_J. S. McCord_, for 1836-1840, xli, 330.
---- ----, ----, at Newfoundland, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxviii, 265, 269.
---- ----, ----, New England, ancient, xliii, 398.
---- ----, ----, in Connecticut, at New Haven, 1766, 1767, xxviii, 183.
---- ----, ----, ibid, for 1827, _D. Olmsted_, xiv, 176.
---- ----, ----, ibid, for 1828, _D. Olmsted_, xvi, 70.
---- ----, ----, in Cuba, at San Fernando, _J. H. Blake_, xlii, 292.
---- ----, ----, in Cuba, at Matanzas, 1832-33, _A. Mallory_, xxvi, 89;
1835, xxxi, 287.
---- ----, ----, in U. States, at different military posts, by surgeons
of the army, xii, 149.
---- ----, ----, in New England, in the years 1741 to 1757,
_J. Winthrop_, xl, 204.
---- ----, ----, in Florida, 1833, _H. B. Croom_, xxv, 69.
---- ----, ----, in Georgia, 1832-33, _W. H. Williams_, xxv, 211.
---- ----, ----, ----, 1833-34, xxvii, 173.
---- ----, ----, in Indiana, _D. D. Owen_, xxix, 294.
---- ----, ----, in Louisiana, at New Orleans, 1833-1836, _Barton_,
xxxi, 400.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Jackson, 1839-1841, _W. M. Carpenter_,
xliv, 49.
---- ----, ----, in Michigan, at Sault de St. Marie, _L. Foot_,
ix, 171.
---- ----, ----, in Missouri, at St. Louis, xxxii, 386.
---- ----, ----, in Massachusetts, at Deerfield, _E. Hitchcock_,
iv, 333.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Westfield, 1825, xii, 119.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Boston, 1820-29, xx, 264.
---- ----, ----, ----, at New Bedford, 1830, xx, 162; 1831, xxii, 188.
---- ----, ----, in New Hampshire, at Dartmouth College, xxviii, 179.
---- ----, ----, in New York, 1833-34, _W. C. Redfield_, xxviii, 154.
---- ----, ----, ----, in N. Y. city, 1838 and 1839, with the mean
results for the last seven years, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxviii, 323.
---- ----, ----, ----, for May, 1834, at Cazenovia, _J. Johnston_,
(therm., winds, weather,) xxvi, 398.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Brooklyn, for 1829, xvii, 409.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Penn Yan, 1834, _H. P. Sartwell_, xxviii, 187.
---- ----, ----, New Jersey, at Middletown, _J. F. Jenkins_,
1831, 1832, xxii, 394;
1832-34, xxvi, 395.
---- ----, ----, in North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, _D. Olmsted_,
x, 294.
---- ----, ----, in Ohio, kept at Marietta, _S. P. Hildreth_,
1826, xii, 213.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1827, xiv, 63.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1828, xvi, 44.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1829, xviii, 368.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1830, xx, 126.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1831, xxii, 109.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1832, xxiv, 132.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1833, xxvi, 84.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1834, xxviii, 160.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1835, xxx, 56.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1836, xxxii, 95.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1837, xxxiv, 132.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1838, xxxvi, 78.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1839, xxxviii, 273.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1840, xl, 345.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1841, xlii, 344.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1842, xliv, 347.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1843, xlvi, 277.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1844, xlviii, 287.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Western Reserve College, Sept.-Nov., 1838,
_E. Loomis_, xxxvi, 166.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Hudson, for the years 1838, 1839, 1840,
_E. Loomis_, xli, 310.
---- ----, ----, ----, ibid, 1841-1844, xlix, 266.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Steubenville, 1844, _R. Marsh_, xlix, 212.
---- ----, ----, in Oregon, or west of the Rocky Mountains, _A. Eaton_,
from _J. Ball_, xxv, 351.
---- ----, ----, ----, at Fort Vancouver, _J. Ball_, 1832, '33,
xxviii, 9.
