Part 37

Volcanoes, remarks on, ii, 351. ----, and volcanic substances, _T. Cooper_, iv, 205. ----, some account of, in a review of Scrope's work, xiii, 106. ----, remarks on, in a notice of Daubeny's work, xiii, 235; -- theories of, xiv, 70, 87. ----, remarks on, from _J. Phillips's_ Geology of Yorkshire, xxi, 24. ----, hypothesis on, _J. du Commun_, xv, 12.^f ----, ibid, objections to, xv, 25. ----, ibid, strictures on, _B. Bell_, xvi, 51. ----, phenomena of, explained by _L. Cordier_, by the theory of central fluidity, xv, 123. ----, _H. Davy's_ theory of, xvii, 239; xxxvi, 231. ----, _Gay Lussac's_ views on, xxxvi, 233, 236. ----, _G. Bischof_ on, xxxvi, 230, 239^f; xxxvii, 41.^f ----, ----, theory of central heat satisfactory, xxxvi, 239; xxxvii, 52. ----, ----, freshwater rivers contribute to the action of, xxxvi, 262. ----, _C. Daubeny_, in reply to G. Bischof, on the chemical theory of, xxxvii, 78. ----, _L. von Buch_, on certain volcanoes and volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 260-273. ----, geographical distribution and phenomena of, _J. L. Hayes_, xlvii, 127. ----, mud, iv, 216.

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----, African, at the Canaries, &c., xiii, 283; xxxvi, 260, 273. ----, ----, Azores, iv, 259; xiii, 289. ----, ----, supposed, at sea, in lat. 7° N., and long. 99° W., xxxii, 195. ----, American, of Cosiguina, eruption of, xxviii, 332. ----, ----, of Peru and Chili, xiii, 308, 309. ----, ----, of Mexico, Jorullo, Popocatepetl, &c., xiii, 304. ----, ----, of the West Indies, xiii, 302. ----, ----, of Greenland, xiii, 279. ----, ----, of Upper Missouri, only pseudo-volcanoes, _J. N. Nicollet_, xlv, 154. ----, ----, supposed, of West River Mountain, Vermont, _J. A. Allen_, iii, 73. ----, ----, ----, in Canada, xxx, 238. ----, Asiatic, and Asiatic Islands, general review of, xiii, 290. ----, ----, near Mount Ararat, extinct, xxxvii, 349. ----, ----, in the Kourdish country, xxxvii, 350. ----, ----, region of, or Catacecaumene, of Asia Minor, xxxiii, 95; xxxviii, 206. ----, ----, of Gunong-Api, iv, 375; xiii, 299. ----, ----, Palambang, eruption of, 1833, xxix, 364. ----, European, of France, xiii, 237. ----, ----, of Germany, xiii, 242. ----, ----, Grecian Archipelago, xiii, 279. ----, ----, of Greece, Santorino, xxxvi, 267. ----, ----, of Hungary, xiii, 245. ----, ----, of Iceland, xiii, 276. ----, ----, of Italy, xii, 252. ----, ----, ----, Vesuvius, v, 193; vi, 385; xii, 185; xiii, 262; xix, 387; xxiv, 243. ----, ----, ----, ibid, notice of, _J. D. Dana_, xxvii, 281. ----, ----, ----, ibid, eruption in 1834, xxviii, 199. ----, ----, ----, ibid, eruption of April, 1835, xxviii, 340. ----, ----, phenomena at the Lipari islands--fumeroles--forming minerals, &c., xiii, 270; xxxiii, 77. ----, ----, of Sicily, xiii, 272. ----, ----, ----, Mount Etna, observations on, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 168. ----, ----, ----, ----, luminous flames, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 169. ----, ----, ----, ----, formation of, _E. de Beaumont_, xxxi, 170. ----, ----, ----, ----, some account of, _S. L. Johnson_, xxvi, 1. ----, ----, ----, island thrown up off Sicily, account of, _W. Ainsworth_, xxi, 399.^f ----, ----, of Transylvania, xiii, 251. ----, of Pacific ocean, New Zealand, xx, 381. ----, ----, Hawaii, Kilauea, xi, 1, 362; xvi, 345; xx, 228, 229. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _C. S. Stewart_, xx, 229. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _J. Goodrich_, xxv, 199. ----, ----, ----, ibid, _E. G. Kelley_, xl, 117.^f ----, ----, ----, ibid, _J. P. Couthouy_, xli, 200. ----, lunar, v, 176; xxxv, 305.

