CONTENTS. V 



Page. 

 36, 37. Crystal Bed — Compressibility of Water, by Prof. 



Oersted, - - - - - 186 



38. Probability of Life. Comparative results deduced from 



Registers kept at Geneva, and Calculations made 



by Dr. Odier, - - - - 187 



39, 40, 41. Process for discovering and separating Antimo- 



ny from Lead, Brass, and other Metals soluble in 

 Nitric Acid ; by M. Bussoun — Note upon the spon- 

 taneous combustion of Cobalt ; by M. Boullay — ■ 

 Note upon the loduret of Lead; by M. Berthenot, 188 

 42, 43, 44. Observations upon some properties of Sulphur ; 

 by M. Dumas — Death of the Hon. George Knox — 

 Portable Gas, - - - - 189 



II. Domestic. 



1. Temperature of water in wells, observed by Gen. Field, 190 



2. Proceedings of the Lyceum of Natural History of New- 



York, ----- 191 



3. Drinking Ice-Water, ... - 194 

 4 Virginia Aerolite, _ _ . - 195 



5. Note supplementary to Wright's Theory of Fluxions, 196 



6. Errors corrected in Dr. Robinson's Catalogue of Mine- 



rals, ----- 197 



7. Aurora Borealis, Magnetic Needle, &c. - 199 



8. 9. Carpenter's Chemical Warehouse — Writ for the Med- 



ical Convention of 1830, - - 200 



NUMBER II. 



Art. I. Mineralogy and Geology of a part of Nova Scotia; 



by Charles T. Jackson and Francis Alger, - 201 

 II. Miscellaneous Notices of Mountain Scenery, and of 

 Slides and Avalanches in the White and Green 

 Mountains, - - - - - - 217 



III. Gases, Acids, and Salts, on and near the Erie Canal, 



also living Antediluvial Animals ; by A. Eaton, 233 



IV. Information concerning the digging, pre|)aration, 



and use of Peat ; translated from the French, 250 



V. Chemical Instruments and Operations ; by Prof. 



Robert Hare, M. D. 260 



VI. On the Saccharum of the Sweet Potato (Convolvu- 

 lus battatas ;) by Robert Hare, M. D., Professor 

 of Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, 285 



