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INDEX. 



Dipyre, characters and analysis of, 417. 

 Drift, some singular phenomena of, 132. 



theories and phenomena of, 264. 

 Drummond, H. M., on the birds of Crete, 

 Corfu, and the Ionian islands, 186. 



E. 



Earthquake of Antigua and Guadaloupe, 



Feb. 8th, 1843, 182. 

 Earthquakes, phenomena and theory of, 182, 



274. 

 Ehrenberg's researches on the distribution 



of microscopic life, 208. 

 Electricity generated by the action of light 



upon an iodized silver plate, 190. 

 Endlicher's Mantissa Botanica, 201. 

 Ethers of the vegetable acids, preparation 



of, 197. 

 Ethnography, Morton's Egyptian, 205. 

 Etna and its Convulsions, announcement of, 



100. 



Fauntleroy, R. H., on the condition of equi 

 librium between living and dead forces, 

 241. 

 Fielding's Sertum Plantarum noticed, 204 

 Fishes of Connecticut, catalogue of, 55. 

 Flinders, Capt., account of a bird's nest in 



Now Holland, 218. 

 Fluorine in bones, 419. 

 Footmarks, fossil, Prof. Hitchcock's report 

 on, 292. 



new species, 304. 

 on the sandstone of Hudson 

 River, 314. 



classification of, 317. 

 Dr. Deane on the discovery 

 of, 381. 

 Forces, equilibrium between living and dead, 



241. 

 Forry, S., on the climate of the United States, 



&c., 18, 221. 

 Fossil footmarks, Prof. Hitchcock's report 

 on, 292. 



new species, 304. 

 on the sandstone of Hudson 

 River, 314. 



classification of, 317. 

 Dr. Deane on the discovery 

 of, 381. 

 Fossil bones found in South Carolina, 116. 

 composition of, 131. 

 mammalia of Great Britain, 186. 

 Fossils, geographical distribution of, 117. 



of the tertiary basin of the Middle 

 Rhine, 183. 



in the cretaceous strata of New Jer- 

 sey, 213. 

 Fownes's Actonian prize essay noticed, 413 

 Franklin, Dr., the discoverer of the Gulf 

 Stream, 162. 



G. 



Gardner, J., meteorological register at Rio de 



Janeiro for 1832-43, 290. 

 Gaultin, M., on the preparation of the ethers 



of the vegetable acids, 197. 

 Gauss's theory of terrestrial magnetism, 



comparison of with observation, 278. 



Geology and magnetism, connection be- 

 tween, 101. 

 Glauberite, characters of, 338. 

 Glucinium, atomic weight of, 189. 

 Gold, native, specimens of, 98. 

 Gouty calculus, analysis of, 197. 

 Graptolites, generic characters of, 373. 

 Gray, A., bibliographical notices, 198. 

 Gulf Stream, theories and phenomena of, 161. 



H. 



Hadley, E., notice of Rigg's Experimental 



Researches, 211. 

 Haldeman, S. S., on the fresh-water Mol- 

 lusca common to North America and Eu- 

 rope, 99. 

 Hall, Prof F., biographical notice of, 139. 

 Hall, J., on the Brachiopoda and Orthoce- 

 rata, 109. 



on the geographical distribution of 

 fossils, 117. 

 Hayes, A. A., analysis of hydrous borate of 

 lime, 215. 



of Glauberite, 338. 

 of Ledererite, 339. 

 Hayes, J. L., on the geographical distribu- 

 tion and phenomena of volcanoes, 127. 

 Heat, distribution of, 18, 221. 

 Heulandite, its identity with Lincolnite, 416. 

 Himley, M., on a new method of precipita- 

 ting the sulphurets of metals, 193. 

 Hincks, W., on the Neottia gemmipara, 185. 

 Hinds, R. H., Botany of the voyage of H. M. 



ship Sulphur, 202. 

 Hippopotamus, supposed new species of, 406. 

 Hitchcock, E., on the trap tufa or volcanic 

 grit of Connecticut River valley, 103. 



on some singular phenomena of 

 drift, 132. 



on birds' nests seen by Capts. 

 Cook and Flinders on the coast of New 

 Holland, 217. 



report on Ichnolithology or fos- 

 sil footmarks, 292. 



description of several new spe- 

 cies, 304. 



on the coprolites of birds, 308. 

 on a supposed footmark on the 

 sandstone of Hudson River, 314. 



on native copper, found in 

 Whately, Mass., 322. 



on the discovery of yttro-cerite 

 in Massachusetts, 351. 



rejoinder to Dr. Deane, 390. 

 Dr. Deane's surrejoinder, 399. 

 on the identity of Lincolnite 

 with Heulandite, 416. 

 Houghton, D., on geological and linear sur- 

 veys, 115. 

 Hydrogen, atomic weig;ht of, 188. 

 Hydrobromic and hydriodic acids, method of 

 obtainmg, 192. 



I. 



Ice, antarctic, 114. 



Ichnolites, classification of, 317. 



Ichnolithology, Prof Hitchcock's report on, 



292. 

 Interest, new method for computing, 51. 

 Iron ores, apparatus and processes for their 



reduction, 106. 



