INDEX. 



423 



M. 



Magnesium, process for, 106. 



Magnetic needle, efiecls of Aurora Bo- 

 realis on, 113. 



, variation of, 385. 



Magnetization, phenomena of, 401. 



Majorca, notice of a part of, 83. 



Mantel), G. Esq., on the discovery of Igii- 

 anodon in the green sand of thechall; 

 at Maidstone, S. E. England, 355. 



Marl calcareous, apparatus for analy- 

 zing, 2'J'J. 



Maryland, report on geological and to- 

 pographical survey of, 1. 



Mastodon, vertebral bone of 1G5. 



Mather, Prof W. W. contributions tc 

 Chemical science, 241. 



Medals, 74. 



Mercury, iodide of, 263. 



Meteoric iron from Louisiana, mass of 

 in Y. C. Cabinet, 382. 



observations, 13th Nov. 1834, 



335, 339. 



Meteorology, exchange of observations 

 in, 172. 



journal at Savannah, Geo 



June, 1833 and 1834, 173. 



Mica slate intersected by trap, 342. 



Microlite, a new mineral species, 361. 



Milking, application of principle of bal- 

 ance to, 92. 



Milk weed a substitute for flax, 384. 



Mineralogv, manual of, by Robert Allan 

 F. R. S.E., 413. 



Moon, its influence on the weather, 102. 



Morton's Dr. S. G. synopsis of organic 

 remains of the cretaceous group of the 

 United States, 377. 



Murchison, Mr. on the geology ol 

 AVales, 412. 



Muse, J. E. on .stony concretioRs in the 

 ovary of a turtle, 163. 



N. 



Natural History, abstract of the proceed 



ings of the New York Lyceum of 1831 



to 18;U, 148. 

 Naval Lyceum of United States, 303. 

 New England Magazine, notice of, 389. 

 New York Lyceum of Natural History, 



abstract of proceedings of, for 1831 \o 



1834, 118. 

 Niagara, falls of, 326. 

 NomenclatureofBejzelius, objections to, 



and substitute for, 61. 



O. 



Obituarv of Dr. J. F. Coindet. 404. 



'■ — Hon. Simeon De Witt, 395. 



Mr. Thomas Say, 393. 



Obituary of Prof. Aldini, 405. 



Observations on the genus Unio, &c. new 

 work by Mr. I. Lea, notice of, 371. 



Olmsted, Prof on Zodiacal light, 416. 



Opossum of Stonesfield slate, 412. 



Optical deception, instrument for exhib- 

 iting, 310. 



Organic remains of Marlpits, Craven co. 

 N. C, 168. 



cretaceous group, U. 



State 



'Ml. 



-, 317, 106, 165, 415. 



Oxalic acid, 400. 



Papyrus, 80. 



Perca nobilis, dissection of eye of, 216. 



Perchloride of platinum, crystallized, 



2t)2. 

 Phi Beta Kappa soc. of New York, 388. 

 Philosophical instruments, construction 



of in this country, 292. 

 Picture gallery of Toronto, 178. 

 Plants, fossil marine, 347. 

 Platinum, amalgam of 263. 



, iodide of, 257. 



, perchloride of, 262. 



Pomona, on propagation of fruit trees, 



and vines, 288. 

 Potassium, chloriodide of, 258. 

 , iodide of, 257. 



Potatoe, culture of in France, 176. 

 Pottery, ancient American, 175. 

 Problems, 127. 



Radiant heat, transmission of through 

 different solid and liquid bodies, 228. 



Rail road curves, 131. 



llcportof the Regents of Univ. N. Y., 

 177. 



on a projected geological and to- 



pographical survey ol Maryland, 1. 



Resistance of fluids, 135. 



Riddell, J. L. new construction of ba- 

 rometer, 223. 



Rogeis, H. D. experimental inquiry into 

 the laws of the elementary Voltaic 

 battery, 39. 



Falls of Niagara, 326. 



, Prof W. B. appaiatus for ana- 

 lyzing calcareous marl, &c.. 290. 



-, experimental inquiry 



into the laws of the elementary Volta- 

 ic battery, 30. 

 . on bi-malate of lime 



in berries of Sumach, 294. 



, Sell-filling Sj'phon, 



302. 

 Rotation of fluid.-^ 



84. 