---- ----, ----, in Vermont, Fayetteville, _M. Field_, xii, 364;
xvi, 288; xviii, 366; xx, 261^f; xxii, 298; xxiv, 361.
---- ----, ----, in Wisconsin, at Fort Winnebago, xxx, 13.
---- ----, South American, in Colombia, 1820, 1830, _R. Wright_,
xxxvii, 1.
---- ----, ----, at Rio Janeiro, _J. Gardner_, xlvii, 290.
---- ----, at sea, on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, v, 137.
---- ----, ----, on board the United States ship Peacock,
_W. S. W. Ruschenberger_, xxxiii, 345.
---- ----, ----, on board the United States ship Erie, 1834, between
New York and Rio Janeiro, xxix, 237.
---- ----, (electro-) _J. Swaim_, xxxii, 304.^f
---- ----, see farther, _Floral calendar_.
----, tables, _J. de Wallestein_, ix, 394.
Meteorology, _J. D. Forbes_ on the progress of, xl, 318.
Metre, French, compared with an English yard, xxi, 382.
Mexican Andes, ascent of Popocatepetl, xxviii, 220.
Mexico, geological character, climate, uses of obsidian, &c. in,
xvi, 160.
----, geological remarks relating to, _W. Maclure_, xx, 406.
----, discovery of mummies near Durango, xxxvi, 200.
----, silver mines of, xxiv, 226.
----, meteoric iron at Charcas, xxviii, 288.
Mica, containing potash and lithia, xxxvii, 356.
----, analyses of lepidolite and a yellow, xxxvii, 361.
----, of Chester, Mass., crystallization of, viii, 250.^f
----, use of, in chemical analyses, xxiv, 373.
----, black, a substitute for glass in spectacles, xviii, 374.
----, models of crystals made of, xxxviii, 187.
----, in Canada, viii, 67.
----, in Connecticut, i, 353;--plumose, vi, 251.
----, in Massachusetts, i, 113; ii, 237; iv, 55 (green); vii, 255;
viii, 41, 235;--prismatic, v, 399; vii, 30, 255; viii, 41; xiv, 219;
--rose, i, 350; v, 265.
----, in New Hampshire, v, 40; xvii, 357.
----, in New Jersey, v, 246; vi, 250.
----, in New York, iv, 37; v, 29; ix, 40, 251; xxi, 326.
----, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45; xiv, 5, 13.
----, in Virginia, v, 257.
----, slate, association with granite, in Massachusetts, and relative
age, vi, 4.
----, ----, varieties in the Connecticut valley, vi, 22.
----, ----, minerals of, vi, 24.
----, ----, in western Massachusetts, viii, 6, 240.
----, ----, relation to gneiss, viii, 6.
----, ----, conglomerated, in Windsor, Mass., viii, 7.
----, ----, contorted, viii, 253.
----, ----, minerals of, viii, 7.
----, ----, alternations with granular limestone, ii, 211;
viii, 15, 240, 252.
----, ----, containing rounded pebbles of quartz, in Massachusetts,
viii, 244.
Mice, habits of, xlvi, 242.
_Michaux, André_, notice of, _A. Gray_, xlii, 2.
----, notice of his botanical labors, ix, 266.
----, the younger, notice of, xlii, 10.
Michigan, notice of the peninsula of, in relation to its topography,
scenery, agriculture, population, resources and productions,
_J. Pierce_, x, 304.
----, Indians of, _J. Pierce_, x, 313.
----, rocks of, xl, 136.
----, mining region of, _D. Houghton_, xli, 183.
----, Geological Reports on, of _D. Houghton_, noticed, xxxiv, 190;
xl, 136.
----, geological and mineralogical observations on the northwest portion
of Lake Huron; _J. I. Bigsby_, iii, 254.^f
----, geological and mineralogical observations of the region about
Fort Winnebago, _D. Ruggles_, xxx, 1.^f
----, native copper and ores of, _D. Houghton_, xli, 185; xlv, 331, 332.
