xxix, 355; xxxvii, 19.
----, ibid, by barometer, _O. Byrne_, xliv, 12.^f
----, bursting of, iii, 252.
----, slides on White and Green, xv, 217.
----, map showing height of, ii, 168.
----, map of, iii, 364.
----, ranges of, elevation of, xxxi, 290.
----, chains of, _C. Darwin_ on the elevation of, xxxvii, 234.
----, ----, elevation of, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 263.
----, ----, theory of origin of, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 125, 128.
----, granitic, relation to modern volcanic, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 125.
---- of iron, iii, 63.
---- of Himmalayah, height of, ix, 384.
---- of Europe, remarks on, _G. F. Shcouw_, xxi, 127, 128.
---- ----, Bolca, xiii, 255.^f
---- ----, see _Volcano_.
----, systems of, in the United States, xli, 266.
---- Katuhdin, Me., excursion to, and height of, _J. W. Bailey_,
xxxii, 20.^f
---- Lafayette, ascent of, xii, 172.
---- Washington, notices of, xxxiv, 73, 76, 120.
---- of New York, of Essex Co., description, height of, &c.,
xxxiii, 301^f; xxxvi, 27; xxxvii, 83.
---- ---- ----, of Lake George, iv, 48.
---- in North Carolina, description and height of, _E. Mitchell_,
xxxv, 377.
----, height of, Abraham, Me., xxxvii, 378.
----, ----, Adams, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, Bald Peak, New York, xxxiii, 320.
----, ----, Black, Vermont, vi, 6.
----, ----, Black, North Carolina, xxxv, 379; xxxvi, 28.
----, ----, Camel's Hump, Green Mountains, xxxvii, 85.
----, ----, Catskill, Round Top, New York, ii, 19; xxxv, 378; xlv, 17.
----, ----, Dial, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28.
----, ----, Dix, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxvi, 28.
----, ----, Fall, New Hampshire, vii, 12.
----, ----, Franklin, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, Grandfather, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379.
----, ----, High Peak of Essex, or Mount Marcy, N. Y., xxxiii, 320;
xxxvi, 28; xxxvii, 84, 89.
----, ----, Holyoke, Massachusetts, vii, 5.
----, ----, Jefferson, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, Kedidica Hook, New Jersey, ii, 187.
----, ----, La Fayette, xli, 384.
----, ----, Lyon, New York, xxxvii, 84.
----, ----, Madison, N.H., xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, Mansfield, Green Mountains, Vt., xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 85.
----, ----, McIntyre, Essex Co., N. Y., xxxiii, 320; xxxvi, 28.
----, ----, Monroe, New Hampshire, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, Otter, Va., xxxv, 379.
----, ----, Palisade range, different points of, ii, 184.
----, ----, Pilot, North Carolina, xxxv, 379.
----, ----, Roan, North Carolina, xxxv, 378, 379.
----, ----, Saddle, Massachusetts, ii, 19; xxxv, 378.
----, ----, Skeene's, at Whitehall, New York, xxxiii, 311.
----, ----, Sugar Loaf, Massachusetts, vii, 9.
----, ----, Table, North Carolina, xxxv, 377, 379.
----, ----, Tom, Massachusetts, vi, 45; vii, 9.
----, ----, Video, Connecticut, vii, 5.
----, ----, Washington, N. Hampshire, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120;
xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
----, ----, West River, N. Hampshire, vii, 11.
----, ----, Whiteface, N. York, xxxiii, 323; xxxvii, 84.
----, ----, White Top, Virginia, xxxv, 379.
---- slides, phenomena of, Essex Co., N. Y., _W. C. Redfield_,
xxxiii, 313.
---- leather, xxxvi, 114.
Moving stones, in lakes and ponds, _N. Chipman_, xiv, 303.
Mowing, best time of, v, 380.
Moles, vision of, xvii, 185.
Mucedinea on vines, xxix, 367.
Mud of New Haven harbor, analysis of, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 337.
