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INDEX. 



Diamond, new structure in, 37. 



Diell, JRev. John, on the oil of the can- 

 dle-nut tree, 209. 



Dikes of trap in gneiss, 105, 108. 

 in granite, 105. 



Diluvial scratches, 107. 



Dip of the magnetic needle in the U. S 

 308. 



Dipping needle revolving by terrestrial 

 magnetism, 126. 



Dobereiner on the non-existence of a com- 

 pound of platinum and hydrogen, 207 



Dry rot, essay on by P. Rainey, 169. 



Dublin, magnetical observatory at, 3. 



E. 



Earth, ancient vegetation of, 315. 



heat of, 36, 57. 

 Earthvi'orks and Indian mounds in Wis- 

 consin, 88. 

 Eaton, Prof., his practical treatise on the 



mathematical arts, noticed, 393. 

 Echinodermata, workon, by Agassiz,212 

 Editor, letter to, concerning this journal, 



211. 



Electrical relations of bases and acids, 8. 

 protection, 8. 

 bociety of London, 401. 

 Electricity, lateral discharge of, 16. 



magnetic, researches in, 364. 

 Electro-magnet, a new compound one 



described, 167. 

 Electro-magnetic currents, 6. 

 Electro-magnetical instruments, by Prof 

 Locke, 125. 



by Dr. C. G. Page, 163, 368. 

 Emery, substitute for, 381. 

 Ettrick, on browning gun-barrels, 45. 



F. 



Faraday on electrical relations, 8. 

 Fluor spar, octahedral, locality of, 117. 

 Fossil bones found at Jackson, O., 362. 

 fishes in Connecticut, 198. 

 Virginia, 201. 

 Prof. Agassiz's work on, 212. 

 Fossils in coal, 26. 



G. 



Galvanic formation of metallic copper,44. 

 light, transmission of through met- 

 als, 205. 



Gavial, fossil scales of, analyzed, 201. 



Geological reports noticed, 185 — 198,402. 



Geology of Maine, Dr. C.T.Jackson on,69. 

 Renwick's Outlines of, 183. 

 the White Mountains, by Prof 

 O. P. Hubbard, 105. 



Geology of Upper Illinois, by Prof C. U. 

 Shepard, 134. 



Geology, Wonders of, by Dr. Mantell, 

 reviewed, 387. 



Gibbs, Prof. J. W., on Greek correla- 

 tives, 337. 



Globe, terrestrial, temperature of, 57. 



Gneisg, dikes of trap in, 108. 



Gold in Georgia, notice of, 397. 



Goliathus magnus, 27. 



Graham, Major Jas. D., his report on the 



tides of Cape Cod, noticed, 393. 

 Granite boulders, 112. 

 Granite, decomposing, 116. 

 Granite veins in granite, 123. 

 Greek correlatives, Prof. Gibbs on, 337. 

 Green, Dr. J., description of a new trilo- 



bite, 380. 

 Gun-barrels, mode of browning, 45. 



H. 



Haile, A. B. and E. C. Herrick, observa- 

 tions on magnetic needle during Au- 

 rora of Nov. 14th, 1837, 269. 



Haskins's (R. W.) translation of Arago 

 on meteors of Aug. 9th and 10th, 180. 



Haskins's (R. W.) translation of Brong- 

 niart on ancient vegetation of the 

 earth, 31.5. 



Haskins's (R. W.) translation of Poisson 

 on heat of the earth, &c., 57. 



Heat, researches on, by Prof. Bache, 39. 



Henry, Prof, on the lateral discharge of 

 electricity, 16. 



Herrick, E. C.,on shooting stars of Aug. 

 9th and 10th, 1837, 180. 



Herrick, E. C, on observations for a me- 

 teoric shower in April, 1838, 398. 



Herschel's (J. F. W.) rediscovery of 

 sixth satellite of Saturn, 207. 



Hildreth, (S. P.) meteor, jour. 1837, 132. 

 report on geol. of Ohio, 196. 



Holland on respiration, 28. 



Horse, fossil teeth of, figured, 202, 203. 



Houghton's (Dr.) report on geol. of Mich- 

 igan, noticed, 190. 



Hubbard, Prof O. P., on mineralogy and 

 geology of the White mountains, 105. 



Hydrogen gas disengaged in a lead wa- 

 ter pipe, 393. 



I. 



Ichthyolites, localities of, 198, 201. 

 Indefinite pronouns, nature of, 342. 

 Indiana, Dr. D. D. Owen's geol. report of, 



noticed, 193. 

 Instruments, magneto-electric, new, 364. 

 Intestinal worms. Dr. Richardson on, 10. 

 Iron for railways, 15. 



hematitic ore, in Maine, 72. 

 Iron, meteoric, found at Claiborne, Ala., 



332. 



J. 



Jackson, Dr. Chas. T., on geology of 



Maine, 69. 

 Jackson, Dr. Chas. T., on meteoi-ic iron 



of Claiborne, Ala., 332. 

 Jackson, (La.) fossils found at, 201. 

 Johnston, Prof John, on anew air pump, 



86. 

 Journal, notice of this, 211. 



