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Adulteration of morphine, xix, 75. || Agassiz, on the echinodermata, no- 
of oil of sweet almonds, xix, 
76. 
of oil of olives, xix, 76. 
of peroxide of manganese, 
mx, 70: 
of peruvian bark, xix, 81. 
of phosphate of soda, xix, 82. 
of prussic acid, xix, 70. 
of soda, xix, 83. 
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of sulphate of magnesia, xix, 
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of sulphate of quinine, xix, 84. 
of tartrate of potash, xix, 85. 
of tartar emetic, xix, 86. 
of vinegar, xix, 86. 
Aerial navigation, principles of, H. 
Strait, xxv, 15.f 
Aerolite, see Meteorite. 
Aerostation, observations made du- 
ring an ascent, KH. Robertson, xii, 
166, 325. 
Africa, alum and other minerals in 
a cavern in Southern, xxviii, 290. 
, white race of Atlas in, xxxil, 
400. 
, Journey in Northern, by Eh- 
renberg and Hemprich, vii, 195. 
, Northern, geological notices 
of, iv, 32. 
, geology of desert between 
Suez and Cairo, xxxili, 288. 
, geology of Cape of Good 
Hope, G. Champion, xxix, 230. 
ticed, xxxiv, 212; xxxvii, 369; 
xlii, 378; xlv, 399. 
, glaciers and bowlders in Swit- 
zerland, xli, 59, 190. 
, former existence of glaciers 
in Scotland, xli, 191. 
, glacial theory of, xlii, 346.f 
, Visit of, to Mantell’s Museum, 
xxvill, 194, 
, Wollaston medal awarded to, 
xxx, 382. 
, notice of the several works - 
of, xli, 194. 
Agate, in Canada, viii, 64. 
» in Connecticut, i, 134; v, 44, 
45; vi, 216. 
, in Massachusetts, i, 113, 115; 
v, 407; vi, 52. 
, in New Jersey, i, 236; ii, 
1975)\v,.239: 
, in North Carolina, v,26 1,264. 
, in Rhode Island, ix, 46. 
, In the Western States, 1, 132 ; 
il, 715 vii, 49. 
, cause of red color of, xxxvi, 
207. 
, coralline, in the West Indies, 
i, 141. 
Agave plant, and cordage from its 
fibre, xxi, 32. 
and other plants used for cor- 
dage, J. Mease and H. Perrine, 
xxv, 330. 
African Cold Bokkeveld meteorite,]/ Agricultural chemistry, remarks on, 
notice of, xl, 199. 
413; xxxix, 255. 
xli, 262. 
dialects, J. W. Gibbs, xxxviii,|Agriculture, rotation of crops in, M. 
Macaire, xxiii, 138. 
Afzelius, obituary notice of, xxxiii,]|Aikin, W. E. A., notices of the 
211. 
Agardl’s Systema Algarum, an- 
nounced, ii, 363; iv, 200. 
Agaric mineral in N. York, xxv, 347. 
» In Vermont, ill, 234, 
242. 
Agassiz on fossil fishes, notice of, 
xxvill, 1933; xxxiv, 212; abstract 
of, xxx, 33. 
, on the freshwater fishes of 
Central Europe, xxxix, 390; xlv, 
211. 
country between Baltimore and 
the Ohio river, xxvi, 219.f 
, apparent diminution of weight 
in some circumstances, xxvii, 224. 
Air, on the color of, by Count Xa- 
vier de Maistre, xxvi, 65. 
, currents in, see Winds. 
, temperature of, see Meteor- 
ology, Heat and Temperature. 
Airpump, new,J.H. Patten,vili,143.f 
, remarks upon, with sugges- 
tions, J. F. Dana, viii, 275.f 
