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Wheeler, H., on sea-serpent, ii, 
161. 
Wheeling, Virginia, notice of, xxiv, 
186. 
—-, —-—, Indian attacks, xxxi, 3 
Wheelright, W., efforts of, for steam 
navigation, xli, 358. 
, on steam navigation in the 
Pacific, xliil, 107. 
Whelk, economical notice of, xxxii, 
248. 
Whelpley, J. D., two species of hy- 
drachna, xxx, 354.f 
, idea of an atom, xlvili, 352. 
Whetstone, in R. Island, viii, 232. 
, see farther, Novaculite. 
Whewell, W., anniversary address 
by, before the Geological Society 
of London, xxxvil, 218. 
——, ealdness iyetfone the eleventh 
meeting of the British Associa- 
tion, xli, 391. 
, chemical symbols, xxi, 369. 
, relative level of land and sea, 
as connected with the tides, xxxi, 
335; xxxv, 287. 
,on mineralogical 
xliv, 214. 
, heat from the sun, central 
heat, of space, &c., xxix, 349. 
, tides mapped out by curves, 
with a discussion on, xxxv, 290. 
, demonstration that all matter 
is heavy, xii, 264. 
, ——, reply to, by R. Hare, 
xlii, 260. 
Whirlpools, course of, A. W. Car-| 
son, xxix, 341.f 
Whirlwind, see Winds. 
White, C., obtained a patent for 
hydraulic lime, ili, 230. 
White, G., notice of the works of, 
xXxxvil, 155. 
White, D. A., eulogium on Dr. 
Bawditeb: XXXV, 386. 
White Mountaing. old man of the 
mountain, xiv, 64f; xxxiv, 122. 
, slides in, and miscella- 
neous notices of, xv, 217. 
——, excursion among, J. 
Pierce, viii, 172. 
systems, 
281 
L 
|White Mountains, excursion to, O. 
P. Hubbard, xxxiv, 105.£ 
White race of Atlas, xxxii, 400. 
Whiting, H., on the supposed tides 
of the North American lakes, xx, 
205. 
——, remarks on East Florida, 
| 1838, xxxv, 47. 
Whiting, S., description of a ma- 
rine ventilator, xviil, 75.f 
Whitlock, G. C., on the measure of 
polygons, xlvil, 380.f 
Whitney, E., on a fluid contained 
in stones, vill, 285. 
» invention of the cotton gin, 
xxi, 209. 
, manufacture of fire-arms, xxi, 
237. 
——, memoir of, D. Olmsted, xxi, 
201.f 
, reminiscences of, B. Silli- 
man, Xxi, 255.f 
, monumental stone of, xxi, 
264.f 
Whitney, J. D., translation by, of 
Berzelius on “the blowpipe, no- 
ticed, xlix, 379. 
Whittlesey, C., heights of places in 
Ohio, and elsewhere, xlv, 12. 
Wiegman, on the inorganic ele- 
ments of plants, xlvii, 194. 
Wier’s cave, Virginia, i, 59, 64. 
Wikstrém’s Report on Botany, xl, 
393. 
Wilcox, C., letters on the White 
Mountains, xv, 217. 
Wilcox, P. B., on adjusting light- 
ning rods, xviii, 361. 
Wilcox, W. W., on oil from white 
fish, xxxv, 391. 
Walden C., algebraic solution by, 
XVl, O71. 
, on the rectification of the el- 
lipse, xviii, 388.f 
, on the resolution of equa- 
tions of the fourth degree, xviii, 
276. 
, on analytical geometry, xx, 
285. 
Wilkes, C., notice of Hassler’s re- 
peating theodolite, xvi, 252.f 