Volcanic ashes of Etna, analysis of, xii, 194. ---- ----, on some showers of, xxv, 129. ---- ----, at sea, west of the Philippines, _P. Parker_, xl, 198. ---- ----, carried by upper atmospheric currents, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 128. ---- character of Transylvania, xiii, 251. ---- eruptions and earthquakes, _J. Galindo_, xxviii, 332. ---- formation of islands, xxxvi, 267. ---- ---- of iron glance, _Mitscherlich's_ theory of, xxxvi, 237. ---- rocks, descriptive arrangement of, _G. P. Scrope_, xv, 28. ---- ---- or lavas, South America, why not crystalline, xxxi, 176. ---- ----, nature of, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 252. ---- ----, scoria of Hawaii, xvi, 348. ---- ----, fusibility of, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 240. ---- ----, still soft after crystals have formed, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 266. ---- ----, force required to raise, xv, 125. ---- ----, raised by steam, and force required, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 241. ---- ----, eruptions of, xxxvi, 261. ---- ----, spun glass of Hawaii, xvi, 349.

_Volney_, theories of temperature, xlvii, 232. ----, death of, ii, 345.

_Volta, A._, discoveries of, noticed, xv, 67. ----, biography of, xv, 67.

Voltaic pile, calorific effects of, xviii, 173. ----, see farther under _Galvanism_.

Volume, changes in, on mixing alcohol and water, xxiv, 373.

Volumeter, _R. Hare_, xii, 36^f, 38.^f

Volumescope, _R. Hare_, xii, 39^f; xv, 275^f; xxviii, 264.^f

_Von Buch, L._, on the nature of volcanic phenomena, xxxvi, 268. ----, on volcanic eruptions in Lancerote, xxxvi, 260, 264. ----, on Palma and Grand Canary, xxxvi, 273. ----, on the formation of volcanic cones, xxxvi, 273. ----, on the formation of certain conglomerates, xxxvi, 266.

_Voorhies, J._, fall of meteoric iron in Tennessee, xlix, 338.

Voyage of discovery, French, by Capt. Freycenet, in the Uranie, notice of, iv, 391. ---- around the world, projected by the French, under the command of D. d'Urville, xxxiii, 206. ---- of Bonite around the world, xxxiv, 219. ---- of the French to the Antarctic regions, xxxix, 201. ---- of the Chanticleer, xviii, 188. ---- of J. C. Ross to the Antarctic, xxxvii, 397; xxxviii, 204; xlii, 152. ---- of exploration under Lieut. C. Wilkes, U. S. N., around the world, xxxv, 192. ---- ---- ibid, progress of, xxxvi, 195; xxxvii, 19, 398; xxxviii, 387; xxxix, 193; xliii, 208. ---- ---- ibid, results of, xl, 394; xliv, 393; xlix, 149.

Vulcano, boracic acid in the waters of, ii, 349.

Vulpinite, _Vauquelin_, vii, 368.

W.

Wachitta, cove of, iii, 26, 28. ----, ----, hot springs, iii, 29.

Wacke, aqueous origin of, _J. W. Webster_, i, 230. ----, analysis of, i, 296.

_Wadsworth, D._, remarks on the upper falls of the Genesee river, with a view, xviii, 209.

Wages for labor in England, France and the United States, xxiii, 216.

_Wagner, S._, on the acceleration of the saw at night, viii, 393.

_Wailes_, on rare insects, xxxv, 310.

_Walferdin_, on subterranean temperatures, xxxvi, 204.

