The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 50 (First Series) General Index to Forty-Nine Volumes

Part 44

Chapter 442,396 wordsPublic domain

" " " Nitrous Oxide, 296

Sea Pink, [an Amphitrite,] 329

Lachrymatories, from Island of Milo, &c., 333

Apparatus for blasting Rocks, 373

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VOL. XVII.--PLATES.

1. Junction of Trap and Sandstone, at Rocky Hill, near Hartford, Conn., (Frontispiece,) 123

2. View and Topographical Plan of Mines of Pasco, 43

3. Figures of Images found in Peru, 117

4. Map of the Magnetic Isodynamic Curves in N. Hemisphere, 145

5. Siamese Twin-Boys, 212

6. Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy, 217

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Apparatus for using Mineral Fusible Cement, 84

Figures illustrating Attraction of Liquids, 98

Crystal of Ferro-Silicate of Manganese, by C. U. Shepard, 142

" Yenite, by C. U. Shepard, 143

Diagram of a model city, 260

Apparatus for Welther's Tube of Safety, by E. Mitchell, 345

Portable Hygrometer, by A. A. Hayes, 352

Figure of Columbite, by C. U. Shepard, 358

Figures of Zircon, " 360

Kiln for making Charcoal, 396

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VOL. XVIII.--PLATES.

1. Figures of the American Locust, (Cicada septendecim,) 47

2. View near the Upper Falls on the Genesee River, 209

3. Map of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, by George Jones, with a Profile of the Railroad from Carbondale to Lackawaxen River, 308

4, 5. Theory of Springs and Fountains, 273

6, 7, 8. Fossil Organic Remains of the Ferruginous Sand Formation of the U.S., 249, 250

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Diagram of Curve of Perpetual Congelation, 9

Wilder's Geometrical Figures, 38, 41

Marine Ventilator, 77

Crystals of Iodine, by W. W. Mather, 85

Fossil Stems, &c., in Mines, 112, 113

Plan of a Frame Bridge, by Lieut. G. W. Long, 125

Crystals of Franconia Epidote, by C. U. Shepard, 130

Crystals of Garnet, 132

Illustration of Decomposition of Water by Galvanic Currents, 200

New Instrument for taking Specific Gravities, 265

Crystals of Tourmaline, by C. U. Shepard, 299, 301

Ideal Section of Strata at Wilkesbarre, in Pennsylvania, 309

Cross Section of Gaylord's mine, West side of the Susquehannah River, 325

View of a Contorted Coal Bed at Pittston, Penn., 326

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VOL. XIX.--PLATES.

1. Coal Mine at Mauch Chunk, 12

2. Map showing the position of Coal Beds now exposed in the Mauch Chunk Coal Region, 9 View of the Chute at Mauch Chunk, 9 Imaginary Cross Section of the Mountain at the Great Coal Mine, 12

3. Vertical Section of Coal Beds, 12

4. Chemical Laboratory and Lecture Room in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 26

5. Sections of the Hartz Mountains, 105

6. Ulmus racemosa, (Thomas,) a new species, 170 Phalæna antiqua; imago, larve, &c., 62

7. Illustrations of Arsenious acid and Arsenic acid, 340

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Glass lenses, 58

Furnace for cementing Steel, 183

" " obtaining Potassium, 212

Apparatus for trying Strength of Timber, 234

Diagram illustrating Halley's theory of Trade Winds, 270

Ground plan of Mine of Spathic Iron in New Milford, Conn., 313

Section of do., 317

Improved Surveyor's Compass, 338

Tusk of a Mastodon, found near Rochester, N. Y., 359

Singular impression in Marble, 361

Henry's large Electro-magnet, 408

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VOL. XX.--PLATES.

1. W. C. Redfield's Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with track of a storm of August, 1830, 17

2, 3, 4. Aldini's Apparatus for Protection against Fire, 96

5. Transition Rocks of the Cataraqui, 74 Organic Remains, (trilobites,) &c., 78 Coal plant, (Crotalus? of A. Eaton,) 122

6. Tullia pycnanthemoides, 343

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Sketch of the Aurora Borealis, March 9, 1831, 263

Lenses for Microscopes, 265, 266, 267

Wilder's Geometrical Diagram, 285

Safety Apparatus for Steamboilers, 321

Henry's Apparatus for Reciprocating Motion by Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion, 342

Apparatus for manufacturing smoking Sulphuric Acid, 349

Apparatus for filling barometer tubes in vacuo, 365

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VOL. XXI.--PLATES.

