V.

Vaccination, a remedy for the plague, iv, 196.

Vacuum, heat of, ii, 343.

Val di Noto, _C. Gemellaro_ on, xxx, 382.

_Vallot_, on living animals in solid bodies, xii, 395.

Van Dieman's Land, notice of, iii, 377.

Vanadiate of lead, xxvi, 386.

Vanadium, a new metal, xx, 386.

Vancouver, Fort, meteorological observations at, in 1832 and 1833, xxviii, 9.

_Vanden Heuvel, J. C_., on honey bees, iii, 79.

Vanilla in Europe, xxxv, 310.

_Vanuxem, L_., experiments on anthracite and plumbago, with reference to the fusion of carbon, viii, 292; x, 102. ----, proofs from Geology of the abstraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere by organization, xii, 84. ----, on the pressure of water at great depths, xiv, 194. ----, on the classification and characters of American rock formations, xvi, 254. ----, Atlantic coast, ancient oyster shell deposits of, xli, 168. ----, Report on Ornithichnites, xli, 165.

Vapor, effects of, on flame, i, 401. ----, force of, at different temperatures, xix, 182, 201. ----, law with reference to the relation between the elastic force of, and temperature, xxviii, 363. ----, new phenomena of, on placing a disk upon an orifice, xiii, 161. ---- and heat, inquiries respecting, _W. R. Johnson_, xxi, 304. ----, of mercury, elastic force of, _Avogadro_, xxiv, 286. ---- of carbon, sulphur, arsenic and phosphorus, specific gravity of, xxxv, 298. ----, of sulphur and phosphorus, density of, xxiii, 383. ---- bath, Russian, _T. S. Traill_, xxiii, 295. ----, the basis of the Aurora Borealis, xix, 240.

Vapors, latent heat of, ii, 361.

Vaporization of spirits, iii, 376. ---- of mercury, in fumes of nitric ether, _S. Guthrie_, xxi, 90. ----, limits of, _M. Faraday_, xx, 189; xxi, 151. ----, mechanical, of earths, _W. Gaylord_, xxxvii, 398. ----, of liquid carbonic acid, xxxi, 402.

Variation, magnetic, see _Magnetic_.

Varnish, for articles of cast iron, xxvii, 199. ----, copal, _J. J. Berzelius_, xvii, 175. ----, seedlac, receipt for, ix, 169.

_Varrentrapp_ and _Will_, new mode of determining the quantity of nitrogen in organic compounds, xlii, 263^f; xlv, 267.

Vase, Warwick, notice of, xxvi, 244.^f ----, Portland, xxvi, 243.^f ----, terra cotta, from Pompeii, xxvi, 238.^f ----, Murrhine, xxvi, 336.

Vatican, museum of, iv, 380.

_Vaucher_, death of, xliii, 215.

_Vaughan, B._, obituary of, xxix, 395.

_Vauquelin_, process by, for obtaining metallic chromium, xxi, 375. ----, analysis of guano, xlviii, 60.

Vauquelin, a new alkali, i, 310.

_Vaux, G._, on iron conduit pipes, vi, 173.

Vegetables, saponaceous, remarks on, _Bussy_, xxiv, 381. ----, action of poisons on, xii, 196. ----, influence of chemical solutions on, xvii, 388. ----, effect of arsenic on, _C. Daubeny_, xxxi, 346. ----, injurious action of gases on, _Macaire_, xxiii, 193.

Vegetable fecundation, remarks on, _A. Gray_, xxxi, 303; -- _A. J. C. Corda's_ views on, 317.^f ---- impregnation, _Aldridge_, xli, 62. ---- life, tenacity of, as shown by a root taken from a mummy, xxi, 158. ---- ----, functions of, _G. T. Burnett_, xxi, 153. ---- kingdom, rapid growth in, xxviii, 399. ---- membrane and fibre, chemical composition of, xxxiii, 289. ---- organography and physiology, _H. Green_, xxxviii, 49. ---- physiology, xix, 393. ---- ----, experiments in, _Niven_, xxxiii, 290. ---- ----, in relation to rotation of crops, _Macaire_, xxiii, 138. ---- productions of the earth at different periods in its early history, _Ad. Brongniart_, xxxiv, 315. ---- tissue, elementary composition of, _Payen_, xlii, 212. ---- tissue, development of, xxxix, 205. ---- crystallizations, xix, 177. ---- monstrosities, xxxv, 310.

Vegetation of the first period of an ancient world, _H. Witham_, xviii, 110.^f ---- of the Andes of Columbia, distribution of, xxxvii, 15. ----, progress of, near Philadelphia, _C. S. Rafinesque_, i, 77. ----, ----, see farther, _Floral Calendar_. ----, supported by air and water, iii, 372. ----, manures as stimulants to, _C. Daubeny_, xlii, 319. ----, see farther under _Botany_, and _Plants_. ----, metallic, ii, 349.

Veins of granite and syenite in Massachusetts, _E. Hitchcock_, vi, 10, 29. ---- ----, in Massachusetts, _C. Dewey_, viii, 4. ---- ----, ----, _E. Emmons_, viii, 5^f, 250.^f ---- ----, ----, _A. Nash_, xii, 261.^f ---- ----, in New Hampshire, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 123.^f ---- of feldspar or granite, in Hampshire Co., Mass., xii, 244^f, 261.^f ----, metalliferous, electro-magnetic properties of, _R. Were Fox_, xx, 136; xxxi, 374. ----, ----, electrical currents in, _Reich_, xxxviii, 120. ----, mineral, formed artificially by voltaic action, _R. W. Fox_, xxxv, 308; xxxvii, 199. ----, ----, questions relative to, _R. W. Fox_, xxxiii, 135. ----, ----, remarks on, _C. Lyell_, with the views of R. W. Fox, xxxiii, 93. ----, ----, _J. Fournet's_ views on, xxxiii, 93. ----, segregation theory of, objections by _C. T. Jackson_, from facts in Maine, xxxvi, 148.

Velocity of the Mississippi, vii, 174. ---- of sound, vi, 394.

Velocities, virtual, principle of, xlii, 66; xliii, 77.^f

_Venetz_, on boulders, xxxvi, 327.

Venice bead manufactory, xxvii, 78.

Ventilating sewers, furnace for, vii, 177.

Ventilation, effect of, on the mortality of infants, xxviii, 79.

Ventilator, marine, description of, _S. Whiting_, xviii, 75.^f

Ventriloquism, remarks on, _R. Tolefree_, xxvi, 76.

Venus, appearances of, as seen at Rome, _P. F. de Vico_, xliv, 377. ----, results of observations on, _P. F. de Vico_, xliv, 383. ----, rotation of the planet, xxiv, 204.

Veratria, xxx, 190.

Verd antique marble in Connecticut, ii, 165; vi, 38, 227.

Vermiculite, _T. H. Webb_, vii, 55. ----, the species objected to, _C. Dewey_, viii, 50. ----, _T. H. Webb's_ vindication, viii, 230. ----, in Maryland, xxiv, 356.

Vermin, destruction of, by steam, xvii, 390.

Vermont, geological survey of, xlviii, 404.

Vernier, application of, to the subdividing of time, _F. Osler_, xliv, 161.

Vespertilio, see under ZOOLOGY, _Articulata_.

Vessels, best form for sailing, _J. S. Russell_, xxxv, 290. ----, propulsion of, by paddle-wheel and screw, xlii, 336. ----, steam, see _Steam_.

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, xlviii, 395; xlix, 191.

Vesuvian, see _Idocrase_.

Vesuvius, notice of, v, 193; vi, 385; xiii, 262; xxiv, 343; xxvii, 281. ----, mineralogy of, xii, 185. ----, connection of the Solfatara with, xix, 387. ----, eruption of, August, 1834, xxviii, 199. ----, ----, April, 1835, xxviii, 340. ---- and the Solfatara, xlvii, 182.

Vibrating dams, _E. Loomis_, xlv, 363.^f ---- ----, time of vibration calculated from the dimensions of, _E. Loomis_, xlv, 373.

Vibration, effect of, on the colors of the light from different stars, x, 188. ---- of glass, movements in water produced by, xxx, 192. ---- of railways, xxx, 382. ---- of a mercurial pendulum, _G. Baker_, xlviii, 156.

_Vico, P. F. de_, comet of, xlviii, 402.

Vienna, temple at, iv, 197.

_Vinci, L. da_, on the motion of water, xix, 397.

Vines, diseases of, xxix, 367. ----, on the propagation of, xxvii, 288. ----, to prevent the bleeding of, when cut, xxiv, 205.

Vinegar, new process for obtaining from alcohol, xxviii, 359. ----, expeditious mode of manufacturing, _L. Feuchtwanger_, xxxi, 272.^f ----, impurities in, xix, 86.

Vinification, treatise on, noticed, xi, 396.

Violan, xlii, 387.

Virginia meteorite, see _Meteorites_ and _Meteoric iron_. ---- gold mines, see _Gold_. ---- salt formation, xxiv, 51; xxix, 84, 113; xli, 214; xliv, 173. ----, geological remarks on, i, 60, 214, 317. ---- tertiary formation, xi, 54; xxxviii, 183. ----, coal of, see under _Coal_. ----, geological report of _W. B. Rogers_, noticed, xxxii, 192; xxxvii, 380.

Virtual velocities, principles of, _T. Strong_, xlii, 66; xliii, 77.^f

Virus, vaccine, liable to lose virtue, xxxviii, 175.

Vision, notice of a peculiarity in _C. E. Goodrich_, xiv, 264.^f ---- with the head inverted, _D. Brewster_, xl, 343.

Vitality of matter, xv, 54.

_Vœlkel_, analysis of guano, xlviii, 60.

_Vogel_, obituary of, xliii, 215.

_Vogt, C._, Embryologie des Salmones, noticed, xlv, 211.^f

Voice and its modification, _R. Tolefree_, xxvi, 76.

Volatile oils, adulteration of, xix 77. ---- ----, see farther under _Oils_.

Volborthite, xlii, 387.

