---- on Arkansas river, iii, 41.
---- in Connecticut, i, 239; iii, 248; v, 44^f; xxxiii, 163.
---- in Cuba, _J. H. Blake_, xlii, 388.
---- in England, remarks on the strata, xxxiii, 79.
---- ----, _Prestwich's_ observations on the alternation of marine and
freshwater beds, xxxiii, 80.
---- ----, _Murchison_ on dislocations in beds, xxxiii, 84.
---- ----, _Prof. Phillips_ on the carboniferous limestone of
Yorkshire, xxxiii, 84.
---- ----, marine shells in deposits, xxv, 199.
---- ----, mines of Dudley, visit to, xxxvii, 390.
---- in Illinois, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiv, 142.^f
---- ----, _D. D. Owen_, xlv, 151.
---- ----, Kentucky, _S. P. Hildreth_, xxix, 140.
---- in Maine, formation of, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxvi, 149.
---- in Maryland, _J. T. Ducatel_ and _J. H. Alexander_, xxvii, 29.
---- ----, chemical analysis of, ibid, xxvii, 31.
---- in Massachusetts, _E. Hitchcock_, xxii, 41; xxxvi, 377.
---- ----, anthracite, in Wrentham, xxiii, 405.
---- ----, ----, of Mansfield, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxiv, 395.
---- ----, ----, in mica schist, probable age of, _C. Lyell_,
xlvii, 214.
---- at Mt. Lebanon, Syria, beds of, xxviii, 32.
---- in Negropont, Grecian Archipelago, xxxi, 176.
---- in New York, in the Catskills, vi, 95.
---- ----, Washington Co., _A. Eaton_, xvi, 299.
---- ----, connection of, with coal beds of Pennsylvania, xix, 21.
---- in Nova Scotia, bituminous, xv, 149.
---- ----, the coal formation, _C. Lyell_, xlv, 356.
---- ----, upright trees in strata, _C. Lyell_, xlv, 353.
---- in Ohio, i, 227, 239.
---- ----, observations on, _S. P. Hildreth_, xiii, 38.
---- ----, deposits of the Ohio valley, xxix, 1, 123.
---- ----, of the falls of the Cuyahoga, xxxi, 47.^f
---- ----, of Newcastle, xxxi, 63.
---- ----, of Coshocton, xxxi, 69.
---- ----, bituminous, near Waterford and Zanesville, xxv, 220, 229.
---- ----, extent of beds in, xxxiv, 348, 357.
---- ----, Zanesville, vegetable impressions in, _E. Granger_,
iii, 5.^f
---- ----, cannel, xviii, 376.
---- ----, ----, in Licking Co., xxxi, 79.
---- ----, ----, in Guernsey Co., xxix, 39.
---- of Panama isthmus, xliii, 207.
---- in Pennsylvania, beds of, remarks on, _S. W. Pomeroy_, xxi, 342.
---- ----, ----, the equivalent of those of Europe, _A. Eaton_,
xxiii, 399.
---- ----, ----, in southern, with analyses, _M. C. Lea_, xl, 370.
---- ----, model of the southern field of, _R. C. Taylor_, xli, 80.^f
---- ----, on the general character, limits and relations of the beds,
_J. Hall_, xlii, 52.
---- ----, on the anthracite, xi, 91.
---- ----, ----, _J. Pierce_, xii, 55.
---- ----, ----, of the Belmont mines, Penn., xii, 301.
---- ----, ----, mine of Carbondale, xviii, 319.
---- ----, ---- ----, of Mauch Chunk, _B. Silliman_, xix, 12.^f
---- ----, beds of, ibid, notice of, xx, 163.
---- in Pennsylvania; mines of Wyoming valley, _Z. Cist_, iv, 1.^f
---- ----, ----, of Wyoming, on the rocks accompanying, vii, 260.
---- ----, ----, of Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, account of,
_B. Silliman_, xviii, 308.^f
---- ----, on Tioga river, analysis and description of, _W. Meade_,
xiii, 32.
---- ----, in the Monongahela valley, _S. P. Hildreth_, xxix, 58.^f
---- ----, Carbon Creek deposit, some account of, _W. R. Johnson_,
xxxix, 137.
---- ----, ibid, analysis of coal from, xxxix, 139.
---- ----, bituminous, xii, 69.
---- ----, ----, _S. P. Hildreth_, xxix, 77.
