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Academy of Sciences, Paris, prizes awarded Benzoyl, nitruret of, formed from hippuric elections to, 414. election of a perpetual secretary, 262 Acid, derivatives of nitrotartaric, 403. ferrocyanhydric, preparation of, 125. on the primitive diversity and number of Aluminum, preparation and properties of, 427. preparation of by electric deposition, 427 Ammonia, in rain water, 265. Anesthesis, local, 468. Analysis method of volumetric, 125. determination of manganese, 126. Annals of Science, noticed, 296. Annual of Scientific Discovery, 454 acid, 429. Berthelot's process with glycerime, 267. Blake, W. P., on an ancient lake in Colorado Desert, 435. Brewster, D, on producing crystalline struc- Bromine, separation of from iodine, 119. Bunsen, on chemical affinity, 122. reviews and records in Anatomy and on muscular tissue, 83. Translation by, of v. Siebold and Stan- on the renal on Florida, 407. Butter, constitution of, 124. C. Aphides, on viviparous, W. I. Burnett, 62, Cabinet of minerals for sale, 292. 261 Arago, publication of works of, 263. Aridium, on the supposed new metal, 122. note on, Morfit and Booth, 274. Arsen-ethyls, Landol! on, 428. Artificial dolomite, 123. minerals, of furnaces, 128. California, ancient lake in Colorado Desert, age of tree of, 440. on quicksilver mine of, 438 Cereus giganteus, Engelmann, 231. Chalk, depth of ocean during formation of, 131. Atomic weights of the elements, relations of,Chemical reactions under high pressure, Geological periods, diversity and number of animals, L. Agassiz, 309. survey of Tennessee, J. M. Safford, in charge of, 452 Gibbs, W, chemical abstracts, 121, 271, 411. Gilding of Silk, 418. Globuliferous rocks, Delesse on, 163. Glycerine, operated on under pressure in preparing the fatty bodies, 267. Gluten of wheat, Millon, 415. Gold, on making vessels of, by aid of phosphorus, 418. Gold-fields of Victoria or Port Philip. 278. age of tree of California, 440. review of introductory essay of Hooker's Flora of New Zealand, 241, 334. Greg, RP, on Conistonite, 333, 440. Greg and Lettsom's British Mineralogy, 451. H. Hailstones, figures of large, 37. Hall, J., on the Silurian System of the Lake Hartwell, C., on a Tertiary Rainbow, 56. Heated Air Engine, F. A. P. Burnard on, 153 Helmholtz, on rate of transmission of impressions on the nerves, 422. no J. Hildreth, S. P., Meteorological Journal, for 1853, 255 Lake Superior Region, Geology of, J. D. Lamé on Elasticity of bodies, noticed, 420. on internal dispersion of, 121. Lingniæ, on composition of recent and fos- Loomis, E., New York Hailstorm, 35. M. Magnets, artificial, 119. Magnetism, terrestrial, views on, 116. Magnetic disturbances, on periodical laws and paramagnetic substances, law of in- Mallett, J. W., Analysis of Tin Pyrites, 33. Manganese, volumetric determination of. 126. of Georgia, Willet, 331. Meteorological Register, kept at Knoxville, Tenn., 1852, 139 Journal for 1353, kept by S. P. Hildreth, 255. artificial dolomite, 128. Minerals, pseudomorphous, 128, 129. MINERALS- Agate, structure of, 284. Algerite, analysis of, J D. Whitney, 206. Apatite, analysis of, J. D. Whitney, 209. Borax of Tuscany, 129. Brookite and Columbite 86. Gypsum and Heulandite, homœomorph- Haydenite, crystallization of, 82. Heulandite and Gypsum, homœomorph- Hydromagnesite, crystallization of, 84. Limestone, crystalline, of the Vosges, 127. Melan-asphalt, C. M. Wetherill, 130. Pyromeride of the Vosges, 127. Serpentine after Hornblende, etc., 129. Morfit. C., note on Aridium, 274. Minerals, homomorphism of, J. D. Dana, Paramagnetic substances, law of induction 86, 210, 430. in, Plucker, 423. Pelopium and Niobium identical, 425. People's Journal, noticed, 151. Personal equation in observations, 422. Photography, discovery in, 290. applied to Zoological studies, etc, 270. Photographic pictures, vitrification of, 120. portraits on linen cloth, 120. Photometry, industrial, 417. Planet, new, Euterpe, 286. Pleochroism, artificially produced, Senarmout, 414, 421. Plucker, on magnetic and paramagnetic substances, 423. Polarization of light by refraction through a metal, 1:1. Polychroism, artificially produced, 414, 421. Potash, manufacture of bi-chromate of, 263. preparation of caustic, 123. Prizes awarded by Acad. Sci. Paris, 412. in Electrical Science, offered by emy of Sciences, 417. Pyrogallic acid in wood vinegar, 120. Q. J. L. Smith, on the identity of Owenite and Thuringite, 131. Soundings, instrument for taking, F. M. Lyte, 149. in the Atlantic, microscopic examination of, J. W. Bailey, 176. Species in Botany, on affinities, limits, origin, etc. of, 241. Spectrum, fixed lines of, shown with com- T. Telegraphic longitude. determination of, over Tennessee, geological survey of, ordered,452. Quicksilver mine of California, Blake, 438. Quinquinas, new, examination of, 271. R. Rainbow, tertiary, C. Hartwell, 56. Rankine J. M., on the absolute Zero of the 429. Rose, H., biography of Berzelius, 103. Rosse's Telescope, revelations of, 58. S. Sæmann's establishment at Paris for the sale of Minerals, 150. Subine, E., on variations of Temperature in Canada, 143. Sal-ammoniac, from the residues of gasworks, 119. Salad for the Solitary, noticed, 132. Schacht, H. on the Microscope, noticed, 295. Thermometer, absolute zero of gas, Rankine, 274. Thompson, Z., Meteorological Observations at Burlingtion, 1853, 445. Tin Pyrites, analysis of. J. W. Mallett, 33. V. Valerianic acid, from Fusel Oil, 124. Van Arsdale, Comet discovered by, 444. W. Waters of Great Salt Lake, and Hot Springs, Wetherill, C. M., on Melan-asphalt, 130. proximate principles of bran of, 264. Wheatstone on binocular Microscopes, 146, Whitney, J. D., Geology of Lake Superior Region, 11. Geological map of Keweenaw Point, 151. analysis of Algerite and Apatite, 206. Willet, J, Meteoric Iron of Putnam County, Ga, 331. Wolfhan Bodies, Burnett on, 375. on the development of the Surinam Toad, 369. Z. Scoresby, W., revelations of Rosse's Tele-Zinc, oxyd of, isomorphous with Corundum, scope, 58. Selenium, density of, 123. Senarmont, artificial production of pleochroism, 414, 421. Sheathing of Ships, bronze for, 419. Siebold and Stannius, Comparative Anato my of, translated by W. 1. Burnett, noticed, 285. Silicification of limestones, artificial, 119. Silurian System of the Lake Superior Region, 181. Smallwood, C., Contributions to Meteorology, 287. Smith, J. L, on a new Meteorite from Tennessee, 131. 128. ZOOLOGY viviparous Aphides, W. I. Burnett, 62. on habits of Crawfishes, 133. on Blind Fish of Mammoth Cave, J. Wy- Fishes of the southern bend of the Ten- Insects, localities and habits of some, J. Zoological Society for the Acclimation of |