_Walker, C. V._, galvanic experiments by, xxxix, 32.^f ----, reclamation against W. Sturgeon, xlii, 383.

_Walker, S. C._, on the great comet of 1843, xlv, 188.^f ----, on the meteors of August, 1840, xl, 51; --on the meteors of August and November, xlii, 401.

_Walkly, N._, on hydrogen gas in a lead water-pipe, xxxiv, 393.

Walks and alleys, valuable material for, xxiv, 206.

Walls or dikes in North Carolina, _J. Beckwith_, v, 1. ----, how preserved from dampness, xii, 193.

_Wallace, J._, on certain Algebraic series, vii, 278. ----, reply to remarks on, ix, 98. ----, numerical faculties, vii, 285.

_Wallace, W. C._, dissection of the eye of a halibut, xxvi, 393.^f ----, discovery of a muscle in the eye of fishes, xxvi, 394. ----, dissection of the eye of the streaked bass, with observations on the accommodation of the eye to different distances, xxvii, 216.^f ----, on the retina, xxviii, 278. ----, on a Bramah press attached to the eyes of fishes, xxxiv, 376. ----, denial of a charge of plagiarism made by J. Dalrymple, xxxiv, 396. ----, discovery of a muscle attached to the crystalline lens, xxxv, 291.

_Wallestein, J. de_, meteorological tables of, ix, 394.

_Walper, G. G._, Repertorium, noticed, xlvii, 200.

_Waltershausen, W. S. von_, letter on Etna, xlvii, 100.

_Ward, M._, alternating steam engine of, iv, 90.^f

_Ward, N._, on fresh and salt water fountains, xviii, 379.

_Ward, N. B._, on the growth of plants in closely glazed cases, xxxiv, 11; xliii, 383.

_Warder, M. A._, reclamation of, relative to a species of trilobite, xxxvi, 187.

_Ware, H._, notice of an Aurora in 1789, xxxiv, 204.

_Ware, N. A._, note on drift wood, iii, 19.

Warm air, mode of heating apartments by, xxv, 290; xxxiv, 84. ---- springs, see _Springs_.

_Warren, J. C._, on the Siamese twins, xvii, 212.^f ----, on North American crania, xxxiv, 47.

_Warrington, R._, on the adulteration of the green teas of commerce, xlviii, 188. ----, bones from guano, xlix, 391. ----, action of animal charcoal, xlix, 393.

_Wartmann, L. F._, on Saturn's ring and the comet of Biela, xxv, 191.

Warwick rocking stone, vii, 201.^f

Warwickite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiv, 313; xxxvi, 85.

Washington, G., Trumbull's portrait of, xxxix, 245. ----, ---- painting of his resignation of office, xxxix, 239.

_Washington, Capt._, account of a Mandingo, xxxv, 305. ----, of recent expeditions to Antarctic seas, xxxv, 306. ----, account of trigonometrical surveys, xxxv, 308.

Washington, Mount, excursion up, viii, 176. ----, ----, popular notice of, _G. W. Nichols_, xxxiv, 73. ----, ----, remarks on, _B. Silliman_, xxxiv, 76. ----, ----, ----, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 120. ----, ----, height of, xxxiii, 322; xxxiv, 120; xxxv, 378; xxxvii, 87; xli, 384.

Washingtonite, a supposed new mineral, xliii, 364.^f

Watch, remarkable, made by Rebiller, xviii, 180.

Watchmakers' oil, ix, 202.

