—, the Tockoa and Tallulah, in Georgia, notice of, A. Foster, xiv, 209.
—, on White River, Green Mountains, Vt., vi, 252.
Faraday, M., deflagrator, improved, xxxii, 170.
—, electric induction, in reply to R. Hare, xxxix, 108; xlii, 291.
—, — —, reply to, of R. Hare, xli, 1.
—, gases, condensation of, vii, 352.
—, —, liquefaction and solidification of, xlix, 373.
—, views of, on the nature of atoms, objected to, R. Hare, xlviii, 247.
—, vaporization, limits to, xxi, 151.
Farey, J., on musical intervals, ii, 65.
Fasciculite, E. Hitchcock, vi, 226.f
Fata Morgana at Gibraltar, xxix, 215.f
Fauntleroy, R. H., condition of equilibrium between living and dead forces, xlvii, 241.f
Faust, E. D., on the detection of adulterations of various substances, xix, 70.
Favosites, see Zoology, Radiata.
Feathers, to restore damaged, xxi, 372.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W., geological report on part of the country west of the Mississippi, notice of, xxviii, 379; xxxii, 185.
Febrifuge, new, xxiv, 375.
Fedia radiata, iv, 57.
— umbilicata, xlii, 50.
Feed for cattle, xxii, 202.
— —, of beets, xxii, 201.
Fees for admission to various foreign societies, xx, 165.
Feldspar from Bytown, L. C., analysis of, T. Thomson, xxxi, 173.
—, and serpentine, containing titanium, xii, 187.
—, artificial, xxviii, 396.
—, localities of, in Canada, viii, 65.
—, —, in Connecticut, i, 353; vi, 221; vii, 253.
—, —, in Delaware, ix, 246.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 113; vii, 251, 252; xxxv, 192.
—, —, in New Hampshire, xvii, 355.
—, —, in New Jersey, v, 246.
—, —, in New York, iv, 37, 47; xix, 227; xxv, 348.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, x, 220; xiv, 13.
—, green, in Massachusetts, vii, 251, 252; xxxv, 192.
—, iridescent, in Pennsylvania, xiv, 13.
Fellenberg's, M. de, colony of little Robinsons, xiii, 165.
Fence, thorn, x, 167.
Fenn, H. N., on the manufacture of glass, xvi, 112.f
Fermentation, acetic, process for hastening, xxii, 195.
Ferns, on the vascular system of, J. W. Bailey, xxxv, 113.f
— and mosses of the United States, synoptical table of, L. C. Beck, xv, 287.
—, see Botany.
Ferro-cyanate (per), of iron, or prussian blue, xviii, 332.
— —, see Prussian blue.
Ferro-cyanate of potash, xviii, 331.
Ferro-cyanic acid, xviii, 330.
Fetid odor of limestones, cause of, L. C. Beck, xlv, 335.
Feuchtwanger, L., remarks on arsenic, xix, 339.f
—, on the mode of making vinegar, xxxi, 272.f
Fevers, on remittent and intermittent, J. McCulloch, xviii, 338.
Fibrine, albumen and caseine, Scheerer on the isomerism of animal, with vegetable, xliii, 402.
—, butyric acid from, xlviii, 186.
Fibrolite, in Delaware, x, 224.
Ficoidites scabrosus, xxxi, 31.f
Field, M., on the origin of ergot, ix, 359.
—, meteorological registers, xii, 364; xvi, 288; xviii, 366; xx, 261f; xxii, 298; xxiv, 361.
—, profile mountain, in N. H., xiv, 64.f
Figures of crystals, on the drawing of, J. D. Dana, xxxiii, 30.f
Filicites, generic characters of, vii, 181.
Filter, Dumont's, and prepared charcoal, xxiii, 346.f
Filtration, xxviii, 150.
Finch, J., atomic theory, remarks on, xiv, 24.
—, chemical equivalents, circular scale of, xviii, 196.
—, celtic antiquities of America, vii, 149.
—, forts about Boston, viii, 338.
—, geology of Pennsylvania, Easton, viii, 236.f
—, — —, vicinity of Westchester, xiv, 15.
—, — New York, St. Lawrence Co., xix, 220.
—, — —, tertiary formations of the borders of the Hudson, x, 227.
—, sandstone, new or variegated, of the U. States, x, 209.f
—, U. States tertiary formations, vii, 31.
—, physical geography, influence of, on the boundaries of nations, xiv, 18; xvi, 99.
Finland, comforts of traveling in, iii, 378.
Fire, Chinese, on the composition of, J. Cutbush, vii, 118.
—, Greek, J. Cutbush on, vi, 302.
— in chimneys, extinguishment of, by sulphur, xix, 186.
—, on protection from, or securing houses against, xxv, 290; xxvi, 286.
—, whirlwinds produced by, xxxvi, 50.
— arms, manufacture of, by E. Whitney, xxi, 237.
Firebricks, made at Bennington, Vt., for the iron furnace, xxxii, 195; xxxiii, 202.
Fire damp, chemical examination of, E. Turner, xxxvii, 201.
Firemen, preservation of, against fire by asbestos, xviii, 177; xx, 96.f
Firestones, used in glass manufactories, notice of, x, 19.
—, localities of, in the U. States, x, 20.
—, —, in Rhode Island, viii, 232; x, 20; xl, 184.
