----, in Europe, price of labor and subsistence in, xxxvi, 176.
----, ----, value of mineral productions of, xxxi, 369.
----, ----, France, books published in, xviii, 185.
----, ----, ----, of crimes, xxviii, 80.
----, ----, ----, ---- of infants, xix, 192.
----, ----, ----, for Paris, 1819, iv, 376.
----, ----, ----, population, number of clergy, &c., xv, 397.
----, ----, Wirtemberg, xx, 176.
----, ----, Netherlands, University of, xviii, 182.
----, ----, Great Britain and Ireland, xxxv, 315.
----, ----, ----, of population, xxiv, 211; xxviii, 80.
----, ----, ----, of crimes, xxxviii, 135.
----, ----, ----, of crime in Liverpool, xxxiv, 33.
----, ----, ----, of fires in London, xxxv, 316.
----, in Russia, population, iv, 389; xv, 397.
----, in Africa, Egypt, vi, 389.
----, in America, West Indies, of deaths in the white troops,
xxxvii, 197.
----, ----, of trade between U. States and Great Britain, xxxiii, 277.
----, ----, United States, of iron, xxii, 179.
----, ----, ----, New York, of population, manufactures,
&c., xx, 147.
----, in New Zealand, of changes of population, xxxv, 315.
----, books of memoirs of 1833, xxviii, 295.
----, list of communications presented to British Association, at the
tenth meeting, xli, 65.
----, of agriculture, importance of collecting information on,
xxxviii, 135.
----, points of enquiry suggested by _Malthus_, xxviii, 66.
Statistical tables of Massachusetts, xxxiv, 213.
---- Society of London, number of members, xxviii, 80.
---- ---- ----, notice of Journal of, xxxvii, 189.
---- ----, of New York, xxxii, 202.
---- ----, of Boston, xxxix, 395.
---- societies in the United States, on the establishment of, xxxi, 186.
Statue of Luther, v, 181.
---- of Cuvier, xxx, 184.
Stature, human, law of increase in, _M. Quetelet_, xxii, 376.
Staurotide macle, _C. T. Jackson_, xlvi, 368.^f
----, in Canada, viii, 62.
----, in Connecticut, i, 353; ii, 205; v, 36.
----, in Maine, x, 17.
----, in Massachusetts, i, 436; v, 268; vi, 24, 219; viii, 40.
----, in New Hampshire, v, 40, 271; vi, 219, 245; (Mink pond)
xviii, 127, 128.
----, in New York, i, 435.
----, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45.
----, in Rhode Island, ix, 49.
----, in Vermont, vi, 219.
Steam, a conductor of electricity, remarks on, xxvi, 206.
----, table of the elastic forces of, _Dulong_, xix, 181.
----, ratio between the elastic force and temperature of, xxviii, 363.
----, maximum elasticity of, xxxvi, 242.
----, power of, xiii, 180.
----, production of, from heated iron, _W. R. Johnson_, xxi, 71^f
----, properties of, xx, 326, 329.
----, specific gravity of, at different temperatures, xxxviii, 137.
----, electricity from, xl, 383.
----, rapid production of, in contact with highly heated metals,
_W. R. Johnson_, xix, 292; xx, 308, 418.
----, agent in volcanic action, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 241.
----, destruction of vermin in ships by, xvii, 390.
---- pyrometer, _W. R. Johnson_ on, xxii, 96.^f
---- navigation, ii, 342, 347.
---- ----, letters on, _J. Smith_, xxxv, 332; xxxvi, 133.
---- ----, Atlantic, _J. Smith_, xxxv, 160.
---- ----, to the Pacific, by the isthmus of Panama and the western
coast of South America, xli, 358.
---- ----, in the Pacific, on the coast of Chili, xliii, 207.
---- ----, mechanism of waves, in reference to, _J. S. Russel_,
xxxiii, 283.
---- ----, Journal, xxxviii, 205.
