INDEX. 



409 



Morton, Dr., organic remains of ferrugin- 

 ous Band formation in North America, 

 288. 



N. 



Narceine, 379. 



Natural Philosophy, by Prof. Olmsted, 

 351. 



Necrology of Count Chas. Vidua de Gon- 

 zano, 198. 



Geo. Crabbe, Andrew Bell, 



Sir James Mackintosh, Jeremy Ben- 

 tham, T.Ornie,C. de Bonstetten, NaefT, 

 Camille Borghese, Abbe Angelo Cesa- 

 ris, 370. 



Baron Boissel de Monville, 



and George Cuvier, George Simon Se- 

 rullas. Christian, Auguste Duvau, Ev- 

 ariste Gallois, Dr. Leroux, Alberic De- 

 ville, Meyranx, Jean Fran9ois Cham- 

 poUion, Abel Remusat, Gui!laume-Lou- 

 is-Julien Carr6, Louis Simond, 371. 



Nitrogen in animal substances, 384. 



North Carolina, Gold region of, 1. 



Nutt, Dr. on origin, extension, and con- 

 tinuance of prairies, 40. 



■ on geological topics relating to 



lower part of valley of Mississippi, 49. 



o. 



Obituary of Dr. Caspar Spurzheira, 356 



Observatory of Geneva, 390. 



Ocean, its temperature and saltness at 



different depths, 10. 

 Oils, action upon oxygen, 190, 

 Olmsted's, Prof., Nat. Philosophy, 351 

 Organic remains of the ferruginous sand 



formation, by Dr. Morton, 288. 

 Orr, Isaac, Mr., on memory, 278. 

 Oxygenated water, 382. 

 Oxygen, action of oils upon, 190. 



Peck, Hon. Judge, on gold region of Geo., 



N. Car. and Tenn., 1. 



Pendulum, motions of, and of surrounding 

 air, 391. 



Petroleum fountain, notice of, by the Ed- 

 itor, 97. 



Phosphate of lime, 403. 



Phosphorus, density of its vapor, 383. 



Physiology, vegetable, 1.38. 



Planes, inclined, P J: Thcincon on, 107. 



Plants of Chile, 78, 250. 



Poison, animal, remedy for, 168, 



PolarizaUon of light, 28, 225. 



Potatoes, boiling of, 201. 



Vol. XXIII.— No 2. 



Potatoe cheese, 202. 

 Practical tourist, review of, 213, 

 Prairies, origin, extension and continu- 

 ance of, 40. 



R. 



Rattle snake, 337. 



Redtield, W. C, on Am. steam boats, 311. 



Report on Deshayes' tableau comparatif 



des coquilles vivantes, by Cuvier and 



Brongniart, 196. 

 Review of Practical Tourist, 213. 

 Rice, boiling of, 202. 

 Ruschenberger, Dr., on plants of Chile, 



78, 250. 

 Rust, preventive of, 199. 



Saltness of the ocean, 10. 



Sampson, Wm., Esq., notice of a cetaca° 



ous animal, 301. 

 Sealing wax, economy in uss of, 200. 

 Sheep feeding, 393. 

 Shells, fos.sil and recent, 204, 389. 

 Silvering copper, 386. 

 Silver, imitation of, 195. 

 Simond, Louis, notice of life of, S71. 

 Soubeiran, on action of chloride of lime 



on alcohol, 134. 

 Spurzheim, Dr. Caspar, Prof. Follen's obit" 



uary of, 356. 



works republishing in 



Boston, 406. 

 Steam boats, American, W. C. Redfiield 



on, 311. 

 Steam boilers, strength of, 68. 

 Sugar of beets, 392. 

 Sulphur, chlorides of, 382. 



vapor of, its density, 883. 



Surveying, improvements in, 37. 

 Syrups, bleaching of, by M. I)umont,346. 



Tele-copes, manufacture of, 403. 

 Temperature, increase cf in interior of the 

 ear;'i, 15. 



of the ocean, 10. 



Tennessee, gold legion of, 1. 



Tertiary formation of North America, fos- 

 sil shells of, 204, 339. 



The- no-multiplicator, 185, 331. 



Thomoson, Hon. Wm. A., on diluvial ac- 

 tion, 243. 



Thomson, J., Prof., on inclined planes, 



I 107. 



iToads enclosed in wood and stone, vitall* 



ty of. Prof. Buckland on, 272. 

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