Part 25

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.

Nitric acid, on fuming, _Mitscherlich_, xx, 185. ---- ----, remarks on its solvent power on metals, _Millon_, xlvii, 191. ---- ----, _J. Liebig's_ new test for, xvii, 176. ---- ----, ibid, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxii, 85. ---- ----, effect on sulphuretted hydrogen, viii, 375. ---- ----, action of, on certain metals, xxxiii, 286. ---- ----, action of, on iodine, xxi, 376. ---- ----, fumes, use of, in pulmonary diseases, xxxvi, 191. ---- ----, eyes of insects reddened by, xxx, 196. ---- ----, and phosphorus, explosion from, xvi, 366. ---- ether, process for, _R. Hare_, xxxiii, 241.^f

Nitrification, theory of, xiv, 385.

Nitrogen, abstracted from the atmosphere by organization, geological proofs of, _L. Vanuxem_, xii, 84. ----, different modes of obtaining, xxviii, 360. ----, apparatus for procuring, _R. Hare_, xiv, 356^f; xxviii, 263.^f ----, mode of preparing, xlix, 195. ----, specific gravity of, xxxv, 298. ----, on the office of, in respiration, _L. C. Beck_, xviii, 52. ----, reduction of metals by, xix, 371. ---- in animal substances, researches relative to, _Macaire_ and _Marcet_, xxiii, 384. ---- ---- ibid, on the determination of, xxviii, 134. ---- ---- ibid, _Bunsen's_ method of estimating, xli, 53. ---- ---- ibid, new method of determining, _Varrentrapp_ and _Will_, xlii, 253^f; xlv, 267. ----, combines with iron and copper, xxiv, 374. ----, phosphuret of, xxviii, 140. ----, combined with boron and silicon, forming combinations analogous to cyanogen, xlvii, 192. ----, chloride of, properties of, _G. S. Serullas_, xviii, 155. ----, new compounds of, (Mellon, Melam, &c.) _J. Liebig_, xxix, 371. ----, gas at Hoosic, N. Y., xv, 234. ----, formation of, in warm springs, _C. Daubeny_, xx, 383. ----, springs in New York, analysis of, xxxvi, 7. ---- ----, see _Springs_.

Nitroline, analysis of, xlix, 204.

Nitrous atmosphere of Tirhoot, xx, 199. ---- ether, new process for, _R. Hare_, ii, 326.^f ---- gas, theory of the action of, in eudiometry, _J. F. Dana_, vii, 338. ---- oxide, effects of, v, 194. ---- ----, condensation of, vii, 355. ---- ----, method of obtaining, _R. Hare_, xvi, 295, 297.^f ----, ----, properties and composition of, xvi, 298.

_Nobili, L._, new thermo-electric piles of, xxviii, 397. ---- and _Melloni_, new experiments on heat, xxiii, 185.

_Noggerath_, on compression of air, xvii, 38.

Nomenclature of minerals, i, 45. ----, chemical, _J. J. Berzelius on_, xxii, 248;--(letter) xxxii, 262. ----, ----, _R. Hare_ on, xxvii, 63; xxxii, 259; xlix, 249. ----, ----, _W. Whewell_ on, xxi, 369. ---- of numbers from ten to twenty, xlvi, 215. ---- of the stars, revision of, under the direction of the British Association, xxxviii, 94; xl, 310; xlii, 147; xliv, 158. ----, zoological, _A. A. Gould_, xlv, 1. ----, ----, remarks on, _S. S. Haldeman_, xlvi, 18. ---- of the Palæozoic strata of the Appalachian basin, xlvii, 154.

_Nooney, J._, on the astronomical operations at Pulkova Observatory, xlvii, 88.

Nooth's apparatus, a substitute for, _R. Hare_, i, 410.^f

_North, E._, on fuel, xi, 66.

North America, Report on the Zoology of, xxxi, 343, 356, 376.

North American Medical and Surgical Journal, xviii, 203.