Water, action of, on lead, xxxiv, 25; xlvi, 398. ----, analysis of, from Black Sea, xx, 188. ----, ----, from Dead Sea, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 10. ----, ----, from sea, near Brighton, _G. Schweitzer_, xxxviii, 12. ----, ----, from the spouting fountain near Naples, xxv, 195. ----, ----, from the Rio Vinagre, _Boussingault_ xxiv, 149. ----, boiling point of, different in vessels of different materials, xlvii, 190. ----, ----, used in measuring heights, xxxvii, 19. ----, boring for, xix, 203; xxvii, 399. ----, ----, in the United States, xii, 136. ----, ----, in New York, xxiii, 206. ----, ----, see _Wells, artesian_. ---- of cities, contaminated, xxvi, 294. ----, for the city of Boston, notice of _L. Baldwin's_ report on the introduction of, xxxi, 179. ----, ---- ---- Glasgow, iii, 372. ----, color of deep, _X. de Maistre_, xxvi, 65. ----, compressibility of, J. Perkins, iii, 347.^f ----, ----, _H. C. Œrsted_, ix, 189; xv, 186. ----, ----, xiii, 189. ----, ----, instrument for measuring, vii, 195. ----, non-conducting power in relation to heat, _W. W. Mather_, xiii, 368.^f ----, conduction of heat by, _C. Dewey_, xxviii, 151; xxxi, 266. ----, currents in, _A. W. Carson_ on, xxix, 340.^f ----, decomposition of, _C. Despretz_, xx, 186. ----, ----, see _Oceanic_. ----, ----, by galvanism, xix, 383. ----, ----, by magnetic electrical machines, xxxiii, 217.^f ----, ----, by atmospheric electricity, xx, 179. ----, ----, ----, and common electricity, xxi, 368. ----, ----, by chlorine in the sun's rays, xlix, 348.^f ----, apparatus for illustrating decomposition and recomposition of, _R. Hare_, xxxviii, 336.^f ----, density of, maximum, xvi, 265; xxiii, 391; xxviii, 357. ----, discharge of a jet of, in water, xxi, 379. ----, evaporation of, xv, 180. ----, ----, under electric insulation, xlvii, 190. ----, filtering for domestic purposes, xxx, 172.^f ----, freezing, sparks emitted by, xxvi, 178. ----, ----, apparatus for, with sulphuric acid, _R. Hare_, xxvii, 132.^f ----, formation of, by compound blowpipe, iii, 91. ----, hard, solvent power of, xxi, 150. ----, heating of, _E. Emmons_, xviii, 371. ----, impurities of, how precipitated, xxviii, 150. ----, ----, in rain, xv, 185. ----, medicinal, on the preparation of, _W. Meade_, xxii, 126, 330. ----, mineral, see _Springs_. ----, oxygenized, iii, 369. ----, ----, preparation by _L. J. Thenard_, xxiii, 382. ----, pressure of, at great depths, _L. Vanuxem_, xiv, 194. ----, purification of, xxviii, 150. ----, rain, nitric acid in, xv, 181. ----, solvent power of hard, xxi, 150. ----, temperature of, low in red hot vessels or surfaces highly heated, xix, 381. ----, ----, low and non-ebullition of, ibid, xv, 180. ----, ----, ---- ibid, remarks on, _Le Chevalier_, xxii, 384. ----, transporting power of, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 275. ---- and air support vegetation, iii, 372. ----, vibration of glass producing a movement in, xxx, 192. ----, mode of access to volcanic fires, _G. Bischof_, xxxvi, 243, 262.

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---- in Indiana, character of, _J. T. Plummer_, xliv, 306. ---- of Mediterranean, density at different depths, xvii, 364. ---- of the British Channel, analysis of, xxxviii, 12. ---- of the spouting fountain of Uncino, kingdom of Naples, with analysis, xxv, 194. ---- of the Black Sea, analysis of, xx, 188. ---- of the Dead Sea, analysis of, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 10. ----, sea, near Brighton, analysis of, _G. Schweitzer_, xxxviii, 12. ---- of the Rio Vinagre, analysis of, _Boussingault_, xxiv, 149. ---- in wells, temperature of, see under _Temperature_. ----, ocean, see _Ocean_ and _Seawater_.

Water-burner, patent, vii, 141.

Water-cement in N. York, iii, 230; xxxvi, 45; xxxix, 96; xlvi, 29. ---- of Southington, Ct., xiii, 382. ---- in the Appalachian chain, xxxvii, 381. ----, rock for, near Quebec, _F. H. Baddely_, xxviii, 113, 367.

