Part 24

_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.

Mountains, on the measurement of, height of, by boiling water, 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