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Ossification of the vitreous humor, 
xvii, 186. 
Ostrea edulis, remarks on, xxxii, 
241. 
, see farther under Zootoey, 
Mollusca. 
Ostrich toes, xxxv, 312. 
Otaheite, letter on, by J. A. Mae- 
renhaut, xxix, 283. 
, contents of J. A. Maeren- 
haut’s work on, xxix, 290. 
Olto, on the separation of zine from 
manganese, xlvii, 194, 
Oval arches, tracing of, E. Miller, 
xxil, 803.f 
Owen, D. D., on fossil palm trees in 
Indiana, xlv, 336. 
,on geological coloring and 
symbols, xlv, 351. 
,on geological paintings and 
illustrations, xlv, 136. 
, geology of the WesternStates, 
xliv, 365; xlv, 151, 163. 
, report on Indiana, notice of, 
xxxiv, 19375) xl, 133. 
, on human footprints in lime- 
stone, xliii, 14.f 
, review of New York Geo- 
logical Reports, xlvi, 148; xlvii, 
354!; xIvili, 296.f 
, meteorological notices in In- 
diana, xxix, 294. 
Owen, Richard, Wollaston medal, 
presented to, xxxv, 197. 
, on the fossil bones collected 
by C. Darwin, xxxv, 196. 
, structure of fossil teeth, xxxv, 
307. 
——, on the Megatherium, xxxvii, 
371. 
, on R. Harlan’s notice of new 
fossil mammalia, xliv, 341. 
, reply of R. Harlan to, xlv, 
208. 
, on the Dinornis, and the Con- 
necticut valley fossil footprints, 
xlv, 185; xlviii, 194. 
, on the bird’s nests of New 
Holland, xlviii, 61. 
, Report on the Fossil Mam- 
malia of Great Britain, xlvii, 186. 
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Owen, Robert, establishment at 
Neéewiitlarmony, x, (Goce xis 
188. . 
——., Plans of Education, &c., ix, 
161, 383. 
Owhyhee, see Sandwich Islands— 
also under Geology and Volca- 
noes. 
Oxahverite, xv, 387, [Apophyllite. ] 
Oxalates, experiments on certain, 
xiil, 188. 
Oxalate of lime, crystallized in 
plants, xxi, 372. 
Oxalic acid, Gay Lussac, xxvii, 
400. 
ether, new product from, Mal- 
aguti, xl, 215. 
—— and chlorine, compound 
ofs x|5 215: 
Oxygen, absorption of, by water, 
il, 849. 
, abstraction of, from the at- 
mosphere, xii, 91. 
, Specific gravity of, xxxv, 
298. 
——, delicate test of, in a gaseous 
mixture, xvi, 397. 
, @ means of resuscitating 
from drowning, xvi, 250. 
——, respiration of, 1, $5. 
, action of oils upon, xxiii, 
190. 
Oxygenized water, ill, 369. 
Oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, see under 
Blowpipe. 
illumination in light- 
houses, xxvill, 355. 
Oxyria reniformis, xlv, 29. 
Oysters, ancient and modern histo- 
ry of, xxxil, 241. 
, fishery of, xxxii, 245. 
——, habits of, xxxit, 244. 
, uses, xxxil, 246. 
Ozocerite, new mineral species, 
xxvi, 388. 
Ozone, the cause of the electro- 
chemical odor, C. F. Schéndein, 
xli, 44. 
, nature and properties of, F. 
de Moleyns, xlii, 318. 
, notice of, xlix, 195. 
