CONTENTS. V 



Page. 

 8, 9, 10. How to boil Rice — Potatoe Cheese — Collecting swarms 



of Bees, - - - - - - - - 202 



11. Trilobite, - - - - " - - - - - 203 



DOMESTIC. 



1. Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America, 



illustrated by figures drawn on stone, from nature, 204 



2. Declination of the Magnetic Needle, _ _ _ 205 



3. Boring for Water, 206 



4. 5. Alluvial deposits of the Mohawk — Detection of Corrosive 



Sublimate, - 207 



NUMBER II. 



Art. I. Experiments upon the Solidification of raw Gypsum ; by 

 John P. Emmet, Prof, of Chemistry in the Univ. of 

 Virginia, .._-.._ 209 



II. The Practical Tourist, or sketches of the useful arts, 

 and of Society, Scenery, &c. &c. in Great Britain, 

 France and Holland. In two volumes ; by Z. Allen, 

 Providence, R. I. 1832, - - - - - 213 



III. On the laws of the polarization of light by refraction ; 



by David Brewstek, LL. D. F. R. S. L. & E. - 225 



IV. The Microscopic Compass ; invented by John Locke, 



M. D., Principal of Cincinnati Female Academy, 237 



V. Facts relating to Diluvial Action ; by the Hon. Wm. A. 



Thompson, - - - - - - - 243 



VI. List of the Plants of Chile; translated from the "Mer- 

 curic Chileno," by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D., 



U. S. Navy, - - 250 



VII. On the Vitality of Toads enclose in Stone and Wood ; 

 by the Rev. W. Buckland, F. R. S. F. L. S. F. G. S., and 

 Prof, of Geol. and Min. Univ. Oxford, - - 272 



VIII. On the process of Memory ; by Isaac Orr, - - 278 

 IX. Memoir on the Chemical Analysis of the Atmosphere ; 

 by M. Brunner, Prof of Chemistry at Berne. Trans- 

 lated for this Joui'nal by Prof. Griscom, - - 280 



X. Supplement to the " Synopsis of the Organic Remains 



of the Ferruginous Sand Formation of the United 

 States," contained in Vols. XVII and XVIII of this Jour- 

 nal ; by S. G. Morton, M. D., &c. - . _ 288 



XI. Account of the Russian Vapor Bath ; by T. S. Traill, . 



M. D. ......... 295 