Fish, double, S. Churchill, xxvi, 116.f
— of Hudson river, xx, 150.
—, Chinese method of hatching, viii, 381.
—, preserved by sugar, viii, 391.
—, fall of, from the atmosphere in India, M. Prinsep, xxxii, 199.
—, the limits of their occurrence in high latitudes, vi, 383.
—, removal from salt to fresh water, xl, 405.
—, see farther under Zoology.
—, fossil, remarks on, R. I. Murchison, xxxiv, 46.
—, —, of England and Scotland, xxviii, 75.
—, —, American, W. C. Redfield, xli, 24.
—, —, —, identified from fossil teeth, L. Agassiz, xxviii, 276.
—, —, in the Connecticut valley, E. Hitchccock, vi, 76.f
—, —, —, at Sunderland, Mass., E. Hitchcock, iii, 222, 365.
—, —, —, at Middletown, D. L. H., xxxiv, 198.
—, —, —, at Southbury, xxvii, 354.
—, —, in New Jersey, W. C. Redfield, xxxvi, 186; xliv, 134f; xlv, 314.
—, —, —, and Connecticut, identical, W. C. Redfield, xxxvi, 186.
—, —, —, in red sandstone, Prof. Gale, xxxv, 192.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, at Blossburg, Holoptychus nobilissimus, xlii, 233.
—, —, in Virginia, W. C. Redfield, xxxiv, 201.
—, —, see farther under Zoology.
Fishes, notice of L. Agassiz's works on, xxviii, 193; xxxiv, 46, 212; xxxix, 390; xlv, 211.
—, abstract of Agassiz's work on fossil, xxx, 33.
—, notice of W. Yarrell's British, xxxvii, 167.
Fish skins, new mode of preserving for museums, xxxvi, 196.
Fisher, A. M., on musical temperament, i, 9f, 176.f
—, on improvements in the construction of the printing press, and its theory, iii, 311.f
—, on maxima and minima of two variable quantities, v, 82.
—, review of Enfield's Philosophy, iii, 125.
—, obituary of, v, 367.
Fisher, Lieut. Col., discourse by, at Schaffhausen, ix, 368.
Fissures, capillary action of, viii, 377.
—, of the ground by frost, in Deerfield, Mass., E. Hitchcock, iii, 286.f
—, see farther, Dike.
Five, the most favorite number of nature, xvi, 172.
Flame, effect of vapor on, J. F. Dana, i, 401.
—, theory of, xiii, 179.
— of lamp, curious effect of a current of air on, xxxii, 88.f
Flax, the milkweed a substitute for, xxvii, 384.
Flexure of rocks caused by earthquake undulations, H. D. and W. B. Rogers, xliv, 361; xlv, 345; xlvii, 276.
Flies, shower of, xxii, 375.
Flint, on earthquakes in the Mississippi, xv, 366.
Floating Islands, A. Pettengill, xii, 122.
Flœrken, on the genus, C. S. Rafinesque, i, 373.
Flood in the valley of the Ohio, Feb., 1832, xxiv, 133.
Flora Cestrica, W. Darlington, notice of, xii, 177.
— Græca, Sibthorp and Smith, announced, i, 435.
— Lusitanica, Link and Hoffmansegg, i, 435.
— Neapolitana, Tenore, announced, i, 435.
Floral calendar, Massachusetts, at Deerfield, D. Cooley, ii, 254.
— —, —, —, S. W. Williams, i, 359.
— —, —, at Plainfield, J. Porter, i, 254; iii, 273.
— —, Ohio, at Marietta, S. P. Hildreth, for 1829, xviii, 368;
–for 1840, xl, 347;
–for 1842, xliv, 348;
–for 1843, xlvi, 278;
–for 1844, xlviii, 289;
see farther, Mr. Hildreth's meteorological registers for other years, for various miscellaneous notices.
— —, in Pennsylvania, C. S. Rafinesque, i, 77.
— —, in New York, Herkimer Co., for 1826, 1827, A. W. Bowen, xvi, 48.
Floridas, agriculture, scenery, geology, &c. of, J. Pierce, ix, 119.
—, shell rock of, ix, 123.
—, East, account of, H. Whiting, xxxv, 47.
—, —, alligators of, xxxv, 52.
—, —, climate, xxxv, 63.
—, —, coral shores, xxxv, 60.
—, —, everglades, xxxv, 53.
—, —, forests with the gray moss, xxxv, 50.
—, —, Fort Taylor, xxxv, 52.
—, —, lagoons of the coast, xxxv, 54.
—, —, mangroves, xxxv, 55.
—, —, productions of, xxxv, 56.
—, —, potato of, xxxv, 60.
—, —, quarries of St. Augustine, xxxv, 61.
—, —, savannahs, xxxv, 52.
—, —, soil, xxxv, 57.
—, —, St. John's river, xxxv, 48.
—, —, sulphur springs, xxxv, 51.
Flour, potato, used in making bread, xvi, 391.
—, detection of, in wheat, xvii, 173.
— from leguminous fruits, vii, 189.
Flowers, double, produced by depriving flowers of their anthers, E. T. Leitner, xxiii, 45.
Floyd, J., hurricane near Calcutta, of April, 1838, xxxvi, 71.
Fluidity of the earth's centre, L. Cordier, xv, 109, 117.