----, ---- ---- ibid, _D. Ruggles_, xlix, 64.^f
----, ---- ----, of Lake Superior, _H. R. Schoolcraft_, iii, 201.^f
----, ---- ---- and silver, of Kewenaw Point, _C. T. Jackson_,
xlix, 81.
----, Lake, height of, xlv, 16; xlvi, 259, 260.
Microlite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxvii, 361; xxxii, 338; xliii, 116;
xlviii, 176.
----, identical with pyrochlore, _J. E. Teschemacher_ and
_A. A. Hayes_, xliii, 33.
----, reply to, ibid, by _C. U. Shepard_, xliii, 116; xlviii, 176.
----, analysis of, _A. A. Hayes_, xlvi, 158.
Micrometers, artificial spider's web for, xv, 183.
Microscope, on improvements in, _E. Thomas_, xix, 57.^f
----, on the achromatic, _E. Thomas_, xx, 265.^f
----, monochromatic lamp of _D. Brewster_ for, vii, 363.
---- and microscopical observations, notice of, xli, 205.
Microscopic life, see _Infusoria_, and _Zoology_.
Migration of birds, note on, x, 192.
---- ----, of North America, _J. Bachman_, xxx, 81.
Mildew, prevention of, iii, 385.
Milk, mode of preserving indefinitely, xviii, 152.
----, use of, in dropsy, xxiv, 209.
----, facts from _Barruel_ respecting the milk sold in Paris, xvii, 378.
Milk tree of Venezuela, xix, 373.
Milking, principle of the balance applied to, _H. Strait_, xxvii, 92.^f
Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca, a substitute for flax, xxvii, 384.
----, on the fibre of, xxviii, 380.
_Miller, E._, canals of Pennsylvania, xxv, 84; xxvi, 108.
----, on tracing oval arches, xxii, 303.^f
Millet's smoke disperser, xvii, 164.
Milo, catacombs of, xvi, 331.^f
----, caves of, containing alum, xvi, 334.
Mines, depth of different, xxix, 374.
----, wire ropes for deep, xxxv, 319.
----, general remarks on the positions of, _Taylor_, xxxiv, 9.
---- of Pasco, S. A., xvii, 43.^f
---- of the Hartz, and mode of working, xix, 113.
---- of Idria, xxix, 219.
---- of Michigan, position of, _D. Houghton_, xli, 183.
---- of Russia, see under _Russia_.
---- of Spain, xxviii, 17, 21, 144.
---- of Tokat, xxxvii, 352.
----, see farther, under names of _Countries_, _Metals_ and _Minerals_.
Minerals, new fluids in cavities of, detected by _D. Brewster_,
xii, 214.
----, optical structure of, ix, 384.
----, specific gravities of various, _Breithaupt_, xxxi, 268.
----, Hosack's donation of, iv, 396.
----, pseudomorphous, account of, xlviii, 66, 81.
---- of trap, origin of, _J. D. Dana_, xlix, 49.
---- of volcanic rocks, iv, 212, 215.
----, zeolitic, not formed at the formation of the containing rock,
_J. D. Dana_, xlv, 116, 145.
----, ----, rendered hydrous bysteam of eruption, _H. D. Rogers_,
xlv, 147.
----, in London, prices of, v, 169.
---- of Europe, value of, xxix, 368.
---- of North America, their analogy with those of northern Europe,
_W. Meade_, xii, 303.
----, _Foreign_.
---- of a cavern, upon Bosjesman river, southern Africa, xxviii, 290.
---- of Ceylon, vi, 192.
---- of Greece, xxxiii, 207.
----, oriental, from Sardis, _F. Hall_, xxxiii, 249; Pergamos, 250;
Smyrna, 250; Ephesus, 251; Thyatira, 251; Samos, 252; Syra, 253.