Volcanoes, remarks on, ii, 351. ----, and volcanic substances, _T. Cooper_, iv, 205. ----, some account of, in a review of Scrope's work, xiii, 106. ----, remarks on, in a notice of Daubeny's work, xiii, 235; -- theories of, xiv, 70, 87. ----, remarks on, from _J. Phillips's_ Geology of Yorkshire, xxi, 24. ----, hypothesis on, _J. du Commun_, xv, 12.^f ----, ibid, objections to, xv, 25. ----, ibid, strictures on, _B. Bell_, xvi, 51. ----, phenomena of, explained by _L. Cordier_, by the theory of central fluidity, xv, 123. ----, _H. Davy's_ theory of, xvii, 239; xxxvi, 231. ----, _Gay Lussac's_ views on, xxxvi, 233, 236. ----, _G. Bischof_ on, xxxvi, 230, 239^f; xxxvii, 41.^f ----, ----, theory of central heat satisfactory, xxxvi, 239; xxxvii, 52. ----, ----, freshwater rivers contribute to the action of, xxxvi, 262. ----, _C. Daubeny_, in reply to G. Bischof, on the chemical theory of, xxxvii, 78. ----, _L. von Buch_, on certain volcanoes and volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 260-273. ----, geographical distribution and phenomena of, _J. L. Hayes_, xlvii, 127. ----, mud, iv, 216.

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----, African, at the Canaries, &c., xiii, 283; xxxvi, 260, 273. ----, ----, Azores, iv, 259; xiii, 289. ----, ----, supposed, at sea, in lat. 7° N., and long. 99° W., xxxii, 195. ----, American, of Cosiguina, eruption of, xxviii, 332. ----, ----, of Peru and Chili, xiii, 308, 309. ----, ----, of Mexico, Jorullo, Popocatepetl, &c., xiii, 304. ----, ----, of the West Indies, xiii, 302. ----, ----, of Greenland, xiii, 279. ----, ----, of Upper Missouri, only pseudo-volcanoes, _J. N. Nicollet_, xlv, 154. ----, ----, supposed, of West River Mountain, Vermont, _J. A. Allen_, iii, 73. ----, ----, ----, in Canada, xxx, 238. ----, Asiatic, and Asiatic Islands, general review of, xiii, 290. ----, ----, near Mount Ararat, extinct, xxxvii, 349. ----, ----, in the Kourdish country, xxxvii, 350. ----, ----, region of, or Catacecaumene, of Asia Minor, xxxiii, 95; xxxviii, 206. ----, ----, of Gunong-Api, iv, 375; xiii, 299. ----, ----, Palambang, eruption of, 1833, xxix, 364. ----, European, of France, xiii, 237. ----, ----, of Germany, xiii, 242. ----, ----, Grecian Archipelago, xiii, 279. ----, ----, of Greece, Santorino, xxxvi, 267. ----, ----, of Hungary, xiii, 245. ----, ----, of Iceland, xiii, 276. ----, ----, of Italy, xii, 252. ----, ----, ----, Vesuvius, v, 193; vi, 385; xii, 185; xiii, 262; xix, 387; xxiv, 243. ----, ----, ----, ibid, notice of, _J. D. Dana_, xxvii, 281. ----, ----, ----, ibid, eruption in 1834, xxviii, 199. ----, ----, ----, ibid, eruption of April, 1835, xxviii, 340. ----, ----, phenomena at the Lipari islands--fumeroles--forming minerals, &c., xiii, 270; xxxiii, 77. ----, ----, of Sicily, xiii, 272. ----, ----, ----, Mount Etna, observations on, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 168. ----, ----, ----, ----, luminous flames, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 169. ----, ----, ----, ----, formation of, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 170. ----, ----, ----, ----, some account of, _S. L. Johnson_, xxvi, 1. ----, ----, ----, island thrown up off Sicily, account of, _W. Ainsworth_, xxi, 399.^f ----, ----, of Transylvania, xiii, 251. ----, of Pacific ocean, New Zealand, xx, 381. ----, ----, Hawaii, Kilauea, xi, 1, 362; xvi, 345; xx, 228, 229. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _C. S. Stewart_, xx, 229. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _J. Goodrich_, xxv, 199. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _E. G. Kelley_, xl, 117.^f ----, ----, ----, ibid, _J. P. Couthouy_, xli, 200. ----, lunar, v, 176; xxxv, 305.

Volcanic ashes of Etna, analysis of, xii, 194. ---- ----, on some showers of, xxv, 129. ---- ----, at sea, west of the Philippines, _P. Parker_, xl, 198. ---- ----, carried by upper atmospheric currents, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 128. ---- character of Transylvania, xiii, 251. ---- eruptions and earthquakes, _J. Galindo_, xxviii, 332. ---- formation of islands, xxxvi, 267. ---- ---- of iron glance, _Mitscherlich's_ theory of, xxxvi, 237. ---- rocks, descriptive arrangement of, _G. P. Scrope_, xv, 28. ---- ---- or lavas, South America, why not crystalline, xxxi, 176. ---- ----, nature of, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 252. ---- ----, scoria of Hawaii, xvi, 348. ---- ----, fusibility of, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 240. ---- ----, still soft after crystals have formed, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 266. ---- ----, force required to raise, xv, 125. ---- ----, raised by steam, and force required, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 241. ---- ----, eruptions of, xxxvi, 261. ---- ----, spun glass of Hawaii, xvi, 349.

_Volney_, theories of temperature, xlvii, 232. ----, death of, ii, 345.

_Volta, A._, discoveries of, noticed, xv, 67. ----, biography of, xv, 67.

Voltaic pile, calorific effects of, xviii, 173. ----, see farther under _Galvanism_.

Volume, changes in, on mixing alcohol and water, xxiv, 373.

Volumeter, _R. Hare_, xii, 36^f, 38.^f

Volumescope, _R. Hare_, xii, 39^f; xv, 275^f; xxviii, 264.^f

_Von Buch, L._, on the nature of volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 268. ----, on volcanic eruptions in Lancerote, xxxvi, 260, 264. ----, on Palma and Grand Canary, xxxvi, 273. ----, on the formation of volcanic cones, xxxvi, 273. ----, on the formation of certain conglomerates, xxxvi, 266.

_Voorhies, J._, fall of meteoric iron in Tennessee, xlix, 338.

Voyage of discovery, French, by Capt. Freycenet, in the Uranie, notice of, iv, 391. ---- around the world, projected by the French, under the command of D. d'Urville, xxxiii, 206. ---- of Bonite around the world, xxxiv, 219. ---- of the French to the Antarctic regions, xxxix, 201. ---- of the Chanticleer, xviii, 188. ---- of J. C. Ross to the Antarctic, xxxvii, 397; xxxviii, 204; xlii, 152. ---- of exploration under Lieut. C. Wilkes, U. S. N., around the world, xxxv, 192. ---- ---- ibid, progress of, xxxvi, 195; xxxvii, 19, 398; xxxviii, 387; xxxix, 193; xliii, 208. ---- ---- ibid, results of, xl, 394; xliv, 393; xlix, 149.

Vulcano, boracic acid in the waters of, ii, 349.

Vulpinite, _Vauquelin_, vii, 368.

W.

Wachitta, cove of, iii, 26, 28. ----, ----, hot springs, iii, 29.

Wacke, aqueous origin of, _J. W. Webster_, i, 230. ----, analysis of, i, 296.

_Wadsworth, D._, remarks on the upper falls of the Genesee river, with a view, xviii, 209.

Wages for labor in England, France and the United States, xxiii, 216.

_Wagner, S._, on the acceleration of the saw at night, viii, 393.

_Wailes_, on rare insects, xxxv, 310.

_Walferdin_, on subterranean temperatures, xxxvi, 204.

_Walker, C. V._, galvanic experiments by, xxxix, 32.^f ----, reclamation against W. Sturgeon, xlii, 383.

_Walker, S. C._, on the great comet of 1843, xlv, 188.^f ----, on the meteors of August, 1840, xl, 51; --on the meteors of August and November, xlii, 401.

_Walkly, N._, on hydrogen gas in a lead water-pipe, xxxiv, 393.

Walks and alleys, valuable material for, xxiv, 206.

Walls or dikes in North Carolina, _J. Beckwith_, v, 1. ----, how preserved from dampness, xii, 193.

_Wallace, J._, on certain Algebraic series, vii, 278. ----, reply to remarks on, ix, 98. ----, numerical faculties, vii, 285.

_Wallace, W. C._, dissection of the eye of a halibut, xxvi, 393.^f ----, discovery of a muscle in the eye of fishes, xxvi, 394. ----, dissection of the eye of the streaked bass, with observations on the accommodation of the eye to different distances, xxvii, 216.^f ----, on the retina, xxviii, 278. ----, on a Bramah press attached to the eyes of fishes, xxxiv, 376. ----, denial of a charge of plagiarism made by J. Dalrymple, xxxiv, 396. ----, discovery of a muscle attached to the crystalline lens, xxxv, 291.

_Wallestein, J. de_, meteorological tables of, ix, 394.

_Walper, G. G._, Repertorium, noticed, xlvii, 200.

_Waltershausen, W. S. von_, letter on Etna, xlvii, 100.

_Ward, M._, alternating steam engine of, iv, 90.^f

_Ward, N._, on fresh and salt water fountains, xviii, 379.

_Ward, N. B._, on the growth of plants in closely glazed cases, xxxiv, 11; xliii, 383.

_Warder, M. A._, reclamation of, relative to a species of trilobite, xxxvi, 187.

_Ware, H._, notice of an Aurora in 1789, xxxiv, 204.

_Ware, N. A._, note on drift wood, iii, 19.

Warm air, mode of heating apartments by, xxv, 290; xxxiv, 84. ---- springs, see _Springs_.

_Warren, J. C._, on the Siamese twins, xvii, 212.^f ----, on North American crania, xxxiv, 47.

_Warrington, R._, on the adulteration of the green teas of commerce, xlviii, 188. ----, bones from guano, xlix, 391. ----, action of animal charcoal, xlix, 393.

_Wartmann, L. F._, on Saturn's ring and the comet of Biela, xxv, 191.

Warwick rocking stone, vii, 201.^f

Warwickite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiv, 313; xxxvi, 85.

Washington, G., Trumbull's portrait of, xxxix, 245. ----, ---- painting of his resignation of office, xxxix, 239.

_Washington, Capt._, account of a Mandingo, xxxv, 305. ----, of recent expeditions to Antarctic seas, xxxv, 306. ----, account of trigonometrical surveys, xxxv, 308.

Washington, Mount, excursion up, viii, 176. ----, ----, popular notice of, _G. W. Nichols_, xxxiv, 73. ----, ----, remarks on, _B. Silliman_, xxxiv, 76. ----, ----, ----, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 120. ----, ----, height of, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.