—, —, —, Fourier, xxxii, 1.
Fluids, compression of, xxi, 381.
—, revolving motion in, xix, 391.
—, resistance of, L. R. Gibbes, xxvii, 135.
—, —, A. Bourne, xxviii, 231.
—, resistance of, E. W. Blake, xxix, 274; xxx, 359.
—, —, Russell, xxix, 351.
—, —, G. W. Keely, xxviii, 318f; xxx, 164; xxxi, 111.
—, upward forces of, E. C. Genet, xi, 110, 339f; xii, 94, 310; xiii, 377.
—, — —, T. P. Jones, in reply to E. C. Genet, xiii, 79.
Fluor-spar, of Canada, viii, 71.
—, of Connecticut, ii, 141; v, 254; vi, 212.
—, of Indiana, (Shawneetown,) i, 52; ii, 176; iii, 243, 367.
—, of Massachusetts, i, 136; iv, 50; v, 405, 407; vii, 54.
—, of New Hampshire, xviii, 133, 291; xxxiv, 117.
—, of New Jersey, v, 246.
—, of New York, iii, 235, 367; xxviii, 176.
—, of Pennsylvania, x, 221; xiv, 5.
—, of Rhode Island, viii, 231; ix, 46.
—, of Tennessee, iv, 51.
—, of Vermont, iv, 43, 188; v, 272; vii, 59.
—, of Virginia, iii, 243; iv, 277.
—, of Sicily, viii, 205.
—, chlorophane variety in Connecticut, ii, 141; v, 254; vi, 212.
—, new phenomenon of color in, xxxv, 295.
Fluoric acid in mica, ii, 376.
— —, its application to etching glass, vi, 354.f
— — and fluates, xiv, 387.
Fluoride of iodine, H. B. Leeson, xlix, 205.
Fluorine in bones, notice of investigations regarding, xlvii, 419.
— —, J. L. Smith, xlvii, 131.
— —, source of, J. L. Smith, xlviii, 99.
— in recent bones, C. Daubeny, xlviii, 186.
Fluxions, a theory of, E. Wright, xiv, 330f; xv, 196; xvi, 53.f
—, solution of a problem in, T. Strong, xvi, 283; xvii, 69, 329; xviii, 67. (See Forces, next page.)
Fluxional ratio, application of, E. Wright, xxiv, 298f; xxv, 93.f
Flying in the air, De Chabrier's views on, xix, 395.
Fogs, remarks on, W. C. Redfield, xxxiii, 54.
—, on the formation of, W. M. Carpenter, xliv, 40.
—, polar, xiv, 378.
Food for sheep, different kinds of, xxiii, 393.
Foot, L., on Indian summers, xxx, 8.
—, notices in geology and mineralogy, iv, 35.
Footprints, American, E. Hitchcock on, in Connecticut valley, xxix, 307f; xxxi, 174; xli, 165; xlvii, 113, 292f, 390; xlviii, 61.
—, —, —, general table of, xxxii, 174.
—, —, —, general review of, with descriptions of species, xlvii, 113, 304.f
—, —, —, miscellaneous remarks upon, xlviii, 61.
—, —, —, reply to J. Deane, xlvii, 390.
—, —, J. Deane on, in the Connecticut valley, xlv, 178; xlvi, 73f; xlvii, 381; xlviii, 158f; xlix, 79f, 213.f
—, —, —, discovery of, xlvii, 381.
—, —, —, at Turner's falls, Mass., xlvi, 73.f
—, —, —, batrachian, in the Connecticut river sandstone, xlix, 79f, 213.f
—, —, —, reply of, to E. Hitchcock, xlvii, 399.
—, —, C. Lyell on, in the Connecticut valley, xlv, 394.
—, —, W. C. Redfield, notice of fossil, at Middletown, Ct., xxxiii, 201.
—, —, —, in new red sandstone of New Jersey, xliv, 134.
—, —, anon., in sandstone at Middletown, Ct., xxxi, 165.
—, —, A. T. King on, in Westmoreland Co., Pa., xlviii, 217, 343f; xlix, 216.f
—, —, H. R. Schoolcraft, on human, in limestone near St. Louis, v, 223.f
—, —, anon., remarks on ibid, xxxiii, 398.
—, —, D. D. Owen, ibid, xliii, 14.f
—, —, W. A. Adams, ibid, xliv, 200.
—, foreign, in England, in Cheshire, (Cheirotherium,) xxxvi, 397; xliv, 370.
—, —, —, near Liverpool, xxxv, 307.
—, —, —, near Shrewsbury, xxxviii, 127.
—, —, —, of Cheirotherium, at the Storeton quarries, xxxvi, 394; xxxvii, 223.
—, —, in Germany, at Hildburghausen, xxx, 191.
—, —, in Saxony, B. Cotta, xxxviii, 255.f
—, —, in Scotland, xiv, 394; xv, 84.
—, remark on localities, xxxi, 164.
—, bearing of the discovery of Dinornis on, xlviii, 199.
Foraminifera in the green sand of New Jersey, xli, 213.
Forbes, J. D., absorption of light by the atmosphere, xlvi, 200.
—, on radiant heat, xl, 313.
—, polarization of heat, and on the claims of discovery, xl, 317.
—, Bakerian lecture, notice of, xlvi, 200.
—, Travels in the Alps, notice of, xlvi, 172.