----, ----, _Robertson_, xxxiii, 255.
---- found in the Hartz, xix, 112.
---- of New Holland, _F. Alger_, xxxix, 157.^f
---- from Palestine, ix, 337; x, 21.
---- of Peru, San Lorenzo, selenite, calc spar, &c., xxxviii, 201.
---- of Sicily, viii, 203.
----, saline, of the plains of Tarapaca, _J. H. Blake_, xliv, 2.
---- of Vesuvius, account of, from _Monticelli's_ treatise, xii, 185.
----, _North American_.
----, ----, proposed as new, shown to be identical with other species
previously known, xlvi, 384.
----, ----, in Alabama, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317.
----, ----, in Canada, _J. I. Bigsby_, v, 205; viii, 60.
----, ----, of northern America, and the vicinity of Hudson's Bay,
xvii, 12.
----, ----, of Nova Scotia, _F. Alger_, xii, 227.
----, ----, ----, _Jackson_ and _Alger_, xiv, 305; xv, 132, 201.
----, ----, ----, examined by a party from Williams College, xxx, 330.
----, ----, of Connecticut, Litchfield Co., gneiss range, _J. P. Brace_,
i, 351.
----, ----, ----, New Haven and vicinity, _B. Silliman_, ii, 201.
----, ----, ----, _T. D. Porter's_ localities of, with a map, ix, 177.
----, ----, ----, various localities, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiii, 155.
----, ----, ----, at Stonington, _W. W. Rodman_, xxxv, 179.
----, ----, of Delaware, x, 223.
----, ----, ----, _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1.
----, ----, of Illinois, Shawneetown, i, 52; ii, 176; iii, 244, 367.
----, ----, of Indiana, _W. B. Stilson_, i, 131.
----, ----, of Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 86.
----, ----, of Maine, Freyburg and Paris, xviii, 291.
----, ----, of Maryland, _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1.
----, ----, ----, Baltimore and Harford Cos., _P. T. Tyson_, xviii, 78.
----, ----, ----, Bare Hills, _H. H. Hayden_, xxiv, 349.^f
----, ----, of Massachusetts, localities of, in part, _C. Dewey_,
i, 337; viii, 1.
----, ----, ----, ibid, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 112, 201; vi, 201; vii, 30;
xiv, 215.
----, ----, ----, Chesterfield and Goshen, _G. Gibbs_, i, 346.
----, ----, ----, Hampshire Co., _A. Nash_, xii, 238.
----, ----, ----, Charlestown quarries, _J. E. Teschemacher_,
xxxviii, 194.
----, ----, of Mississippi, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317.
----, ----, of Missouri, iii, 24, 59, 67, 71; xii, 376, 379; xliii, 35;
xlv, 340.
----, ----, of New Hampshire, _J. F. Dana_, vi, 245.
----, ----, ----, _C. U. Shepard_, xvii, 353; xviii, 126.
----, ----, ----, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105.
----, ----, ----, _C. T. Jackson_, xlix, 33.
----, ----, of New Jersey, at Patterson and Sparta, with geological
remarks by _T. Nuttall_, v, 239.
----, ----, ----, at Hoboken, i, 49, 54.
----, ----, ----, at Hoboken, _T. Nuttall_, iv, 16.
----, ----, ----, various, ix, 244; xxi, 321; xxxvi, 107; xl, 69;
xliv, 54.
----, ----, ----, Bergen Hill, account of, _W. O. Bourne_, xl, 69.
----, ----, ----, near New Brunswick, copper ores, &c., _L. C. Beck_,
with analyses of native copper, red oxide, bisilicate, and gray
sulphuret of copper, xxxvi, 107.
----, ----, ----, in Sussex Co., _S. Fowler_, xxi, 319.
----, ----, ----, ----, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map, xxi, 321.
----, ----, of New York, some account of, in review of the Report of
_L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 25.^f
----, ----, ----, secondary region of, _J. Pierce_, ii, 181.
