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Webster, J. W., notice of work on 
the Azores by, iv, 251. 
, work of, on Chemistry, noti- 
ced, xi, 877; xx, 89; xxxvi, 195; 
XXXVlll, 329. 
——, proposed biography of scien- 
tific men, xxxvil, 193. 
Webster, N., notice of the seasoning 
of timber, and of the acceleration 
of water-wheels during the night, 
xii, 163. 
, Critical interpretation of bara 
and asah, xxxv, 375. 
, Winters of uncommon severi- 
ty, xxvill, 188. 
, opinions on temperature,xlvii, 
228. 
, on luminous appearance in 
the atmosphere, xii, 380. 
, dictionary of, noticed, xv, 399. 
Wedgewood ware, notice of, xxvi, 
242. 
Weed, W. B., on scenery in Penn- 
sylvania, xxi, 197. 
Weeds, destruction of, xxii, 381. ° 
Weekes, W. H., experiments with 
reference to the Acarus Crossil, 
xlili, 395. 
Weight, apparent diminution of, in 
some instances of lifting, W. E. 
A. Aikin, xxvii, 224 ;—J. Nick- 
alls, xxviii, 198. 
, atomic, of elementary bodies, 
xxxvill, 119; xlvii, 187. 
Weights and measures, notice of F. 
R. Hassler’s report on, xxiii, 405. 
Welland canal, xiv, 159.f 
Wells, R. W., origin of prairies, 
i, 331. 
Wells, artesian, xx, 392. 
, notice of, xxvii, 399. 
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——, ——,atSt. Andre,xxxvi,204. 
——., ——, at Grenelle, Paris, xli, 
209. 
> ——, uses arising from the 
uniform temperature of the wa- 
ter, xxl, 373. 
—, ——, Ohio, xlix, 406. 
, frozen, xxxvi, 184. 
, of Columbia, S. C., affected 
by earthquakes, i, 93. 
280 
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Wells, temperature of, see Temper- 
ature. 
Wellsted, J. R., on the province of 
Oman, on the eastern coast of 
Arabia, xxxil, 383. 
Welther’s tube of safety, substitute 
for, xvii, 845.f 
West, C. E., siliceous tubes in the 
earth, Rome, N. Y., xlv, 220. 
West, on the corrosion of lead tubes 
by spring water, xlvi, 398. 
West Indies, geology of, 1, 140. 
——,, coral limestone, raised, 
in Dominica, iv, 218 ;-—St. Chris- 
topher’s, iv, 218; St. Eustatia, 
iv, 219; Saba, iv, 219. 
——, Antigua, 1, 56,140; xii, 
SOs XERV AOS 
——, Barbadaes, v, 406. 
, st. Croix, S. Hovey, 
Xxxv, 64. 
West of England Journal, notice of, 
XXvill, 365. 
Westchester, Pa., geology and min- 
eralogy of, xiv, 15. 
County Cabinet of Natural 
Science, xxii, 402. 
Western country, natural resources 
of, xxii, 122. 
Western Museum Society, i, 203. 
Wetzel, L., adventure of, xxxi, 14. 
Whale, suspension of respiration in, 
XXIx, 348, 
, fossil, xvii, 289. 
, remains of, at Durham, Eng- 
land, xxxviil, 130. 
Wheat, manures for, xii, 165. 
, soil for, xii, 372. 
, growth of, on accelerating, G. 
W. Hall, xxxi, 345 ; xxxviii, 129. 
> ——, effects of an earth- 
quake on, ix, 208. 
Wheatstone, C., on binocular vision, 
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Wheels, water, on pitchback or 
breast, A. B. Quinby, xi, 333. 
» ——, on the asserted accel- 
eration of, during night and in 
winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163. 
Wheeler, A. D., solution of a dio- 
phantine problem, xx, 295. 
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