CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXV 



NUMBER I. 



Page. 



Art. I. Memoir of the Life and Character of Nathaniel Bow- 

 ditch, LL. D., F. R. S. ; by Rev. Alexander Young, 1 

 II. Cursory Remarks upon East Florida, in 1838 ; by Maj. 



Henry V^hiting, 47 



III. Geology of St. Croix ; by Prof. S. Hovey, - - 64 



IV. Geology of Antigua ; by Prof. S. Hovey, . . 75 

 V. Remarks on the Geology and Topography of Western 



New York ; by George E. Hayes, - - - 86 



VI. On Electro-Magnetism, as a Moving Power; by Charles 



G. Page, M, D. - - - - - - - 106 



VII. Magnetic Electrepeter and Electrotome, to be used with 



flat spirals ; by Charles G. Page, M. D. - - 113 

 VIII. Observations on the Vascular System of Ferns, and No- 

 tice of a monstrous flower of Orchis spectabilis, (with 

 a plate;) by Prof. J. W. Bailey, - - - - 113 



IX. On Fossil Infusoria, discovered in Peat-Earth, at West 

 Point, N, Y., with some notices of American Diatomse, 

 (with a plate ;) by Prof. J. W. Bailey, - - 118 



X. Description of experiments with the Voltaic Battery, in 

 the course of which, certain Insects constantly appear- 

 ed ; by Andrew Crosse, Esq., of Broomfield, Eng. ; 

 (from the Trans, of Lond. Elec. Soc.) - - - 125 



XI. Notice of Danburite, a New Mineral Species ; by Prof. 



Charles Upham Shepard, . . _ _ 137 



XII. On Certain Cavities in Quartz, &c. ; by Dr. W. L. Atlee, 139 



XIII. On the Atmospheric Origin of the Aurora, and its con- 



nexion with the crystallization of snow ; by B. F. Jos- 

 hn, M. D. - 145 



XIV. Letters on Atlantic Steam Navigation; by Junius Smith, 160 



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