Steamboats, American, notices of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxiii, 311.
----, the first, on the western waters, xxxi, 1.
----, Burden's, in France, xxx, 174.
---- Babcock, _J. H. Patten_, xii, 115.^f
---- in 1819, between Stockholm and St. Petersburg, ii, 347.
----, at Stockholm, v, 379.
----, at Bordeaux, v, 381.
----, first on the Swiss lakes, vi, 385.
Steamboat, between Trieste and Venice, iv, 377.
----, on fuel for, xx, 133.
----, of iron, v, 396.
----, advantages of iron compared with wood, xxxix, 206.
----, protection of, from lightning, _A. Jones_, xxii, 106.
----, on extinguishing fire in, xli, 66.
----, propulsion of, by the trapezium paddle-wheel and screw,
xlii, 336.
----, an economical, xx, 14.
---- explosions, list of, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 336.
----, cause of explosion, and a safety apparatus, _A. D. Bache_,
xx, 317.^f
----, safety of, _B. Silliman_, xix, 143.
----, means of safety in, _J. L. Sullivan_, xx, 1.
----, safety of, xxxiv, 35.
----, causes of explosion, in a review of J. Renwick on the steam
engine, xx, 329.
----, precautions to be used against explosion, _J. Renwick_, xx, 329.
Steamboilers, on the explosion of, _J. Perkins_, xiii, 52.
----, ibid, _E. Hazard_, xiii, 56.
----, on the supposed collapse of, and mode of preventing explosions,
_W. C. Redfield_, xxi, 190.
----, loss of life by explosions of, xx, 415.
----, explosions due to defective material, xxxv, 317.
----, premium for protection against explosions, xx, 178.
----, rules regarding, in France, ix, 203.
----, safety of, in France, xix, 202.
----, feeding of, vii, 378.
----, on fuel for, _B. Silliman_, xx, 133.
----, use of American coal for, xlix, 310.
----, the galvanoscope, a means of detecting a deficiency of water in,
_C. G. Page_, xxxvi, 141.^f
----, on high and low pressure, _A. B. Quinby_, ix, 313.
----, hydrostat for supplying water to, _I. Doolittle_, xiii, 64.^f
----, incrustations within, prevented by potatoes, vii, 193.
----, protection of, by timber, xix, 176.
----, strength of cylindrical, _W. R. Johnson_, xxiii, 68.
Steam-engines, large, x, 170.
----, spark extinguisher for, xlii, 209.^f
----, in Great Britain, xv, 185.
----, the first at Glasgow, xii, 385.
----, economy of using highly elastic steam expansively, _J. Perkins_,
xiii, 59.^f
----, _J. Perkins's_ method of applying his mode of generating steam to
ordinary, vii, 332.^f
----, Perkins's new, vii, 111.^f
----, remarks on _J. Perkins's_ high pressure, xiii, 40.
----, power of Perkins's, ix, 206.
----, revolving, invented by Samuel Morey, i, 157.^f
----, on the revolving, of Morey, _I. Doolittle_, ii, 101.^f
----, _J. L. Sullivan_, ii, 106^f; v, 144.
----, Ward's alternating, iv, 90.^f
----, review of a treatise on, by _J. Renwick_, xx, 322.
Steamship, the Savannah, under Captain Moses Rogers, the first Atlantic,
1819, xxxviii, 155.
----, ----, log-book deposited with the American Philosophical Society,
xl, 34.
Steam generators of the steamboat Babcock, xii, 115.^f
Steam pump, Long's, xiv, 169.^f
----, some experiments with, xvi, 181.
Stearine, a compound body, _Lecanu_, xxviii, 361.
---- and elaine, vi, 377.
Stearoptine, of oil of roses, xxviii, 383.
Steatite, best in New England, xxxiii, 165.
----, uses of, xiii, 192; xiv, 376.
----, in Connecticut, i, 354; vi, 228; x, 12; xxxiii, 165.