---- ----, Lehigh company, xxiv, 173.
---- in Rhode Island, anthracite, on the uses and characters of,
_B. Silliman_, xi, 78.
---- ----, _C. T. Jackson_, xl, 187.
---- in Tennessee, xxix, 141; xxx, 391.
---- in Virginia, beds of, _J. Grammer,_ i, 125.
---- ----, bituminous, remarks on, _J. Pierce_, xi, 54.
---- ----, mines near Richmond, statistical and geological account of,
_A. S. Wooldridge_, xliii, 1.
---- ----, bituminous, of Chesterfield Co., analysis of, _B. Silliman_
and _O. P. Hubbard_, xlii, 369.
---- ----, Kenawha valley, xxix, 108^f, 109.^f
---- ----, Wheeling, _S. P. Hildreth_, xxix, 80.^f
---- ----, porous anthracite or natural coke, _W. B. Rogers_,
xliii, 175.
---- in eastern Virginia, of the lower oolite epoch, _W. B. Rogers_,
xliii, 175.
---- of the Western states, characters, limits, &c. of the beds,
_J. Hall_, xlii, 52.
---- mines, explosions in American, xxxvii, 387.
---- ----, accident in the Bovey, in consequence of the compression of
the air, xvii, 38.
---- ----, burning of, at New Sauchie, xix, 386.
---- ----, fire damp, at Newcastle, chemical examination of,
_E. Turner_, xxxvii, 201.
Coast survey, U. States, xlix, 229.
Coat of mail, found in Vermont, xiii, 199.
_Coates, B. H._, on the Uvularia perfoliata, as a remedy for poisoned
wounds, xxxv, 270.
Cobalt, modes of detecting, _Prof. J. F. Dana_, viii, 301.
----, spontaneous combustion of, xv, 188.
---- and nickel, _Döbereiner's_ mode of separating, v, 188.
---- and nickel ores, of Chatham, Ct., analyses of, _A. A. Hayes_,
xxi, 195.
----, [iron,] arsenical, of N. H., _J. F. Dana_, viii, 301.
----, oxide of, near Silver Bluff, S. Carolina, _J. L. Smith_,
xlvii, 131; xlviii, 103.
---- ores, analyses of two, _Wöhler_, xxxvi, 332.
---- ----, localities of, in Connecticut, vi, 209, 235; xxi, 195.
---- ----, in Maryland, iv, 283.
---- ----, in Missouri, xii, 378.
---- ----, in N. Hampshire, viii, 198, 301.
Coca of Peru, iii, 397.
Coccolite in N. York, v, 269; vii, 57; ix, 40, 250; xix, 224.
---- in Canada, viii, 70.
Coffee, consumption of, in Europe, iv, 392.
----, the Astragalus balticus in Sweden, a substitute for, v, 180.
---- tree, leaves of, used for tea, xlix, 401.
_Coffin, J. H._, secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion,
xlvii, 324.^f
Cog-wheels, on the forms of, _E. W. Blake_, vii, 86.^f
Cohesion, experiments with soap bubbles on attraction of, _J. Henry_,
xlviii, 216.
Coins, remarks on, and descriptions of some ancient, xxvii, 74.
---- and medals, character and composition of, _J. W. Draper_,
xxix, 157.
Coir fibre, used for ropes, xxi, 33.
Coke, natural, of Virginia, _W. B. Rogers_, xliii, 175.
Cold, effects of, ii, 177.
----, artificial, produced by mixed metals, xiii, 171.
----, ----, a freezing mixture for, xii, 195.
----, extraordinary seasons of, _N. Webster_, xxviii, 183.
---- at New Haven in 1766, 1767, xxviii, 183.
---- at Hartford in 1780, xxviii, 186.
----, extreme, at Plattsburgh, N. Y., iii, 366; xi, 195.
---- in Maine, 1817, mercury frozen by, xxxi, 161.
---- on Lake Superior, ix, 395.
---- of the winter of 1825-6, x, 399.
---- of January, 1835, xxviii, 177.
---- winter of 1837, 1838, in England, _J. Lindley_, xxix, 18.
_Colden, Cadwallader_, correspondence with _Gronovius, Linnæus, &c._,
xliv, 85.
Collapse of a reservoir, _R. Hare_, xxxiii, 242.^f
_Collins, Z._, herbarium of, xxiii, 398.
