INDEX TO VOL. XXXVIII. 



Acid, carbonic, apparatus for solidifying 



Johnston's, 297. 

 Adams, Prof. C. B., new species of Del- 

 phinuia, 193. 



Shells obtained by dredging, and 

 other new species, 3S6. 

 Agriculture, collection of statistics, 135 

 Alger, Mr. F., exchanges of minerals 



380. 

 Allen, Z., letter to R. Hare on the Provi- 

 dence Tornado, 74. 

 Alligator, a huge one killed at Manilla 



account of, 313. 

 American Association for Advancement 

 of Science proposed, 179. 



Philosophical Society's Pro- 

 ceedings, abstract of, 153. 

 Analysis of Chrome Iron, 243- 

 of Idociase, 120. 

 of Iron Ore and Anthracites. 

 382. 



of a meteoTic mass from East 

 Tennessee, by Troost, 250. 



of serpentine marble from Ver 

 mont, by Jackson, 198. 



of water from British Channel. 

 12. 

 Andromeda mariana, 196. 

 Anemometer, indications of, 103. 

 Antarctic Expedition, 204. 

 Arteries, new mode of repressing he- 

 morrhage from, 133. 



red appearance of their coats, 

 134. 

 Association, British, 10th meeting of, an 

 nounced at Glasgow, 4(J6. 



Circular of to scien- 

 tific men, 406. 

 Atmospheric distribution, inequalities in, 



265. 

 Atoms of organic compounds, how rela- 

 ted, 121. 

 Aurora Borealis of Sept. 3d, 260, 376. 



and sunset at Rochester, 146, 147. 



B. 



Bache, Prof. A. D., on American Meteo- 

 rology, 95. 



on the rapid corrosion 

 of a chain cable, 177. 



Barium, strontium and calcium, howpre- 

 pared, 115. 



Barometer, new mode of filling, 109. 



Basilosaurus of Harlan, geognostic posi- 

 tion of, 381. 



Beaumontite, a new mineral species de- 

 scribed, 198. 



Binney, report on birds, and fish, and 

 reptiles of Massachusetts, 393. 



Birds, habits of certain species, 392. 



Blasting rocks by galvanic and electrical 

 excitement, 33, 188. 



Booth, J. C, analysis of chrome iron, 243. 



Bonnycastle, Prof C, on the depth of 

 the sea as determined by echo, 161. 



Boston Society of Natural History, ab- 

 stract of their proceedings from June 5 

 to Sept. 4. 1839, 193; from Oct. 2 to 

 Dec. 18, 1839,391. 



Botany and Zoology, section A, of Brit- 

 ish Association Proceedings, 128. 



Boye, Martin H., new compound of pla- 

 tinum, 186. 



Brain, manual mode of examination, 133. 



Brewer on eggs of Chicadee, 195. 



on the habits of certain birds, 

 392. 



Bridges, Ithiel Town's improvements in, 

 276. 



Bridge across James River, 286. 



Brinckerhoff, minerals and shells to N. 

 Y. Lyceum Natural History, 198. 



British Association, 9th meeting, abstract 

 of proceedings, 93. 



British Association for Advancement of 

 Science, 10th meeting of announced, 

 4(16. 



R. I. Murchison's 

 letter to Prof Silliman on, 406. 



otfice bearers of, lOtli 

 meeting, 407. 



Antarctic Expedition, 204. 

 Channel, water from analyzed, 

 12. 



Burmah, earthquakes in, 385. 



Calcium obtained by Dr. Hare, 181, 189. 



Calculus treated by lithotrity, 134. 



Calorimeter, a new one by Dr. Ure, 109. 



Calymene Bufo, inferior surface of, 410. 



Canton, China, meteorological observa- 

 tions made at, 265, 301. 



Capillary action, a new development of, 

 180. 



Carburets, crystallization of, 118. 



Carcharias obscurus, 195. 



