INDEX TO VOLUME XXIII. 



A. 



Alkalies, preserving qualities of, 383. 

 Alluvial deposites of the Mohawk, 207. 

 Analysis, chemical, of the atraosphere, 



380. 

 Anthracite in Massachusetts, 405. 

 Ash, white, effect of, on rattlesnakes, 337. 

 Association, Biitish, for advancement of 



science, 179. 

 Atmosphere, chemical analysis of, 380. 

 Azote in animal substances, 384. 



Bath, Russian vapor, 295. 



Bees, hiving of, 202. 



Beets, cultivation and sugar of, 392. 



Biela's comet, 390. 



Bone cave, 388. 



Bonstetten, Chas. Victor, notice of life of, 

 374. 



Boring for water in New York, 206. 



Bread, distillation of, 194. 



Brewster, Dr., on polarization of light, 

 28, 225. 



British association for advancement of 

 science, 179. 



Brongniartia, correction of Brongniatia 

 in Prof. Green's Monograph of Trilo 

 bites of North America, 400. 



Brunner, Prof, chemical analysis of the 

 atmosphere, 380. 



Buckland, Prof., on vitality of toads en- 

 closed in wood and stone, 272. 



c. 



Cabinet of Natural History and American 



rural sports, 402. 

 Caloric, experiments in, 185, 

 Camphogene, 378. 

 Canebrakes, 50. 



Carbonate of lime and compounds, 387. 

 Carburetted hydrogen, combinations of, 



377. 

 Case, Rev. Wm., facts on hydrophobia 



144. 



Cave of bones, 388. 



Cement for glass, &c. 201. 



Cetaceous animal, notice of, 301. 



Charcoal prepared by M. Dumont, S46, 



Cheese from potatoes, 202. 



Chevallier, on uses of chlorine and chlo- 

 rides, 129. 



Chile, plants of, 78, 250. 



Chloride of lime, action of on alcohol, 135. 



Chlorides and chlorine, xises of, 129. 

 of sulphur, 382. 



Coal beds of Pennsylvania, Prof. Eaton 

 on, 399. 



Comet, Biela's, 390. 



Comets, medal for discovery of, 391. 



Compass, microscopic, 237 



Conrad's, T. A., work on fossil and recent 

 shells of the tertiary formation of North 

 America, 204, 339, 405. 



Copper process for silvering, 386. 



Cordage, coating for, 199. 



Corrosive fluids, syphons for, 387. 



sublimate, detection of, 207. 



Cotton, case of treatment by, 193. 

 Crucible for fusion, 384. 

 Cuvier, Baron G., memoir of, 303. 

 Cuvier andBrongniart's report on M. Des- 



hayes tableau comparatif des coquilles 



vivantes, 196. 

 Cylindrical steam boilers, strength of, 68. 



D. 



Dampness, prevention of, 199. 



De Candolle's, A. memoir of Cuvier, 



303. 

 De Candolle's, A. P. memoir of Huber, 



117. 

 Diluvial action, Hon. Wm. A. Thompson 



on, 243. 

 Dumonts' filter and prepared charcoal, 



346. 



E. 



Earth, increase of temperature in the in- 

 teiior of the, 15. 



Eaton, Prof., on coal beds of Pennsylva- 

 nia, organized remains of, 399. 



