 
European chemists, 192. 
Snell, E.S., on new philosophical appara- 
tus, 20. 
on a singular case of parhe- 
lion, and the theory of halos, 73. 
Soda, hydrosulphite of, 200. 
Solar Index, anew magnetical instrument, 
described, 301. 
spots, heat of, 405. 
Sophora affinis, a botanical species, 130. 
Sound, waves of, apparatus for illustrating, 
20. 
electric, 390. 
South, Sir James, on Lord Rosse’s large tel- 
escope, 221. 
Spadaite, characters of, 394, 
Statical eletricity, generation of, 93. 
Steam navigation, applicability of American 
coals to, 310. 
Stenhouse, J.,on the detection of kinic acid, 
391. 
on the silvering of glass, 398. 
Stone, singular dispersion of blocks of, in 
Berkshire Co., Mass., 258. 
lithographic, 401. 
Styrole, properties of 392. 
Substitutions, theory of, as connected with 
the allotropism of chlorine, 346. 
Sugar in diabetic urine, detection of, 200. 
Sulphur, atomic weight of, 203. 
Survey of the coast of the United States, 229. 
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Tagua nut, properties of, 400. we 
Tchihatcheff, P. de, memoir on the Geologi- 
sais Constitution of the Altai Mts. noticed, 
Telescope, large, Earl of Rosse’s, 221. 
Thenard, M., on phosphuret of lime, 193. 
Thermometer, observations of, at Hudson, 
Ohio, 271. 
Thomaite, a new mineral species, 393. 
Thomson, R. D., on parietin, 195. 
Thomson, 'f., analysis of Sillimanite, 396. 
ba observations on, in the Coast Survey, 
240. 
Tin ore, found in Jackson, N. H., 34. 
one antimony, analysis of the alloys of, 
Trap, minerals of, and the allied rocks, 49. 
Trilobite, large, 216. 
Troost, G., on masses of meteoric iron found 
in Tennessee and Alabama, 336. 4 
U. 
Ulmus crassifolia, a botanical species, 129. 
Unger, M., on xanthic oxide in guano, 200, 
391. j 
University of the State of New York, 58th 
annual report of the Regents, noticed, 176. 
Urine, diabetic, how to detect sugar in, 200. 
V. 
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, 
noticed, 191. 
Voorhies, J., on the fall of meteoric iron in 
Tennessee, 338. 
Vulture, description of a new species of, 186. 
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Wallquist, M., on hyperoxide of silver, 194. 
Warrington, R., on the composition of bones 
taken from guano, 391. 
on the action of animal char- 
coal, 393. 
Water, decomposition of, by chlorine in the 
sun’s rays, 348 
Wave motion, instruments for illustrating, 20. 
Well, burning, in Ohio, 406. 
Wells, temperature of, 272. 
Whitney, J. D., translation of Berzelius on 
the Blowpipe, noticed, 379. 
Wilkes, C., Narrative of the United States 
Exploring Expedition, reviewed, 149. 
Wilkes, Mr., experiments on the production 
of Acari, 228. 
Winds, observations of, at Hudson, Ohio, 279, 
Wine, test for coloring substances in, 198. 
Wohler, F., on the decomposition of narco- 
tine, 205. 
on compact aluminum, 390. 
Weed, A., Class-Book of Botany, noticed, 
190. 
Wood, decay and mouldering of, 204. 
Wright, W. H., Treatise on Mortars, noticed, 
379. us 
Xanthic oxide in guano, 200. 
Xanthine, 391. 
Z 
Zyglodon of Alabama, skeleton of, 218. 
Zine, sulphuret of, in Eaton, N. H., 34. 
and ammonia, carbonate of, 200. 