_Collinson, P._, letters from, to _C. Colden_, xliv, 112.
Colombia, features of, _R. Wright_, xxxvii, 2.
----, river Orinoco, rise of, xxxvii, 2.
----, climate and seasons of, xxxvii, 2.
----, mists above 12000 feet, xxxvii, 3.
----, llamas and horses of, xxxvii, 14.
----, vegetation and productions of, xxxvii, 15.
Colophane, a tree affording an aromatic oil, ix, 386.
Colophonite, of Willsboro', N. Y., _H. Seybert_, v, 117.
Color of air and deep waters, and some other analogous fugitive colors,
_Count Xavier de Maistre_, xxvi, 65.^f
---- of opaline glass, xxvi, 66.
---- of leaves in autumn, _Macaire Prinsep's_ views respecting,
xvi, 215.
---- of the Raphael Tapestries, effect of light and air in restoring,
xxxvii, 244.
---- of the sea, due in part to iodine and bromine, xvii, 170.
---- of wood of certain trees, change of, xviii, 404.
----, blue, from buck-wheat, xxii, 384.
----, carmine, produced on ivory by red lead on the under side,
xxvi, 74.
----, increase of, when objects are seen with the head inverted,
_D. Brewster_, xl, 343.
----, inability to distinguish, xl, 54.
Coloring matter for dyeing, experiments on, _M. Persoz_, xxiv, 380.
---- ---- of the Lichen rocella, xviii, 151.
---- materials for confectioners, xxii, 381.
Columbic acid, _A. A. Hayes_, xlvi, 166.
Columbite, investigations on, _Rose_, xlix, 228.
---- from New Hampshire, large crystal of, _C. U. Shepard_,
xvii, 357.^f
----, stanniferous, discovered in Massachusetts by _C. U. Shepard_,
xvi, 220.^f
----, a large crystal of, from Middlelown, Conn., _J. Johnston_,
xxx, 387.^f
----, localities of, in Connecticut, iv, 52; vi, 236; xxx, 387;
xxxiii, 162.
----, in Mass., xvi, 220.^f
----, in New Hampshire, xvii, 357.
----, Torrelite of _Thomson_ identical with, _J. D. Dana_, xxxii, 149.^f
Combustion, facts relating to, xxviii, 70.
----, observations on, _S. Morey_, xxv, 146.
---- of chlorine by olefiant gas, x, 365.
---- of coal strata, products of, viii, 382.
---- with spongy platina discovered, vii, 387.
----, spontaneous, iii, 383; v, 201; xxii, 161; xxvii, 178.
----, ----, of various substances described, _J. Mease_, xxxiii, 147.
---- of ashes, xlii, 165.^f
Comet of 1819, ii, 374.
---- of 1822, notice of, ix, 199, 367.
---- of 1823, 1824, observations on, viii, 315.
----, Olbers's elements of, xiii, 189.
----, Biela's, notice of, xxiii, 390.
----, ----, elements of, 1832, xxiv, 346; xxv, 191; xxviii, 398.
----, ----, supposed possibility of collision with Encke's, xxiv, 346.
---- of July, 1832, _J. J. Littrow_, xxiv, 348.
----, discov'd Ap. 8, 1834, xxvi, 402.
----, Halley's, 1835, xxix, 155.
----, ----, _E. Loomis_, xxx, 209.
----, ----, remarkable phenomena of, xxxv, 285.
----, Encke's, remarks on, xxiv, 346; xxxiii, 15; xxxv, 388.
----, ----, notice of, xxxvii, 191.
----, Dec., 1839, Galle's first, notice of, xxxviii, 378; xl, 207.
----, Jan., 1840, Galle's second, notice of, xl, 40, 207.
----, March, 1840, Galle's third, notice of, xl, 207.
----, October, 1840, the third of 1840, Bremicker's, xl, 207.
----, of October, 1842, discovered by _M. Laugier_, xliv, 211.
----, great, of 1843, xliv, 412; xlv, 188^f, 229.
----, great, of 1843, elements of, _S. C. Walker_ and _E. O. Kendall_,
xlv, 188.^f
----, second of 1843, xlv, 230.
----, third of 1843, xlvi, 210.
----, De Vico's, xlviii, 219,[F] 402.
----, ----, first seen in the U. States by _H. L. Smith_, xlvii, 419.
----, southern, of December, 1844, observations on, xlviii, 402;
xlix, 220.