----, ----, ----, of the highlands of, _J. Pierce_, v, 27.
----, ----, ----, at Boonville, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxii, 234.
----, ----, ----, in St. Lawrence Co., _J. Finch_, xix, 220.
----, ----, ----, in St. Lawrence and Jefferson Cos., _J. B. Crawe_
and _A. Gray_, xxv, 346.
----, ----, ----, in Orange Co., _C. U. Shepard_, with a map,
xxi, 321.^f
----, ----, ----, in Scoharie Co., _J. Gebhard_, xxviii, 172.^f
----, ----, ----, of Warwick, _S. Fowler_, ix, 242.
----, ----, in North Carolina, _D. Olmsted_, v, 257.
----, ----, ----, and South Carolina, _J. Dickson_, iii, 1.
----, ----, ----, in Carolina, _T. D. Porter_, iii, 227.
----, ----, ----, North, Davidson Co., _J. C. Booth_, xli, 348.
----, ----, in Ohio, _S. P. Hildreth_, xvi, 154.
----, ----, ----, Belmont Co., i, 227.
----, ----, in Pennsylvania, Chester Co., _G. W. Carpenter_, xiv, 1;
--Bucks Co., 12; Philadelphia Co., 14.
----, ----, ----, vicinity of West Chester, _J. Finch_, xiv, 15.
----, ----, in Rhode Island, _S. Taylor_, vi, 245.
----, ----, ----, near Providence, _J. H. Webb_, iv, 284.
----, ----, in Vermont, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 105.
----, ----, ----, _F. Hall_, vii, 58.
----, ----, ----, _A. A. Hayes_, xiii, 195.
----, ----, ----, Brattleboro', _J. A. Allen_, iii, 76.
----, ----, ----, Marlboro' and New Fane, _C. U. Shepard_, xvii, 353.
----, ----, of part of Virginia and Tennessee, _J. H. Kain_, i, 60.
----, ----, of parts of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi,
with geology of the same, _E. Cornelius_, i, 214, 317.
----, ----, see farther, under the names of the several _Minerals_,
_Ores_, or _Metals_.
----, artificial, sulphate of lime with half an atom of water,
_J. F. W. Johnston_, xxxv, 300.
----, ----, produced by heat, x, 190.
----, ----, oxide of iron about furnaces, xxxvi, 237.
----, ----, feldspar, xxviii, 396.
----, cabinet of, given by Baron de Schutz to the school at Landshut,
v, 193.
----, ----, a large, for sale, ii, 169.
Mineral resins from peat mosses--Tekoretin, Phylloretin, Xyloretin,
Balloretin, _G. Forchhammer_, xli, 402.
---- springs, see _Springs_.
---- veins, remarks on, with the views of _R. W. Fox_, xxxiii, 93;
_I. Fournet's_ views, 94.
---- ----, questions on, _R. W. Fox_, xxxiii, 135.
---- waters, artificial, _S. Morey_, iii, 94.
---- ----, native, see _Springs_.
---- wax, a new species, _M. Prinsep_, xviii, 165.
Mineralogical hammer, new, _E. Hitchcock_, vii, 175.^f
---- systems, W. Whewell on, xliv, 214.
Mineralogy, _P. Cleaveland's_ Treatise on, noticed, i, 35.
----, ----, ibid, 2d edition announced, v, 404.
----, review of _C. U. Shepard's_, xxii, 395; xxviii, 374; xlvii, 333.
----, ibid _F. Alger's_, xlvii, 333.
----, ibid _J. D. Dana's_, xxxii, 387; xlvi, 362.^f
Mining company, the Muskingum, xxv, 224.
---- industry of Spain, _F. le Play_, xxviii, 17.
Mint, projected branch, of North Carolina, xx, 401.
----, gold coinage, amount of, in the United Stales, xx, 403.
----, amount of gold deposited at, xx, 404.