---- eruptions, iv, 216.
---- furrows in rocks, _J. Hall,_ xlv, 148.
Muhlenbergia filipes, xliv, 83.
Mulberry tree, on the culture of, in the United States, xviii, 278.
Mule from a stag and mare, xiv, 392.
---- silver, xiii, 200.
Multiplier, galvanic, see _Galvanic_.
Munich, public instruction in, iv, 196.
_Murchison, R. I._, departure of, for the Urals, xli, 207.
----, return from a tour to Russia, xlii, 213.
----, salt steppe south of Orenburg, Russia, xliv, 205.
----, freezing cavern, xliv, 205.
----, relation of American geology to Russian, xli, 208.
----, geological map of part of England and Wales, xxxv, 306.
----, Silurian system, xxxvi, 399; xxvii, 219.
Murchisonite, analysis of, xv, 386, [feldspar.]
Murexide, process for, xli, 46.
Muriate of lime, a native salt, xv, 242.
---- of soda, see _Salt_.
Muriatic acid, fumigations with, at Plattsburgh, 1819, viii, 200.
----, condensation of, _M. Faraday_, vii, 357.
----, experiments with reference to, _Macaire_ and _Dela Rive_, xi, 393.
----, mode of purifying, _R. Hare_, xxxix, 371.
_Murray, John_, obituary notice of, ii, 355.
Musa texilis, xxi, 29.
Muscles, hydatids in human, xxix, 353.
_Muse, J. E._, on resuscitation from drowning, by oxygen, xvi, 250.
----, notice of the appearance of fish and lizards in extraordinary
circumstances, xvi, 41.
----, stony concretions in the ovary of a turtle, xxvii, 163.
----, on animalcules in snow, xviii, 56.
----, on the Hessian fly, xxii, 71, 155.
Museum at Geneva, in Switzerland, iv, 199.
---- of the Vatican, iv, 380.
---- of Paris, iv, 381.
Museums of Natural History, when established in England, xxxvii, 143.
Mushrooms, gas from, xvii, 174.
Musical intervals, _J. Farey_, ii, 65.
---- temperament, essay on, _A. M. Fisher_, i, 9^f, 176.^f
---- tones produced by magnets, _C. G. Page_, xxxii, 396; xxxiii, 118;
xlviii, 401.
Muskets, manufacture of, by _E. Whitney_, xxi, 237.
Mylocarium ligustrinum, xxvi, 319.
Mylodon, _R. Owen_, xliv, 341.
----, _R. Harlan_, xliii, 141; xlv, 209.
----, in Georgia, xlvii, 258.
----, in Oregon, (?) xlii, 136.
Myology of the human body, works on, noticed, iv, 198; xviii, 203.
Myosotis inflexa, xlvi, 98.
---- macrosperma, xlvi, 98.
---- stricta, xlvi, 98.
---- verna, xlvi, 97.
Myosurus Shortii, i, 379.
Myrica carifera, analysis of, i, 294.
Myrrhis canadensis, xi, 175.
---- longistylis, xi, 175.
Mystery, on, _M. Hopkins_, xiii, 217.
N.
Naiades, see under Zoology, _Mollusca_.
Nantucket, Philosophical Institute of, xii, 173.
Naphtha springs in old Assyria, xxxvii, 353.
---- ---- of Persia, xxxvii, 354.
---- in quartz crystal, _C. Dewey_, i, 345.
_Napier, J._, on the solubility of the metals in the salts of iron,
xlviii, 190.
Naples, surgery in, v, 179.
Napoleon, literary taste of, xii, 390.
Napoleon's library, xii, 390.
Narceine, a new substance, _Pelletier_, xxiii, 379.
Narcotine, results of experiments on, _W. Tully_, xxi, 39.
----, products of the decomposition of, _F. Wöhler_, xlix, 205, 206.
_Nash, A._, lead mines and geology of Hampshire Co., Mass., xii, 238.^f
----, fascination of snakes, xii, 368.