----, D'Arrest's, Dec. 28, 1844, xlviii, 403.
----, Mauvais's, xlix, 220.
----, second of 1845, xlix, 220.
----, third of 1845, xlix, 220.
----, on the observations of, _P. J. Rodriguez_, xvi, 94.^f
----, nature of, _W. A. Norton_, xlvi, 104.
----, on the tails of, x, 395; xxxiii, 5, 11.
----, ----, _W. Mitchell_, xxxviii, 35; xl, 59.
----, ----, of Halley's, _B. F. Joslin_, xxxi, 142, 324.
----, ----, formation of, _W. A. Norton_, xlvi, 104.^f
----, possible collision of two, _J. J. Littrow_, xxiv, 346.
----, medal for discovery of, by the King of Denmark, xxiii, 391.
_Commun, J. du_, on the causes of fresh water springs, xiv, 174.^f
----, hypothesis on volcanoes and earthquakes, xv, 12.^f
----, ---- ----, objections to, xv, 25.
----, ---- ----, strictures on, xvi, 51.
Compass, mariner's, on the invention of, _A. Humboldt_, xl, 242.
----, microscopic, _J. Locke_, xxiii, 237.^f
----, surveyor's, improvements in, by _T. Kendall_, xix, 337.^f
----, pivots, on the use of native alloy for, xli, 67.
[Footnote F: At this place, erroneously called _Faye's_ comet.]
Complaisánts, on board a vessel in the Mediterranean, xvi, 171.
Compression of water, xiii, 189.
Comptonite, a new species, iv, 28.
_Conant, M._, a new magnetic instrument, xlix, 301.^f
Conchology, see ZOOLOGY, _Mollusca_.
Concretious, calcareous, in limestone, in Indiana, _J. T. Plummer_,
xliv, 283.^f
Condensation of gases, abstract of _Faraday's_ experiments on, vii, 352.
---- of sulphuretted hydrogen, vii, 352.
---- of carbonic acid, vii, 354.
---- of euchlorine, vii, 355.
---- of nitrous oxide, vii, 355.
---- of cyanogen, vii, 356.
---- of ammonia, vii, 357.
---- of muriatic acid, vii, 357.
---- of chlorine, vii, 357.
---- of gases, _J. Torrey's_ experiments on carbonic, sulphurous and
chloro-chromic acids, xxxv, 374; xxxvi, 394.^f
---- ----, _J. K. Mitchell_, xxxv, 346.^f
---- ----, _Thilorier_, xxxi, 163, 402, 404.
Conduction of water, _W. W. Mather_, xiii, 368.^f
---- ----, as shown by Murray's experiments, _C. Dewey_, xxviii, 151;
xxxi, 246.
Confectionary, poisonous, xviii, 157.
Conglomerate mica slate, in Massachusetts, viii, 244.
----, Potomac marble, xxvi, 221^f; xxvii, 22.
Conic sections, new instrument for drawing the curves of, xv, 368.^f
---- ----, _Prof. Benedict_, xxxi, 258.^f
---- ----, problem in, _Prof. Davies_, vi, 280.^f
Conite, a new mineral species, ii, 354.
Connecticut, on coal in, i, 239; iii, 248; v, 44^f; xxxiii, 163.
----, geology of N. Haven and Litchfield Cos., _B. Silliman_, ii, 201.
----, geology of Salisbury, _C. A. Lee_, viii, 252.
----, geology of; trap and sandstone in junction at Wallingford,
_A. B. Chapin_, xxvii, 104.^f
----, ----, trap rocks, _B. Silliman_, xvii, 119.
----, ----, section from Killingly to Haddam, _W. W. Mather_, xxi, 94.^f
----, ----, report on, by _C. U. Shepard_, noticed, xxxiii, 151.
----, ----, survey of, authorized, xxviii, 381.
----, ores of, see _under names of the Metals_.
---- valley, rocks of, vii, 25.
---- ----, water courses and geology of, with account of terraces,
ancient lakes, &c., xxii, 205.^f
---- ----, geological account of, _E. Hitchcock_, vi, 1^f, 201;
vii, 1.^f
---- ----, vertebral remains in sandstone of, _E. Hitchcock_,
xxix, 330.
---- ----, fossil footprints in, _E. Hitchcock_, xxix, 307^f;
xxxi, 174; xxxii, 174; xli, 165; xlvii, 113, 292^f, 390; xlviii, 61.