Forces, central, of bodies revolving about fixed axes, J. Martin, xxxix, 262.f
—, —, T. Strong, xvi, 283; xvii, 69, 329; xviii, 67; xix, 46; xx, 65, 291; xxi, 66, 334; xxii, 132, 342; xxiv, 40.
—, composition and resolution of, T. Strong, xxviii, 85.
—, parallelogram of, T. Strong, xxvi, 304; xxix, 345.
—, —, A. C. Twining, xlvi, 324.f
—, condition of equilibrium between living and dead, xlvii, 241.f
Forgery, a mode of preventing, J. Atwater and S. S. Jocelyn, xv, 398.
Forman, J., salt formation of Salina and elsewhere, New York, xix, 141.
Formic acid, artificial, vii, 197.
— —, on the production of, xix, 374.
— —, —, M. Döbereiner, xxviii, 126.
— —, —, Göbel's observations on, xxviii, 127.
— —, utility of, and theory of its formation, J. P. Emmet, xxxii, 140.
Forry, S., on the climate of the U. States, and general distribution of heat over the globe, xlvii, 18f, 221.
—, notice of a work on the climate of the U. States, by, xliv, 193.
Forshey, C. G., Indian mounds and relics near Natchez, xl, 376.
—, — — in Louisiana, xlix, 38.f
—, on the meteors of April, 1841, xlii, 397.
Forts around Boston, J. Finch, viii, 338.
Fort Lawrence, account of, S. P. Hildreth, xxxi, 57.
— Macintosh, notice of, xxxi, 19.
— Taylor, xxxv, 52.
— Winnebago, geology of region about, D. Ruggles, xxx, 1.f
Fortifications, ancient Indian, in Missouri, iii, 37.
—, — —, S. Taylor, xliv, 35.f
—, — —, see farther under Mounds.
Fossils, means of copying by a galvanic deposit, xlii, 327.
—, use of, in geology, A. Brongniart, viii, 213.
—, observations, on ibid, J. E. Doornik, xv, 90.
Fossil fish, see Fish and also under Zoology.
— footprints, see Footprints.
— vertebral remains in Connecticut valley sandstone, E. Hitchcock, xxix, 330.
— trilobites, see under Trilobites.
— rainmarks, see Rainmarks.
— human bones in Upper Saxony, v, 171.
— — — in Guadaloupe, skull, xxxii, 361.
— — — in South America, xliv, 277.
Fossils, no freshwater species, in the Medina sandstone, xlii, 230.
—, American, geographical distribution of, in the United States, J. Hall, xlv, 157.
—, —, remarks on ibid, H. D. Rogers, D. Houghton, xlv, 160.
—, —, some species of, T. Say, i, 381; ii, 34.
—, —, Polythalamia, J. W. Bailey, xli, 400f; xlv, 313; xlviii, 340.f
—, —, in Alabama, tertiary, I. Lea, xxv, 419.
—, —, —, —, H. C. Lea, xl, 92.f
—, —, in Canada, in caves, ix, 354.
—, —, in Connecticut, bones in new red sandstone, ii, 146; iii, 247; vi, 43.
—, —, in Connecticut valley, shells, &c., vi, 76f, 80.f
—, —, in Georgia, silicified by thermal waters, xxv, 165.
—, —, —, mammals, Brunswick canal, R. Harlan, xliii, 141.f
—, —, —, bones, C. U. Shepard, xxv, 164.
—, —, in Kentucky, Big Bone Lick, bones, xviii, 139.
—, —, —, report on ibid, by Messrs. Cooper, Smith and DeKay, xx, 370.
—, —, in Louisiana, tooth, W. M. Carpenter, xlii, 390.f
—, —, in Maryland tertiary, list of, I. Lea, xxv, 422.
—, —, in Michigan, on Lake Huron, iii, 270f, 271.f
—, —, Mississippi, bones near the river, R. Harlan, xiv, 186.
—, —, in New Jersey, general remarks on, vi, 240.
—, —, —, cretaceous. (See Cretaceous, on following page.)
—, —, —, corals, xlvii, 213.
—, —, in N. York, in review of N. Y. geological reports, xlvii, 354f; xlviii, 296.f
—, —, —, on distribution of, xlvi, 143; xlvii, 117.
—, —, —, in Kaatskill Mts., ii, 13.
—, —, —, at Corlear's hook, ii, 371.
—, —, in North Carolina, marl pits, H. B. Croom, xxvii, 168.
—, —, —, bones, from Lenoir Co., xl, 405.
—, —, in Nova Scotia, in iron ore, xv, 201.
—, —, in Ohio, and Ohio valley, S. P. Hildreth, xxix, 1.f
—, —, —, microscopic from marl slate near Cincinnati, J. Hall, xlviii, 292.
—, —, in Oregon, elephant bones and mylodon, H. C. Perkins, xlii, 136.f
—, —, in Virginia, infusorial, J. W. Bailey, xlv, 313.
—, —, —, polythalamia, J. W. Bailey, xlv, 313.
—, —, —, in crystalline limestone, xxvi, 222.
—, —, Upper Mississippi, polythalamia, J. W. Bailey, xli, 400.f
—, —, near the mouth of the Mississippi, bones, R. Harlan, xiv, 186.
—, —, Upper Missouri, bones, J. N. Nicollet, xli, 181.
