1vV CONTENTS. 
NUMBER CXXXIV. 
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Art. VIII.—The Flood of the Connecticut River Valley from 
the melting of the Quaternary Glacier ; 5 PY J. D. Dana, 
1X.—Geology of the Diamond ; . A. 
X.—Algebraic Expression id the Diurnal Truly of Tem- 
Perera, Ue By a POULD te i ts 
XI. Celestial Chemistry Toa. the Time of Newton; by T. 
STE Oe ee oe ae ee 
XII. om Coit with Caudal Sete; by J. W. Fewxss, - -- 
XIII.—Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying 
the outer banks off the Setlp ne coast of New England, 
0.3; by A. E. VerRIL 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Physics ee pt istry.—V apor-density of the Halogens, V1cTOR Ary YER: 
ies convenient for Chemical purposes, ANDREWS, 143.—On the 
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eletencs. se Phosphorus oxide, REmNirzeR: Preparation of apoaanacnale j 
inflammable Hydrogen phosphide, Brosster, 144.—Ammonium tribromide, 
BOOM: Petroleum of the Uaucaaus, BeILsteIn and Kurpatow, 145.— 
On the reactions of Chinoline, DonaTH: On the theory of the Peptones, POEHL, — 
146.—On the existence of Alls ner in hein ScHULZE and BARBIERI: 
bservations upon Klangfarbe: W. Siemens upon the Dynamo- isereigies pei 
pele icine ory of the rotation of the plane of Polarization of Light, —Elee- 
h, Raererane ce of a Vacuum, EpLunp: Elementary Treatise ah loot, ; 
AXWELL, 149. —Tables of Qualitative Analysis, H. G. 
eralogy.—International Geologica cal Congress at Bo oe ogna, 
Geology and Miner ; 
Notice -; the discovery of a Pcecilopod in the temas slate formation, is ; 
_ Goal-Field near Cafion City, Colorado, J. J. Srevenson: The Paleolithic Imple- 
ments of the Valley of the Delaware, 152.—Bryo stan of ro Upper Helderberg 
Group, JAMES HALL: Tertiary of the Tintern and Southern United States, 
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minerals: sede ial E 
in Meteorites, 156.—Tabellarische Uebersicht der Mineralien nach ihren krys- 
tallographisch-chemischen Beziehungen geordnet yon PAUL GROTH, 157. 
Botany and re —Natt 
Dirarls,. ice et Monochasma: Ueber oer i Compasspflanzen, E. Stat 
159.—The Brain of the Cat, B. G. WILp 
.—Notation o. - 
H. ©. Schumacher: Washington Observations for | 1877 arom ndix III, 160.— 
: i e Astronomical Observatory of 
_ Harvard College, B. C. Pickering, 161.—Be abe'e. Four-Place Tables, 162. 
: Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. Deve petingh Industries, A. D. Hague: Were 
_ Ancient Copper implements hammered or moulded into shape. F. W. PuTNAM, 
 :162.— Obituary.—Joun Witiaan | eames 163, —Lewis H, More@an, 166. 
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tural History Nomenclature, 157.—Maximowica, 4 q 