Water-cresses, dangerous plant among, xix, 191.

Water-fall, see _Falls_.

Water-spouts, remarks on, v, 135. ----, causes of, _X. de Maistre_, xxv, 47.^f ----, ----, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 126, 127; xxxiii, 58; xliii, 265. ----, ----, _H. E. Œrsted_, xxxvii, 250.^f ----, ----, _R. Hare_, xxxii, 153.^f ----, account and theory of, _H. W. Ogden_, xxix, 254. ----, illustration of a theory of, _W. Gaylord_, xl, 399. ----, rotation of, xl, 324, 332. ----, in France in 1823, x, 183. ----, on the Lake of Geneva, xxiv, 377. ----, off Florida in 1826, notice of, _B. Lincoln_, xiv, 171.^f ----, at New Brunswick in 1835, xxxvi, 115.^f

Water-wheels, on the asserted acceleration during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163. ----, on the overshot, _A. B. Quinby_, ix, 304.^f ----, pitchback and breast, _A. B. Quinby_, xi, 333.

Water-works, in Philadelphia, vi, 375; viii, 193.

_Waterhouse, B._, notice of, i, 37.

Watkins's galvanic battery, xvii, 162.

_Watson, J. T._, on the heat produced by friction, viii, 276.

Wave lines and mud furrows in rocks, _J. Hall_, xlv, 148.

Waves, v, 131. ----, _J. S. Russell_ on the laws of, xxxviii, 100; xl, 323; xliv, 159. ----, mechanism of, in reference to steam navigation, _J. S. Russell_, xxxiii, 283. ---- of translation, _J. S. Russell_, xxxiv, 1. ----, report of the committee of the British Association on, xxxv, 290. ----, remarkable, at the Sandwich Islands, 1837, _T. C. B. Rooke_, xxxvii, 358. ----, transporting effect, remarks on, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 274. ---- of sea, and sound, instruments for illustrating, xlix, 20.^f

Wavellite from Richmond, Mass., _C. Dewey_, ii, 249.

Wax, fossil, _Meyer_, xxx, 185. ---- of the Myrica cerifera, i, 294. ----, sealing, xxi, 150; xxiii, 200; xxviii, 148. ---- tablet, used for instructing the blind, xxxviii, 186.

Weasel, habits of, xlvi, 241.

Weather, influence of the moon on, _F. Marcet_, xxvii, 192. ----, see _Meteorology_.

Weather-glass, zoological, xvii, 187.

_Webb_, on lunar volcanoes, xxxv, 305.

_Webb, T. H._, on fluor spar, iv, 50; vii, 54. ----, minerals near Providence, iv, 284. ----, mineral localities, v, 402; viii, 225, 228. ----, localities of talc and tourmaline, vii, 55.

_Webber, S._, on the alluvial banks of the Connecticut, xlvii, 98.

_Webster, J. W._, notice of the lectures of, i, 304. ----, ---- of the cabinet of, i, 305. ----, structure of Calton Hill, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and on the aqueous origin of wacke, i, 230.^f ----, analysis of wacke, i, 296. ----, localities of minerals, principally at Haddam, Ct., ii, 239. ----, sinter at St. Michael's, iii, 391. ----, on prussic acid, iii, 189. ----, epidote at Nahant, iii, 364. ----, on the island of St. Michael, iv, 251. ----, foreign notices in Mineralogy, iv, 25. ----, communication of Boué's notices of European Geology, vi, 188. ----, discovery of green feldspar, xxxv, 192. ----, claim to blowpipe mouth, xxxv, 187. ----, explosion of hydrogen and oxygen, with remarks on Hemming's safety tube, xxxvii, 104. ----, notice of work on the Azores by, iv, 251. ----, work of, on Chemistry, noticed, xi, 377; xx, 89; xxxvi, 195; xxxviii, 329. ----, proposed biography of scientific men, xxxvii, 193.