----, in Maryland, v, 255; xxiv, 355; xxvii, 20.
----, in Massachusetts, i, 113, 138; vi, 228; ix, 54; xxii, 31;
--Middlefield, ii, 236; iv, 274; v, 249; viii, 50, 51; x, 19;
xxvii, 382; xxxiii, 165;--Groton, xxvii, 341.
----, in New Hampshire, at Orford, xxxiii, 165.
----, in New Jersey, at Sterling, ix, 245.
----, in New York, xix, 225; xxv, 347.
----, in Pennsylvania, viii, 236; xiv, 18.
---- quarries in Rhode Island, viii, 227, 231.
----, in Vermont, v, 272; vi, 228; vii, 58; xxviii, 370; xxxiii, 165.
----, crystallized, (pseudomorphous) at Middlefield, _C. Dewey_,
iv, 274; v, 249; vi, 334 (analysis); viii, 51.
----, hornblende pseudomorphs, analysis of, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 35.
_Steel, J. H._, notice of a report by, on the geology of Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., v, 203.
----, notice of Snake Hill and Saratoga lake, and its environs, ix, 1.^f
----, description of the high rock spring, at Saratoga, xvi, 341.^f
----, iodine in the Saratoga waters, xvi, 242.
----, on swallows, xix, 356.
----, analysis of the Saratoga and Ballstown waters, xxi, 182; xxxvi, 8.
----, oolite of Saratoga, and state of New York, ix, 16.^f
----, on chrysoberyl, iv, 37.
Steel, on the cutting of, by soft iron, _H. Daggett_, vi, 336.
----, ibid, _B. Silliman_, vii, 342.
----, on the cutting of, by soft iron, note on, vii, 390.
----, ibid, x, 127, 397.
----, Clarke's, xvii, 113.
----, Damascus, v, 182.
----, American, xix, 175.
----, engraving on, iii, 353.
----, on the fabrication of, at Sheffield, Yorkshire, xix, 182.^f
----, manufacture of, xvii, 111.
----, ----, by cementation, xix, 182.
----, prevention of, from rusting, vi, 398; xxi, 150; xxii, 382;
xxiii, 199, 383.
----, silicium in, iv, 376.
----, tempered, action on, of soft iron in motion, ix, 324; x, 127, 397.
----, blistered, xv, 374.
---- blades, P. Bradier's, vi, 395.
---- plate, menstruum for biting-in on, x, 194.
---- plates, colored, xvii, 376.
_Stein, W._, on lithia in a blowpipe test, xlviii, 193.
_Steinhauer, H._, remarks on trap, ii, 232.
Steinheilite, iv, 377.
Stellarota, _Pettengill's_, xvi, 363.
Stellite, Bergen Hill, N. J., xl, 69.
----, ----, analysis of, xliv, 54; xlvi, 35.
----, ----, remarks on, xlvi, 379.
_Stenhouse, J._, detection of kinic acid, xlix, 391.
----, on the silvering of glass, xlix, 398.
Steppes, Russian, xvii, 23.
Stereoscope, xxxv, 295.
Stereotyping, invention of, xvii, 161.
Stereotype, soft iron used for, xxvi, 192.
---- printing, original document on, _C. Colden_, and a letter by
_B. Franklin_, xxiv, 319.
_Sternberg, Count K._, notice of, xxxvii, 125.
Sternbergite, xv, 386.
_Steudel, E. T._, Nomenclator Botanicus, notice of, xl, 174; xli, 373;
xlii, 377.
_Stevelly, J._, on clouds, wind and rain, xxxviii, 105.
----, on filling barometers, xxxviii, 109.
_Stewart, C. S._, notices of the volcano Kilauea on Hawaii, xi, 363;
xx, 229.
_Stickney, B. F._, on native lead and cinnabar, ii, 170.
----, on the supposed discovery of cinnabar in Michigan, xxxvii, 185.
