INDEX. 



329 



Colimacea, nineteen new species of, de- 

 scribed by Mr. Lea, 173. 



Colonial Records, copy of, presented to 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, 105. 



Colours, loss of power of distinguishing, 

 cases of, 104, 117, 265. 



Comet, Galle's first, results of observa- 

 tions of, 301. 



Galle's second, Mr. Walker, and 



Mr. Loornis on, 201, 215. 



Galle's second, Prof. Rilmker on, 



275. 



Galle's third, 215. 



Comets, Galle's, astronomical observa- 

 tions in reference to, 235, 247. 



New formulae relative to, by Mr. 



Nulty, 38, 43. 



Committees, standing, appointed for 

 1840, 169. 



Congelation of water, by the evaporation 

 of ether, &c. 156, 198. 



Cooper, Dr. Thos., his death announced, 

 104. 



Corrosion, rapid, of a chain cable, in sea- 

 water, 70. 



Coryrnbiferas, Mr. Nuttall, on the, 320. 



Cresson, Mr. exhibits specimens of Naph- 

 thaline, 299. 



on a presumed earthquake, Nov. 14, 



1840,301. 



Crystals, transparent models of, pre- 

 sented by Prof. Alexander, 97. 



Cyclovolute, magic, on some points re- 

 garding the, 289, 293. 



Daguerreotype, specimens of, by Mr. 

 Cornelius, 155, 181. 



by Mr. Seybert, 166. 



Dearborn, Mr. Benjamin, his death an- 

 nounced, 7. 



De Lancey, Bishop, obituary notice on 

 Bishop White, 117. 



Deleuze, J. P. F., his death announced, 

 325. 



Demme, Dr., announces the formation 

 of the Societas Bibliophilorum Stutt- 

 gartise, 312. 



Dickinson, Rev. James T., letter to Mr. 

 Du Ponceau, on the Chinese system 

 of writing, 200. 



Dixon, Mr. Joseph, invention of a trans- 

 fer process, 206. 



Donations for the cabinet, 4, 6, 35, 43, 

 50, 57, 63, 68, 96, 120, 150, 166, 185, 

 190, 213, 225, 247, 261, 278, 284. 



Donations for the Library, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 

 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 21, 29, 33, 42, 47, 49, 

 56, 60, 62, 68, 70, 73, 75, 78, 81, 87, 

 90, 95, 98, 102, 105, 109, 113, ] 18, 126, 

 137, 140, 149, 157, 166, 167, 170, 172, 

 179, 182, 189, 194, 203, 209, 219. 243, 

 257, 267, 276, 283, 291. 



Dunglison, Dr., announces the death of 

 Mr. T. W. Griffith, 19. 



Dunglison, Dr., case in which blood 

 flowed 15 hours after death, and co- 

 agulated, 216. 



reports the minutes of the Histori- 

 cal and Literary Committee, 247. 



appointed reporter for 1840. 



announces the publication of No. 



10 of the Society's proceedings, 188, 

 of No. 11, of the proceedings, 209 — of 

 No. 12, of the proceedings, 267 — of 

 No. 13, of the proceedings, 292. 



on a tornado at New Haven, on the 



31st of July, 1839, 111. 



on some new vaccine virus, 68. 



case of worm, in the eye of a horse, 



200, 208. 



Du Ponceau, Mr., announces the death 

 ofM. Adet, 10. 



announces the death of Mr. Godon, 



295. 



on works in reference to the dis- 

 covery, geography, &c, of America, 

 now publishing in Europe, 251. 



letter to Mr. Vaughan, in answer to 



Mr. Gutzlaff, on the Chinese system 

 of writing, 120. 



announces the reception of the 



Cochin Chinese Dictionary, of Bishop 

 Taberd, 235. 



offered, by the Society, a copy of the 



Colonial Records, 105. 



presents a Grammar of the Iroquois 



Language, by E. Williams, 46. 



exhibits a Japanese and English 



Vocabulary, and a Translation of a 

 comparative Vocabulary of the Chi- 

 nese, Corean, and Japanese languages, 

 by the Rev. Mr. Medhurst. 41. 



announces the publication abroad, 



of a Cochin Chinese Dictionary, and 



of a Grammar of the Berber language, 



166. 

 presents a MS., by Mr. Heckewel- 



der, containing words in the Lennape 



language, 271. 



on the Silk Culture in India, 214. 



presents a MS., from M. Nicollet, on 



the language of the Sioux, 289. 

 historical account of the origin and 



formation of the Society, 233. 



presents a Vocabulary of the lan- 

 guage of the Valiente Indians, by Col. 

 Galindo, 38. 



Earthquake, presumed, Nov. 14, 1840, 



301. 

 Eberle, Dr. John, his death announced, 6. 

 Eclipse of the Sun, committee appointed 



to observe the, 31. 

 committee report in part, 35, 44, 



48, 50, 58, 64, 107. 

 Eclipses, solar, of May 14, 1836, and 



Sept. 18, 1838, Mr. E. Blunt on the, 



177. 