Washingtonite, a supposed new mineral, xliii, 364.^f

Watch, remarkable, made by Rebiller, xviii, 180.

Watchmakers' oil, ix, 202.

Water, action of, on lead, xxxiv, 25; xlvi, 398. ----, analysis of, from Black Sea, xx, 188. ----, ----, from Dead Sea, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 10. ----, ----, from sea, near Brighton, _G. Schweitzer_, xxxviii, 12. ----, ----, from the spouting fountain near Naples, xxv, 195. ----, ----, from the Rio Vinagre, _Boussingault_ xxiv, 149. ----, boiling point of, different in vessels of different materials, xlvii, 190. ----, ----, used in measuring heights, xxxvii, 19. ----, boring for, xix, 203; xxvii, 399. ----, ----, in the United States, xii, 136. ----, ----, in New York, xxiii, 206. ----, ----, see _Wells, artesian_. ---- of cities, contaminated, xxvi, 294. ----, for the city of Boston, notice of _L. Baldwin's_ report on the introduction of, xxxi, 179. ----, ---- ---- Glasgow, iii, 372. ----, color of deep, _X. de Maistre_, xxvi, 65. ----, compressibility of, J. Perkins, iii, 347.^f ----, ----, _H. C. Œrsted_, ix, 189; xv, 186. ----, ----, xiii, 189. ----, ----, instrument for measuring, vii, 195. ----, non-conducting power in relation to heat, _W. W. Mather_, xiii, 368.^f ----, conduction of heat by, _C. Dewey_, xxviii, 151; xxxi, 266. ----, currents in, _A. W. Carson_ on, xxix, 340.^f ----, decomposition of, _C. Despretz_, xx, 186. ----, ----, see _Oceanic_. ----, ----, by galvanism, xix, 383. ----, ----, by magnetic electrical machines, xxxiii, 217.^f ----, ----, by atmospheric electricity, xx, 179. ----, ----, ----, and common electricity, xxi, 368. ----, ----, by chlorine in the sun's rays, xlix, 348.^f ----, apparatus for illustrating decomposition and recomposition of, _R. Hare_, xxxviii, 336.^f ----, density of, maximum, xvi, 265; xxiii, 391; xxviii, 357. ----, discharge of a jet of, in water, xxi, 379. ----, evaporation of, xv, 180. ----, ----, under electric insulation, xlvii, 190. ----, filtering for domestic purposes, xxx, 172.^f ----, freezing, sparks emitted by, xxvi, 178. ----, ----, apparatus for, with sulphuric acid, _R. Hare_, xxvii, 132.^f ----, formation of, by compound blowpipe, iii, 91. ----, hard, solvent power of, xxi, 150. ----, heating of, _E. Emmons_, xviii, 371. ----, impurities of, how precipitated, xxviii, 150. ----, ----, in rain, xv, 185. ----, medicinal, on the preparation of, _W. Meade_, xxii, 126, 330. ----, mineral, see _Springs_. ----, oxygenized, iii, 369. ----, ----, preparation by _L. J. Thenard_, xxiii, 382. ----, pressure of, at great depths, _L. Vanuxem_, xiv, 194. ----, purification of, xxviii, 150. ----, rain, nitric acid in, xv, 181. ----, solvent power of hard, xxi, 150. ----, temperature of, low in red hot vessels or surfaces highly heated, xix, 381. ----, ----, low and non-ebullition of, ibid, xv, 180. ----, ----, ---- ibid, remarks on, _Le Chevalier_, xxii, 384. ----, transporting power of, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 275. ---- and air support vegetation, iii, 372. ----, vibration of glass producing a movement in, xxx, 192. ----, mode of access to volcanic fires, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 243, 262.

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---- in Indiana, character of, _J. T. Plummer_, xliv, 306. ---- of Mediterranean, density at different depths, xvii, 364. ---- of the British Channel, analysis of, xxxviii, 12. ---- of the spouting fountain of Uncino, kingdom of Naples, with analysis, xxv, 194. ---- of the Black Sea, analysis of, xx, 188. ---- of the Dead Sea, analysis of, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 10. ----, sea, near Brighton, analysis of, _G. Schweitzer_, xxxviii, 12. ---- of the Rio Vinagre, analysis of, _Boussingault_, xxiv, 149. ---- in wells, temperature of, see under _Temperature_. ----, ocean, see _Ocean_ and _Seawater_.

Water-burner, patent, vii, 141.

Water-cement in N. York, iii, 230; xxxvi, 45; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29. ---- of Southington, Ct., xiii, 382. ---- in the Appalachian chain, xxxvii, 381. ----, rock for, near Quebec, _F. H. Baddely_, xxviii, 113, 367.

Water-cresses, dangerous plant among, xix, 191.

Water-fall, see _Falls_.

Water-spouts, remarks on, v, 135. ----, causes of, _X. de Maistre_, xxv, 47.^f ----, ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 126, 127; xxxiii, 58; xliii, 265. ----, ----, _H. E. Œrsted_, xxxvii, 250.^f ----, ----, _R. Hare_, xxxii, 153.^f ----, account and theory of, _H. W. Ogden_, xxix, 254. ----, illustration of a theory of, _W. Gaylord_, xl, 399. ----, rotation of, xl, 324, 332. ----, in France in 1823, x, 183. ----, on the Lake of Geneva, xxiv, 377. ----, off Florida in 1826, notice of, _B. Lincoln_, xiv, 171.^f ----, at New Brunswick in 1835, xxxvi, 115.^f

Water-wheels, on the asserted acceleration during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163. ----, on the overshot, _A. B. Quinby_, ix, 304.^f ----, pitchback and breast, _A. B. Quinby_, xi, 333.

Water-works, in Philadelphia, vi, 375; viii, 193.

_Waterhouse, B._, notice of, i, 37.

Watkins's galvanic battery, xvii, 162.

_Watson, J. T._, on the heat produced by friction, viii, 276.

Wave lines and mud furrows in rocks, _J. Hall_, xlv, 148.

Waves, v, 131. ----, _J. S. Russell_ on the laws of, xxxviii, 100; xl, 323; xliv, 159. ----, mechanism of, in reference to steam navigation, _J. S. Russell_, xxxiii, 283. ---- of translation, _J. S. Russell_, xxxiv, 1. ----, report of the committee of the British Association on, xxxv, 290. ----, remarkable, at the Sandwich Islands, 1837, _T. C. B. Rooke_, xxxvii, 358. ----, transporting effect, remarks on, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 274. ---- of sea, and sound, instruments for illustrating, xlix, 20.^f

Wavellite from Richmond, Mass., _C. Dewey_, ii, 249.

Wax, fossil, _Meyer_, xxx, 185. ---- of the Myrica cerifera, i, 294. ----, sealing, xxi, 150; xxiii, 200; xxviii, 148. ---- tablet, used for instructing the blind, xxxviii, 186.

Weasel, habits of, xlvi, 241.

Weather, influence of the moon on, _F. Marcet_, xxvii, 192. ----, see _Meteorology_.

Weather-glass, zoological, xvii, 187.

_Webb_, on lunar volcanoes, xxxv, 305.

_Webb, T. H._, on fluor spar, iv, 50; vii, 54. ----, minerals near Providence, iv, 284. ----, mineral localities, v, 402; viii, 225, 228. ----, localities of talc and tourmaline, vii, 55.

_Webber, S._, on the alluvial banks of the Connecticut, xlvii, 98.

_Webster, J. W._, notice of the lectures of, i, 304. ----, ---- of the cabinet of, i, 305. ----, structure of Calton Hill, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and on the aqueous origin of wacke, i, 230.^f ----, analysis of wacke, i, 296. ----, localities of minerals, principally at Haddam, Ct., ii, 239. ----, sinter at St. Michael's, iii, 391. ----, on prussic acid, iii, 189. ----, epidote at Nahant, iii, 364. ----, on the island of St. Michael, iv, 251. ----, foreign notices in Mineralogy, iv, 25. ----, communication of Boué's notices of European Geology, vi, 188. ----, discovery of green feldspar, xxxv, 192. ----, claim to blowpipe mouth, xxxv, 187. ----, explosion of hydrogen and oxygen, with remarks on Hemming's safety tube, xxxvii, 104. ----, notice of work on the Azores by, iv, 251. ----, work of, on Chemistry, noticed, xi, 377; xx, 89; xxxvi, 195; xxxviii, 329. ----, proposed biography of scientific men, xxxvii, 193.

_Webster, N._, notice of the seasoning of timber, and of the acceleration of water-wheels during the night, xii, 163. ----, critical interpretation of _bara_ and _asah_, xxxv, 375. ----, winters of uncommon severity, xxviii, 183. ----, opinions on temperature, xlvii, 228. ----, on luminous appearance in the atmosphere, xii, 380. ----, dictionary of, noticed, xv, 399.

Wedgewood ware, notice of, xxvi, 242.

_Weed, W. B._, on scenery in Pennsylvania, xxi, 197.

Weeds, destruction of, xxii, 381.

_Weekes, W. H._, experiments with reference to the Acarus Crossii, xliii, 395.

Weight, apparent diminution of, in some instances of lifting, _W. E. A. Aikin_, xxvii, 224; --_J. Nickalls_, xxviii, 198. ----, atomic, of elementary bodies, xxxviii, 119; xlvii, 187.

Weights and measures, notice of _F. R. Hassler's_ report on, xxiii, 405.

Welland canal, xiv, 159.^f

_Wells, R. W._, origin of prairies, i, 331.

Wells, artesian, xx, 392. ----, ----, notice of, xxvii, 399. ----, ----, at St. André, xxxvi, 204. ----, ----, at Grenelle, Paris, xli, 209. ----, ----, uses arising from the uniform temperature of the water, xxii, 373. ----, ----, Ohio, xlix, 406. ----, frozen, xxxvi, 184. ----, of Columbia, S. C., affected by earthquakes, i, 93. ----, temperature of, see _Temperature_.

_Wellsted, J. R._, on the province of Omán, on the eastern coast of Arabia, xxxii, 383.

Welther's tube of safety, substitute for, xvii, 345.^f

_West, C. E._, siliceous tubes in the earth, Rome, N. Y., xlv, 220.

_West_, on the corrosion of lead tubes by spring water, xlvi, 398.

