INDEX TO VOLUME XXXV 



Actinise, gemmiferous bodies and ver- 

 miform filaments of, 311. 

 Addams, Robt., on solid carbonic acid, 



301. 

 Agassiz, Prof., his new works noticed, 



400. 

 Airy, G. B., on correcting local niagnetic 



action, 296. 

 Allis, Mr., of York, on toes of Ostrich, 



312. 

 Allen, W., Capt., R. N., man of central 



Africa, 309. 

 American Almanac, VoL X, m t^^-'i of. 



191. 

 Ammonia, constitution of comuierci:;^ 



carbonate of, 297. 

 Analysis of Gmelinite or hydrolite, 195. 

 Mineral waters of Avon, 188. 

 Annals of Natural History, noticed, 



194. 

 Antarcticseas, account of expedition to, 



306. 

 Anthony, J. G., describes fossil encri- 



nite, 359. 

 Antigua, geology of, by Prof. Hove)', 75. 

 Application of small coal to economical 



purposes, 308. 

 Armature, engine, reciprocating, 263. 

 Revolving, 262. 

 Vibrating, 267. 

 Arsenic, specific gravity of, vapor of, 



298. 

 Association, British, for advancement of 

 science, abstract of their proceedings 

 in 1838, 275. 

 Astronomical observations by Sir J. F. 



W. Herschel, 283. 

 Asylum for the blind, 316. 

 Atlantic steam navigation, several letters 

 on, 160, 162, 332, 333, 336. 



remarks of Dr. Lardner on, 320. 

 Atlee, Dr. W. L., on certain cavities in 

 quartz, 139. 



on spontaneous combustion, 144. 

 Aurora, atmospheric origin of, 145. 



resemblance to, observed in New 

 York, 381. 



connection of, with crystallization 

 of snow, 145. 

 Auroral arch in Vermont, 380. 

 Avon, mineral waters of, 188. 



Vol. XXXV.— No. 2. 



B. 



Babington, botany of Channel Islands, 



309. 

 Bache, Prof. A. D., mention of Mr. Es- 

 py's theory of storms to British As- 

 sociation, 286. 



to report on meteorology of the 



U. S. to the Brit. Assoc, in 1839, 321. 



amount of rain collected by aguage 



as influenced by currents of air, 287. 



Backhouse, E., on the Lestris tribe, 312. 



Baer. Von, on frozen ground in Siberia, 



>'J5. 



on expedition to Noval'a Sem- 

 iiu, 306. 

 Bailey, Prof. J. W., on the vascular sys-- 

 tem of ferns, 113. 



monstrous flower of Orchis spec- 

 tabilis, 117. 



fossil infusoria, 118. 

 on American Diatomse, 1. 

 Bakewell's Geology, 3d edition of, an- 

 nounced, 385. 

 Barometer, substitute for, in measuring 



heights, 294. 

 Beaufort, on the position of Cuzco, 309. 

 Beck, Dr. L.C., manual of chemistry ,385. 

 Binocular vision, Prof. Wheatstone on, 



295. 

 Bitumlnized wood, curious deposite of, 



in Lousiana, 345. 

 Bird, Dr. G., on the products of nitric 



acid and alcohol, 299. 

 Blake, Mr. James, on injecting veins, 



313. 

 Blowpipe mouth for oxygen and hydro- 

 gen, 187. 

 Boilers for steam, how rivetted, 320. 

 Bone cavern in Mendip Hills, 304. 

 Botany, section of, in British Associa- 

 tion, 309. 

 Bowditch, Nathaniel, memoirs of his 

 life, 1. 



Eulogiums on him noticed, 386. 

 list of his scientific papers, 46. 

 translation of La Place's Me- 

 canique Celeste, 17. 

 Brandes's account of the meteors of Dec. 



6, 1798, 361. 

 Brewster, Sir David, on new phenom- 

 ena of color in fluor spar, 295. 

 Bridge suspension, 319. 



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