—, —, South, human bones, xliv, 277.
—, —, in Cuba and New Grenada, supposed to be oolitic, I. Lea, xl, 41.
—, —, in Peru, on San Lorenzo, xxxviii, 201.
—, —, in Patagonia, Megatherium, &c., C. Darwin, xxxiii, 105.
—, —, —, Taxodon, &c., R. Owen, xxxiii, 208; xxxv, 196.
—, foreign, in caves, in England, Plymouth, xxxiii, 106.
—, —, —, at Kirkdale, and other places, W. Buckland, viii, 158, 317, 319.
—, —, —, in Denbigshire, xxxi, 341.
—, —, —, in Mendip Hills, xxxv, 304.
—, —, —, in France, xxi, 56; xxiii, 388.
—, —, —, in Germany, viii, 319, 321.
—, —, —, in New Holland, xx, 380.
—, —, in Britain, marsupial of the Stonesfield slate, xxvii, 412; xxxvii, 228.
—, —, —, microscopic corallines and minute shells in white chalk, Lonsdale, xxxiii, 111.
—, —, —, Sussex, number of, xxiii, 171.
—, —, —, vertebrated animals of the crag of Norfolk and Suffolk, xxxi, 339.
—, —, —, shells, &c., of Cornwall, C. W. Peach, xlii, 327.
—, —, at Cape of Good Hope, xlix, 213.
—, —, in France, bones, stags' horns, vi, 199.
—, —, —, bones in eastern part, xiv, 203.
—, —, —, bones from Argenton, xx, 382.
—, —, Himalaya Mts., quadrupeds of, xxxiii, 103.
—, —, in Saxony, human bones, v, 171.
—, see for species under Zoology.
—, cretaceous, of U. States, S. G. Morton, xvii, 274; xviii, 243, 249f; xxiii, 288f; xxiv, 128f; xlviii, 265f, 267;
–notice of S. G. Morton's synopsis of, xxvii, 377.
—, —, —, in New Jersey, foraminifera, xli, 213.
—, coal strata, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, ix, 165.
—, — — of Ohio valley, S. P. Hildreth, xxix, 1.f
—, — — —, Mariner's Mill, xxxi, 28.f
—, — —, H. Witham, xviii, 110.f
—, — —, in England, iii, 389; xxxiii, 270.
—, oolitic, remarks on, xxxiii, 107.
—, transition or Silurian, species characteristic of, T. A. Conrad, xxxv, 246.
—, —, ibid, general nature of, xxxvi, 12.
—, —, Ludlow rocks, xxx, 48.
—, in the tertiary of the Atlantic coast, T. A. Conrad, xxiii, 339.
—, — — — enumeration of, T. A. Conrad, xxviii, 109.
—, —, of Alabama, list of, I. Lea, xxv, 419.
—, —, —, H. C. Lea, xl, 92.f
—, —, of Maryland, list of, I. Lea, xxv, 422.
Fossil fruits of Zamia, G. A. Mantell, xlv, 401.
— plants, of coal regions of Wilkesbarre, Pa., ix, 165.
— —, — — of Ohio valley, S. P. Hildreth, xxix, 1.f
— —, —, in Ohio, at Mariner's Mill, xxxi, 28.f
— —, —, in England, iii, 389.
— —, in new red sandstone of England, remarks on, xxxiii, 270.
— —, below the coal in England, xxxiii, 87.
— —, A. Brongniart on, iv, 266.f
— —, analysis of Ad. Brongniart's work on, vii, 178.
— —, H. R. Göppert's views on the lapidification of, xxxiii, 109.
— wood or trees, silicification of, xxxiii, 108.
— —, —, ibid, J. D. Dana, xlviii, 83.
— —, in Connecticut, near Southbury, a trunk of a tree, xiv, 228.
— —, in England and France, A. Brongniart, iv, 269.f
— —, —, Craigleith quarry trees, xxviii, 390.
— —, at Granton, near Edinburgh, xxxvii, 363.
— —, in Indiana, palm trees, D. D. Owen, xlv, 336.
— —, —, trees with axe marks, J. T. Plummer, xliv, 303.
— —, in Louisiana, trees with axe marks, W. M. Carpenter, xxxvi, 118.f
— —, Michigan, tree near lake, iv, 285.
— —, in New York, at Chittenango, calcareous tree, v, 251; xviii, 354.
— —, in N. Carolina, v, 261.
— —, —, tree, siliceous, vii, 249.
— —, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 340.f
— —, in Nova Scotia, upright trees, xlv, 353.
— —, in Ohio, S. Gazlay, xxv, 104.
— —, —, trees near Gallipolis, S. P. Hildreth, xii, 205.
— —, in Russia, vi, 398.
— —, in Scotland, near Glasgow, a tree, iii, 382.
— —, in Texas, silicified, xxxvii, 215.
— —, —, part silicified and part bituminized, xxxvii, 216.
— —, in Virginia, i, 216.
— —, in West Indies, i, 56; S. Hovey, xxxv, 79.
— —, W. M. Carpenter on, recently bituminized, xxxvi, 118.f
— —, Nicoll's sections, xxviii, 74.
— —, H. Witham's sections and investigations, xxv, 108; xxvii, 415.
— forest near Glasgow, xxix, 352.