West Indies, geology of, i, 140. ---- ----, coral limestone, raised, in Dominica, iv, 218; --St. Christopher's, iv, 218; St. Eustatia, iv, 219; Saba, iv, 219. ---- ----, Antigua, i, 56, 140; xii, 378; xxxv, 75. ---- ----, Barbadoes, v, 406. ---- ----, St. Croix, _S. Hovey_, xxxv, 64.

West of England Journal, notice of, xxviii, 365.

Westchester, Pa., geology and mineralogy of, xiv, 15. ---- County Cabinet of Natural Science, xxii, 402.

Western country, natural resources of, xxii, 122.

Western Museum Society, i, 203.

_Wetzel, L._, adventure of, xxxi, 14.

Whale, suspension of respiration in, xxix, 348. ----, fossil, xvii, 289. ----, remains of, at Durham, England, xxxviii, 130.

Wheat, manures for, xii, 165. ----, soil for, xii, 372. ----, growth of, on accelerating, _G. W. Hall_, xxxi, 345; xxxviii, 129. ----, ----, effects of an earthquake on, ix, 208.

_Wheatstone, C._, on binocular vision, xxxv, 295.

Wheels, water, on pitchback or breast, _A. B. Quinby_, xi, 333. ----, ----, on the asserted acceleration of, during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163.

_Wheeler, A. D._, solution of a diophantine problem, xx, 295.

_Wheeler, H._, on sea-serpent, ii, 161.

Wheeling, Virginia, notice of, xxiv, 186. ----, ----, Indian attacks, xxxi, 3.

_Wheelright, W._, efforts of, for steam navigation, xli, 358. ----, on steam navigation in the Pacific, xliii, 107.

Whelk, economical notice of, xxxii, 248.

_Whelpley, J. D._, two species of hydrachna, xxx, 354.^f ----, idea of an atom, xlviii, 352.

Whetstone, in R. Island, viii, 232. ----, see farther, _Novaculite_.

_Whewell, W._, anniversary address by, before the Geological Society of London, xxxvii, 218. ----, address before the eleventh meeting of the British Association, xli, 391. ----, chemical symbols, xxi, 369. ----, relative level of land and sea, as connected with the tides, xxxi, 335; xxxv, 287. ----, on mineralogical systems, xliv, 214. ----, heat from the sun, central heat, of space, &c., xxix, 349. ----, tides mapped out by curves, with a discussion on, xxxv, 290. ----, demonstration that all matter is heavy, xlii, 264. ----, ----, reply to, by _R. Hare_, xlii, 260.

Whirlpools, course of, _A. W. Carson_, xxix, 341.^f

Whirlwind, see _Winds_.

_White, C._, obtained a patent for hydraulic lime, iii, 230.

_White, G._, notice of the works of, xxxvii, 155.

_White, D. A._, eulogium on Dr. Bowditch, xxxv, 386.

White Mountains, old man of the mountain, xiv, 64^f; xxxiv, 122. ---- ----, slides in, and miscellaneous notices of, xv, 217. ---- ----, excursion among, _J. Pierce_, viii, 172. ---- ----, excursion to, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105.^f

White race of Atlas, xxxii, 400.

_Whiting, H._, on the supposed tides of the North American lakes, xx, 205. ----, remarks on East Florida, 1838, xxxv, 47.

_Whiting, S._, description of a marine ventilator, xviii, 75.^f

_Whitlock, G. C._, on the measure of polygons, xlvii, 380.^f

_Whitney, E._, on a fluid contained in stones, viii, 285. ----, invention of the cotton gin, xxi, 209. ----, manufacture of fire-arms, xxi, 237. ----, memoir of, _D. Olmsted_, xxi, 201.^f ----, reminiscences of, _B. Silliman_, xxi, 255.^f ----, monumental stone of, xxi, 264.^f

_Whitney, J. D._, translation by, of Berzelius on the blowpipe, noticed, xlix, 379.

_Whittlesey, C._, heights of places in Ohio, and elsewhere, xlv, 12.

_Wiegman_, on the inorganic elements of plants, xlvii, 194.

Wier's cave, Virginia, i, 59, 64.

_Wikström's_ Report on Botany, xl, 393.

_Wilcox, C._, letters on the White Mountains, xv, 217.

_Wilcox, P. B._, on adjusting lightning rods, xviii, 361.

_Wilcox, W. W._, on oil from white fish, xxxv, 391.

_Wilder, C._, algebraic solution by, xvi, 271. ----, on the rectification of the ellipse, xviii, 38.^f ----, on the resolution of equations of the fourth degree, xviii, 276. ----, on analytical geometry, xx, 285.^f

_Wilkes, C._, notice of Hassler's repeating theodolite, xvi, 252.^f ----, on the formation of Antarctic ice, xlvii, 114. ----, Narrative of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, noticed, xlviii, 211; xlix, 149.

Wilkesbarre, on the rocks and coal, &c., of, iv, 1^f; vii, 260; xii, 66; xviii, 309.^f ---- fossil plants, ix, 165.

_Wilkie, Daniel_, sides of right angled triangles expressed by integral numbers, xxiv, 68. ----, on definitions, xxx, 28, 266; xxxi, 88, 236.

_Wilkie, David_, death of, xlii, 215.

_Willard, Emma_, on the universal terms, xxiii, 18.

_Williams, S. C._, notice of mineral localities, x, 206.

_Williams, S. R._, on the shooting stars, of August, 1844, xlviii, 320.

_Williams, S. W._, floral calendar kept at Deerfield, Massachusetts, i, 359.

_Williams, W. H._, meteorological journal kept at Savannah, xxv, 211; xxvii, 173.

Williamstown, Mass., geology of, &c., i, 337.^f

Willis's lute, vii, 392.

_Willoughby_, some notice of, C. Fox, xxxvi, 229.

Wilmington Island, fossils of, xxxv, 380.

_Wilmsen, F. P._, death of, xxii, 380.

_Winch, N. J._, notice of, xxxvii, 120.

Winds and storms, proximate causes of, _E. Mitchell_, xix, 248.^f ----, general, and on atmospheric phenomena, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 125; xlv, 302. ----, ----, and on the stratification and elevation of currents in the atmosphere, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 128; xxxiii, 52. ----, names and characters of different, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 126. ----, average velocity near the surface of the ocean, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 52. ----, great circuits of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 61; xlv, 302. ----, causes of the great system of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxviii, 316; xlv, 307. ----, system of, in the Atlantic, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 50. ----, direction indicated by the ashes of volcanoes, xxv, 128; xxxiii, 53. ----, curve representing the comparative force of, almost identical with the curve of temperature, xl, 322. ----, curve of calms reverse of the curve of temperature, xl, 322. ----, monsoons, characters of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 124. ----, ----, character and causes of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 63. ----, ----, time of changes in the N. E. and S. W., at Canton, xxxv, 220. ----, sea and land, causes of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 65. ----, trade, attributed to accumulation of air in the Gulf of Mexico, v, 355. ----, ----, course and causes of, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 30; xxv, 124; xxxiii, 61. ----, ----, ibid, _J. P. Espy_, xxxix, 120, 129. ----, ----, relation of, to the westerly, of higher latitudes, xx, 30. ----, ----, semi-annual change in, _W. C. Redfield_, xlv, 304. ----, ----, objections to common theories of, _W. C. Redfield_, xlv, 303. ----, of the summit of the Andes and other high peaks, _W. C. Redfield_, xxviii, 314. ----, at Canton, xxxviii, 272. ----, at Montreal, _J. S. McCord_, xli, 331. ---- in U. States, of several years, at different forts, xxx, 10. ----, in the U. States; causes of the coldness and dryness of the west and northwest winds of New England, _T. Dwight_, viii, 307. ----, ----, prevailing, in New York state, 1833, xxv, 259. ----, ----, of New York state, xlix, 179. ----, ----, at New York city, westerly more prevalent than easterly, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 62. ----, ----, observations on, at N. York for five years, to 1837, inclusive, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiv, 373. ----, ----, as indicated by the higher clouds, at Otisco, N. Y., _W. Gaylord_, xxxix, 63. ----, ----, prevailing, of Ohio and the West, _C. Atwater_, i, 276. ----, ----, register of, at Hudson, Ohio, _E. Loomis_, xli, 319; xlix, 279, 280. ----, at New Orleans, 1833-36, _Prof. Barton_, xxxi, 401.

STORMS OR TORNADOES.

---- of the Atlantic, v, 352. ---- ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 17^f; xxv, 114; xxxi, 115^f; xlii, 112.^f ---- ----, ----, September, 1804, xxxi, 124.^f ---- ----, ----, September, 1821, xx, 20, 24; xxxi, 126.^f ---- ----, ----, August, 1827, xxxi, 123.^f ---- ----, ----, August, 1830, xx, 34^f, 39; xxxi, 125^f, 136.^f ---- ----, ----, September, 1830, xx, 41; xxxi, 125.^f ---- ----, ----, December, 1830, xxxi, 126.^f ---- ----, ----, June, 1831, xxxi, 123.^f ---- ----, ----, August, 1831, xxi, 191; xxv, 119; xxxi, 123.^f ---- ----, ----, August, 1835, xxxi, 124.^f ---- of the Atlantic, _W. C. Redfield_, Dec. 15, 1839, xlii, 112.^f ---- in United States, December, 1836, _E. Loomis_, xl, 34. ---- ----, list of, from 1823 to 1842, _E. Loomis_, xliii, 298. ---- in New England, September, 1815, _N. Darling_, xlii, 243. ---- ----, in N. Hampshire, Sept. 1821, _J. Woods_, xxxv, 233. ---- ----, in Connecticut, at New Haven, July, 1839, _D. Olmsted_, xxxvii, 340.^f ---- ----, ----, at Northford, June, 1794, xxxix, 384. ---- ----, in Rhode Island, August, 1838, _R. Hare_, xxxviii, 73. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _W. C. Redfield_, xliii, 263.^f ---- ----, in New York, at Catskill, July, 1819, _B. W. Dwight_, iv, 124. ---- ----, ----, in Onondaga Co., July, 1838, _W. Gaylord_, xxxvii, 90. ---- ----, ----, central N. York, September, 1840, xlii, 210. ---- ----, ----, over lakes Erie and Ontario, November, 1835, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxi, 126.^f ---- ----, in New Jersey, New Brunswick, June, 1835, _J. P. Espy_ cited by _R. Hare_, xxxii, 158. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.^f ---- ----, ----, ibid, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 115.^f ---- ----, in Ohio, at Stowe, October, 1837, _E. Loomis_, xxxiii, 368.^f ---- ----, ----, at Marietta, April 23, 1840, _S. P. Hildreth_, xl, 346. ---- ----, ----, at Mayfield, February, 1842, _E. Loomis_, xliii, 278.^f ---- ----, in Tennessee, at Shelbyville, June, 1830, _J. H. Kain_, xxxi, 252. ---- of Europe, remarks on, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 222. ---- ----, England, January, 1838, _F. Osler_, xxxviii, 103. ---- ----, France, xix, 191; xx, 395; xxxviii, 77. ---- ----, Switzerland, xx, 178. ---- of Asia, near Calcutta, April 8, 1838, _J. Floyd_, xxxvi, 71. ---- ----, China seas, (tyfoons) _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 121; xxxv, 209^f; xxxvi, 59. ---- ----, ----, September, 1831, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 218. ---- ----, ----, October, 1831, Manilla, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 220. ---- ----, ----, August, 1832, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 217. ---- ----, ----, Raleigh's, of 1835, xxxv, 210^f; xxxvi, 59. ----, barometric effects attending, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 45; xxv, 117; xxxi, 127; xxxiii, 262. ----, ----, ibid, during storm of December, 1836, in the U. States, _E. Loomis_, xl, 34. ----, ---- ibid, _J. P. Espy_, xxxix, 123. ----, ---- ibid, _H. W. Dové_, xliv, 315.