Stigmaria, generic characters of, vii, 180.
Stigmariæ and Sigillariæ, xlix, 227.
Stilbite, in Canada, viii, 65.
----, in Connecticut, i, 135; vi, 224; xxxv, 179.
----, in Massachusetts, i, 114, 115. 134; vi, 224; vii, 254.
----, in New Jersey, ii, 191, 192, 195; v, 239; xliv, 59.^f
----, in New York, v, 399; vi, 365; ix, 41, 402; xliv, 59.
----, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 346.
----, from New Holland, xxxix, 161.^f
Still for gin, of large size, xix, 394.
Stilpnomelane, xviii, 392.
_Stilson, W. B._, geology and mineralogy of a part of Indiana, i, 131.
Stockholm, steamboats at, v, 379.
Stones, moving, in lakes and ponds, _N. Chipman_, xiv, 303.
----, building, contraction and expansion of, by variations of
temperature, _W. H. C. Bartlett_, xxii, 136.^f
----, experiments on the strength of various, _E. Hodgkinson_,
xliv, 169.
----, of memorial and sacrifice, vii, 153.
----, lithographic, see _Lithographic_.
----, boulder, see _Boulders_.
----, meteoric, see _Meteorites_.
Stonesfield slate, marsupial fossils of, xxvii, 412; xxxvii, 228.
Stoneware of Baltimore, xxvii, 11.
Storax, oil of, xlix, 392.
_Storer, D. H._, report of the curators of the Boston Society of
Natural History, xxxii, 364.
----, review of the "Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts,"
xxxvi, 337.
----, on the Carcharias obscurus, xxxviii, 195.
----, on the Emys Blandingii and a Syngnanthus, xxxviii, 195.
----, on the Squalus elephas, xxxviii, 197.
----, fifteen species of Ohio fishes, xxxviii, 392.
----, two species of Ray, xxxviii, 396.
----, fishes and reptiles of Massachusetts, xxxviii, 379.
----, on Bell's British Reptiles, xxxix, 185.
----, account of several fishes, xxxix, 378.
----, on Indian Cyprinidæ, xli, 92.
----, a new species of torpedo, xliv, 213; xlv, 165.^f
----, notice of Dekay's report on the fishes of New York, xlv, 275.
Storm, see under _Wind_.
Stratford, Vermont, copperas manufactory of, iii, 326.
_Strait, H._, on aerial navigation, xxv, 15.^f
----, theory of the bellows, xxvii, 88.^f
----, application of the principle of the balance in milking, pumping,
churning, washing, fulling, &c., xxvii, 92.^f
_Stratton, T._, on ground ice, xl, 407.
Straw, Leghorn, viii, 378.
----, ----, on the cultivation of, xxii, 363.
Strength of stones and other materials, _E. Hodgkinson_, xliv, 168.
Striæ on rocks, see _Scratches_.
_Strickland, A._, on Ardea alba, xxxv, 311.
_Strickland, H. E._, silurian strata of Asia Minor, xxxiii, 95.
Strobilus caryophyllus, xxxi, 32.^f
_Strode, T._, on a siliceous petrifaction from North Carolina, vii, 249.
Strokr, account of, xxxvi, 256.
_Stromeyer_, analyses of several minerals, vii, 368.
Stromnite, new mineral species, ii, 177.
_Strong, T._, a new method of obtaining the formulæ of the sines and
cosines of the sum and difference of two arcs, i, 424.^f
----, solutions of diophantine problems, i, 426; xxxi, 156.
----, mathematical problems, ii, 54^f, 266.^f
----, demonstration of the binomial theorem, xii, 132.
----, solution of problems in fluxions, xvi, 283; xvii, 69, 329;
xviii, 67.
----, on capillary attraction, xviii, 70.
----, on central forces, xix, 46; xx, 65. 291; xxi, 66, 334;
xxii, 132, 342.