Mirror, metallic, found by the precipitation of silver from the oxide,
xlix, 398.
Mississippi, mounds of, _R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 97.
---- valley, _L. Bringier_, iii, 15;
--banks of the Mississippi, 16;
driftwood of the Achafalaya, Red river, 17;
earthquakes and eruptions, 20;
fossil remains of mastodon, 22;
marble and other mineral productions, 23.
----, ----, _L. Bringier_, lead mines, iii, 24;
iron ores, 26;
cove of Wachitta, 26, 28;
alum slate, 28;
salt, sandhills, 27;
hot springs of Wachitta, 29;
Indians, 30;
mounds, 36.
---- ---- and the lakes, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 201.
---- ----, _H. King_, xlvii, 128.
---- ----, lower part of, _R. Nutt_, xxiii, 49.
----, mineralogy and geology of, _E. Cornelius_, i, 317.
----, Upper, polythalamia of, _J. W. Bailey_, xli, 400.
---- river, elevation of banks of, 1811, _F. C. Usher_, xxxi, 294.^f
---- ----, velocity of, vii, 174.
---- ----, headwaters, botany of, _D. B. Douglass_ and _J. Torrey_,
iv, 56.
---- waters, medical effects of, viii, 396.
Missouri, lead region of, _H. R. Schoolcraft_, iii, 248.
----, ---- ----, ores, _Troost_ and _Lesueur_, xii, 379.
----, ---- ----, _J. N. Nicollet_, xlv, 340.
----, ---- ----, _J. T. Hodge_, xliii, 35.^f
----, ---- mine of la Motte, ore not argentiferous, xliii, 64.
----, native carbonate of lead in, xii, 379.
----, cobalt ores, xii, 378.
----, cretaceous formation of, _J. N. Nicollet_, xli, 180; xlv, 153.
----, Indian mounds or fortifications in, iii, 36.
----, ---- ----, _R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 89.
----, contributions to the botany of, _L. C. Beck_, x, 257; xi, 167;
xiv, 112.
_Mitchell, E._, on the effect of quantity of matter in modifying the
force of attraction, xvi, 234.
----, on the geology of the gold region of North Carolina, xvi, 1.^f
----, North Carolina, character and origin of the low country of,
xiii, 336.
----, on the proximate causes of winds and storms, xix, 248.^f
----, Protogæa of _Leibnitz_, xx, 56.
----, on storms and meteorological observations, xx, 361.
----, on Welther's tube of safety, xvii, 345.^f
_Mitchell, J._, on the ignis fatuus, xvi, 246.
_Mitchell, J. K._, on the liquefaction and solidification of
carbonic acid, xxxv, 346.^f
_Mitchell, T. D._, carbonic oxide obtained free from carbonic acid,
xxv, 344.
_Mitchell, Wm._, on the tails of comets, xxxviii, 35; xl, 59.
----, magnetic dip at Nantucket, xlvi, 157.
_Mitchill, S. L._, conditions of the growth of plants on living animals,
xii, 21.
----, on the Mus bursarius or pouched rat, of Canada, iv, 183.
----, on the Proteus of the N. A. Lakes, iv, 181.
----, on a group of polyps, v, 46.
----, a new Raja, ix, 290.
----, Zeus crinitus, xi, 144.^f
----, spoonbill sturgeon, xii, 201.^f
----, new reptiles of North America, vii, 63.
----, on the eatable clam of New York, x, 287.
----, facts showing that two-headed snakes are monsters, x, 48.
----, history of sea-serpentism, xv, 351.
----, notice of his edition of Cuvier's essay on the theory of the
earth, i, 68.
----, obituary notice of, xxvii, 149.
_Mitscherlich_, formation of specular iron about volcanoes, xxxvi, 237.
----, on fuming nitric acid, xx, 185.
_Mohs, F._, obituary notice of, xl, 220.
Molasses from the potato, xxi, 93.