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----, _E. Mitchell_, on causes and nature of storms, xix, 248^f; xx, 361. ----, _W. C. Redfield_, characters of Atlantic and others, gyratory, xx, 21; xxi, 191; xxv, 117; xxxi, 115; xxxiii, 57; xxxv, 214^f; xli, 70; xlii, 301; xlv, 307. ----, ----, direction of gyration, xx, 32; xxv, 117, 121; xxxi, 115; xxxv, 215, 222; xli, 70; xlii, 115. ----, ----, principles respecting the gyratory action of, xli, 70. ----, ----, gyratory storm moves with the main currents, xx, 22; xxi, 191; xxv, 114. ----, ----, velocity of the wind, not the velocity of the movement of a gale, xx, 23; xxxiii, 57; xxxv, 215. ----, ----, rate of progress, course, extent, xxv, 114, 117; xxxv, 215, 221. ----, ----, duration of, xxv, 115. ----, ----, on the changes of wind during, xxv, 116; xliii, 268. ----, ----, direction of wind and course of storm different, xxv, 115. ----, ----, oscillations of the axis of rotation, xxv, 118. ----, ----, centre of, a region of calms, xxxiii, 61. ----, ----, opposite sides of a whirlwind often unequal in breadth, xliii, 275. ----, ----, fluctuations of barometer accompanying the passage of, xx, 45; xxv, 117. ----, ----, fall of barometer a result of the gyration, xx, 45; xxxi, 127. ----, ----, barometric indications extend beyond the limits of the

## action, xlii, 114.

----, ----, causes of some irregularities, xxxv, 203. ----, ----, two sometimes mingled, xlii, 114. ----, ----, a transference sometimes from the lower to the higher currents, xxxi, 128. ----, ----, transfer of volcanic ashes by upper currents, xxv, 129. ----, ----, directions to navigators with regard to escaping the violence of, xxv, 119; xxxv, 216. ----, ----, in relation to system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, xx, 50; xxv, 130. ----, ----, elliptical circuit of storms in the Atlantic, xxv, 114; xxxi, 128. ----, ----, Atlantic storms originate in the tropics, xxv, 114. ----, ----, the northeasters and southeasters of the United States coast, part of the same storm, xx, 29. ----, ----, Pacific system of storms, same as Atlantic, xxxi, 128, 129. ----, ----, causes of thunder-storms, gusts, squalls and water-spouts, xxxiii, 56, 58, 60. ----, ----, winds not a result of the condensation producing rain, xxxiii, 58. ----, ----, effects of gales on trees and fences, xliii, 263.^f ----, ----, gyratory action from circular fires, xxxvi, 50. ----, ----, Herschel on the views of, xxxv, 281. ----, ----, _R. Hare_ on the views of, xlii, 140; xliii, 122; xliv, 384. ----, ----, in reply to R. Hare, xlii, 299; xliii, 250. ----, _R. Hare_, causes of, xxxii, 153^f; xxxviii, 81, 82; xlii, 143; xliii, 136. ----, ----, effect of an electrified current of air, xxxii, 154; xlii, 143. ----, ----, objections to Redfield's views, xlii, 140; xliii, 122. ----, ----, ---- to Dové's essay, xliv, 137. ----, _E. Loomis_, on the gyratory motion, xliii, 287, 291. ----, ----, different character of the two sides, in the tornado of Mayfield, Feb. 1842, xliii, 285. ----, ----, force of wind, ibid, xliii, 284. ----, ----, effect of, in picking feathers of geese, xliii, 293. ----, ----, character of gyration in small whirlwinds, xliii, 296. ----, ----, causes of the storm of Dec. 1836, xl, 36. ----, ----, limits, ibid, xl, 35. ----, ----, effect on barometer, ibid, xl, 34. ----, _J. P. Espy_, on the nature of, xxxix, 120. ----, ----, effect of heat in producing, xxxix, 120. ----, ----, effect of tornado on trees, xxxix, 127. ----, ----, views of, presented to the British Association, xl, 327. ----, ----, ----, notice of, _A. D. Bache_, xxxv, 280. ----, ----, ----, remarks on, _J. Stevelly_, xl, 329. ----, ----, ----, remarks on, _F. Osler_, xl, 330. ----, _W. Gaylord_, illustrations of a theory of water-spouts, tornadoes, &c., xl, 399. ----, _C. Tracy_, on the rotary character and action of, xlv, 65.^f ----, _W. Reid_, on the laws of, xxxv, 276.^f ----, ----, gyratory character of, xxxv, 183, 277.^f ----, ----, force of, in accordance with the law of magnetic intensity, xxxv, 280. ----, _H. W. Dové_, on the law of, xliv, 315.^f ----, ----, gyratory character of, xliv, 321. ----, ----, barometric indications, xliv, 315. ----, ----, causes of West Indian, xliv, 329. ----, ----, general causes of, xliv, 337. ----, ----, direction to navigators, xliv, 338.

Windows of wire gauze, a protection against malaria, xviii, 370.

Windsor, East, fossil bones of, ii, 146.

Wines of Madeira, xxiv, 240. ---- of Palestine, xxviii, 51. ---- ----, analysis of, _E. Hitchcock_, xlvi, 249. ----, on the alcoholic strength of, xxxvii, 363. ---- and other fermented liquors, researches on ingredients of, _L. C. Beck_, xxviii, 42. ----, ibid, specific gravity of, xxviii, 45. ----, ibid, proportion of alcohol in, xxviii, 48. ----, grease of, xxii, 192. ----, mode of improving, iv, 394. ----, odor of, due to a peculiar ether, _Liebig_ and _Pelouze_, xxxii, 381. ----, tests of coloring material of, _Jacob_, xlix, 198.

Winnebago, Fort, some account of the region around, _D. Ruggles_, xxx, 1.^f

_Winslow, M._, on the minerals of Ceylon, vi, 192. ----, notices from Ceylon, viii, 186.

_Winthrop, J._, ancient catalogue of objects of Natural History, xlvii, 282. ----, meteorological observations during; the years 1741 to 1757, xl, 204.

Wire drawing, vi, 393. ---- gauze windows, a protection against malaria, xviii, 370. ---- rope for deep mines, xxxv, 319. ----, covering for, xx, 409. ----, conducting power of, xlv, 392.

Wirtemberg University, viii, 183. ----, kingdom of, xx, 176.

Wisconsin Indian mounds, xxxiv, 88.^f ----, copper ores in, xliii, 38. ---- lead region, remarks upon, xliii, 35.^f ----, earthworks, _S. Taylor_, xliv, 21.^f ----, elevations in, xlvi, 258.

_Wiseman, N._, Connection of Science and Revealed Religion by, noticed, xxxii, 209.

_Witham, H._, on the vegetation of the first period of an ancient world, xviii, 110.^f ----, investigations on fossil vegetables, xxv, 108. ----, sections of fossil wood, xxvii, 415.

Witherite in the state of Missouri, iii, 63.

_Withers, R. W._, geological notices of Greene Co., Alabama, xxiv, 187.

_Wöhler, F._, method of obtaining osmium and iridium from the platinum residue, xxvi, 371. ----, products of the decomposition of narcotine, xlix, 205. ---- and _Liebig_, on the radical of benzoic acid, xxvi, 261^f; --analysis, 267. ----, bitter almond oil, xxvi, 263. ----, on compact aluminium, xlix, 390.

Wolchonskoite, _Kammerer_, xxvi, 387.

Wolf, anecdote of, iv, 310.

Wolves, destruction to stock in Russia by, xx, 177.

_Wollaston, H. W._, remarks on the Cryophorus of, vii, 140. ----, scale of chemical equivalents, xii, 4; xvi, 371. ----, obituary notice of, xvi, 216; xvii, 159.

Wollaston Medal, awarded to G. A. Mantell, xxviii, 391. ---- ----, ---- to L. Agassiz, xxx, 382. ---- ----, ---- to Richard Owen, xxxv, 197.

_Wolle, J._, catalogue of plants, xxxvii, 310.

Wonders of Geology, _G. A. Mantell_, xxxiv, 387; xxxv, 384; xxxix, 1.

_Wood, A._, Class Book of Botany by, noticed, xlix, 190.

Wood, charring of, xvii, 395^f; xx, 189. ----, bituminization of, in human era, xxxv, 345; xxxvi, 118.^f ----, coating for, xxiii, 199. ----, decay and mouldering of, _Hermann_, xlix, 204. ----, attacked by the Limnoria terebrans, xxxiv, 27. ----, fossil, see under _Fossil_. ----, eatable food from, xxviii, 399. ----, rendered incombustible, xiv, 379. ----, spontaneous combustion of, xxvii, 178; xxxiii, 150; xxxv, 144. ----, process for drying, xvii, 163. ----, inhumed, xvii, 398. ----, preservation of, by pyrolignite of iron, _Boucherie_, xl, 213. ----, ----, xxxiv, 28. ----, set on fire by the direct rays of the sun, xxvii, 179. ----, silicified, see _Fossil_ and _Silicification_. ---- of different kinds, experiments to determine the strength of, xix, 228.^f ----, locust, for subterranean works, xxx, 182.