1. Curves of Vaporization, 71

2. Prof. Joslin's Electro-magnet, 87

3. Section of Strata through a part of Connecticut, from Killingly to Haddam, on Connecticut River, by W. W. Mather, 94

4. Portrait of Eli Whitney, 201

5. Tomb of " " 264

6. Rotascope by Walter R. Johnson, 265 Diagrams to E. F. Johnson's paper on the Epicycloid, 280

7. Geological and Mineralogical Map of a part of Orange Co., New York, by Drs. Young and Heron, 1831, 321

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Gale's Apparatus for obtaining Potassium, 61

Operations of Gossamer Spiders, 112

Hazard's Geometrical Diagram, 315

Crystal of Specular Iron, by C. U. Shepard, 329

Davy's decomposition of Potash, 367

Profile of Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, 385

Volcanic Island thrown up in the Mediterranean, 1831, 402, 403

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VOL. XXII.--PLATES.

1. Geological Map of Massachusetts, by Edward Hitchcock, 1832, 1

2, 3. Anatomy of the American Wild Swan, (Cygnus americanus,) 83

4. Steam Pyrometer, by W. R. Johnson, 96

5. Map showing the extent of Primitive and of Secondary Formations in the Connecticut River Valley, with various sections, 205

6. Diagrams of Oval Arches, 303

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Wright's Geometrical Diagrams, 76, 78, 81, 82

Apparatus for Disinfecting by Heat, (Dr. Wm. Henry's,) 120

Apparatus for measuring Expansion and Contraction of Stone, 137

" " showing Effect of Elasticity, 191

Brewster's Diagrams illustrating Polarization of Light by Reflection, 278, 284

De Witt's Conical Rain Gauge, 321

Thomson's Diagram relative to Railroads, 347

Electro-magnetic Apparatus, 410, 412, 415

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VOL. XXIII.--PLATES.

1. Geological Map of the Mining Districts in Georgia, and parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, by J. Peck, 1

2, 3. Organic Remains of the Ferruginous Sand Formation of the United States, 288

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Brewster's Diagrams on certain points in Optics, 29, 30, 31, 226, 227

Figures of Hail Stones, 36

Diagram to illustrate Field Surveying, 39

Ancient American Utensil, 66

Wollaston's Reflecting Goniometer, simplified by Graves, 76

Wood's Inking Machine, 103

Instrument for Venous Injection, 114

Plan of Mantell's Museum of Natural History, 164

Trilobite found in Staffordshire, England, 203

Locke's Microscopic Compass, 237, 238

Apparatus for analyzing Atmospheric Air, 287

Figure of the Delphinus globiceps, (Cuv.) 302

Economical Furnace for warming houses, 326

Stove Drum " " " 330

Dumont's Syrup Filter, 351

Glass Syphons for transferring Corrosive Fluids, 387

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VOL. XXIV.--PLATES.

1. Maps illustrating Canal Surveys in the State of New York, 19

2. Plan of the Canal Locks at Cincinnati, Ohio, 72

3, 4. Organic Remains of the Ferruginous Sand Formation of the United States, 128

5. Elementary Illustrations of Architecture, 257

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Sections, views, &c., illustrating Phillips's Essay on the Georgia Gold Mines, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18

Thomson's geometrical Diagrams, 77

Emmet's Magneto-electric Apparatus, 79

View of Sienite in Limestone, (on the Cataraqui,) 100

" " " 102

Pixii's Revolving Magnet, 146

Sketches of a Rocking Stone in Hanover, N. H., 185

*Hare's Chemical Apparatus, 4 leaves, between 252 and 253

Wright's Geometrical Diagrams, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307

Hare's Improved Syphons, 318

Sketch of the Bare Hills near Baltimore, 360

De Witt's Geometrical Diagram, 369

De Maistre's Photometer for comparing the brightness of stars, 378

* An asterisk prefixed, as above, indicates that the cut forms a separate sheet.

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VOL. XXV.--PLATES.

1. Dewey's Figures of Carices. Tab. S, figs. 58-60, 140

2. Conrad's Freshwater Shells from Alabama, Tennessee, &c., 338

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Strait's Apparatus for Aerial Navigation, 16, 18

De Maistre's Apparatus illustrating the Origin of Water Spouts, 48

Crystal of Ledererite, by C. T. Jackson, 79

Wright's Geometrical Diagrams, 93, 97

Hare's Electrical Apparatus, 137, 138

Apparatus illustrating Preservation of Copper by connection with Iron, in Seawater, 204

Geometrical Diagram, 262

Improvement of De Witt's Rain Gauge, 268

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VOL. XXVI.--PLATES.