----, motion of a system of bodies, xxiv, 40; xxv, 281; xxvi, 44.
----, on the parallelogram of forces, xxvi, 304; xxix, 345.
----, composition and resolution of forces and statical equilibrium,
xxviii, 85.
----, theory of the variations of the arbitrary constants in elliptic
motion, xxx, 248.
----, integration of one kind of differential equations of the second
order, xlii, 273.
----, on the principles of virtual velocities, xlii, 66; xliii, 77.^f
----, on the first principles of the differential calculus, together
with a new investigation of Taylor's theorem, xlv, 269.
----, new way of obtaining exponential and logarithmic theorems,
xlviii, 36.
Strontia distinguished from baryta by means of chromate of potash,
_J. L. Smith_, xxxvi, 183.
----, on the red color of the flame from, _F. H. Baddely_, xviii, 261.
----, test for, iv, 372.
----, action of, on animals, xiii, 178.
----, sulphate of, (celestine) Lake Erie, ii, 241; iii, 363;
iv, 279, 324.
----, ----, analysis of, _G. T. Bowen_, iv, 324.
----, ----, ----, _Stromeyer_, vii, 369.
----, ----, of Presq'ile, Ohio, vii, 46.
----, ----, Detroit river, v, 40.
----, ----, in Canada, viii, 72.
----, ----, ----, _F. H. Baddely_, xviii, 104.
----, ----, in Sicily, viii, 205.
Strontianite in the United States, _E. Emmons_, xxvii, 182.
----, ----, notices of, xxvii, 363; xxviii, 174.
----, examination of, _C. U. Shepard_, xxvii, 183, 363.^f
----, from Freyberg, and Scotland, vii, 369.
----, analysis by _Stromeyer_, vii, 369.
----, in Sicily, viii, 205.
Strontium, mode of obtaining from a chlorid of, _R. Hare_, xxxvii, 267;
xxxviii, 115; xxxix, 362; xl, 296.^f
Structure of rocks, a result of elevation, _W. Hopkins_, xxxi, 365.
---- ----, schistose often a result of crystallization, _J. D. Dana_,
xlv, 105.
_Struder, B._, on erratic blocks, xxxvi, 325.
_Stuart, J._, localities of minerals, vi, 249.
_Stuart, M._, exposition of the first chapter of Genesis, review of,
xxx, 114.
Stucco for walls, xxiv, 206.
Sturgeon, spoonbill, of the Ohio, notice of, xii, 201.^f
_Sturgeon, W._, miscellaneous notices of remarkable results, in heating
and decomposing by galvanism, xxxix, 28.^f
----, annals of electricity by, noticed, xxxii, 213.
----, remarks on galvanic batteries, xxxix, 35.
Sturm's auxiliary functions, on the relation of, to the roots of an
algebraic equation, _J. J. Sylvester_, xlii, 163.
Stuttering, cured, v, 382.
Styrole, xlix, 392.
Submarine explosion, ii, 94.
Subsidence of southern part of Sweden, _Nilsson_, xxxiii, 102.
---- of the coast of Greenland, xxx, 379.
---- about Canaan Mountain, N. Y., v, 15.
---- and elevation, modern, xxxiii, 97.
----, areas of, in the Pacific, _J. D. Dana_, xlv, 131.^f
----, evidences of, in Great Britain, xxxiii, 97.
Subsistence in continental Europe, price of, xxxvi, 176.
Substitutions, theory of, as connected with the allotropism of chlorine,
xlix, 346.^f
Subterranean forests, xxi, 23.
---- galleries, locust wood used in, xxx, 182.
Succinic acid, xlvii, 196.
Sugar, a means of preserving fish, viii, 391.
----, new acid from, xlvii, 196.
----, barley, crystallization of, xix, 177.
----, from beets, vi, 388.
----, ---- ----, manufacture of, promoted in France, xi, 396.
