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INDEX. 



R. 



Rafinesque, C. K.. his botanical works 



noticed, 386. 

 Railway, iron, 15. 



Rainey, Phinehas, on the dry rot, 169. 

 Redfield, Wm. C, meteorol. journal kept 



at New York, 373. 



notice of fossil fishes in Va., 201. 

 Renwick's Outlines of Geology, noticed, 



183. 

 Respiration, remarks on, by Dr. Holland, 



28. 

 Rogers's geol. report of Penn., noticed, 



188. 

 Rot, dry, remarks on, 169. 



S. 

 Saco river, temperature of, 381. 

 St. John, Samuel, on shooting stars of 



Aug. 9 and 10, 1837, 180. 

 Saturn, sixth satellite of, 207. 

 Scoresby's improvements in magnetic ap 



paratus, 398. 

 Shells, new species of, described by J. P. 



Couthouy, 216. 

 Shepard, Prof. C.U., on a second locality 



of topaz in Conn. 329. 



Calstronbarite, a new mineral, 161 

 Phenakite in Mass., 329. 

 the geology of Upper Illinois, 134 

 Warwickite, a new mineral, 313. 

 Sherwood, Dr. H. H., his discoveries in 



magnetism, announced, 210. 

 Shooting stars of Aug. 9 and 10, 1837, 



180. 

 Silica in plants, 27. 

 Slate melted into hornstone, 73. 

 Smoky quartz, crystallized, locality of, 



114. 

 Soil of Illinois prairies, analysis of, 160. 

 Springs, mineral, in Illinois, 157. 

 Starved rock in Illinois, 145. 

 Statistical tables of Mass., noticed, 213. 

 Steam vessels, safety of, 35. 



T. 



Tarlor's observations on mining, 9. 



Taylor, R. C, on Indian mounds in ani- 

 mal forms, 88. 



Temperature of the earth and planetary 

 spaces, 57. 



Tennessee, geol. report of, 187. 



Thomas, James, on transmission of gal- 

 vanic light, 205. 



Thomson on cast iron, 21. 



Tides at Cape Cod, observations on, 393. 



Timber, proper season for cutting, 169. 



Tomlinson, David, on the tides, 81. 



Topaz, powder of, used as emery, 381. 

 second locality of, in Conn., 329. 



Tourmalin at Orford, N. H., 204. 



Rumney, N. H., 107. 



Trap dykes in gneiss and granite, 105 — 

 108. 



Travertine, deposit of, 152. 



Trilobites, new species of, 377. 



Troost's geol. report of Tennessee, 187. 



U. 



Upper Illinois, geology of, 134. 

 Uric acid and urea, researches in, 40. 



V. 



Variation of the magnetic needle in the 



U. S., 290. 

 Vermilionville, 111., outcrop of coal at, 



149. 



W. 

 Walkly, N., on hydrogen gas in a lead 



water-pipe, 393. 

 Wallace, Dr. W. C, on a Bramah press 



attached to the eyes of fishes, 376. 



his reply to John Dalrymple, 396. 

 Ware, Rev. Henry, notice of an aurora 



in 1789, 204. 

 Warren on North American Crania, 47. 

 Warwickite, a new mineral, described, 



313. 

 Waves, observations on, 1. 

 Washington, Mt., popular notices of by 



G. W. Nichols, 73. 



remarks on, by the editor, 76. 

 Prof O. P. Hubbard, 120. 

 White Mts., observations on their mine- 



eralogy and geology, 105. 

 Wind, general direction of, at New York 



for five years, 374. 

 Wisconsin, Indian mounds in, 88. 



Y. 



Yale College, latitude and longitude of, 



309. 

 Yale Nat. Hist. Soc, notice of, 397. 