_Webster, N._, notice of the seasoning of timber, and of the acceleration of water-wheels during the night, xii, 163. ----, critical interpretation of _bara_ and _asah_, xxxv, 375. ----, winters of uncommon severity, xxviii, 183. ----, opinions on temperature, xlvii, 228. ----, on luminous appearance in the atmosphere, xii, 380. ----, dictionary of, noticed, xv, 399.

Wedgewood ware, notice of, xxvi, 242.

_Weed, W. B._, on scenery in Pennsylvania, xxi, 197.

Weeds, destruction of, xxii, 381.

_Weekes, W. H._, experiments with reference to the Acarus Crossii, xliii, 395.

Weight, apparent diminution of, in some instances of lifting, _W. E. A. Aikin_, xxvii, 224; --_J. Nickalls_, xxviii, 198. ----, atomic, of elementary bodies, xxxviii, 119; xlvii, 187.

Weights and measures, notice of _F. R. Hassler's_ report on, xxiii, 405.

Welland canal, xiv, 159.^f

_Wells, R. W._, origin of prairies, i, 331.

Wells, artesian, xx, 392. ----, ----, notice of, xxvii, 399. ----, ----, at St. André, xxxvi, 204. ----, ----, at Grenelle, Paris, xli, 209. ----, ----, uses arising from the uniform temperature of the water, xxii, 373. ----, ----, Ohio, xlix, 406. ----, frozen, xxxvi, 184. ----, of Columbia, S. C., affected by earthquakes, i, 93. ----, temperature of, see _Temperature_.

_Wellsted, J. R._, on the province of Omán, on the eastern coast of Arabia, xxxii, 383.

Welther's tube of safety, substitute for, xvii, 345.^f

_West, C. E._, siliceous tubes in the earth, Rome, N. Y., xlv, 220.

_West_, on the corrosion of lead tubes by spring water, xlvi, 398.

West Indies, geology of, i, 140. ---- ----, coral limestone, raised, in Dominica, iv, 218; --St. Christopher's, iv, 218; St. Eustatia, iv, 219; Saba, iv, 219. ---- ----, Antigua, i, 56, 140; xii, 378; xxxv, 75. ---- ----, Barbadoes, v, 406. ---- ----, St. Croix, _S. Hovey_, xxxv, 64.

West of England Journal, notice of, xxviii, 365.

Westchester, Pa., geology and mineralogy of, xiv, 15. ---- County Cabinet of Natural Science, xxii, 402.

Western country, natural resources of, xxii, 122.

Western Museum Society, i, 203.

_Wetzel, L._, adventure of, xxxi, 14.

Whale, suspension of respiration in, xxix, 348. ----, fossil, xvii, 289. ----, remains of, at Durham, England, xxxviii, 130.

Wheat, manures for, xii, 165. ----, soil for, xii, 372. ----, growth of, on accelerating, _G. W. Hall_, xxxi, 345; xxxviii, 129. ----, ----, effects of an earthquake on, ix, 208.

_Wheatstone, C._, on binocular vision, xxxv, 295.

Wheels, water, on pitchback or breast, _A. B. Quinby_, xi, 333. ----, ----, on the asserted acceleration of, during night and in winter, ix, 104; x, 129; xii, 163.

_Wheeler, A. D._, solution of a diophantine problem, xx, 295.

_Wheeler, H._, on sea-serpent, ii, 161.

Wheeling, Virginia, notice of, xxiv, 186. ----, ----, Indian attacks, xxxi, 3.

_Wheelright, W._, efforts of, for steam navigation, xli, 358. ----, on steam navigation in the Pacific, xliii, 107.

Whelk, economical notice of, xxxii, 248.

_Whelpley, J. D._, two species of hydrachna, xxx, 354.^f ----, idea of an atom, xlviii, 352.

Whetstone, in R. Island, viii, 232. ----, see farther, _Novaculite_.

