CONTENTS. N. 
NUMBER CLXV. 
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Art. XXII, ecg: of the Atmospheric Absorption ; by ne 
P. Lan So wee a ois hl Ree 163 
XXII. eaalcens by A: Ais HAAREN oo is dei oes 181 
XXIV. — Absorption of Radiant Heat by Carbon Dioxide ; 
Ms ieee tite use heen eee ee - ARO 
XXV. ives ak from the Rocky Mountains; by 8S. 
Rhy OU PI Git aie cet ap sn ce poms pes Walemeraon dues 199 
XXVI. Flexibility of Itacolumite; by O. A. Dersy, ----- 203 
XXVII.—Age of the Glazed and Contorted Slaty Rocks in 
the e pinity of pepeasek Sas Rensselaer County, 
3. W. 2 
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XXIX.—Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying 
the pest banks off the acon Coast of New England, 
No. TY gota ¥ OBMGly soc ncmuuadl pweet Shi Uk 213 
XXX. Eten} of the nies: "Ridge aes Reine Falls, 
Virginia ; a modified view ; by dL PBELI,...- - . 221 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Physics. PRicinien Bayern. Colored vy in. Fister Natural Shades, VOGEL: 
Measurement of Magnetic Forces by means of Hydrostatic Pressure, G. 
QUINCKE, pes —Production of very low Te eee ures, M. L. CAILLETET: "Use 
of the Silver Voltameter for the measurement of the Electric ¢ ni ge 224.— 
Magnetization ae Demagnetizati : Radiatio ion 
of a Swan incandescent lamp at different pepe The Klee trical Exhi- 
bition at Philadephia, 225,—Etudes pratique sur les Marées au viales et 
r le Mascaret, application aux Travaux de la Partie maritime des 
reuse 74 ‘Donat, 228 
Geology and Mineralogy—Preliminary Paper on the Terminal Moraine of the 
Seco Pa 8 
New York, H. C. LEwIs, 231.—Geological Survey of nigga eres Palzon- 
35.—Brief notices of some recently described Miners 
Botany and Zoology.—GRay’'s Synoptical Flora of North America: Orchids of 
New England, a popular Monograph, H. Se LDWIN, 237.—Student’s Flora of 
the British Islands, Sir J. D. Hooker: Hypopitys or Hypopi i he Bape 
Structure and onageant of Lenticels: Stiacotheraien detection of Nitrates and 
Nitrites i - Plants: Structure and arta wth of Palms, 239 -— Physiological sient 
cance of Wate eceleane and Nectaries, W. GARDINER, 240.—Respira and 
ae eee of Fungi, BONNIER an. Mane@in: Principles of Seca 
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. nas aa in the Middle and Eastern | 
States, August 10, 1884: Errata, 2 