1. Corydalis formosa, and C. canadensis, 114 Chrysomela vitivora, 113

2. Dewey's Figures of Carices. Tab. T, figs. 61, 62, 107

3. Transverse Section illustrating the superposition of the Rocks between Baltimore and the Ohio River, by W. E. A. Aikin, 219

4. Terra Cotta vessels from Pompeii, 238

5. Barberini, or Portland Vase, 243

6. The Warwick Vase, 244

7. Twining's Projection of the Path of a Meteor, Nov. 13, 1833, 339

8. Figures of new Shells, by J. G. Totten, 366

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Emmet's Figures illustrating his paper on Voltaic Induction, 25, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 41

Maury's Instrument for finding true Lunar Distance, 63

De Maistre's Plan of Marine Grotto, 72

Locke's Galvanometer, 105

Long's Parasite Tree in Florida, 106

Page's Electric Syringe, 111

Churchill's Double Fish, 116

Kirtland's Figures of Shells, (Naiades) 120

Olmsted's Geometrical Diagrams, 145, 148, 159, 164, 171

Edmondson's Rotating Armatures, 205

Gay Lussac's Air-pump, 265

Hare's Apparatus for Rock Blasting, with aid of Galvanism, 355, 356

" " " transfer of Corrosive Liquids, 358

" Improved Galvanometer, 359

Edmondson's Modification of Ampère's Rotating Galvanic Element, 370

Locke's Electro-magnetic Apparatus, 378, 380

Wallace's Dissection of Eye of the Halibut, 394

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VOL. XXVII.--PLATES.

1. Sketch of Aurora Borealis of July 10, 1833, and Diagram of its effects on Magnetic Needle, 118

2. Dewey's Figures of Carices, Tabb. U, and V, figs. 63-68, 236

3. Section through Mica Slate at Lowell, Mass., showing the intrusions of Trap and Granite, 340

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Rogers's Galvanometer, 40

Johnson's Figures illustrating Rotation of Liquids, 85, 87

Strait's Figure of Compression Bellows, 89

" " Air-pump Bellows, 91

" " applications of Balance Principle, 92, 94, 95, 96

Durant's Improved Barometer, 98

Chapin's Figures illustrating his paper on junction of Trap and Sandstone, in Wallingford, Ct., 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111

Lapham's Geometrical Diagrams, 127, 128

Gorton's " Diagram, 132

Hare's Apparatus for freezing water by aid of Sulphuric acid, 133

Wallace's Dissection of the Eye of the Streaked Bass, 218

Riddell's improved Barometer, 223

Rogers's Apparatus for analyzing Calcareous Marl and other Carbonates, 300

" Self-filling Syphon for chemical analysis, 302

Gorton's Geometrical Diagrams, 304, 306

Live Snake suspended by Spiders, 309

Diagram of Strata from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, 333

Bones of the Iguanodon in the Sands of the Chalk, S.E. part of England, 358, 359, 360

Crystals of Strontianite, by C. U. Shepard, 365

Figures illustrating phenomena of Magnetization, 402

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VOL. XXVIII.--PLATES.

Dana's System of Crystallographic Symbols, 250

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Plan of improvements at the mouth of the Nile in Egypt, 25

Diagram illustrating computation of Paths of Meteors, 99

Plan of region around Schoharie, N. Y., 172

Hare's Apparatus for obtaining the Nitrogen from Atmospheric air, 263

" large Volumescope for analysis of Atmospheric Air, 265

Conrad's Diagram illustrating Elevation of the Atlantic Coast, 280

Clary's sketch of remarkable Parhelia, Feb. 1835, 304

Bache's Apparatus for Radiation, Absorption, &c. of Heat, 320, 324, 325, 326

*Totten's Figures of new Shells, a separate leaf, to go at p. 347

Bell's improved Air-pump Receiver, 354

Fossil Teeth from Marl Pits of New Jersey, 378

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VOL. XXIX.--PLATES.

