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XXXII. Examination of a supposed Meteoric Iron, found near 
Rutherfordton, North Carolina; by Cuartes UpHam SHeparp, 259 
XXXIII. On a Shooting Meteor, seen to fall at Charleston, South 
Carolina, Nov. 16th, 1857, with notices of other —— 
shooting meteors; by CuarLes Upnam Sueparp, - 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Chemistry es Physics —On Ammonia-Chromium bases, 276.—Ou the preparation of 
Alizarin: On Wolfram-Steel : ci several new alcohols, 277.—On a new product of 
the decom bates of trinitrophenic acid: Sir H. Davy’s Discovery of the ae 
Metals—correction of a prevalent historical error in relation thereto, 278.—On 
Electrolysis of sulphuric acid, by Dr. ANTON GENTHER, 
a —Teeth and Bones of a primogenius, lately found near the western fork 
White River, in Monroe County, Indiana, . T. A. Wyre, 283.—Eruption of 
pabita Loa, Sandwich Islands, by Prof. R. C. HaskKELL: Observations on the Ossif- 
erous Caves near Palermo, by Dr. Fatconer, 284.—On the Bone cave in Devon- 
shire, by Mr. Presrwicn: Observations on a Flint-implement, by Joun WickHAM 
FLower, Esq, 287.—On Professor C. Piazzi Smyth’s supposed proofs of the Subma- 
rine origin of Teneriffe we = Volcanic Cones in the Canaries, by Sir C. LYELL, 
i“ R.S., D.C.L., ete., 288.—The Old aiuaan of Switzerland and North Wales, by Prof. 
A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. an Toe. 289. 
Botany. —Eulogy on Robert Brown, by Dr. Von Martius: Fragmenta Phytographie 
ustralize, contulit Ferpinanpus Mveuuer, Ph.D., M.D., 290.—Journal of the Pro- 
rodromus, auctore R. B. Van per Boecu, M.D.: The Botany of the Mexican Bound- 
, 291.—Catalogue of the Phecegaanins and Acrogenous Plants in Gray’s Manual 
of the Botany of the Northern United States, etc., 292. 
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence—Thirteenth Meeting of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, 293.—Scientific versus Practical Instruction: Dr. 
Newberry’s late Explorations in New Mexico—he shows Marcou’s so-called Jurassic 
to be Cretaceous, 298.—Meteor of August 11, 1859, 300.—Bibliographical Announce- 
ments, 303.—Books in press, 304. 
NUMBER LXXXIV. 
Art. XXXIV. The Correlation of Physical, Chemical and Vital 
Force, and the Conservation of Force in Vital ee ; 
by Prof. Joseph LeContE, + = 305 
XXXV. Report on the Exploration of two Pasion; (the ssl 
and Boundary Passes) of the Rocky Mountains in 1858 ; ae 
Captain Buaxtstron, (With a Map.), - 
Appendix—Extracts from Sir R. I. Nvetanibedi’ s donde: Ad- 
dress Geog. Soc., __- - > 341. 
