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INDEX. 



Mound, Indian, near Washington, Adams 



County, Miss., 271, 305. 

 Multiplier, rotary, by Dr. Hare, 65. 

 Museum, Geographical, about to be 



formed by the Geographical Society 



of Paris, 138. 



National, in connexion with the 



Smithsonian legacy, proposed, 111. 



Musignano, Prince of, letter to Dr. Chap- 

 man in relation to the scientific meet- 

 ing at Pisa in October, 1839, 108. 



Naphthaline, obtained from coal tar, 299. 



Naval construction of the United States, 

 early history of the, 4. 



Nebulas, observations on, with a four- 

 teen feet reflector, 199. 



Newman, Dr. John, of North Carolina, 

 death of, announced, 108. 



Nichols, Mr.F., death of, announced, 108. 



Nicklin, Mr., on a presumed earthquake, 

 Nov. 14, 1840, 301. 



reads the dedication to the Society 



by Dr. Daubeny, of a Memoir on the 

 Geology of North America, 251. 



Nicollet, M., on the language of the 

 Sioux, 289. 



Nulty, Mr., New Formula?, relative to 

 Comets, 38. 



report on his paper on New For- 

 mulae, 43. 



on some points connected with his 



Magic Cyclo volute, 289, 293. 



Nuttal, Mr., Description of New Species 

 and Genera of Plants, collected on a 

 Tour to the Pacific, in Oregon, the 

 Sandwich Islands, and Upper Cali- 

 fornia, 282, 284. 



Obituary notices directed, — of Dr. Bow- 

 ditch, 10. 



of Mr. Carey, 117. 



of Mr. W. H. Keating, 235. 



of Mr. Sullivan, 136. 



Observatories to be established in the 

 United States, recommended by the 

 Royal Society, 242. 

 . Prof. Encke's letter on, 92. 



magnetic, Memorial to the Secre- 

 tary of War respecting, 151. 



Observatory at Harvard, 294. 



at the Central High School, peti- 

 tion to the Legislature in relation to a 

 director of the, 80. 



designs for a, 290. 



in Rittenhouse Square, resolutions 



of Society regarding, 295. 



resolutions of Councils regarding, 



310. 



committee, report of, on the Obser- 

 vatory fund, &c, 295. 



committee, report an ordinance of 



Councils, in relation to an observa- 

 tory, 299. 



Observatory committee, instructed to 

 carry into effect the object of the or- 

 dinance of Councils, 310. 



committee, Messrs. Bache and 



Walker added to the, 70. — Mr. Jus- 

 tice added, 325. 



Occultations, Lunar, of the fixed stars, 



at different places, 227. 

 — : — - observed in April, May, June, and 



August, 1840, by Prof. Riimker, 301. 

 Officers, election of, 1, 67, 165. 

 Oolitic formation in America, by Mr. 



Lea, 214, 225. 

 Ord, Mr., animadverts on a statement 



by Mr. Audubon, in relation to Wilson, 



the ornithologist, 272. 

 thanks of the Society given to, for 



purchasing books whilst abroad, 105. 

 Oxygen from nitre, mode of obtaining, 



139. 



Pali language, illuminated MS. in the, 

 80. 



Parallax of the star 61 Cygni, recently in- 

 vestigated, by M. Bessel, Mr. Walker 

 on the, 78. 



Parrish, Dr. Joseph, death of, announced, 

 188. 



Patella AmEena, Mr. Lea on the, 181, 

 187. 



Patterson, Dr., announces the death of 

 Mr. Bonny castle, 295. 



announces the death of Dr. Bow- 

 ditch, 10. 



announces the death of Mr. Fran- 

 cis Nichols, 108. 



on an amendment of the by-laws, 95. 



presents specimens of the Daguer- 

 reotype, by Mr. Robert Cornelius, 155, 

 181. 



experiments on the electricity of a 



jet of steam, 320. 



submits the log-book of the steam- 

 ship Savannah, the first that crossed 

 the Atlantic, 14. 



review of Dr. Sherwood's claims 



to discoveries in magnetism, 25. 



exhibits designs for an observatory 



&c., 290. 



on the use of the Roman wax tablet 



and iron stylus at the Institution for 

 the blind, 94. 



on a mode of using thin sheets of 



lead by the blind in writing &c, in- 

 vented by Mr. Saxton, 98. 



Peale, Mr., electricity of a jet of steam, 

 311, 321. 



exhibits medals obtained by gal- 

 vanic action, with remarks thereon, 

 187. 



Peale, Mr. T. R., on meteors observed 

 on the 12th-13th Nov. in the explor- 

 ing expedition, 77. 



Pearson, D. A., death of, announced, 62. 