Wood's inking machine, xxiii, 103.^f

_Wood, G. B._, United States Dispensatory of, noticed, xxxi, 406.

_Wood, J._, rocks moved by ice, ix, 144.

Woodbridge's Geography, notice of, xii, 373.

_Woodbridge, W. C._, American Annals of Education by, notice of, xix, 174, 357. ----, Italian engravings, xv, 401.

Woodbury basin, ii, 231.

_Woodhull, S._, on the heat of 1825, x, 296.

_Woodruff, S._, on the barn swallow, xix, 172. ----, rattlesnake disarmed by leaves of white ash, xxiii, 337. ----, on snakes, xxix, 304. ----, on hybernation and other topics in Natural History, xxiv, 363. ----, the mole carnivorous, xxviii, 168. ----, on the fibre of the Rose of Sharon, xxviii, 371.

_Woods, J._, account of a storm in New Hampshire, Sept. 1821, xxxv, 233.

_Woodward, F. G._, spark extinguisher, xlii, 209.^f

Woody tissue, formation of, xxxviii, 128.

Wool, method of cleansing, xxiv, 205.

_Wooldridge, A. S._, on the coal mines near Richmond, Va., xliii, 1.

_Worcester, J. E._, notice of an American Almanac conducted by, xxxv, 191.

