INDEX. 



321 



Murchisonia attenuata, 27. 



elegantula, 27. 



insculpta, 26. 



terebriformes, 28. 



turritella, 27. 



vermicula, 27. 

 Murray, Prof., review of Hickok's 

 Cosmology, 89, 272. 



petroleum, 1,49, 303. 



plan for a park in the city of Al- 

 bany, 229, 215. 



on astrology, 244. 



on beer, 250. 



solution of problem, 256. 



remarks on surveying, 268. 



on head dresses, 270. 



on oil wells of Penna., 289. 

 Myalina peratteuuata, 77. 

 Natica Carlyana, 31. 



littonana, 30. 

 Nautilus Clarkanus, 32. 



eccentricus, 83. 

 Nebraska, fossils of, 247, 258, 262. 

 Nebraska rocks, notice of, memoir 



upon, 38. 

 Negro plot, paper on, 253. 

 Newbury, Dr. J. S., fossils fonnd by, 

 37. 



Niagara group, new fossils from, 193. 



remarks on, 301. 

 Nucula Shumardana, 16. 



nasuta, 17. 



Traskana, 39. 

 Obstructions in Hudson, 274. 

 Odontoid, upon homoligies of, 167. 

 Officers elected, 1858, 244. 

 • 1859, 265. 



1860, 279. 



1861, 288. 



1862, 296. 



1863, 304. 



Oil mineral, paper on, 289, 303. 



remarks on, 287. 

 Orcutt, L. A., elected as resident 



member, 277, 278. 

 Oriental localities, remarks on, 277. 

 Orthis dubia, 12. 



umbraculum, 12. 



hybrida, 209. 

 Orthoceras epigrus, 33. 

 Owen, Dr. D. D., report noticed, 1, 2. 

 Ozone, paper on, 312. 

 Pacific R. R., Survey, fossils found by, 

 35,36. 



Paine, Dr. H. D., election as a resi- 

 dent member, 315. 

 Panama, ocean levels at, 269. 

 Paper, ancient specimen exhibited, 

 291. 



Paper currency, paper on, 281, 282. 

 Park, central, N. Y., account of, 254 



Park for city of Albany, plan of, 229, 



315. 



Paterson, John, article on weigbts and 

 measures, 50. 

 solution of problem, 256. 

 paper on result of a constant 



force, 260. 

 paper on binomial tbeorem, 272. 

 on calculus of operations, 310. 

 Pease, F. S., report as treasurer, 264. 

 vote of thanks for long service as 



treasurer, 306. 

 made a life member, 306. 

 Pentremites konickany, 4. 



conoideus, 5. 

 Perkins, Prof., solution of problem, 

 264. 



Permian fossils, paper on, 73, 247, 

 248. 



committee to report on, 259, 262, 

 272. 



Petroleum, distribution of, 151. 

 statistics of production, X50. 

 geological position, 152. 

 discovery of — in America, .155. 

 wells, process of boring, 159. 

 refining process, 160. 

 illuminating power, 162. 

 explosibility, 163. 

 history and properties of, 149. 

 303. 



Pholadoma borealis, 41. 

 » subelongata, 42. 

 Pholidops ovalis, 209. 

 Phonetic languages, paper on, 69. 

 Phoenician inscription, 68. . 

 Photographing minute objects, 276. 

 Physical constants, determination of, 

 256. 



Pleurophorus ? occidentals, 80. 



subcuneata, 81. 

 Pleurorhyncus, 13. 

 Pleurotomaria concava, 24. 



conula, 26. 



humilis, 21. 



Leavenworthiana, 24. 



Meekana, 22. 



nodulostriata, 21. , 



Piasalusis, 22. ( » 



rotundata, 23.' 



subanglata, 25. 



Swallovana, 24. 



trilineata, 25. 



Wortheni, 23. 



Potsdam sandstone, date of, descrip- 

 tion of certain fossils, 303. 



Premium cloths, condition of, 113, 

 248, 249. 



Printing, origin, Mr. Homes on, 259. 

 Problem, proposed by Mr. Mix, 254, 

 256. 



