CONTENTS. 



GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, &c. 



Page. 



Art. I. Notice of Snake Hill and Saratoga Lake, and its environs, by 



Dr. J. H. Steele, - 1 



II. Prof. Olaisted on the Gold Mines of North Carolina, - - 5 



III. Description of the Oolitic Formation of Saratoga Co. N. Y.. bv 



Dr. J H. Steele, ... -^ .... 16 



IV. Notice of a Singular Conformation of Limestone, by Prof. Dewey, 1& 

 V. Notice of several localities of minerals in Massachusetts, by Rev. 



E.Hitchcock, 20 



VI. Geological and Miscellaneous Observations, by M. Bou(5, - 2,S 



VII. Notice of a Rocking Stone in Savoy, Mass., by Dr. J. Porter, - 27 



Vlif. On Bowlders and Rolled Stones, 28 



IX. Notices of Miscellaneous Localities of Mintrals, - - - 39 



BOTANY. 



X. Physiology of the Gyropodium Coccineum, by the Rev. E. Hitch- 

 cock, ,-.-.-.-..- 5^ 

 Xl. Caricogr&phy, (continued,) by Prof. C. Dewey, - ' 60 



XII. List of the Rarer Plants found in Alabama, by M. C Leaven- 



worth, M. D. 74 



ZOOLOGY 



XIII. On Hybernation, by Isaac Lea of Philadcliihia, - - - 75 

 PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, MECHANICS, &c. 



XIV. Prof. E. Kellogg on the Passage of Lightning, • • - 84 

 XV. A new method of Resolving Equations of the third and fourth de- 

 gree ; by Alexander C. Twining, ..... 86 



XVI. Formula for the Preparation of the Sulphate of Rhubard, - 91 



XVII. Mr. Patten's Air Pump, Gnzometer, and Balance Beam, - 92 

 "XVIII. Prof. Wallace in Reply to the Remarks of B. upon his paper on 



Algebraic Series, ...-.,.. 98 

 XIX. On the asserted Acceleration of the motion of Water Wheels, - 



during the Night and in Winter, .... 104 



XX. Rev. E. Hitchcock's Notice of ♦' The new method of determining 



the Longitude by the Culmination of the Moon and Stars," 

 with "a list of Stars, applicable to the purpose for the year 

 1825, by Francis Baily,Esq. F. R. S. and L. S." - ■ 107 



misci;llaneous. 



XXI. Notices of the Agriculture, Scenery, Geology, and Animal, Veg- 



etable, and Mineral Productions of the Floridas, and of the 

 Indian tribes; by James Pierce, Esq. .... ijg 



XXII. Remarks on some Phenomena oi Moving Rocks, by Rev. J. Adams, 1G6 

 XXIIF. Remarks on the Moving of Rocki by Ice ; by J. Wood, Esq. - 144 

 XXIV. Remarks additional to the Review of Conybeare and Phillips's 



Geology of England and Wales, ..... 146 

 XXV. Botanical F^tes in France, by Prof. J, Griscom, ... 154 

 XXV!. Extracts from Mr. Maclure's Letters to the Editor, - - 157 



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