Nasmyth's pneumatic speculum, xxxviii, 107.
Native metals, see under the names of the metals.
Natrolite in New Jersey, xl, 71.
Natural bridge, i, 66.
Natural History Society, see _Society_.
---- magic, remarks on, xxxiii, 258.
Naturalist, Journal of a, noticed, xxi, 390.
Naturalists, some notice of British, _C. Fox_, xxxvi, 217.
Nautilus, fossil, xliii, 187.
Naval Sketches, by _G. Jones_, noticed, xvi, 168, 320^f; xvii, 201.
---- Lyceum, xxvii, 390.
Navigation, submarine, ii, 94.
---- on canals, mode of, vii, 190.
---- of rapids, vii, 175.
---- of Cape Horn, _M. F. Maury_, xxvi, 54.
---- of the Atlantic, by ship Savannah by steam in 1819, xxxviii, 155.
---- ----, ---- ----, log book of, deposited with the American
Philosophical Society, xl, 34.
----, letters of _J. Smith_ on, xxxv, 160, 332; xxxvi, 133.
---- to the Pacific by steam, xli, 358.
----, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207.
----, steam, see _Steam_.
----, on the application of the hydrostatic and aerostatic powers
to aquatic, _E. C. Genet_, xi, 344.^f
----, solution of a problem in, _W. Chauvenet_, xlvi, 79.
----, Treatise on, _M. F. Maury's_, noticed, xxxii, 208.
Navigator, _N. Bowditch's_, noticed, xxxv, 11.
Navigators, directions to, if overtaken by storms in different seas,
_W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 119, 120.
----, ibid, _H. W. Dové_, xliv, 338.
Navy of steam ships, xxxv, 333.
Nebulæ, account of some, _H. L. Smith_ and _E. P. Mason_, xl, 37.
----, approximate places of some, xxxv, 284.
---- delineated by photography, xliv, 375.
Necrology, see _Obituary_.
Necronite, _H. H. Hayden_, i, 306.
Needle, see _Magnetic_.
---- ore, analysis of, xxviii, 395.
Needlestone in Nova Scotia, xxx, 349.
Nelumbium luteum, iv, 64.
Nemalite, iv, 19.
Nemopanthus, i, 377.
Nephrite from Rhode Island, analysis of, _G. T. Bowen_, v, 346.
---- in Rhode Island, v, 39, 346.
---- in New York, vi, 365.
---- in Pennsylvania, viii, 239.
Neptune's goblet, _A. A. Gould_, xxxvi, 386.
Nerves, influence of, on animal heat, x, 390.
----, electric currents in, denied, xlix, 387.
Nets and cordage, strengthened by means of a solution of glue and
oak bark, xxvi, 186.
Neufchatel, xiii, 182.
_Newbold_, on the kunker, a tufaceous deposit in India, xlix, 398.
New Brunswick tornado, _R. Hare_, from a written statement
by _J. P. Espy_, xxxii, 158.
---- ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.^f
---- ----, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 115.^f
New England, geology of, see under _Geology_.
---- ---- Asylum for the Blind, xxiv, 175.
---- ---- Magazine, noticed, xxvii, 389.
New Grenada and Cuba, fossils of, supposed to be oolitic, _I. Lea_,
xl, 41.
New Hampshire, geological account of a part of, _E. Hitchcock_, i, 105;
vi, 1; vii, 1.
----, excursion to the White Mountains and to the summit of
Mount Washington, _J. Pierce_, viii, 172;
observations on the White Mountains, 172;
source of the Saco, 174;
vegetation on the ascent, 174, 175;
view around, 176-178;
wild animals, 178, 179;
mineral spring near the Amonoosuc, 179;
Franconia iron works, 180.
----, miscellaneous notices of mountain scenery and of slides and
avalanches in the White and Green Mountains, xv, 217;
--region about Lake Winnipisiogee, the Notch, the deluge of August,
1826, which destroyed the Willey family, and the consequent
denudation, _B. Silliman_, 218-222;
effects of the storm of August 28, 1826 on the stream, and its action,
_C. Wilcox_, 222-228.