----, ---- ----, amount manufactured in France, xv, 394.
----, ---- ----, _Girardin_, xxiii, 392.
----, diabetic, analysis of, _T. Thomson_, xxxv, 298.
----, ----, xlix, 200.
----, from maize, xxx, 174; xxxi, 163; xliv, 215.
----, from mangle wurtzel, xxxi, 345.
----, maple, manufacture of, _J. Locke_, ii, 258.
----, in sweet potato, xv, 285.
----, from rags, saw-dust, ii, 347.
----, preparation of, from potato starch, xx, 195; xxi, 284; xl, 216.
----, ----, ---- ----, _S. Guthrie_, xxi, 284.
----, from wood sawings, &c., xl, 216.
---- cane in Colombia, at great heights on the Andes, xxxvii, 16.
Sugar Loaf Mountain, Mass., scenery of, vii, 9.
_Sullivan, J. L._, notice of the revolving steam engine, i, 157^f;
ii, 106^f; v, 144.
----, new means of producing heat and light, i, 91.^f
----, means of producing safety in steamboats, xx, 1.
----, description of a steamboat, xx, 14.
----, improvement in steam boilers, xx, 10.
_Sullivant, W. S._, description of three undescribed plants from Ohio,
xlii, 49.
Sulphacetic acid, _Melsens_, xlviii, 193.
Sulphates, new series of double, xlviii, 189, 190.
----, decomposed by organic matters, xviii, 147.
Sulphur, atomic weight of, xlviii, 402; xlix, 203.
----, properties of, xv, 189.
----, experiments on the cooling of, xvi, 216.
----, density of the vapor, xxiii, 383; xxxv, 298.
---- in assafetida, xv, 185.
---- in granite, vii, 56.
---- in volcanoes, origin of, _C. Gemellaro_, xxviii, 293.
---- in Connecticut, vii, 56; viii, 259; x, 12.
---- in Massachusetts, i, 114; viii, 53.
---- in New York, iv, 250.
---- in Pennsylvania, i, 237.
---- in Sicily, viii, 210.
----, use of, in rheumatism, ix, 169.
----, effects of excessive use of, viii, 394.
----, piercing of hot iron with, viii, 182.
----, carburet of, decomposed by weak electric action, xviii, 153.
----, two chlorides of, xxiii, 382.
----, bichloride of, _F. Chevet_, xlii, 71.
----, hydruret of, _L. J. Thenard_, xxii, 351.
---- acid, new, xlvii, 191.
---- spring, see _Spring_.
Sulphurets of the metal, new method of precipitating, xlvii, 193.
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas in the state of New York, xv, 235.
---- ----, condensation of, to a liquid, _M. Faraday_, vii, 354.
---- ----, solidified, _M. Faraday_, xlix, 377.
---- ----, injurious effects of, xviii, 160.
Sulphuric acid, anhydrous, new mode of forming, xii, 200.
---- ----, ----, Mosander's mode of preparing, xxviii, 360.
---- ----, on a new process for, practiced in Germany, _T. G. Clemson_,
xx, 347.^f
---- ----, new process for, _Provostaye_, xl, 214.
---- ----, action of, on alcohol, xvi, 267.
---- ----, ----, on oil of sassafras, _R. Hare_, xxxi, 285.
---- ----, crystallization of, vi, 186.
---- ----, crystallized hydrates of, xx, 384.
---- ----, decomposed and not evaporated, on an incandescent metal,
xxii, 365.
---- ----, manufacture of, at Glasgow, x, 360; xli, 48.
---- ----, tension of, xlvii, 191.
---- ---- and sulphate of iron, remarks on, xii, 387.
---- ----, action of, on hydrocyanic acid, xviii, 146.
---- ----, ----, with oil of hemlock, xxxvii, 246.
---- ---- and arsenious acids, a new compound of, xli, 47.
----, ----, produced by the Aix waters, xix, 176.