---- ----, ----, ----, _J. Deane_, xlv, 178; xlvi, 73^f;
xlvii, 381, 399; xlviii, 158^f; xlix, 79^f, 213.^f
---- ----, ----, ----, _C. Lyell_ on, xlv, 394.
---- ----, ----, ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 201.
---- Reserve, Ohio, notice of, xxxi, 21.
_Conrad, T. A._, notes on American geology, xxxv, 237.
----, on characteristic fossils, xxxv, 237, 246.
----, temperature of different geological epochs, xxxv, 239.
----, cause of the features of the U. States, xxxv, 244.
----, on the tertiary fossils of America, xxiii, 204, 339.
----, description of tertiary shells, in a paper by _J. T. Hodge_,
xli, 344.^f
----, on the tertiary of the Atlantic coast, xxviii, 104, 280.^f
----, new fresh water shells of Alabama, Tennessee, &c., xxv, 338.^f
----, on the features of the transition or Silurian system, xxxv, 243.
----, on the condition and character of organic life in the transition
epoch, xxxvi, 12.
----, characteristic fossils of the N. York rocks, xxxvi, 14.
----, on the Silurian strata, and the characteristic fossils,
xxxviii, 86.
----, subdivision of the Silurian system in N. York, xlii, 229.
----, Calymene senaria, xlii, 230.
Conservatory at Boston, destruction of, by fire, xlvi, 214.
Continents, mean height above the sea, _Humboldt_, xlix, 397.
_Conwell, C. C._, chemical experiments on tobacco, xvii, 369.
----, on the passage of light through small apertures, xx, 350.
_Conybeare_ and _Phillips_, outlines of the geology of England
and Wales, vii, 203.
Cooking apparatus of Lemare, vi, 399.
Cooling of the earth, a dynamical cause in geology, _W. W. Mather_,
xlix, 288.
_Cooley, D._, floral calendar, ii, 254.
_Cooper_, report on the fossil bones of Big Bone Lick, xx, 370.
_Cooper, T._, on the tests for arsenic, iv, 155.
----, disclaimer of, with regard to a fossil described by _A. Eaton_,
xx, 413.
----, on volcanoes and volcanic substances, iv, 205.
Cooper's rotative piston, xvi, 313.^f
Copaiva balsam, a new preparation of, by _G. W. Carpenter_, xvi, 40.
Copal, notice of, xliv, 212.
----, solution of, aided by camphor, xiii, 174.
---- varnish, _Berzelius_, xvii, 175.
_Copernicus_, monument to, at Warsaw, iv, 387.
Coprolites, in Connecticut valley, _E. Hitchcock_, xlvii, 113, 308.^f
---- of birds, analysis of, _S. L. Dana_, xlviii, 46.
Copper, atomic weight of, xlviii, 402.
----, amount produced in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending
June 30, 1822, viii, 390.
----, determination of, in a binoxide salt, xlvii, 193.
----, partial reduction of the binoxide of, by heat, xlviii, 184.
----, hydride of, _A. Wurtz_, xlviii, 185.
----, silvering of, xxiii, 386.
----, metallic, galvanic formation of, in a mineral vein, xxxiv, 44.
----, protoxide of, xxii, 353.
----, white, artificial, viii, 380.
----, _Witting's_ test for, ix, 201.
----, tendency of iron to protect, when exposed to sea-water,
xxv, 203.^f
----, foliaceous, of Vesuvius, xi, 267.
---- and potash, sulphate of, xx, 195.
----, native, in Connecticut, i, 55; vi, 230; xxxiii, 160.
----, ----, connection with trap in Connecticut and Michigan,
xlvii, 132.
----, ----, in drift, Massachusetts, _E. Hitchcock_, xlv, 331.
----, ----, in N. Jersey, Summerville mine, v, 401; xxxvi, 107.
----, ----, ----, _L. C. Beck_, xlv, 331.
----, ----, of Michigan, _D. Houghton_, xli, 185; xlv, 331, 332.
----, ----, mass of, from Lake Superior, _H. R. Schoolcraft_,
iii, 201.^f
----, ----, ----, presented to Yale College, xxvii, 381.
----, ----, and silver, of Lake Superior, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 81.
----, ----, in Missouri, iii, 71.
----, ----, in the trap and amygdaloidal minerals of Nova Scotia,
xv, 134; xxx, 350.
