Ss A B 
Russia, Yakutsk, notice of, xvii, 28. 
» gypsum in, xvil, 19, 21, 24. 
, salt of, xvii, 19. 
——, mines, proceeds of, from 
1818 to 1828, xii, 197. 
, minesof Nertchinsk, xvii, 34. 
diamond mines, xix, 199. 
, copper mines at Ekatherin- 
enburg, xvil, 25. 
, hotice of gold mines of, ix, 
183 ; xii, 884; xiv, 204; xvii, 25; 
xviii, 190; xxviii, 395; x\lvi, 
211. 
, mines of gold and silver, yield 
of, xvii, 406; xx, 402; xxi, 372. 
, mass of twenty-five PoE 
xli, 384. 
, platina in the Ural, xii, 384 ; 
xiv, 204; xviii, 190; SlineOo! 
se A large masses of, xlvi, 
212. 
, iron founderies, improvements 
Ingexxx, LS; 
, stone butter, a mineral pro- 
duct eaten in, xvii, 28. 
Russian drinks, xi, 392. 
leather, fabrication of, iv, 193. 
universities, xx, 176. 
Rust, preservation of iron from, xix, 
203; xxi, 150; xxii, 882; xxiii, 
199, 383. 
, means of preserving from, by 
- caoutchouc, vi, 398. 
Ruthenium, a new metal from the 
Ural, xvi, 384; xlviii, 401. 
Rutile, in Connecticut, iv, 55. 
, in Massachusetts, i, 116, 134; 
verA05); vilje 58 31 xis 92b9 be xx, 
170. 
, in New Jersey, 1x, 245. 
, 1n New York, xxi, 325. 
, 10 Pennsylvania, v, 41; xiv, 
5, 14. 
, in Vermont, ix, 55. 
Rye, ergot of, Wm. Tully, ii, 45. 
S. 
Sabal Adansoni, xxvi, 315. 
hystrix, v, 293. 
—— minima, v, 293. 
223 S 
AL 
Sabine, E.,on the magnetism of the 
earth, and especially of the Arc- 
tic regions, xvii, 145,f 
Saccharic acid, Heintz, xlviii, 193. 
Saccharine juices, optical prey yerac 
of, Biot, xxiv, 379. 
Saco river, temperature of, xxxiv, 
381; xxxvil, 389. 
Saddle Mountain, Mass., viii, 3. 
Safe, for provisions, xxx, 169. 
Safety lamp, H. Davy’s, xvii, 240. 
, of E. du Mesnil,xxxviil, 
115. 
—— tubes, substitute for, 
345.f 
Sagenaria, generic characters, vil, 
180. 
Sager, A., on American amphibia, 
xxxvi, 320.f 
XVil, 
Saguerus, a Sago palm, affording 
material for cordage, xxi, 36. 
Sahlite, in Connecticut, vi, 225. 
, in New York, viii, 88. 
Sailing, solution of a case in, xlvi, 
Sal-ammoniac, produced from the 
combustion of a coal bed, vi, 
395. 
Salamander, see under Zoology. 
Salicine, xix, 204, 370; xx, 384. 
, mode of obtaining, xxi, 155, 
, properties of, xlix, 392. 
Saliferous formation of the Ohio 
valley, S. P. Hildreth, xxiv, 46 ; 
XXIX, 26. 
in New York, xxxix, 
103. 
in Virginia, xli, 214. 
Salina, salt works and springs of, 
xv, 6; xvi, 187; xix, 141 ; xxxvi, 
Qh RRxixal Ode: 
, bromine in the brine of, xviii, 
143. 
Salines, see under Salt. 
Salisbury, E. E., Dr. Lund on the 
. occurence of fossil human bones 
of the prehistoric world, xliv, 
Ql 
, abstract of J. Klaproth on the 
invention of the compass, xl, 
242. 