----, ----, native, xv, 238.
----, ----, in the Rio Vinagro, x, 191.
Sulphurous acid gas, a mode of obtaining, xxviii, 360.
---- ---- decomposed by iodine in alcohol, xi, 392.
---- ----, reaction of the essential oils with, xxxi, 281.
---- ----, a mode of liquefying, ix, 195.
---- ----, liquid, vii, 353; xvii, 166; xxxv, 374.
---- ----, solid, xlix, 376.
---- ether, xxxi, 275.
Sumach, bimalate of lime in, _W. B. Rogers_, xxvii, 294.
Summer, Indian, xii, 120; xxvii, 140.
----, ----, on the cause of the peculiar aspect of the air in,
xviii, 66.
----, ----, _L. Foot_ on, xxx, 8.
Sun, a blue, seen at Bermuda, xl, 323.
----, singular appearance of, xxi, 198.
----, a supposed change by the rays of, in an elementary substance,
_J. W. Draper_, xlvi, 390.
----, first observation of the spots on, xxiv, 204.
----, connection of spots on, with the temperature, xii, 199.
----, ----, November, 1837, _D. Olmsted_, xxxiii, 393.^f
----, heat of spots on, _J. Henry_, xlix, 405.
Sunderland cave, vii, 19.
Sunsets, autumnal, influence of the great lakes on, _W. Gaylord_,
xxxiii, 335.^f
----, ----, in the West, _C. Dewey_, xxxviii, 151; xlii, 200.
Surgical operation, extraordinary, iii, 372.
Survey of the coast of the United States, by F. R. Hassler, plans
and methods in, xvi, 225.
---- ---- ibid, under A. D. Bache, xlix, 229.
----, land, in the United States, mode of conducting, _E. F. Johnson_,
xix, 131.
----, geological, see _Geological_.
----, canàl, in New York, xxiv, 19.^f
Surveying, an improvement suggested by _E. Wright_, xxii, 74.^f
----, field, improvement in, xxiii, 37.^f
---- instruments, on their improvement, _L. Lyon_, xiv, 268.^f
Surveyor's compass, improvements in, _T. Kendall_, xix, 337.^f
Sus, species of, see _Zoology_.
_Sussex, Duke of_, notice of N. Bowditch by, xxxvi, 214.
Sussex County, England, number of fossils of, xxiii, 171.
Sussex County, N. J., minerals of, _S. Fowler_, xxi, 319.
---- ----, mineralogy and geology of, _C. U. Shepard_, xxi, 321.^f
_Swaim, J._, electro-meteorological observations, xxxii, 304.^f
_Swainson, W._, Zoological Miscellany of, noticed, iii, 392.
----, Naturalist's Guide of, noticed, viii, 183.
----, new Zoological illustrations, xvi, 386.
----, Exchanges in Entomology, xxvii, 386.
----, on the monocardian animals, notice of, xxxix, 389.
Swallow, barn, _S. Woodruff_, xix, 172.
----, ----, _J. N. Steel_, xix, 356.
Swan, American, description of, xxii, 83.^f
Sweden, population of, in 1816, 1817, 1818, ii, 347.
----, botany of, v, 180.
----, elevation of, xxix, 363.
----, gradual elevation of, _C. Lyell_, xxviii, 72, 387.
----, subsidence of southern part of, xxxiii, 102.
Swedish Journals, xxix, 375.
_Swift, P._, on the temperature of the sea, xviii, 191.
Switzerland, jurisprudence in, iii, 379.
----, schools of, vi, 391; xii, 191; xiii, 397.
----, anniversary of the Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture,
vii, 381.
----, thunder-storms in, xx, 178.
Syenite and amygdaloid of Salem, Mass., iii, 232.
---- of Massachusetts, along the Connecticut valley, vi, 28.
---- in western Massachusetts, viii, 10.
---- of Pennsylvania, viii, 236.