----, ----, and ores of, in northern American, at the copper mountains,
xvii, 8.
----, carbonate of, in Connecticut vi, 206.
----, ----, in Massachusetts, i, 115; vi, 207.
----, ----, in Michigan, xli, 185.
----, ----, in Pennsylvania, i, 236; viii, 239.
----, crenate of, analysis, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxvii, 398.
----, oxides of, in Connecticut, vi, 206.
----, ----, in Michigan, xli, 185.
----, ----, in Pennsylvania, viii, 239.
----, sulphurets of, in Canada, viii, 47, 75.
----, ----, in Connecticut, i, 316; vi, 206, 231; xxxiii, 160.
----, ----, in Massachusetts, i, 115, 136, 437; vi, 207; x, 215;
xxii, 61.
----, ----, in Maryland, xviii, 80; xxvii, 20, 23.
----, ----, in Michigan, xli, 185.
----, ----, in New York, viii, 249.
----, ----, in New Jersey, ii, 192, 198; v, 268.
----, ----, in North Carolina, xli, 183, 348.
(See also under _Copper mines_.)
----, phosphate of, in New Jersey, v, 401.
----, silicate, in Michigan, xli, 185.
----, siliceous hydrate in New Jersey, _G. T. Bowen_, viii, 118.
---- mines or ores in Massachusetts, account of, vi, 207; xxii, 61.
---- ----, at Strafford, Vt., xxi, 383.
---- ----, in Connecticut, at Cheshire, vi, 206;--_C. U. Shepard_,
xxxiii, 160.
---- ----, ----, at Bristol, vi, 231.
---- ----, in Maryland, xxvii, 22.
---- ----, in N. Jersey, Schuyler's, v, 239.
---- ----, ----, at Summerville, v, 401.
---- ----, ores and the minerals of the vicinity of New Brunswick,
N. Jersey, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 107.
---- ----, on Lake Superior, _H. R. Schoolcraft_, vii, 43.
---- ----, ibid, _D. Ruggles_, xlix, 64.^f
---- ----, ibid, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 81.
---- ----, ibid, _D. Houghton_, xli, 183.
---- ----, of Wisconsin and Missouri, J. T. Hodge, xliii, 381.
---- ----, Nova Scotia, xv, 152.
---- ----, of the Hartz, xix, 113.
---- ----, at Ekatherinenburg, xvii, 25.
---- ----, Rio Tinto, Spain, yield of, xxviii, 144.
---- mountains, Northern America, xvii, 8.
---- ores, on the roasting of, xxix, 374;--in Sweden, xxviii, 145.
---- sheathing of ships, on the corrosion of, _H. Davy_, ix, 207.
---- ----, causes of the destructibility of, _Prideaux_, xlii, 322.
Copperas manufactured at Stratford, Vt., viii, 180; xxi, 383.
---- ---- from pyrites in Morris Co., N. J., v, 28.
Coralline agates in the West Indies, i, 141.
Corallines in chalk, xxxiii, 111; xxxix, 205.
Corals, opinion of _Quoy_ and _Gaymard_ on the depth at which they grow,
xv, 357.
----, on the temperature limiting the distribution of, _J. D. Dana_,
xlv, 130.
----, distribution of, indicates the areas of subsidence in the Pacific,
_J. D. Dana_, xlv, 131.^f
----, fossil, see ZOOLOGY _Radiata_.
Coral islands, area of subsidence during the formation of Pacific,
_J. D. Dana_, xlv, 131.^f
---- limestone in Ceylon, vi, 194.
---- shores of Florida, xxxv, 60.
---- limestone raised, in Dominica and other West Indian islands,
iv, 218.
---- and shell rock of St. Croix, xxxv, 71.
---- reefs, formation of, _B. Hall_, xiv, 207.
_Corda, A. J. C._, on the impregnation of plants, xxxi, 317.^f
Cordage, on the vegetable materials used for, _J. Mease_, xxi, 27.
----, material for, from the Rose of Sharon, xxviii, 371.
----, from Manilla hemp, xli, 200.^f
----, and nets, strengthened by a solution of glue with oak bark,
xxvi, 186.
_Cornelius, E._, geology, mineralogy, &c., of part of Virginia,
Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, i, 214, 317.^f
----, singular position of a granite rock, ii, 200.^f
_Cornuti's_ plants of Canada, ix, 265.