----, geological observations on, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105;
--trap dikes in Dorchester and Canaan, 105^f;
ibid, Wentworth, 107;
ibid, at the fulls of the Campton, 108^f;
tourmalines and diluvial scratches in Rumney, 107;
trap dikes on Red Hill, 111;
ibid, Moultonboro', Tamworth and Eaton, 112, 113.^f
----, geological observations on, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105;
trap and granite boulders, and granite veins, 112;
blende, and galena near Eaton, 114;
White Mountains, 115;
effects of the deluge of August, 1826, 115;
decomposing granite, 116;
octahedral fluor spar, 117;
trap dikes near the Willey house, 118;
Mount Washington, 120;
Franconia Notch and pot hole, 122;
granite veins in granite, 123^f;
detached masses of granite, 124.
----, geological reports on, by _C. T. Jackson_, noticed, xli, 383;
xlviii, 393;
--ibid, review of, xlix, 27;
anticlinal axis of primary rocks in the state, 28;
on the glacier theory of drift, 29;
Camel's Hump mountain ascended, 31;
useful minerals, 33;
tin ore of Jackson, 34.
----, mountains, height of, Adams, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Fall, vii, 12.
----, ----, ----, Franklin, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Washington, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378;
xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.
----, ----, ----, Lafayette, xli, 384.
----, ----, ----, Jefferson, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Madison, xxxiii, 322.
----, ----, ----, Monroe, xxxiii, 322.
----, latitude of Mounts Lafayette and Washington, xli, 384.
----, tin ore in, xliii, 168; xlix, 34.
----, iron ore in, xviii, 130.
----, Bellows falls, scenery of, vii, 12.
New Harmony, Indiana, Owen's establishment at, xi, 189.
New Haven medal, _J. Allan_, xxxvii, 285.
---- Gymnasium, xiii, 385; xiv, 400.
----, latitude and longitude of Yale College, xxxiv, 309.
New Haven, geology of the region around, vii, 20.
----, tornado, xxxvii, 340.^f
New Holland, bone caves in, xx, 380.
----, Boomerang, xxxvi, 164.^f
----, minerals of, _F. Alger_, xxxix, 157.^f
New Jersey, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c. of, _J. Pierce_, ii, 181;
--Kedidica Hook mountains, 187;
rocks and minerals of the vicinity of Patterson, 189, 192;
Datholite of Patterson, 192;
trap from Patterson to Springfield, Bergen and minerals, 193-195;
peat on the Passaic, 196;
pea-ore, ibid, 196;
copper, 198;
pipe clay, 198;
Snake-hill, 199.
----, alluvial district, with remarks on the marl, and its application
to agriculture, _J. Pierce_, vi, 237.
----, geology, Hoboken serpentine rocks of, and their minerals,
(Nemalite, Marmolite, &c.) _T. Nuttall_, iv, 16.
----, on the cretaceous formation of, _S. G. Morton_, xvii, 274, 290;
xviii, 243, 249^f; xxii, 90; xxiii, 288^f; xxiv, 128^f;
xlviii, 265^f, 267.
----, ibid, _C. Lyell_, xlvii, 213.
----, fossil fish, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxvi, 186; xli, 24, 164;
xliii, 172; xliv, 134^f; xlv, 314.
----, ---- ----, _L. D. Gale,_ xxxv, 192.
----, fossil footprints, _W. C. Redfield_, xliv, 134; xlv, 315.
----, fossil rain marks, _W. C. Redfield_, xliii, 172; xliv, 136;
xlv, 315.
----, New Brunswick tornado, June, 1835, _J. P. Espy_, cited
by _R. Hare_, xxxii, 158.
----, ---- ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxv, 206; xli, 69.^f
----, ---- ----, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 115.^f
----, iron ores of Franklin, v, 243.
----, ---- ---- at Pompton Mountain, v, 287.