Foster, A., notice of the falls of Tockoa and Tallulah, in Georgia, xiv, 209.
Foster, J. W., fossil mastodon, Crawford Co., Ohio, xxxvi, 189.f
Foster, W., easy method of filling a long syphon, xxviii, 268.
—, on the culture of the potato in France, xxvii, 176.
Fountains, origin of, x, 394.
Fourier, temperature of the terrestrial globe and planetary spaces, xxxii, 1.
Fowler, S., minerals of Warwick, N. Y., ix, 242.
Fox, R. W., questions on mineral veins, xxxiii, 135.
—, on the electro-magnetic properties of metalliferous veins, xx, 136.
—, on the changes in minerals by galvanism, xxxi, 373.
Fox, C., some notice of British naturalists, xxxvi, 217.
—, notice of some American birds, xxix, 291.
France, botanical fêtes, ix, 154.
—, fires in, few, xxv, 291.
—, mortality of infants, xix, 192.
—, phthisis in, 1828, xix, 193.
—, population of, xv, 397.
—, scenery in some parts of, x, 167.
Franconia iron works, viii, 180.
Franklin, B., original letters of, iv, 357; v, 157.
Franklinite, ii, 323; v, 41, (shot ore,) 242, 400.
Fraser, John, botanical labors of, A. Gray, xlii, 9.
Fresco painting, means of detaching, iv, 384.
Fredonia gas works, xvii, 398.
Freestone of Sugar Loaf mountain, Maryland, xxvii, 21.
Freezing mixture, Boutigny's, xxx, 168.
— —, xii, 195.
— point, influenced by pressure, L. C. Beck, xlv, 49.
— water, effect from, in a Leyden jar, viii, 374.
— —, by the aid of sulphuric acid, apparatus for, R. Hare, xxvii, 132.f
Frodsham, W. J., on the vibration of pendulums with different suspending springs, xxxvii, 278.
—, elected a member of the Royal Society, xxxvi, 195.
Frogs, introduction of, into Ireland, xxviii, 398.
—, in rocks, remarks on, D. Thomas, xix, 167.
Fromont garden, account of, xx, 83.
Frozen wells, xxxvi, 184.
Fruit, method of preserving without sugar, xv, 381.
—, fossil, of Zamia, &c., G. A. Mantell, xlv, 401.
— trees, to destroy worms attacking, xxvii, 197.
— —, propagation of, xxvi, 183.
— —, time of flowering and other memoranda for different seasons, at Marietta, Ohio, see Floral Calendar and Meteorological Register.
Fucoids and other marine plants, Ad. Brongniart, ix, 375.
— in Indiana, J. T. Plummer, xliv, 290.f
— in rocks of western N. York, xxxvi, 46.
— in Pennsylvania, xx, 415; xxvii, 347.
Fucoides Harlani, xxxvi, 46; xlviii, 299.f
— bilobata, xlviii, 307.f
— demissa, xlvii, 360.f
Fuego, Tierra del, rush of, xviii, 189.
Fuel, E. North on, xi, 66.
—, amount of, consumed in New York city, xvi, 360.
—, economy of, W. R. Johnson, xxiii, 318.f
—, of coal tar and water, C. Daubeny, xxviii, 71.
Fulgurites, or lightning tubes in sand, xx, 396.
—, siliceous tubes, Rome, N. Y., C. E. West, xlv, 220.
—, near Dresden, remarkable, xlvi, 210.
—, in chalk, cause of, C. Lyell, xxxviii, 122.
Fuller's earth in Connecticut, ii, 217.
Fulminating compounds, preparation of, S. Guthrie, xxi, 288, 293.
— gold, ii, 350; xlviii, 142.
— silver, xviii, 335.
— —, of Berthollet, xviii, 155.
— —, Mitscherlich's mode of preparing, xix, 379.
— —, injury to R. Hare from the explosion of, xxii, 185.
— powders, caution against, i, 168.
— —, use of crackers of, xxvi, 187.
— —, of cyanogen and calcium, R. Hare, xxxvii, 268.
— —, new, made with saltpetre, sulphur, &c., xvi, 397.
Fulminic acid, composition of, x, 191.
Fumigation, x, 379.
—, in Sweden, vii, 188.
Functions, relation of Sturm's, auxiliary to the roots of an algebraic equation, Prof. Sylvester, xlii, 163.
Functional equation, solution of, G. R. Perkins, xlii, 69.
Fungi, composition of, xlix, 393.
Furnace for ventilating sewers, R. Bulkley, vii, 177.
—, hot blast, T. Clark, xxxi, 180.
—, — —, saving by, xxviii, 71.
—, chimneys of, containing cadmia, xii, 168.
—, —, containing titanium crystals, xii, 189.
Furrows in rocks, see Scratches.
Fur trade and fur-bearing animals, xxv, 311.
Fusibility of mixture of carbonate of potash and carbonate of soda, xix, 379.
Fusible metal, xxi, 371.
Fusion of charcoal and anthracite, B. Silliman, v, 108, 361; vi, 341, 349, 378; viii, 147; x, 109, 119.
— —, J. Griscom, v, 364.
— —, R. Hare, viii, 288; x, 111, 118; xxxviii, 190.
— —, L. Vanuxem, viii, 292; x, 102.
— by compound blowpipe, see Blowpipe.