WORKS. ----, number of new, offered for sale at Leipsic, 1819, ii, 341. ----, list of new, in science, xxix, 161, 396; xxx, 198. ----, F. Adelung's work on languages, iii, 376. ----, Agardh, Species Algarum, announced, ii, 363; iv, 200. ----, L. Agassiz, on fossil fishes, xxviii, 193; xxx, 33; xxxiv, 212. ----, ----, Natural History of the freshwater fish of central Europe, xxxix, 390; xlv, 211. ----, ----, on the Echinodermata, and other works by, xxxiv, 212; xxxvii, 369; xli, 194; xlii, 378; xliii, 390; xlv, 399. ----, ----, Nomenclator Zoologicus, xlv, 11. ----, J. H. Alexander, Report on the manufacture of iron, xli, 376. ----, F. Alger, Mineralogy, xlvi, 203; xlvii, 333. ----, Z. Allen, Mechanics, review of, xvii, 338. ----, ----, Practical Tourist, xxiii, 213. ----, Antiquitates Americanæ, notice of, xxxi, 410. ----, N. Arnott's Elements of Physics, xx, 155. ----, J. J. Audubon's Birds of North America, xvi, 353; xxxix, 343; xlii, 130. ----, C. Babbage, Reflections on the decline of Science in England, notice of, xx, 164. ----, ----, Economy of machinery and manufactures, analytical examination of, xxiv, 105. ----, C. C. Babington, Manual of British Botany, xlvi, 198. ----, F. Bache, and G. B. Wood, Dispensatory of the United States, xxiv, 151; xxxi, 406. ----, R. Bakewell, Geology, second American edition, xxvi, 213. ----, ----, Geology, third American edition, xxxv, 385; xxxvi, 201. ----, M. Beaufoy, Nautical and Hydraulic experiments, xxviii, 340. ----, L. C. Beck, Gazetteer of Illinois and Missouri, vi, 367. ----, ---- Botany of the Northern and Middle States, xxiv, 398. ----, ----, Manual of Chemistry, xlvii, 414. ----, ----, Report on the Mineralogy of New York, xlvi, 25. ----, Berkshire Co., Mass., history of, xviii, 387. ----, J. J. Berzelius, System of Chemistry, xx, 95. ----, ----, on the Blowpipe, translated by J. D. Whitney, xlix, 379. ----, F. S. Beudant, Geological Travels in Hungary, vii, 256. ----, J. Bigelow, Elements of Technology, notice of, xvii, 198. ----, G. W. Bischoff, Lehrbuch der Botanik, xlvi, 196. ----, J. R. Blum, on Pseudomorphous Minerals, xlviii, 66. ----, J. C. Booth and M. H. Boyé, Encyclopædia of Chemistry, xlvi, 202. ----, Botany of Capt. Beechey's Voyage, xxxix, 172. ----, Botany of the voyage of H. M. ship Sulphur, xlvii, 202. ----, Botany of the Erebus and Terror, xlviii, 204. ----, J. B. Boussingault, Rural economy, (translated from the French,) xlix, 182. ----, C. Bowen, American Almanac, xxxv, 191. ----, D. Brewster, Treatise on Mineralogy, announced, iv, 245, (never published.) ----, ----, Optics, notice of, xxiv, 389. ----, Ad. Brongniart on the classification and distribution of fossil vegetables, review of, vii, 178. ----, Al. Brongniart on Fossil Crustacea, vi, 197. ----, ----, Memoir on the Zoological characters of Formations and the application of the same to determining some strata connected with the Chalk, viii, 213. ----, H. G. Bronn, Lethæa Geognostica, xxxiii, 204; xxxvii, 369. ----, ----, Handbuch einer Geschichte der Natur, xlviii, 213. ----, ----, Index, ad A. P. de Candolle Prodromum, &c., xlvi, 197. ----, W. Buckland, Reliquiæ Diluvianæ, viii, 150, 317. ----, ----, Bridgewater Treatise, xxxi, 419; xxxiii, 112, 210. ----, H. W. Buek, Genera, Species, et Synonyma Candolleana, xlii, 375. ----, Cabinet of Natural History, xxiii, 402. ----, A. P. de Candolle, Prodromus of the Vegetable Kingdom, xxxix, 168; xlvii, 198; xlix, 174. ----, ----, Théorie Elementaire de Botanique, xlix, 175. ----, ----, Species Plantarum announced, i, 435. ----, G. Catlin, on the North American Indians, xliii, 203. ----, I. A. Chapman, History of Wyoming, xviii, 387. ----, W. Chauvenet, Binomial theorem and Logarithms, xlv, 218. ----, Choisy, de Convolvulaceis, &c., xliv, 95. ----, P. Cleaveland, Mineralogy, i, 35, 308. ----, ---- ----, second edition announced, ii, 375; v, 404. ----, H. Colman, fourth Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts, xliii, 202. ----, J. L. Comstock, Grammar of Chemistry, v, 404; vi, 369. ----, T. A. Conrad, American Marine Conchology, notice of, xx, 409. ----, ----, on the Tertiary fossils of America, xxiii, 204. ----, ----, on the Naiades, notice of, xxix, 391. ----, Conversations on Vegetable Physiology, noticed, xviii, 204. ----, W. D. Conybeare and W. Phillips, Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, vii, 203; ix, 146. ----, V. Cousin, Elements of Psychology, xxvii, 388. ----, G. Cuvier, work on the fossil bones of quadrupeds, new edition announced, iv, 386. ----, ----, Essay on the Theory of the Earth, S. L. Mitchell's edition of, i, 68. ----, ----, Règne Animal, xxi, 388. ----, J. D. Dana, System of Mineralogy, xxxi, 413; xlvi, 362. ----, J. F. Dana, Epitome of Chemical Philosophy, notice of, xi, 194. ----, S. L. Dana, Muck Manual for Farmers, xliii, 192. ----, J. Darby, Manual of Botany, xli, 375. ----, W. Darlington, Flora Cestrica, notice of, xii, 177; xxxiii, 183. ----, ----, Reliquiæ Baldwinianæ, compiled by, xlvi, 192. ----, Davis, Manual of Magnetism, xliii, 381. ----, H. Davy, Consolations in Travel, xx, 170. ----, J. E. DeKay, on the Zoology of New York, xliv, 188; xlv, 275, 397. ----, B. Delessert's Musée Botanique, xlix, 171. ----, C. Dewey, on the Herbaceous Plants of Massachusetts, xli, 378. ----, E. Donovan, xxxviii, 163. ----, A. J. Downing, Landscape Gardening, xli, 216; xlviii, 214. ----, J. W. Draper, on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants, &c., xlviii, 214. ----, Dunglison, Human Physiology, xxiv, 165. ----, A. Eaton, Index to the Geology of the Northern States, i, 69. ----, ----, Geological Survey on the Erie Canal, viii, 195; ix, 355; xiii, 383. ----, ----, Manual of Botany, xxiv, 398. ----, H. Milne Edwards, Outlines of Anatomy and Physiology, xli, 199. ----, C. G. Ehrenberg, xxxv, 371. ----, Emmerling, on fossils in brown coal, announcement of, iv, 31. ----, E. Emmons, Manual of Mineralogy and Geology, notice of, xxiv, 397. ----, ----, on the Taconic System, xlviii, 394. ----, ----, on the Quadrupeds of Massachusetts, xli, 378. ----, Encyclopædia Americana, xvii, 413. ----, S. Endlicher, Genera Plantarum, xxxix, 170; xl, 174; xli, 373. ----, ----, Enchiridion Botanicum, xlii, 182. ----, ----, Mantissa Botanica, xliv, 198; xlvii, 201. ----, ----, and C. F. P. von Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, xlv, 217. ----, ----, and F. Unger's Grundzüge der Botanik, xlvi, 196. ----, G. W. Featherstonhaugh's Geological Reports, notice of, xxviii, 379; xxxii, 185. ----, L. Feuchtwanger, on Gems, xxxv, 189. ----, H. B. Fielding, Sertum Plantarum, &c., xlvii, 204. ----, T. Flint's History and Geography of the valley of the Mississippi, xxiv, 179. ----, S. Forry, on the climate of the United States, xliv, 193. ----, G. Fownes, Chemistry for Students, xlix, 379. ----, ----, Chemistry as exemplifying the Wisdom and beneficence of God, xlvii, 413. ----, G. R. Fresenius, Grundriss der Botanik, xlvi, 197. ----, Fries, Syst. Mycologicum, announced, iv, 200; xii, 235. ----, Geological Reports, see _Geological_. ----, C. Gill, Mathematical Miscellany, xxxi, 184. ----, A. Goldfuss, Petrefakten, notice of, xxv, 430. ----, A. Gordon, Treatise upon Elemental Locomotion, by means of steam carriages, xxvii, 174. ----, J. Gorham, Chemistry, i, 434; iii, 330. ----, A. A. Gould, Report on the invertebrate animals of Massachusetts, xli, 378. ----, Asa Gray, Elements of Botany, xxx, 399. ----, ----, Botanical text-book, xliii, 388; xlix, 189. ----, ---- and J. Torrey, Flora of North America, xxxv, 180; xxxix, 198; xli, 275; xlii, 377; xliv, 420. ----, O. Gregory, Treatise on Mechanics, reviewed, vii, 72. ----, Griesbach, Genera et Species Gentianearum, xxxix, 176. ----, Griscom, Journal of a year in Europe, vii, 360. ----, Wm. Guy, Principles of Forensic Medicine, xlviii, 215. ----, J. Gummere, Astronomy, xxxii, 208. ----, S. S. Haldeman, Monograph of the Limniades, xxxix, 393; xliii, 391. ----, B. Hall, Voyage to the Eastern Seas, notice of, xiv, 206. ----, F. Hall, Catalogue of Vermont Minerals, viii, 193. ----, R. Hare, Compendium of Chemistry, xx, 95. ----, ----, on the Amphide Salts, xliv, 192. ----, R. Harlan, Medical and Physical Researches, xxx, 188. ----, T. W. Harris, Insects of Massachusetts, xlii, 380; xliii, 386. ----, W. H. Harvey, Genera of South African Plants, xxxix, 173. ----, R. W. Haskins, Astronomy for Schools, xli, 389. ----, R. G. Hatfield, American House Carpenter, xlviii, 215. ----, Hausmann, Mineralogy, announcement of, iv, 27. ----, T. Hawkins, on the Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, xxvii, 413. ----, I. Hays, Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery, notice of, xxvi, 202. ----, W. Henry, Elements of Chemistry, notice of, xx, 89. ----, E. Hitchcock, Catalogue of Plants in the vicinity of Amherst College, xvii, 199. ----, ----, Lectures on Diet, notice of, xix, 167. ----, ----, Report on Massachusetts, notice of, xxiii, 389; xxvi, 213. ----, J. E. Holbrook, North American Herpetology, xxxv, 186. ----, W. J. Hooker, Flora Scotica, announced, iv, 200. ----, ----, Icones Plantarum, xxxix, 178; xl, 391; xlv, 214. ----, ----, Flora Boreali-Americana, xxxix, 172; xl, 173. ----, ----, British Flora, xliv, 199. ----, ----, Species Filicum, xlviii, 205. ----, ----, Journal of Botany, xxxix, 177; xl, 172; xlii, 189; xliii, 185, 385. ----, Hooker and Arnott, Botany of Beechey's Voyage, xli, 374. ----, T. Horsefield, Plantæ Javanicæ rariores, &c., xl, 391. ----, C. T. Jackson, Geological Reports, see _Jackson, C. T._ ----, J. C. Jay, catalogue of shells, xxxvii, 401. ----, L. Jenyns, xxxvii, 165. ----, L. Johnson, Botanical Teacher for North America, xlii, 184, 377. ----, W. R. Johnson, on the use of anthracite in the manufacture of iron, xlii, 192. ----, J. F. W. Johnston, Chemical Tables, xxxii, 212. ----, ----, Lectures on the application of Chemistry and Geology to Agriculture, xlii, 187; xliv, 189; xlviii, 212. ----, G. Jones, Naval Sketches, review of, xvi, 168, 320. ----, ----, Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, &c., xxxi, 412. ----, T. R. Jones, General Outlines of the Animal Kingdom, xl, 196. ----, Journal of a Naturalist, notice of, xxi, 390. ----, A. de Jussieu, Cours Elémentaire de Botanique, xlvi, 195; xlvii, 204. ----, R. Kane, Elements of Chemistry, xliv, 192. ----, L. C. Kiener, Genera and Species, &c., of Recent Shells, translated by D. H. Storer, xxxiii, 184. ----, M. Knowlton, Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion Powder, &c., xli, 390. ----, Kunze, Caricography, xl, 174. ----, ----, Supplemente der Riedgräser, (Carices) xli, 374; xliii, 189. ----, C. S. Kunth, Enumeratio Plantarum, xlii, 376; xlvii, 200. ----, J. L. Lagrange, xxx, 64; xxxi, 97. ----, P. S. Laplace, Mécanique Céleste, ix, 379; xxxv, 17. ----, Lasteyrie, illustrations of machines, implements, &c., notice of, v, 190. ----, T. Lawson, Meteorological Register for 1826-1830, xli, 390. ----, I. Lea, on the Naiades, xxii, 169; xxxiii, 402. ----, ----, Observations on the genus Unio, &c., xxxv, 184. ----, C. F. Ledebour, Flora Rossica, xliii, 188; xlvi, 198. ----, A. M. Legendre's Geometry, review of, vi, 283. ----, G. Leonhard, Handwörterbuch der Topographischen Mineralogie, xlix, 188. ----, K. C. von Leonhard, Geology, xxxix, 393; xli, 387. ----, J. Liebig, Organic Chemistry in its applications to Agriculture and Physiology, xl, 177. ----, ----, Animal Chemistry, xliii, 379. ----, G. W. von Leibnitz, Protogæa, review of, xx, 56. ----, J. Lindley, Horæ Botanicæ, notice of, xix, 161. ----, ----, Natural System of Botany, xxxii, 211, 292. ----, ----, Introduction to Botany, xxxii; xxxix, 179. ----, ----, Theory of Horticulture, xli, 210. ----, ----, Flora Medica, xlii, 182. ----, ----, Elements of Botany, xlii, 183. ----, H. F. Link, Elementa Philosophiæ Botanicæ, second edition, xxxix, 181. ----, ----, Jahresbericht über die Arbeiten für physiologische Botanik im Jahre 1841, xlvii, 205. ----, ----, Anatomia Plantarum Iconibus Illustrata, xlvii, 205. ----, C. Linnæus, iii, 379; xxxvii, 142. ----, Long, Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, notice of, vi, 374. ----, Loudon, Encyclopedia of Plants, notice of, xix, 160. ----, ----, Arboretum et Fruticetum, abridged, xlii, 376; xliii, 188. ----, C. Lyell, Principles of Geology, xxix, 358; xxxiii, 182; xlii, 191. ----, ----, Elements of Geology, xxxv, 385; xlii, 191. ----, ----, Travels in North America, xlix, 368. ----, W. McCartney, Principles of the Calculus, xlviii, 209. ----, H. M'Murtrie, Translation of Cuvier's Règne Animal, notice of, xxi, 388. ----, G. A. Mantell, Geology of the Southwest of England, xxvi, 216. ----, ----, Wonders of Geology, xxxiv, 387; xxxv, 384; xxxix, 1. ----, ----, Thoughts on a Pebble, xliii, 382. ----, ----, Memoir on some Saurian remains of the Tilgate forest, xliii, 189. ----, ----, Medals of Creation, xlviii, 105. ----, E. le Maout, Leçons élémentaire de Botanique, xlviii, 206. ----, J. P. Mapes, American Repertory of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures, xxxix, 394. ----, C. F. P. von Martius, Systema Materiæ Medicæ Vegetabilis Brasiliensis, xlviii, 207. ----, ----, Flora Brasiliensis, xlv, 217. ----, M. F. Maury, Treatise on Navigation, xxxii, 208. ----, Meyen, Neues System der Planzen-Physiologie, xxxix, 187. ----, Hugh Miller, Old Red Sandstone, or New Walks in an Old Field, xliii, 198. ----, S. L. Mitchill's edition of Cuvier's Essay on the Theory of the Earth, i, 68. ----, N. F. Moore, Ancient Mineralogy, xxviii, 188. ----, Morrison, Chinese Dictionary, progress of, iii, 377. ----, J. and R. C. Morse, New Gazetteer, iv, 190. ----, J. and S. E. Morse, New School Geography and Atlas, iv, 191. ----, S. G. Morton, Crania Americana, notice of, xxxiv, 214; xxxviii, 341. ----, ----, Crania Ægyptiaca, xlvii, 205. ----, G. J. Mulder, Chemistry of Animal and Vegetable Physiology, xlviii, 213; xlix, 186. ----, R. I. Murchison, Silurian System, xliv, 193. ----, J. Murray, Elements of Chemistry, notice of, xx, 92. ----, J. Newton, Principia, review of, xi, 238; xii, 28, 330; xiii, 311. ----, T. Nuttall, Introduction to Botany, review of, xiii, 99. ----, ----, Manual of Ornithology, xx, 154; xxii, 178. ----, ----, Michaux's Sylva Americana, xlii, 377; xliii, 188; xliv, 194. ----, Observations Méteorologiques et Magnétiques faites dans l'etendue de l'Empire de Russie, &c., xxxviii, 380. ----, D. Olmsted, Introduction to Natural Philosophy, xxiii, 351; xxv, 214; xxxiv, 219. ----, ----, Astronomy, xxxvi, 213. ----, ----, Life and Writings of E. P. Mason, xliii, 381. ----, M. Paine, Medical and Physiological Commentaries, xxxix, 209. ----, R. Park, Pantology, xli, 389. ----, Parkes, Chemical Essays, second edition, notice of, viii, 190. ----, E. A. Parnell, Elements of Chemical Analysis, xliv, 190. ----, Felix Pascalis on the Culture of Silk, review of, xviii, 278. ----, B. Peirce, Cambridge Miscellany of Mathematics, &c., xliii, 392. ----, J. G. Percival, Geology of Connecticut, xliv, 187. ----, Perkins's Algebra, xliii, 380. ----, Persian Language, Grammar and Dictionary of, noticed, x, 383. ----, J. Phillips, Geology of Yorkshire, extract from, on the principles of Geology, xxi, 2. ----, A. L. Porter, edition of Gray's Operative Chemist, notice of, xix, 362. ----, R. K. Porter, Travels in the East, xxxvii, 247. ----, Presl, Tentamen Pteridographiæ, xxxix, 174. ----, Public Education, Plans for the Government and Instruction of Boys, reviewed, vii, 161. ----, C. S. Rafinesque, Annals of Nature, iii, 365. ----, ----, Botanical and other writings, xxix, 393, 394; xxxiv, 386; xl, 221; xlii, 280. ----, W. Reid, work on Hurricanes, xxxv, 182. ----, J. Van Rensselaer on Salt, vii, 360. ----, Rensselaer School text-books, xxiv, 399. ----, J. Renwick, Treatise on the Steam Engine, review of, xx, 322. ----, ----, Outlines of Geology, xxxiv, 183. ----, Report to the Regents of the University of New York, notice of, xviii, 385; xxii, 415; xxv, 258^f; xxvii, 177; xxx, 389; xlix, 176. ----, H. E. Richter, Caroli Linnæi Systema, xlii, 375. ----, S. Robinson, Catalogue of Minerals, viii, 200; ix, 396. ----, Roemer and Schultes, Syst. Veg. announced, iv, 200. ----, S. Rogers, letters on the manufacture of iron, xlii, 380. ----, A. Russell, Principles of Statistical Inquiry, xxxix, 395. ----, N. Sargent and A. Halsey, Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, xx, 412. ----, T. Say, American Conchology, notice of, xxi, 179. ----, D. F. L. von Schlechtendal, Linnæa, xxxix, 178; xl, 392. ----, E. F. von Schlotheim on petrifactions, announcement of, iv, 31. ----, E. L. Schubarth, Elemente der Technischen Chemie, xxxiii, 204. ----, G. P. Scrope on Volcanoes, review of, xiii, 103. ----, C. U. Shepard, Treatise on Mineralogy, xxi, 389; xxii, 395; xxviii, 374; xxxv, 187; xlvii, 333, 346. ----, T. Sherwin, Treatise on Algebra, xliii, 190. ----, R. Shortrede, Logarithmic Tables, xlviii, 208. ----, R. Sibbald, xxxvii, 138. ----, Siebold, Flora Japonica, xxxix, 175. ----, B. Silliman, Chemistry, notice of, xix, 343; xx, 96. ----, D. B. Smith, Principles of Chemistry, xlvii, 414. ----, J. Pye Smith, Relation between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of Geological Science, xli, 387. ----, Southwood Smith, Treatise on Fevers, notice of, xix, 363. ----, Spring, Monographie de la Famille des Lycopodiacées, xliv, 196. ----, G. Spurzheim, xxiii, 406. ----, A. de St. Hilaire, Leçons de Botanique, xli, 371. ----, K. von Sternberg, Flora of a Former World, notice of, iv, 31; xxxvii, 127. ----, E. T. Steudel, Nomenclator Botanicus, xl, 174; xli, 373; xlii, 377. ----, ----, Stevens, Travels in Egypt, &c., xxxii, 398. ----, D. H. Storer and W. B. O. Peabody, Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts, xxxviii, 379, 393. ----, William Swainson, Zoological Illustrations, iv, 200; xvi, 386. ----, ----, Zoological Miscellany, iii, 392. ----, ----, Natural History and classification of Fishes, Amphibia and Reptiles, xxxix, 389. ----, ----, on the Monocardian animals, xxxix, 389. ----, A. R. Terry, Travels in the Equatorial Regions of South America, xxvii, 387. ----, L. J. Thenard, Chemistry, notice of, xx, 94. ----, J. B. Thomson, Elements of Geometry, xlviii, 210. ----, T. Thomson, Chemistry of Organic Bodies and Vegetables, xxxvi, 202. ----, ----, First Principles of Chemistry, notice of, x, 162. ----, ----, on Heat and Light, notice of, xx, 93. ----, L. Tinelli, on the cultivation of the Mulberry, xxxii, 211. ----, J. Torrey, Compendium of the Flora of the Northern and Middle States, notice of, vii, 178; viii, 192; xii, 179. ----, ---- and A. Gray, Flora of North America, xxxv, 180; xxxix, 198; xli, 275; xlii, 377; xliv, 420. ----, J. Trimmer, Practical Geology and Mineralogy, xliii, 191. ----, E. Tuckerman, Enumeratio Methodica Caricum, &c., xlv, 216. ----, E. Turner, Elements of Chemistry, notice of, xx, 88; xliv, 189. ----, W. Turton, xxxvii, 161. ----, A. Tweedie, System of Practical Medicine, xxxix, 398. ----, A. Moquin-Tandon, Elémens de Tératologie Végétale, xli, 374. ----, A. Ure, Dictionary of Chemistry, notice of, xx, 93. ----, D. d'Urville, Flora of the Greek Archipelago, explored under, ix, 208. ----, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, xlviii, 395; xlix, 191. ----, G. G. Walpers, Repertorium Botanices Systematicæ, xlvii, 200. ----, W. S. von Waltershausen, Ætna and its Convulsions, xlvii, 100. ----, N. B. Ward, on the growth of plants in closely glazed cases, xliii, 383. ----, J. W. Webster, Manual of Chemistry, xi, 377; xx, 89; xxxvi, 195; xxxviii, 329. ----, J. W. Webster, on the Azores, announced, iv, 200; notice of, iv, 251. ----, N. Webster, Dictionary of the English Language, notice of, xv, 399. ----, G. White, Natural History of Selborne, xxxvii, 155. ----, Wikström, Annual Report on Botany by the Swedish Academy, xl, 393. ----, C. Wilkes, Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, xlviii, 211; xlix, 149. ----, E. Williams, Comprehensive Modern Geography and History, notice of, xxviii, 378. ----, A. Wilson, American Ornithology, notice of, xviii, 202. ----, Theory of wine making, notice of a treatise on, xi, 396. ----, N. Wiseman, Lectures on the connection between Science and Revealed Religion, xxxii, 209. ----, A. Wood, Class Book of Botany, xlix, 190. ----, G. B. Wood and F. Bache, Dispensatory of the United States, notice of, xxiv, 151; xxxi, 406. ----, W. C. Woodbridge, American Annals of Education and Instruction, xix, 174. ----, ----, Universal Geography, noticed, viii, 397. ----, W. H. Wright, Treatise on Mortars, xlix, 379. ----, Young's Elements of Geometry, xxv, 206. ----, F. Zantedeschi, Della Elettrotipia, &c., xliii, 390. ----, J. G. Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, xxxix, 175.