----, ---- ---- in Morris Co., v, 28.
----, copper, native, xxxvi, 107; xlv, 331.
----, copper ores, ii, 198; v, 239, 268, 401; viii, 118; xxxvi, 107.
----, mineralogy and geology of, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map by _Young_
and _Heron_, xxi, 321.
----, minerals of Bergen Hill, _W. O. Bourne_, xl, 69.
----, minerals in trap, _L. C. Beck_, xliv, 54.^f
New York, statistics of, in 1831, (population, manufactures,
agriculture, education, &c.,) xx, 147.
----, Report, noticed, of the Regents of the University of, xxii, 415;
xxv, 258^f; xxvii, 177; xxx, 389; xlix, 176.
----, Reports, annual, noticed, of the geological survey of, xxxii, 186;
xxxvi, 1; xxxix, 95; xl, 73; xlii, 227.
----, ----, final geological, reviewed, _D. D. Owen_, xlvi, 143;
xlvii, 354^f; xlviii, 296.^f
----, ----, mineralogical, by _L. C. Beck_, reviewed, xl, 75;
xlvi, 25.^f
----, ----, zoological, of _J. E. De Kay_, xlv, 397.
----, Albany Co., geological survey of, executed by _T. R. Beck_;
iii, 239.
----, mineral waters of Albany city, xxxvi, 9.
----, Canaan Mountains, geological section of, with observations on the
soil and productions of the neighboring region, _D. H. Barnes_,
v, 8, 204^f;
peat abundant, 8;
quarries of limestone, 10;
fine sand, 10;
Lebanon roofing slate, 11;
graywacke at summit, 14;
prospect, 14;
disruption and sinking of the strata, 15;
iron ores, 20;
lead ore, 21.
----, carburetted hydrogen springs, xv, 236; xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
----, Catskill Mountains, account of, _H. E. Dwight_, ii, 11;
rocks and petrifactions of, 12, 13;
sulphur spring, 15;
falls of the Kaaterskill, 17, 21.
----, ---- Mountains, account of, _H. E. Dwight_, ii, 11;
elevation, according to Capt. Partridge, 19;
prospect, 19;
lakes, 20;
mink pot, 24;
wild animals, 28.
----, ---- ----, geology of, _D. W. Barton_, with a plan, iv, 249.
----, ---- ----, memoir on, with notices of the topography, scenery,
mineralogy, zoology and economical resources, _J. Pierce_, vi, 86.
----, Chatauque Co., Fredonia gas spring, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
----, Chitteningo, fossil calcareous tree of, v, 251; xviii, 354;
xxxvi, 12.
----, Clinton group of rocks, iron ores in, xlviii, 301.
----, Columbia and Dutchess Counties, iron ores in, xxxvi, 21; xlvi, 27.
----, ---- ----, at Hillsdale and Amenia, viii, 243.
----, ---- ----, manganese ores, xlvi, 28.
----, ----, Ancram lead mine, viii, 247.
----, Lebanon nitrogen springs, xxxvi, 7;--analysis by _W. Meade_, 7.
----, Corlear's Hook, fossils at, ii, 371.
----, Crown Point, iron ores, iv, 48.
----, Dutchess Co., iron beds and works, xlvi, 27.
----, ----, manganese ores, xlvi, 28.
----, Erie canal route, _A. Eaton's_ survey of, noticed, vi, 373;
viii, 358; ix, 355; xiii, 383; xiv, 145^f, 359; xv, 233.
----, ibid, gases, acids and salts in the vicinity of, _A. Eaton_,
xv, 233;
--nitrogen gas, 234;
sulphuretted hydrogen, 235;
carburetted hydrogen, 236;
carbonic acid, 237;
sulphuric acid, 238;
sulphate of magnesia, 241;
sulphate of iron, 243.
----, Erie canal route, gases and acids in the vicinity of, _A. Eaton_,
xv, 233; sulphate of alumina, 243; carbonate of iron, 244;
common salt, pseudomorphous crystals, 244; calc tufa, 247.