Mole, natural history of, xvii, 386.
----, carnivorous, _S. Woodruff_, xxviii, 168.
Molecules, Brown's active, xvii, 390.
----, forms and nature of crystalline, _J. D. Dana_, xxx, 275.^f
Molecular attraction, _J. Henry's_ experiments on, with soap bubbles,
xlviii, 215.
_Moll, G._, experiments in electro-magnetism, xix, 329; xxvi, 177.
Mollusca, see under ZOOLOGY.
Molluskite, _G. A. Mantell_, xlv, 243.
Molybdenite, analysis of, _H. Seybert_, iv, 320.
----, in Connecticut, i, 242; vi, 235; viii, 194.
----, in Maine, x, 17.
----, in Maryland, xxvii, 20.
----, in Massachusetts, i, 238; v, 268; vi, 235; vii, 58; viii, 58;
ix, 55; xiv, 217; xxxiii, 400.
----, in New Jersey, v, 401.
----, in New York, vii, 57.
----, in Pennsylvania, v, 41.
----, in Rhode Island, viii, 231.
Monarda allophylla, iv, 56.
----, Bradburiana, x, 260.
----, scabra, x, 260.
Money cowry, xxxii, 250.
Monophane, xxvi, 388.
_Montague, G._, notice of, xxxvii, 162.
Monsoons, remarks on, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 124.
----, character and causes of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 63.
Monte Video, Connecticut, scenery of, vii, 5.
----, in South America, xxix, 240.
Monticellite, xxvi, 388.
_Montlosier, Count_, notice of, xxxvii, 121.
Monuments, public, in the United States, xviii, 229.
Monument to Copernicus, in Warsaw, iv, 387.
---- of Pultowa, iii, 379.
---- to Cuvier, xxiii, 309.
Monumental inscriptions, on the writing of, xvii, 271.
Moodus noises at East Haddam, Ct., xxix, 364; xxxix, 336.
Moon, volcanoes of, v, 176; xxxv, 305.
----, action of, on the atmosphere, deductions respecting, xv, 174.
----, influence of, on the weather, _F. Marcel_, xxvii, 192.
----, heat in rays of, ii, 329; xl, 315.
----, singular appearance of, xxii, 375.
----, halo, West Point, xx, 299.
Moon's mean motion, secular acceleration of, _J. H. Coffin_,
xlvii, 324.^f
_Moore, N. F._, ancient mineralogy, notice of, xxviii, 188.
Morbid animal products, chemical examination of, _J. F. Dana_, iv, 149.
_Mordecai, A._, experiments on gunpowder, xlix, 180.
_Morey, S._, on artificial mineral waters, iii, 94.
----, on heat and light, ii, 118, 122.
----, bubbles blown in melted rosin, ii, 179.
----, on the patent water-burner, vii, 141.
----, revolving steam engine, i, 157.^f
----, observations on combustion, xxv, 146.
----, explosive engine, xi, 104.
Morey's steam engine, _J. Doolittle_, ii, 101.^f
---- ---- ----, _Sullivan_, ii, 106.^f
_Morgan, H. K. G._, galvanic means of blasting, xxxviii, 33.
_Morin, P. E._, laws of meteorological phenomena, xl, 402.
---- solicits meteoric information from America, xlii, 202.
----, theory of the universe, xxxi, 160.
Morphine, preparation of, xvii, 384; xxiii, 190.
----, and its salts, new method for, xli, 51.
----, test for, viii, 381.
----, action of, with iodic acid, xx, 184.
----, sulphate of, results of experiments on, _W. Tully_, xxi, 39.
_Morris, Miss M. H._, on the Hessian fly, xl, 381.
_Morse, S. F. B._, account of the twilight bow, xxxviii, 389.
---- electro-magnetic telegraph, xxxiii, 185.^f
----, two electrical currents over the same conductor without
interference, xliv, 418.^f
----, experiments with Grove's battery, xlv, 390.^f
Mortality, observations on bills of, _J. Mease_, xli, 306.