_Whewell, W._, anniversary address by, before the Geological Society of London, xxxvii, 218. ----, address before the eleventh meeting of the British Association, xli, 391. ----, chemical symbols, xxi, 369. ----, relative level of land and sea, as connected with the tides, xxxi, 335; xxxv, 287. ----, on mineralogical systems, xliv, 214. ----, heat from the sun, central heat, of space, &c., xxix, 349. ----, tides mapped out by curves, with a discussion on, xxxv, 290. ----, demonstration that all matter is heavy, xlii, 264. ----, ----, reply to, by _R. Hare_, xlii, 260.

Whirlpools, course of, _A. W. Carson_, xxix, 341.^f

Whirlwind, see _Winds_.

_White, C._, obtained a patent for hydraulic lime, iii, 230.

_White, G._, notice of the works of, xxxvii, 155.

_White, D. A._, eulogium on Dr. Bowditch, xxxv, 386.

White Mountains, old man of the mountain, xiv, 64^f; xxxiv, 122. ---- ----, slides in, and miscellaneous notices of, xv, 217. ---- ----, excursion among, _J. Pierce_, viii, 172. ---- ----, excursion to, _O. P. Hubbard_, xxxiv, 105.^f

White race of Atlas, xxxii, 400.

_Whiting, H._, on the supposed tides of the North American lakes, xx, 205. ----, remarks on East Florida, 1838, xxxv, 47.

_Whiting, S._, description of a marine ventilator, xviii, 75.^f

_Whitlock, G. C._, on the measure of polygons, xlvii, 380.^f

_Whitney, E._, on a fluid contained in stones, viii, 285. ----, invention of the cotton gin, xxi, 209. ----, manufacture of fire-arms, xxi, 237. ----, memoir of, _D. Olmsted_, xxi, 201.^f ----, reminiscences of, _B. Silliman_, xxi, 255.^f ----, monumental stone of, xxi, 264.^f

_Whitney, J. D._, translation by, of Berzelius on the blowpipe, noticed, xlix, 379.

_Whittlesey, C._, heights of places in Ohio, and elsewhere, xlv, 12.

_Wiegman_, on the inorganic elements of plants, xlvii, 194.

Wier's cave, Virginia, i, 59, 64.

_Wikström's_ Report on Botany, xl, 393.

_Wilcox, C._, letters on the White Mountains, xv, 217.

_Wilcox, P. B._, on adjusting lightning rods, xviii, 361.

_Wilcox, W. W._, on oil from white fish, xxxv, 391.

_Wilder, C._, algebraic solution by, xvi, 271. ----, on the rectification of the ellipse, xviii, 38.^f ----, on the resolution of equations of the fourth degree, xviii, 276. ----, on analytical geometry, xx, 285.^f

_Wilkes, C._, notice of Hassler's repeating theodolite, xvi, 252.^f ----, on the formation of Antarctic ice, xlvii, 114. ----, Narrative of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, noticed, xlviii, 211; xlix, 149.

Wilkesbarre, on the rocks and coal, &c., of, iv, 1^f; vii, 260; xii, 66; xviii, 309.^f ---- fossil plants, ix, 165.

_Wilkie, Daniel_, sides of right angled triangles expressed by integral numbers, xxiv, 68. ----, on definitions, xxx, 28, 266; xxxi, 88, 236.

_Wilkie, David_, death of, xlii, 215.

_Willard, Emma_, on the universal terms, xxiii, 18.

_Williams, S. C._, notice of mineral localities, x, 206.

_Williams, S. R._, on the shooting stars, of August, 1844, xlviii, 320.

_Williams, S. W._, floral calendar kept at Deerfield, Massachusetts, i, 359.

_Williams, W. H._, meteorological journal kept at Savannah, xxv, 211; xxvii, 173.

Williamstown, Mass., geology of, &c., i, 337.^f

Willis's lute, vii, 392.

_Willoughby_, some notice of, C. Fox, xxxvi, 229.

Wilmington Island, fossils of, xxxv, 380.

_Wilmsen, F. P._, death of, xxii, 380.

_Winch, N. J._, notice of, xxxvii, 120.