----, Essex Co., and northern sources of the Hudson, remarks on,
_W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 301^f;
--settlement at MacIntyre and iron works, 303;
Labradoritic rocks, 303;
Lake Colden, 305;
Avalanche lake, 307;
Whiteface Mt., the notch, 308;
barometrical observations, and heights above Lake Champlain and the
ocean, 310, 311;
mountain slides, 313;
main source of the Hudson;
fall of the Au Sable, 313;
high peak of Essex, 314;
boulders, 315;
trap dike, 316;
ascent of Mount MacIntyre, 317;
elevation of the mountains, 319;
head of the Hudson, 320^f;
beds of iron, 323.
----, ----, _E. Emmons's_ Geological Report of, noticed, xxxvi, 26;
--iron ore, dikes, ripple marks, 26;
height of mountains, 27;
variation of the needle, 28, 29.
----, ----, ibid, xl, 81;
--iron ores, 81.
----, ----, height of mountains, _E. F. Johnson_, xxxvii, 84.
----, Kedidica Hook range, ii, 187.
----, Franklin Co., Duane, steel ore beds, xlvi, 26.
----, Fredonia gas, xvii, 398; xxxvi, 6.
----, Genesee Co., sulphuric acid spring, xxxvi, 10.
----, gypsum in, i, 243; iv, 36; v, 39, 40; xvi, 377; xxxvi, 38, 43.
----, Herkimer Co., calcareous tufa, with impressions of numerous
plants, xxxvi, 11.
----, heights in, above the level of the sea, of points in the Palisade
range, ii, 184.
----, heights in, above the level of the sea, of Lakes Erie, Ontario,
Niagara, Rochester, &c., _C. Dewey_, xxxiii, 122.
----, ----, ---- ----, of Lake Colden, source of Hudson, Essex peak,
Mount MacIntyre, Bald peak, Lake Champlain, &c. &c.,
_W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 320.
----, ----, ---- ----, of the country near Chatauque lake, Cayuga lake,
Seneca lake, Niagara, Buffalo, Mohawk at Little Falls, Round top,
Catskill Mountains, &c. &c., xlv, 16, 17.
----, ----, ---- ----, of Lake Champlain, Skeene's Mountain, Moriah,
pass of Schroon Mountain, iron works at MacIntyre, Lake Henderson
Outlet, &c. &c., _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 311.
----, ----, ---- ----, of Essex peak, (Mount Marcy,) Mount MacIntyre,
Mount Dix, Dial Mountain, _E. Emmons_, xxxvi, 28.
----, ----, ---- ----, of Lyon Mountain, Whiteface Mountain, Mount
Marcy, xxxvii, 84.
----, Highlands, outline of the geology of, _A. Eaton_, v, 231.
----, ----, geology, mineralogy, scenery, &c., of, _J. Pierce_, v, 26;
--minerals, 27;
animals, 31;
lakes and rivers, 32.
----, ----, geology and mineralogy of, _W. W. Mather_, xxi, 97.
----, hydraulic limestones in, xxxvi, 37, 44; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29.
----, Hudson river, tertiary formations on the borders of, _J. Finch_,
x, 227.
----, ---- ----, sources of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 301.^f
----, Jefferson Co., mineralogy of a portion of, _J. B. Crawe_ and
_A. Gray_, xxv, 346;
Sackett's Harbor, and Watertown minerals, cave, Pillar point heavy
spar, 346;
Antwerp and Oxbow minerals, 347.
----, Long Island, peat near Newtown, xxxvi, 16.
----, ---- ----, encroach of sea on, xxxvi, 16.
----, ---- ----, boulders of, xxxvi, 20.
----, ---- ----, bricks of, xxxvi, 21.
----, ---- ----, soils and marls of, xxxvi, 21.
----, Lebanon nitrogen springs, viii, 31; xxxvi, 7.
----, Mohawk alluvial deposits, xxiii, 207.