Sympathetic ink, xviii, 148.
Syphon, Buntem's improvement in, ix, 198.
Syphons, easy method of filling, _W. Foster_, xxviii, 268.
---- of glass, xxiii, 387.^f
----, improved, _R. Hare_, xxiv, 317.^f
----, self-filling, _W. B. Rogers_, xxvii, 302.^f
Syringodendron, generic characters of, vii, 180.
----, Kirtlandius, xxxi, 29.^f
Syrups, bleaching of, _Dumont_, xxiii, 346.^f
T.
Tabasheer, analysis of, xxx, 381.
_Taber, T._, practical remarks on gems, xxxviii, 61.
Taberd's Anamitic and Latin Dictionary, xl, 43.
Table Mountain, iii, 228.
Tabriz, earthquakes at, xxxvii, 351.
----, salt near, xxxvii, 350.
----, marble of, xxxvii, 355.
Tabular spar from the Bannat, analysis of, vii, 370.
---- ---- of Pargas, vii, 371.
---- ---- of Willsboro', N. Y., analysis of, _H. Seybert_, v, 113.
---- ---- in New York, v, 113; xiii, 198;
xvii, 145.
---- ---- in Pennsylvania, xiv, 13.
Taconic mountains, character of, ii, 246;
viii, 2, 8.
---- ----, geological section from, to Troy, _C. Dewey_, ii, 246.
---- system, remarks on, _D. D. Owen_, xlvi, 145.
---- ----, remarks on, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 150.
---- ----, work on, by _E. Emmons_, noticed, xlviii, 394.
Tagua-nut, or vegetable ivory, xlix, 400.
Tails of comets, x, 395; xxxi, 142, 325; xxxiii, 5, 11; xxxviii, 35;
xl, 59; xlvi, 108.^f
_Talbot, H. F._, photogenic drawings, xxxvii, 169; xxxviii, 97.
----, improvement in the telescope, xliv, 166.
Talc from Chamouni, analysis of, xlvii, 216.
---- in Connecticut, x, 14.
---- in Maryland, xiv, 12; xviii, 79; xxiv, 355.
---- in Massachusetts, i, 113; ii, 236; iv, 54; vii, 55.
---- in New Jersey, v, 29.
---- in New York, i, 144; v, 29; xix, 227, 228.
---- in North Carolina, v, 259, 264.
---- in Pennsylvania, i, 237; viii, 239; x, 219, 221; xiv, 5, 6, 17.
---- in Rhode Island, vii, 254; viii, 227, 231.
---- in Vermont, iii, 76; iv, 54; v, 40.
Talcose slate of the Connecticut valley, vi, 26.
---- ----, the gold rock of the Carolinas, _A. Eaton_, xviii, 50.
Tannin, memoir on, _J. Pelouze_, xxviii, 124.
Tanning, application of chestnut wood in, _W. Sheldon_, i, 312.
----, new process of, i, 439; xxxv, 303.
Tantalite, see _Columbite_.
Tapestries of Raphael, revival of their colors, xxxvii, 244.
Tapir, fossil, at Darmstadt, xxvi, 218.
_Tappan, B._, on the boulders of primitive rocks found in Ohio,
xiv, 291.
----, on the cannel coal of Ohio, xviii, 376.
----, description of some new shells, xxxv, 268.^f
Tar, used to afford light, i, 92.
----, used to work steam engines, i, 165.
Tarapaca, South America, account of the minerals of the province of,
_J. H. Blake_, xliv, 1.^f
_Tarlor_, observations on mining, xxxiv, 9.
Tartaric acid, manufacture of, at Glasgow, xli, 50.
Taste, the seat of, xx, 180.
Taurus Mountains, xxxvii, 351.
Taxidermy, see _Preservation_.
Taxodon, _R. Owen_, xxxiii, 208; xxxv, 196.
_Taylor, J._, on Astronomy and Photography at Rome, xliv, 373.