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Beck, L.C.,on the Eupyrchorite and 
Rensselaerite of Emmons, xl, 77. 
, notices of trap minerals in 
New Jersey and New York, xliv, 
54.f 
, on the occurrence of bitumin- 
ous or organic matter in some N. 
York limestones and sandstones,| 
xlv, 335. 
, remarkable example of force 
of expansion and contraction, xlv, 
49. 
, on antediluvian climate, xlv, 
144. 
, on igneous action, as deduced 
from the appearance of crystals, 
&c., in N. Y., xlv, 143; xlvi, 333. 
Beck, L. C., and E. Emmons, de- 
scription of anew moss, Greville- 
anum serratum, xi, 183.f 
Beckwith, J., dikes or natural walls’ 
in North Carolina, v, 1. 
Becquerel, on combinations and 
crystallizations by the action of 
weak electric forces, xvil, 383. 
, crystallization of galena and 
other substances by galvanism, 
xxviil, 291. 
metals, xxx1, 164. 
Bed, made of crystal for the Shah 
of Persia, xv, 186. 
Bees, honey, of America, J. A. Van- 
den Heuvel, iti, 79. 
, Huber’s observations on, xxiii, 
120. 
,a notice of, KE. Burgess, xxii, 
164, 
, mode of taking swarms of, in 
Corsica, xxill, 202. 
, parasite among, M. Field, 
xxv, 2138. 
Beets, large amount of alkali in, xv, 
180. 
, nutriment for domestic ani- 
mals, xxul, 200. 
, cultivation of, and manufac. 
of sugar, M. Girardin, xxiii, 392. 
, electro-chemical reduction of), 
Beet sugar in France, vi, 888; xv, 
394. 
Belemnite, animal of, xlv, 408. 
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Belemnites americanus, xvil, 281; 
xviii, 249.f 
, Raspail’s opinion, xvii, 184. 
Beil, J., improved airpump receiv- 
er, xxviii, 353.f 
Bellows, theory of, H. Strait, xxvii, 
88.f 
, exploded by inflammable gas, 
xxiv, 182. : 
Bellows Falls, scenery of, vii, 12. 
, granite of, vi, 11. 
Belzoni’s gift of two statues to Pa- 
dua, v, 177. 
Benedict, A., on the vegetation of 
the Ottawa and some of its tribu- 
taries, xvili, 349. 
Benedict, Prof., on conic sections, 
Xxxi, 258.f 
Benedict, F. IN., on determining the 
temperature of the mercury ina 
siphon barometer, xl, 250.f 
Benzoyle, hydruret of, xlix, 194. 
Benzoic acid, xxvi, 2673; xlix, 194. 
Benzoic compounds, researches on 
the radical of benzoic acid, Woh- 
ler and Liebig, xxvi, 261. 
, benzoic acid, xxvi, 267. 
——; benzoin, xxvi, 279. 
——, benzamid, xxvi, 274. 
, chlorobenzoyle, xxvi, 
270, 277. 
, eyanobenzoyle, xxvi, 
273. 
—— , ilodobenzoyle,xxvi,273. 
—— -——.,, bromobenzoyle, xxvi, 
D7 
— , hydrobenzoyle, Xxvi, 
270. 
——— - bitten almondionlyexexvii, 
263.5 
, formulas for, and the 
ethers, xxvi, 285. 
Bennet, E. T., obituary notice of, 
MXX LIAM: 
Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, geol- 
ogy of, vill, 1. 
Berlin, notice of the city, xx, 389. 
Bertero, C., Chilian plants, xix, 63, 
299; xx, 248; xxiii, 78, 250. 
Berthierite, xv, 386. 
Beryl, broken crystal, xlvi, 366.f 