----, New York city, population of, in 1826, x, 398.
----, ---- ----, longitude of, v, 143.
----, ---- ----, longitude of the City Hall, xxxvii, 400.
----, Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, _L. Foot_,
iv, 55.
----, ----, _J. Geddes_, xi, 213.^f
----, ----, pressure of the atmosphere, within the cataract of,
_B. Hall_, xiii, 364.
----, ----, on the falls, and the reasonings of some authors respecting
them, _H. D. Rogers_, xxvii, 326.^f
----, ----, retrocession of the falls, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 204.
----, ----, ibid, _G. E. Hayes_, xxxv, 86, 100.
----, ----, remarks on, _J. Hall_, xxxvi, 49.
----, ----, volume of water, _Z. Allen_, xlvi, 67.^f
----, Onondaga Co., salines, _A. Eaton_, xv, 244.
----, ----, ----, _G. W. Carpenter_, xv, 5.
----, ----, ----, and manufacture of salt at Salina, Syracuse, &c.,
_S. Smith_, xv, 6.
----, ----, ----, of Salina, _J. Foreman_, xix, 141.
----, ----, ----, from the N. Y. state survey, xxxvi, 2;
--analysis of Salina water, 3; composition of different kinds of salt,
5.
----, ----, ----, geological position of, &c., xxxix, 103.
----, ----, ibid, xlii, 228.
----, tufa near Syracuse and elsewhere, xxxvi, 12.
----, Orange Co., mineralogy of _J. Pierce_, v, 30.
----, ----, natural history of, _J. Van Rensselaer_, xiii, 224;
--habits of the seventeen-year locust, 224;
date of the annual song of the kitty didet, 227;
register of the flowering of chesnut trees for eleven years, 228.
----, ----, oolite in, xix, 398.
----, ----, iron beds of, xvii, 203; xlvi, 25, 26.
----, ----, Palisades in, ii, 181;
--elevations of points in, 184;
Tappan creek, 185; excavation for silver, 185.
----, ----, mineralogy and geology of, _C. U. Shepard_, with a map by
Young and Heron, xxi, 321.
----, Portage, evidence of outbreaking of lakes, &c., _J. Hall_,
xlv, 329.
----, Rensselaer Co., geological survey of, in progress, iv, 189;
--ibid, noticed, v, 203.
----, Rochester, polished limestone of, _C. Dewey_, xxxvii, 240.
----, Rockland Co., inhabitants of, ii, 189.
----, Rockland lake, ii, 186.
----, Saratoga Co., Lake and its environs with Snake Hill,
_J. H. Steele_, ix, 1.^f
----, ----, mineral water, analysis of, _J. Steel_, xxi, 182; xxxvi, 8.
----, ----, ---- ----, analysis of, _J. F. Dana_, xxxvi, 8.
----, ----, ---- ----, iodine in, xvi, 217, 242.
----, ----, ---- ----, bromine in, xviii, 142.
----, ----, high rock spring, description of, xvi, 343.^f
----, Schoharie Co., geology and mineralogy of Schoharie in,
_J. Gebhard_, xxviii, 172.^f
----, ----, on the strontianite limestone cavern, (Ball's cave) of
Schoharie, _C. U. Shepard_, xxvii, 363^f, 368.
----, St. Lawrence Co., mineralogy and geology of, boulders of Labrador
feldspar, &c., near Laurentia, _J. Finch_, xix, 220;
--minerals of Hammond, Rossie and Gouverneur, 222, 225;
Norfolk iron furnace, 226;
Potsdam rocks, 226, 227;
steatite at Little York, 228.
----, ----, mineralogy of a portion of, (Gouverneur, Rossie, Fowler
iron ores, Wilson ore bed, &c.,) _J. B. Crawe_ and _A. Gray_,
xxv, 346.
----, ----, from the Geological Report of _E. Emmons_, xxxvi, 23;
--size of the county, and rocks of, veins of granular limestone,
23, 24;
lead of Rossie, 24;
temperature of wells, 25.