Fustic, yellow wood resembling, on the Red river, iii, 44.
Fyfe, A., photographic processes, xxxvii, 175.
G.
Galactin, T. Thomson, xxxv, 303.
Gale, L. D., apparatus for obtaining potassium, xxi, 60.f
—, on the preparing and preservation of potassium, xix, 205.f
—, on T. D. Mitchell's mode of preparing carbonic oxide, xxvii, 129.
Galena, crystallized by galvanism, Becquerel, xxviii, 291.
—, localities of, see Lead ore.
Galindo, J., eruption of the volcano of Cosiguina, xxviii, 332.
Galle's first comet, xxxviii, 378; xl, 207.
— second, observations on, xl, 40; xl, 207.
— three, notice of, xl, 207.
Gallic acid, new process for obtaining, xvi, 395.
— —, new process for, E. N. Kent, xlvi, 78.
— —, Döbereiner's method for, xxviii, 358.
— —, Pelouze, xxviii, 125.
Galvanic battery, E. de Butts, viii, 271.f
— —, of carbon, xxxix, 132.
— —, —, B. Silliman, Jr., xliii, 393; xliv, 180.f
— —, A. Crosse's, some account of, xxxii, 372; xxxv, 135.f
— —, A. Dela Rive's, v, 395.
— —, dry, xii, 195; xvii, 162.
— —, Grove's, xxxviii, 116.
— —, —, experiments with, S. F. B. Morse, xlv, 390.f
— —, R. Hare's new modifications of, iii, 105.f
— —, —, calorimotor, i, 413f; v, 94, 357, 364; vi, 337; xxxii, 284.f
— —, —, deflagrator, iii, 105f; iv, 201; v, 94f; vi, 337; vii, 347f; viii, 99; ix, 181; xl, 48.
— —, —, —, improved form of, M. Faraday, xxxii, 170.
— —, —, combining the advantages of the trough of Cruikshank with the deflagrator, xxxii, 285.f
— —, of great power, F. W. de Moleyns, xliv, 357.
— —, J. Henry, on a spark from a long conductor uniting the poles of, xxviii, 327.
— —, —, action of a spiral conductor, xxviii, 329.
— —, C. G. Page, on iron or any metal a substitute for copper, xxxii, 197.
— —, —, on the benefit of fresh immersion, xxxvi, 137.f
— —, W. B. and H. D. Rogers, experimental enquiry into some of the laws of, xxvii, 39.f
— —, —, relative influences of the zinc and copper, xxvii, 41.
— —, —, examination of Ritchie's law of surface, xxvii, 53.
— —, —, influence of temperature, xxvii, 57.
— —, J. B. Rogers and J. Green, ibid, xxviii, 33.
— —, —, relative importance of the zinc and copper, xxviii, 34.
— —, —, relative distance of the plates, xxviii, 39.
— —, —, deflecting power from different menstrua, xxviii, 40.
— —, W. Sturgeon, difference in the effects of the two polar wires, xxxix, 31.f
— —, Watkins's dry, xvii, 162.
— blasting, R. Hare, xxi, 139; xxvi, 352f; xxxviii, 188.
— —, H. K. G. Morgan, xxxviii, 33.
— calorimotor, Hare's, i, 413f; v, 94, 357, 364; vi, 337; xxxii, 284.f
— —, for galvano-ignition apparatus, R. Hare, xxxii, 284.f
— circle, theory of, T. Graham, xxxviii, 117.
— currents, caloric a cause of, J. P. Emmet, xxv, 269.
— —, remarks on, xviii, 199.f
— — and sparks from the horse-shoe magnet, J. P. Emmet, xxiv, 78.f
— deflagrator, Hare's, iii, 105f; iv, 201; v, 94f; vi, 337; vii, 347f; viii, 99; ix, 181; xl, 48.
— —, improved form of, M. Faraday, xxxii, 170.
— experiments by A. Crosse, producing crystals, and, as supposed, insects, xxxv, 125.f
— — by R. Hare, viii, 145.
— — with grasshopper's legs, J. W. Bailey, xxxi, 292.f
— ignition of gunpowder, R. Hare, xxxvii, 269.
— induction, J. P. Emmet, xxvi, 23.f
— lamp, an improvement in, J. Cutbush, ii, 332.
— light, transmission of, through metals of different conducting powers, J. Thomas, xxxiv, 205.f
— —, daguerrotype experiment by, B. Silliman, Jr. and W. H. Goode, xliii, 185.
— multiplier, see Galvanometer.
— music, production of, C. G. Page, xxxii, 396; xxxiii, 118.
— phenomenon, attending the soldering of water pipes in New York city, xvii, 194.
— protection by the contact of heterogeneous metals, xvi, 263.
— trough, Watkins's, xvi, 215.
Galvanism, anthracite a conductor of, v, 200.
—, carbon fused by, v, 108, 361; vi, 341, 349, 378; viii, 147, 288; x, 109, 119; xxxviii, 190.
—, — —, L. Vanuxem's examination of, viii, 292; x, 102.
—, on colors supposed to be transferred by, through animal substances, A. Jones, xxi, 316.
—, A. Crosse's experiments in, see Crosse.
—, crystallization of metals by, G. Bird, xxxiii, 267.
—, —, Becquerel, xvii, 383.
