Lake Ooroomiah, waters of, 276. Leblanc's process of manufacture of soda, 99. on some Carboniferous fishes, &c., no Lepidotus, fossil fish, 120. Lesley's Manual of Coal and its Topography, Level, changes of, at temple of Serapis, 126. Light, influence of, on plants, 49. wave lengths of most refrangible rays, Linnean Soc., Proceedings, 134. Lyell, changes in temple of Serapis, 126. M. Madeira, notes on botany of, 134. work on insects of, by H. V. Wollaston, Mallet, J. W., on a zeolitic mineral from the atomic weight of lithium, 349. Manometer alarm, 268. Mantell's Medals of Creation, 150. Marcou's Geological map, reviewed, W. P. 270. Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, noticed, 436. of Cape of Good Hope, 272. Allanite of Norway, 249. Alvite of Norway, 249. Carnallite of Stassfurt, 251. Diamond, Kohinoor, 273. Dufrenoysite, C. Heusser, 253. Feldspar, glassy, 254. Feldspar (Hyalophan and Weissigite), 254. Fowlerite, 260. Freislebenite, 254. Galactite, 255. Galena, supersulphuretted, 255. Gilbertite, E. Zschau, 255, Hematite, at Vesuvius, 256. Hornblende, 257. Iron, meteoric, 271, 272, 374. MINERALS- Lead, native, 257. Leucite of Vesuvius, 257, 272. Marcasite of Hannover, 258. Nitre, in Tennessee, 258. Pateraite, 253. Piauzite, 258. Picromerid, at Vesuvius, 258. Pyroguanite minerals, 96. Pyromelane, Shepard, 96. 259. Pyrosclerite of Snarum, 259. Pyrrhotine. meteoric, 375. Quartz in capillary forms, etc., 259. Quicksilver in drift deposits, 259. Salt at Vesuvius, 260. Serpentine of Roxbury, Ct., 260. Silver, native, at Cheshire, Ct., 260. INDEX. Sphene, decomposed, (Xanthitane,) 260. Stibnite, 261. Stilbite (Hypostilbite), 179, 26!. Stilpnomelane, Glocker, 261. Tantalite of Limoges, 261. Thenardite of Vesuvius, 261. Tritomite, analysis, 261. Tyrite, 261. Urdite, Forbes, 262. Vanadinite of Carinthia, 262. Voigtite, E. E. Schmid, 262. Völknerite, Rammelsberg, 263. Wittichite, 263. Woltrain, 263. Xenotime, 263. Р Palæoscincus, fossil reptile, 118. Parvin, T. S., closing and opening of Mis Percival, J. G., obituary of, 150. Peru, mineral coal in, 274. Phosphorus, amorphous, E. Nicklès, 244. Phosphorus in poisoning, detection of, 107. Photographic process with wax paper, W. Piesse, G. W. S., Art of Perfumery, by, Planets, Leda (39), 140. Lætitia (39), 140. Harmonia (40), 440. Daphne (41), Isis (42), 441. Plants, De Candolle's Geography of, noticed, 429. Embryo of, 432. see farther, Botany. Polythalamian, see Foraminiferous. Porcelain, manufacture of Chinese, 101. Zeolitic mineral from the Isle of Skye, Potato, wild in New Mexico and Texas, 284. Mullet, 179. Zincite, 263. Minerals, artificial furnace products, 248. list of new works, 246. Mississippi River, times of closing and open- Muscles, composition of, Valenciennes, 9. N Nebraska fossils, 118, 423. Proportions in nature, 454. Shumard, Eleutherocrinus, 120. Reg-Warren, J. C., obituary of, 151. of the Caspian, density of, 301. in the Desert of Sahara, 301. of Delaware river, H. Wurtz, 124, 301. specific gravity, etc., of several salt, 277. Specific gravity apparatus, Eckfeldt and Du- Weddell's Chloris Andina, noticed, 437. bois, 294. Spillman, W, meteor of July 8, 448. Spongeous origin of siliceous bodies of chalk, 415. Soda, manufacture of, Leblanc's process, 99. Steam engine, R. Clausius on, 180, 364. Western Academy of Nat. Sci., 150. Works, French, noticed, 269. Botanical, see Botany. Wurtz on ether and its homologues, 107. Y Students visiting Europe, information to, 146. Yandell, Eleutherocrinus, 120. Suez, level and character of isthmus, 273. Sugars, two, from California, 6. Sun's rays, heat in, 377, 388. Ꮓ Zeising, A., work by, noticed, 454. value of a genus and species in, Wollas young of gar-pikes, 440. mollusks of California coast, P. Carpen- a new turkey of Mexico, 139. a new Dinornis, 138. |