----, ----, Rossie lead mine, xl, 76; xlvi, 28.
----, ----, iron ores of, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 25.
----, Suffolk Co., extent of salt marshes of, xxxvi, 16.
----, sulphur springs of, ii, 15; xv, 235; xxxvi, 9; xli, 162.
----, ---- ---- of Avon, xxxvi, 10.
----, ---- ---- ----, analysis of, xxxv, 188.
----, ---- ---- near Massena, St. Lawrence Co., xix, 226.
----, ---- ---- near Buffalo, chemical examination of, xx, 156.
----, ---- ---- along the Hudson, allusion to, viii, 31.
----, ---- ---- near Canandaigua, xxxvi, 10.
----, Sullivan Co., facts relating to diluvial action in,
_W. A. Thompson_, xxiii, 243.
----, ----, lead mines, xlvi, 28.
----, Taconic range, section of, to Troy, _C. Dewey_, ii, 246.
----, Troy, geological notice of, iii, 72.
----, ----, gravel near, _A. Eaton_, v, 22.
----, Ticonderoga, graphite of, vi, 178.
----, West Point, geology in the vicinity of, v, 232.
----, ----, fossil infusoria in peat earth, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxv, 118.^f
----, winds of, see _Winds_.
New York, packet ship, struck by lightning, xxxvii, 321.
New Zealand, extent of, and on the changes of population in, xxxv, 315.
---- ----, volcano in, xx, 381.
Newcastle coal field, xxxv, 305.
Newellian sphere, xii, 103.
Newfoundland, meteorological observations at, xxxviii, 265.
Newton's Principia, stereotype edition of, vi, 379.
---- ----, review of, xi, 238; xii, 28, 330; xiii, 311.
Niagara and its vicinity, geological features of, iv, 35; xi, 213.^f
----, on the falls of, _H. D. Rogers_, xxvii, 326.^f
---- falls, retrocession of, _J. B. Gibson_, xxix, 204.
---- ----, ----, _G. E. Hayes_, xxxv, 86, 100.
---- ----, remarks on, _J. Hall_, xxxvi, 49.
----, on the pressure of the atmosphere, &c., within the cataract of,
_B. Hall,_ xiii, 364.
---- river, volume of, _Z. Allen_, xlvi, 67.^f
_Nichols, G. W._, popular notices of Mount Washington, xxxiv, 73.
Nickel, a test for potash, xvi, 387.
---- in meteoric stones, see _Meteoric_.
----, new antimoniuret of, xxx, 177.
----, white, or deutarseniuret of, from Reichelsdorf, _J. C. Booth_,
xxix, 241.
----, ore, in Connecticut, at Chatham, xxi, 195.
_Nicollet, J. N._, on the cretaceous formation of the Upper Missouri,
xli, 180; xlv, 153.
----, drift not accounted for by the glacial theory, xlv, 323.
----, on the mineral region of Missouri, xlv, 340.
----, obituary of, xlv, 404; xlvii, 139.
_Niepce_, photographic processes of, xxxvii, 173, 374.
Niger, mouth of, iv, 373.
Nile, the mouth of, xxviii, 24^f, 28.
Nineveh, ruins of, _A. Smith_, xlix, 113.
Niobium, new metal, xlviii, 400.
Nitrate of lime and of potash, i, 65.
----, of silver, preparation of, v, 348.
----, ----, preparation of pure, xxiv, 370.
----, ----, pure not blackened by sun's rays, xxxv, 298.
----, ----, reduction of, xviii, 400.
----, of soda of Atacama, Peru, xii, 385.
----, ----, of Tarapaca, _A. A. Hayes_, xxxviii, 410; xxxix, 375.
----, ----, of Tarapaca, mode of refining, xliv, 7.
Nitre, origin of, xxviii, 292.
----, native, i, 146.
----, ----, in caves of Kentucky and elsewhere, viii, 323.
----, ----, in Africa, i, 147.