1. Topographical and Geological Map of the Coal Measures and of the Muriatiferous and Ferruginous Deposits in the Secondary Region of the Valley of the Ohio; with profile of the Ohio Valley, 1

2. Grotto of Plants, Ohio, 18

3. Hitchcock's Figures of Ornithichnites, 307

4. " Proportional View of the Ornithichnites, 307

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Hildreth's Section near the Ohio River, 18

" " of Rock Strata at the Grotto of Plants, 20

" " " " at Indian Run, 23

" " Putnam Hill, 31

" " Limestone Strata on the Clear Fork, 41

" " Rock strata on Will's Creek, 44

" Topography of Tygart's Valley, and vicinity, 55

" Figure of outlines of hills near Clarksburgh, 59

" Section of Rock Strata " " 60

" Sectional View of Coal Deposits between Morgantown and Pittsburgh, 64

" Section of "Coal Hill," at Pittsburgh, Pa., 68

" " Rock Strata at Kiskiminitas, 75

" " Wheeling Coal Strata, 80

" " Madrepore Deposit, on Gauly river, 100

" " Layers of Sandstone, 102

" " Coal Strata at the Salines, on Kenawha River, 104

" " Strata in certain hills, 130

" " " at the Junior Furnace, Scioto Co., 133

*Dewey's Figures of Carices, Tabb. W, X, Y, Z, Figs. 69-84, 245

" " of Kobresiæ on Tab. Z, 253

*Thirty separate leaves containing in all 156 figures of organic remains, illustrating Hildreth's paper on Geology of Valley of the Ohio. Details of the contents of these are given on pp. 149-154

View of Pomeroy's Coal Beds, at Carr's Run, Ohio, 50

" Marshall's Pillar--Cliffs of New River, Va., 91

" Falls of the Kenawha, Va., 101

" Kenawha Salines, 104, 113

" Putnam's Hill, from West Zanesville, 30

" " " and the Upper Bridge at Zanesville, on the Muskingum river, 30

Fata Morgana at Gibraltar, 217

View of the Traun-Stein Rock, 224

Montezuma's Battle-axe, 229

R. Hare's Apparatus for showing explosive reaction of Hydrogen with Chlorine, 243

" " " for evolution of Prussic Acid, 244

Carson's Diagrams respecting Currents in Water, 342, 343

*Twenty-four Figures of Ornithichnites, by Hitchcock, 307

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VOL. XXX.--PLATES.

1, 2. Transition Rocks of the Cataraqui, 233

3, 4. Figures to illustrate Formation of Twin Crystals, by J. D. Dana, 275

5. " of the Hydrachna formosa, 354

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Ruggles's Section of Stone-quarry hill, 3

" Plan of Country around Fort Winnebago, 7

Locke's Botanical Press, 54

Bonnycastle's Views of the Aurora Borealis seen in Canada, Dec. 1835, 133, 134, 135, 136

Movable Hood, for smoky chimneys, 170

Filter, for domestic purposes, 172

*Dewey's Figures of Carices. Tabb. A_a_, and B_b_, figs. 85-93, x, 278; xxx, 59

Bonnycastle's Sketch of Rock with Organic Remains, (Canada), 243

Dana's Diagram to illustrate Ellipsoids, 280

Mather's Apparatus for measuring Expansions of Solid Bodies, 326, 328

Emmons's Section of a Trap Dike, 332

" " Contorted Strata, 337

Emmons's Section of Cape Split, Nova Scotia, 337

Various Geological Sections and Views, 339, 341, 343

Figures of Forms of Calcareous Spar, 347

Diagram illustrating position of Meteoric Cloud, 371

Large Crystal of Columbite, (Prof. Johnston,) 388

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VOL. XXXI.--PLATES.

1. Portrait of Rev. John Prince, of Salem, Mass., (Frontispiece,) 201

2. Redfield's Map of the Western Atlantic, with courses of various Hurricanes, 1835, 115

3. Argulus catostomi, 297

4, 5. Illustrations of the Impregnation of Plants, 318

6. Emys oregoniensis, 382

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Indian Pots, 9

Section of Strata on Yellow Creek, Ohio, 25

Various Fossil Plants, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 46

Lymnæa stagnalis, 35

Section of Rock Strata of the Cuyahoga, 46

Plan of the Cuyahoga Falls and vicinity, 52

Trilobite, Licking Co., Ohio, 72

Section of Rock Strata at Flint Ridge, 77

Fossil Bones of a supposed species of Castor and Ovis, 81, 83

Chiton occidentalis, fossil, 84

Redfield's Diagram of a whirlwind Gale, 117

Page's Apparatus for obtaining shocks from the Calorimotor, 137

Lily Encrinite, fossil found in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 166

Benedict's Geometrical Diagrams, 258, 262, 265

Apparatus for making Vinegar, 272

Grasshopper's leg subjected to Galvanism; Washing Bottles, 293

Usher's sketch of Elevations of Bank of Mississippi, in 1811, by earthquakes, 295

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VOL. XXXII.--PLATES.

1, 2. Cycas revoluta, 45

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