—, crystals and insects produced by, A. Crosse, xxxv, 125.f
—, engravings copied by, von Kobell, xlviii, 221.f
—, engravings and medals copied by, T. Spencer, xl, 157.f
—, fossils copied by, xlii, 327.
—, insects supposed to be produced by, xxxii, 374f; xxxiii, 272; xxxv, 125.f
—, — —, W. H. Weekes, xliii, 395.
—, grasshopper's legs, a substitute for frogs, J. W. Bailey, xxxi, 292.f
—, insulation of wires, a mode of, proposed, A. A. Hayes, xx, 409.
—, metals precipitated by, structure of, W. de la Rue, xlix, 390.
—, minerals changed by, R. W. Fox, xxxi, 373.
—, results from heat of, and decomposition, W. Sturgeon, xxxix, 29.
—, shocks from the calorimotor, how increased, C. G. Page, xxxi, 137.f
—, size of plates, influence of, in, xxvii, 189.
—, theory of, Prof. Pfaff, xix, 178.
—, theory of, R. Hare, i, 413.f
—, theory of, C. F. Schönbein, xxxviii, 119.
Galvanography, von Kobell, xlviii, 221.f
—, T. Spencer, xl, 157.f
—, fossils copied by, xlii, 327.
Galvano-ignition apparatus, R. Hare, xxxii, 282.f
Galvanometer, R. Hare's improved, xxvi, 359.f
—, —, rotary multiplier, xxxviii, 339.f
—, J. Henry, on the application of, to electro-magnetic apparatus, xix, 400.f
—, J. Locke, notice of a new, xxvi, 103f, 378.f
—, —, large thermoscopic, xxxiii, 365.
—, J. P. Emmet's, new form of, xxvi, 311.
—, C. G. Page, on the use of, xxxii, 354.f
—, —, astatic, or rotary, xxxiii, 376.f
—, —, axial, xlix, 136.f
—, C. G. Page, circular, xxxv, 259.f
—, modified, W. B. and H. D. Rogers, xxvii, 39.f
Galvanoscope, a means of detecting the failure of water in steam boilers by, C. G. Page, xxxvi, 141.f
Galvano-magnetic condenser, v, 394.
— - — apparatus, J. F. Dana, vi, 330.f
— - — —, Italian, v, 388.
Gambey, notice of, vii, 374.
Gambold, on the botany of the neighborhood of the Connasarga river, Cherokee country, i, 245.
Gannal, J. N., new process of embalming, xl, 194.
Garden of Fromont, account of, xx, 83.
Gardens, botanic, in Austria, ii, 340.
—, —, in Russia, xx, 175.
—, to destroy weeds in, xxii, 381.
Gardner, D. P., on the application of Riench's test for the detection of arsenic, xliv, 240.
—, action of light on plants, xlvi, 1.f
Gardner, J., meteorological register for 1832-43, at Rio de Janeiro, xlvii, 290.
Garnet, manganesian, of Haddam, analysis of, H. Seybert, vi, 155.
—, localities of, in Canada, viii, 62.
—, —, in Connecticut, i, 354; ii, 142, 205; iii, 241; v, 36; vi, 155, 222, 246; vii, 253; viii, 7, 258; x, 12.
—, —, in Delaware, v, 41; xiv, 11.
—, —, in Maryland, xviii, 79.
—, —, in Massachusetts, i, 114; iv, 55; vi, 24, 222; vii, 30; viii, 7, 44; xii, 259.
—, —, in Pennsylvania, x, 221; xiv, 6, 8, 10.
—, —, in New Hampshire, vi, 245; xviii, 126, 132.f
—, —, in New Jersey, v, 243; ix, 245.
—, —, in New York, iv, 38.
—, —, in R. Island, ix, 49.
—, —, in Vermont, iii, 76; vii, 58; xvii, 353.
Gas, capacity of, for heat, iv, 372.
—, condensation of, M. Faraday, vii, 352; xlix, 373.
—, —, —, sulphurous acid, vii, 353.
—, —, —, sulphuretted hydrogen, vii, 354.
—, —, —, carbonic acid, vii, 354.
—, —, —, euchlorine, vii, 355.
—, —, —, nitrous oxide, vii, 355.
—, —, —, cyanogen, vii, 356.
—, —, —, ammonia, vii, 357.
—, —, —, muriatic acid, vii, 357.
—, —, —, chlorine, vii, 357.
—, —, Thilorier, xxxi, 163, 402, 404.
—, —, J. K. Mitchell, xxxv, 346.f
—, — of carbonic, sulphurous and chloro-chromic acid, John Torrey, xxxv, 374; xxxvi, 394.f
—, apparatus for regulating the supply of, by its absorption, xiii, 2.f
—, conducting power of liquid, xxi, 374.
—, on the dilatation of, V. Regnault, xliv, 63.
—, expansion of, xix, 397.
—, mode of obtaining the specific gravity of, R. Hare, xvi, 293, 295.f
—, apparatus for saturating a liquid with, xvi, 387.
—, caoutchouc rendered impermeable to, xlvii, 194.
—, native, different localities, near the Erie canal, N. York, A. Eaton, xv, 233.
—, —, Fredonia, New York, used for lighting a village, xvii, 398.
—, —, at Gasport, N. York, xv, 236; xxxi, 246.
—, —, at Kenawha, J. A. Lewis, xlix, 209.