PERIODICAL.

----, Annals and Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology, xxxv, 194. ----, Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and Science, E. Emmons and A. J. Prime, xlviii, 394.

WORKS, PERIODICAL.

----, The Southern Agriculturalist, notice of, xviii, 203; xxi, 182. ----, L'Asclépiade, notice of, viii, 388. ----, Forstner's Botanische Zeitung, xlvi, 200. ----, American Botanical Register, by W. Rich and J. A. Brereton, announced to commence, xx, 160. ----, Wm. J. Hooker's Journal of Botany, xxxix, 177; xl, 172; xlii, 185; xliii, 189, 385. ----, The Chemist, C. and J. Watt, xliii, 392. ----, Chemical Gazette, W. Francis and H. Croft, xliv, 191. ----, G. W. Featherstonhaugh's Journal, notice of, xx, 412. ----, Journal of the Franklin Institute, xx, 412. ----, The Geologist, C. Moxon, xliii, 392. ----, S. N. Dickinson's Mechanic's Magazine and Journal of Public Internal Improvements, notice of, xx, 160. ----, Journal Mèdical de la Gironde, viii, 388. ----, Medical Journal of South Carolina, commenced, xii, 382. ----, U. S. Medical and Surgical Journal, notice of, xxvii, 180. ----, Archives générales de Médecine, when begun, viii, 388. ----, Physical and Medical Journal of Cincinnati, commenced, xii, 382. ----, Microscopic Journal, xliii, 392. ----, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, noticed, viii, 387. ----, Bulletin des Sciences et de l'Industrie, noticed, viii, 386; ix, 205. ----, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, continued by Erichson, xlii, 187. ----, Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, xxi, 173. ----, Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, vii, 359. ----, Physiology, Magendie's Quarterly Journal, notice of, v, 185. ----, Rafinesque's Friend of Mankind, a new journal, xx, 415. ----, Revue Encyclopédique, ii, 164; iii, 392; viii, 385; xviii, 184. ----, Thomson's Records of Science, xxviii, 365; xxxii, 212. ----, Sturgeon's Annals of Electricity and Magnetism and Chemistry, xxxii, 213. ----, West of England Journal of Science and Literature, xxviii, 365. ----, Western Minerva, or American Annals of Knowledge and Literature, a Quarterly Journal, Lexington, Ky., iii, 365. ----, Swainson's Zoological Miscellany, iii, 392. ----, Transactions or Proceedings of Societies, see _Academy, Society, Lyceum_, &c.

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Wörthite, _Hess_, xxvi, 387.

Woulfe's apparatus, a substitute for, _R. Hare_, with a plate, i, 410; xiii, 1.^f

Wounds dressed with cotton, xxi, 159.

_Wray, J._, biographical sketch of, xxxvi, 223.

_Wright, B._, on hydraulic limestone of New York, iii, 230.

_Wright, E._, a theory of fluxions, xiv, 330.^f ----, on the different views respecting the theory of fluxions, xvi, 53. ----, application of the fluxional ratio, and the coincidence of the several orders of fluxions with the binomial theorem, xxiv, 298^f; xxv, 93.^f ----, mathematical paper on surveying, xxii, 74.^f

_Wright, R._, meteorological observations in Columbia, 1820-1830, xxxvii, 1.

_Wright, W. H._, Treatise on mortars, noticed, xlix, 379.

Writing on a metallic surface, permanent after fusion, xxv, 197.

_Wyatt, T._, Manual of Conchology, by, noticed, xxxv, 386.

_Wyman, J._, on an anomalous substance resembling bone, xxxvi, 381. ----, on fossil bones from Georgia and Burmah, xxxvi, 385. ----, on a fœtal kitten, xxxvi, 391. ----, recent tooth of an elephant from Singapore, xxxvi, 386. ----, on the skeleton of the sloth, xxxvi, 382. ----, dissection of mackerel shark, xxxviii, 197. ----, ---- of an electrical eel, xxxviii, 197. ----, description of a tooth of a mastodon, xxxix, 53. ----, on Filaria in the lungs of a sheep, xxxix, 183. ----, on the Nantilus umbilicatus, xxxix, 185. ----, on the Otion Cuvieri, xxxix, 182. ----, notice of the howling monkey, xl, 387. ----, blind fish from a cave in Kentucky, xlv, 94. ----, microscopic structure of the teeth of the Lepidostei, and their analogies with those of the Labyrinthodonts, xlv, 359.^f

Wyoming, scenery of, iv, 4; xviii, 316. ----, coal regions of, _B. Silliman_, xviii, 308.^f ----, forts, battle ground, xviii, 317. ----, history of, xviii, 387.