Corpo Santo, instances of, xvi, 171.
Corrosive sublimate, antidote of, iii, 374.
---- ----, detection of, xvii, 181; xxiii, 207.
---- ----, decomposition of, by vegetable substances, xvii, 385.
---- ----, solubility in ether, xvi, 399.
Corundum, in Connecticut, vi, 219.
----, in New Jersey, xiii, 380; xxi, 319.
----, in North Carolina, iii, 4, 229.
Cosmogony of Moses, xxv, 26.
----, Mosaic, critical interpretation of _barah_ and _asah_,
_N. Webster_, xxxv, 375.
_Costa, E. M. da._, notice of, _C. Fox_, xxxvii, 155.
Cotarnine, xlix, 205.
Côteau des Prairies, _G. Catlin_, xxxviii, 138.
----, red clay or Catlinite of, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxv, 388; xxxvii, 393.
Cotton, use of, in dressing wounds, xxi, 159.
----, cloth, see _Cloth_.
----, gin, invention of, by _E. Whitney_, xxi, 209.
----, seed, illuminating gas from, _D. Olmsted_, viii, 294; x, 362.
----, plant, importance of cultivating it, iv, 86.
----, ----, remarks on the cultivation of, with reference to growing it
in India, xxxviii, 131.
----, stuffs, singeing by the gas flame, x, 359.
----, trade, commencement of, in the United States, xxi, 252.
----, case of treatment by, xxiii, 198.
_Couthouy, J. P._, remarks on icebergs, xliii, 154.
----, remarks on the distribution of corals, as determined by
temperature, xlvii, 123.
----, on a charge made by _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 378; xlvii, 122.
Couzeranite, description and analysis of, xvii, 183.
Cow tree of Venezuela, xix, 370.
Cowry, money, xxxii, 250.
Crag of Norfolk and Suffolk, fossil vertebrated animals of, xxxi, 339.
Craigleith quarry fossil tree, xxviii, 390.
_Cram, T. J._, length of a degree, oblateness of the earth and planets,
reduction of latitude, xxxi, 222.^f
Cramp, cure for, xxx, 169.
Crania, new work on American, proposed, _S. G. Morton_, xxxii, 207.
----, ibid, review of, xxxviii, 341.
----, American, characteristics of, xlvii, 408.
----, Ægyptiaca, _S. G. Morton_, notice of, xlvii, 205.
----, ancient Egyptian, _S. G. Morton_, xlviii, 268.
----, internal capacity in different races of men, _S. G. Morton_,
xxxviii, 373.
Crank motion, _A. B. Quinby_, vii, 316^f; ix, 317; xi, 338^f;
xii, 124^f, 344^f; xiii, 73, 356.
---- ----, remarks in reply to _Mr. Quinby_, viii, 279; xii, 338^f;
xiii, 75, 350.
---- ----, _I. Doolittle_, xii, 367; xiv, 60.^f
Crayons, red, manufacture of, xvii 187.
Crenate of copper, native, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxvii, 398.
Crenic acid, and apocrenic acid, in water, _Berzelius_, xxviii, 121.
Creosote, _M. Liebig_, xxviii, 131.
Cretaceous (ferruginous sand) fossils, U. States, _S. G. Morton_,
xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 250^f; xxiii, 288^f; xxiv, 128^f;
xlviii, 267.
---- formation of the U. States, a division in, _S. G. Morton_,
xxviii, 277.
---- ----, review of _Morton's_ Synopsis of the fossils of, xxvii, 377.
---- ---- of the U. States, _E. Hitchcock_, xli, 246, 265.
---- ---- in South America, xli, 265.
---- ---- in America, extent of, _C. G. Ehrenberg_, xlvi, 307.
---- ---- of the Upper Missouri, Nicollet, xli, 180; xlv, 153.
---- strata of New Jersey, _C. Lyell_, xlvii, 213.
---- ---- of New Jersey, (green-sand) foraminifera in, xli, 213.
---- ---- of New Jersey, fossil crocodile in, S. G. Morton,
xlviii, 265.^f
---- formation in N. Jersey, list of fossils in, _S. G. Morton_,
xlviii, 267.
---- period in United States, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 251.
Crichtonite in Connecticut, xxxv, 179.
----, (variety Washingtonite) in Connecticut, _C. U. Shepard_,
xliii, 364.^f
----, in Rhode Island, xxxv, 180.