---- of infants in France, xix, 192.
----, effect of ventilation on, xxvii, 79.
Mortar, iv, 373.
----, _W. H. Wright_, on, xlix, 379.
_Morton, J._, ancient mound near Wheeling, Va., vi, 166.
_Morton, S. G._, new work on American crania, proposed, xxxii, 207.
----, ibid, review of, xxxviii, 341.^f
----, characteristics of the Aboriginal race of America, xlvii, 408.
----, Crania Ægyptiaca, notice of, xlvii, 205.
----, on a second series of ancient Egyptian crania, xlviii, 268.
----, on the internal capacity of the cranium in different races of men,
xxxviii, 373.
----, on the fossils and geological characters of the ferruginous sand
formation of the United States, xvii, 274, 290; xviii, 243, 249^f;
xxiii, 288^f; xxiv, 128.^f
----, analogy between the marl of New Jersey and the chalk of Europe,
xxii, 90.
----, synopsis of the organic remains of the cretaceous group of the
United States, xxvii, 377.
----, proposed division of the U. States cretaceous group, xxviii, 277.
----, discovery of the galt in Alabama, xxviii, 277.
----, head of a fossil crocodile, xlviii, 265.^f
----, list of fossils associated with the fossil crocodile, xlviii, 267.
----, on the fossil teeth of fishes in the United States, xxviii, 276.
----, notice of an embalmed Ibis, from Egypt, xli, 187.
----, supposed new species of hippopotamus, xlvii, 406.^f
----, memoir of Wm. Maclure, xlvii, 1.^f
Mosaic cosmogony, xxv, 26.
---- ----, critical interpretation of _bara_ and _asah_, _N. Webster_,
xxxv, 375.
---- gold, xiii, 174.
Mosasaurus, xvii, 289; xviii, 246.
----, in United States, xxvii, 353.
Möser, images of, _Karsten_ on, xlv, 228.
Moss, Irish, or carrageen, _L. Feuchtwanger_, xxvi, 389.
Mosses and ferns of the United States, _L. C. Beck_, xv, 287.
Motion, the natural state of matter, xvi, 151.
----, on the principles of, and their use in the higher mathematics,
xiv, 297.
----, revolving, in fluids, xix, 391.
---- of living particles in all kinds of matter, xix, 393.
---- of a system of bodies, _T. Strong_, xxiv, 40; xxv, 281; xxvi, 44.
---- ibid, _Lagrange's_ formulæ, xi, 398.
Moulting of birds, xxiv, 366.
_Moultrie, J._, skull of fossil human skeleton of Guadaloupe,
xxxii, 361.
Mounds, Indian, of the West, remarks on, _J. Finch_, vii, 158.
----, ----, ----, xxii, 124.
----, ----, and other antiquities, xxxiv, 47.
----, ----, vessels of earthenware in, xxvi, 237; xxvii, 175.
----, ----, in Indiana, _J. T. Plummer_, xliv, 313.
----, ----, and works, in Ohio, xxv, 234, 238.
----, ----, in Ohio, _C. Whittlesey_, xxxiv, 361.
----, ----, near Wheeling, Virginia, _J. Morton_, vi, 166.
----, ----, of various imitative shapes, in Iowa and Wisconsin,
_S. Taylor_, xliv, 21.^f
----, ----, earthworks of the form of animal effigies in Wisconsin, &c.,
_R. C. Taylor_, xxxiv, 88.^f
----, ----, in Missouri, iii, 36.
----, ----, in Tennessee, i, 322, 428.
----, ----, and relics, near Natchez, Miss., _C. G. Forshey_, xl, 376.
----, ----, in Louisiana, _C. G. Forshey_, xlix, 38.^f
----, ----, in Salisbury Plain, England, &c, _B. Silliman_, xliii, 152.