North Carolina, basalt, basaltic dikes ("natural walls") and petrifactions of, _J. Beckwith_, v, 1. ----, natural walls of Rowan, xiv, 242. ----, mining district of western part, _J. Peck_, xxiii, 1.^f ----, origin and character of the low country, _E. Mitchell_, xiii, 336. ----, red sandstone of, _D. Olmsted_, ii, 175. ----, rocks and minerals of, _D. Olmsted_, v, 257. ----, geological survey of, in contemplation, v, 202;--_D. Olmsted's_ Report on the Geology of, noticed, xiv, 230. ----, _J. Dickson_ on the mineralogy and geology of, iii, 1. ----, _T. D. Porter_, ibid, iii, 227. ----, gold, miscellaneous notices of, iii, 3; xvi, 360; xvii, 400; xlviii, 398. ----, ----, large mass of, ix, 9. ----, ---- mines of, _D. Olmsted_, ix, 5; xiv, 237. ----, ----, on the mines of, _C. E. Rothe_, xiii, 201.^f ----, ----, on the region of, _E. Mitchell_, xvi, 1.^f ----, remarks on, _J. Peck_, xxiii, 1.^f ----, ----, on the nature of the deposits of, _F. L. Smith_, xxxii, 130. ----, ----, talcose slate, the rock of, _A. Eaton_, xviii, 50. ----, heights of several mountains in, with remarks on their features, (Table Mountain, Roan, Black, Grandfather, Yeates's Knob, Pilot,) _E. Mitchell_, xxxv, 377. ----, temperature of wells and springs, xxxv, 379.

North magnetic pole, revolution of, around the north pole of the earth, xxix, 352.

North pole and northwest passage, i, 101.

Northern Antiquaries, Society of, xlii, 214.

Northern lights, see _Aurora Borealis_.

Northwest passage, and Greenland ice, i, 101. ---- ----, _I. Lea_, x, 138.

_Northrop, B. F._, fluid in hornstone, vii, 283.

_Norton, W. A._, Treatise on Astronomy by, noticed, xxxvi, 197. ----, on the tails of comets, xlvi, 104.^f

_Norton, J. P._, analysis of Sillimanite, xlvi, 382.

Notices of books, see _Works_.

Nova Scotia, short notice of the minerals of, xii, 176. ----, mineralogy of, _F. Alger_, xii, 227. ----, geology and mineralogy of, _C. T. Jackson_ and _F. Alger_, xiv, 305, with a map; xv, 132^f, 201; xxii, 167. ----, fossils in the iron ore of, xv, 201. ----, scientific excursions to, from Williams College, with an account of the minerals and geology of, xxx, 330.^f ----, fossils and fossil wood of, xxx, 339.^f ----, grindstones, xv, 148; xxx, 338. ----, coal, bituminous, xv, 149. ----, fossil trees, upright in the coal strata of, xlv, 353. ----, gas, from the coal mine of, xxx, 184. ----, coal and gypsiferous formation of, xlv, 356.

Novaculite, or whetstone of North Carolina, v, 262; xiv, 238. ---- in Georgia, xvi, 185. ---- in Ohio, xvi, 374. ---- of Lake Memphremagog, Canada, v, 41, 406.

Nucula, see under ZOOLOGY, _Mollusca_.

_Nugent_, geology of some West India Islands, i, 140.

_Nulty, E._, on formulæ for comets, xxxviii, 160.

Number _five_, the most favorite of nature, xvi, 172.

Numbers, interesting properties of, _G. R. Perkins_, xl, 112. ----, analysis of square, _A. D. Wheeler_, xxv, 87.

Numerical faculties, theory of, vii, 285.

Nutation, new determination of, _Peters_, xlvii, 90.

Nutmeg, in Singapore, xliv, 153.

Nutriment of gelatine, xxii, 197.

Nutritious matter from an acre of land cultivated with potatoes or wheat, _Eli Ives_, i, 297.

_Nutt, R._, on the origin and extension of prairies, xxiii, 40. ----, observations on the lower part of the Mississippi valley, xxiii, 49.

_Nuttall, T._, plants collected in East Florida, v, 286. ----, serpentine rocks of Hoboken, iv, 16. ----, observations and geological remarks on the minerals of Patterson and the valley of Sparta, N. J., v, 239. ----, reply to _H. Seybert_, vi, 171. ----, Botany of, noticed, xiii, 99. ----, proposed work on birds, xx, 154. ----, ---- ----, noticed, xxii, 178. ----, North American Sylva, noticed, xliv, 194.

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Obesity, xxii, 194.