INDEX TO VOLUME XVII. A. Benzoic acid, alcohol of, 428. Academy of Sciences, Paris, prizes awarded Benzoyl, nitruret of, formed from hippuric by, 412. elections to, 414. election of a perpetual secretary, 262 Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, Proceedings of, 152, 455. Acid, derivatives of nitrotartaric, 403. ferrocyanhydric, preparation of, 125. fluohydric, vessels for preserving, 127. pyrogallic, in wood vinegar, 120. valerianic from fusel oil. 124. Agassiz L, on Fishes from the southern bend of the Tennessee, 297, 353. on the primitive diversity and number of animals in Geological Times, 309. Alcohol of Benzoic acid, 428. Alkaloids new, 123. Aluminum, preparation and properties of, 427. preparation of by electric deposition, 427 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Transactions of, 296. 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. on quicksilver mine of California, 438. Borates, analysis of several native, Bechi, 129. Brewster, D, on producing crystalline structure in crystallized powders by compres sion and traction, 275. Bromine, separation of from iodine, 119. Bunsen, on chemical affinity, 122. reviews and records in Anatomy and Physiology, 89. on muscular tissue, 89. Translation by, of v. Siebold and Stannius's Comparative Anatomy, noticed, 285. on the renal organs, 374. 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, Landolt on, 428. Artificial dolomite, 123. minerals, of furnaces, 128. California, ancient lake in Colorado Desert, Blake, 435. 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, 267. J. P. Cooke, 337. Auroras seen in Canada in 1853, 298. seen in Vermont in 1853, 446. B. Bailey, J. W., Microscopic examination of Soundings in the Atlantic Ocean, 176. new localities of fossil Diatomaceæ in California and Oregon, 179. Barnard, F. A. P., on heated air as a motive power, 153. Barnett on Storms, noticed, 454. Bartlett's Elements of Analytical noticed, 271. Chemical affinity, 122. Chemistry, historical notices in biography of Berzelius, 193. Chromate of Potash, manufacture of, 269. V. of 1853, 444. Cooke, JP, relations and classification of Copper, ductility of, affected by bismuth, 419. Balloons, ascensional force of, in water, 118. Brer's" Optik," noticed, 272. Benait on the Sliding Scale, noticed, 420. Crystals of sulphate of iodo-quinine, preparation of, for optical purposes, 423. Crystalline structure produced by compression and traction, 275. Geological periods, diversity and number of animals, L. Agassiz, 309. survey of Tennessee, J. M. Safford, in charge of, 452 Gilding of Silk, 418. Globuliferous rocks, Delesse on, 168. 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, 454. Helmholtz, on rate of transmission of impressions on the nerves, 422. Hildreth, S. P., Meteorological Journal, for 1853, 255. Hippuric acid, nitruret of benzoyl formed from, 429. Hitchcock, E., Outline of the Geology of the Globe by, noticed, 295. Homœomorphism of oxyd of Zinc and Corundum, 128 of some Mineral Species, J. D. Dana, 85, 210, 430. Hooker's Flora of New Zealand, introductory Essay in, reviewed, 241, 334. Hunt. T. S, theoretical relations of Water and Hydrogen, 191. on composition of recent and fossil Lingulæ, 235 on Algerite, 351. 128. G. I. Gale, L. D., on waters of Great Salt Lake, etc., 129. Infusoria in California and Oregon, J. W. Bailey, 179. Isomorphism, see Homœomorphism. Jenison, death of, 444. J. Jussieu's Epist. Linn., noticed, 443. K. Kidneys, Burnett on, 374. Kirtland, J. P., Localities and Habits of some Insects, 444. Koh-i-noor Diamond, 136. Kölliker on Muscular Tissue, reviewed, 89. L. Lagrange's Mecanique Analytique, noticed, 420. Lake Superior Region, Geology of, J. D. Lamé on Elasticity of bodies, noticed, 420. on internal dispersion of, 121. Limestones, artificial silicification of, 119. Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom, noticed, 133. Folia Orchidacea, noticed, 443. Lingulæ, on composition of recent and fossil, 235. Loomis, E., New York Hailstorm, 35. M. Magnets, artificial, 118. Magnetism, terrestrial, views on, 116. prize on, offered by French Government, 417. Magnetic disturbances, on periodical laws in, 144. and paramagnetic substances, law of induction in, Plucker, 423. Mallett, J. W., Analysis of Tin Pyrites, 33. Mammoth Cave, on Blind Fishes of, J. Wymun, 258. Manganese, volumetric determination of. 126. Marcou's Geological Map, notice of, 199. Metal Aridium on the supposed new, 122,274. Meteoric Iron, new localities of, C. U. Shepard, 325. of Georgia, Willet, 331. Meteorite from New Mexico, F. A. Genth, 239. from Tennessee, J. L. Smith, 131. Meteorological Register, kept at Knoxville, Tenn, 1852, 139. Journal for 1853, kept by S. P. Hildreth, 255. Minerals, pseudomorphous, 128, 129. alteration of, by action of alkalies, Delesse, 450. MINERALS Agate, structure of, 284. Algerite, analysis of, J. D. Whitney, 206. Apatite, analysis of, J. D. Whitney, 209. Brookite and Columbite. 86. Gypsum and Heulandite, homœomorph ous, 85. Haydenite, crystallization of, 82. Heulandite and Gypsum, homœomorph ous, 85. Hydromagnesite, crystallization of, 84. Limestone, crystalline, of the Vosges, 127. Melan-asphalt, C. M. Wetherill, 130. Pinite after Labradorite, 128. Pyromeride of the Vosges, 127. Serpentine after Hornblende, etc., 129. Tourmaline and Calcite, isodimorphism of, and figure of crystal of Tourmaline, 215. Mineralogical Contributions, J. D. Dana, 78, 210, 430. Morfit, C., note on Aridium, 274. N. Nerves, rate of transmission of impressions on, 422. Nickel, separation of from Cobalt, 125. correspondence of, 113, 262, 412. on the relations which exist between Friction and Pressure, 252. Niobium and Pelopium, identical, 425. North, E. D., on Microscopes with large angles of aperture, 221. 0. Obituary, F. Arago, 113. Jenison, 444. Theodore Olivier, 264. J. E. Teschemacher, 150, 292. Optical purposes, preparation of large crystals of iodo-quinine for, 423. P. 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, 256. Pleochroism, artificially produced, Senarmont, 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 Academy of Sciences, 417. Pyrogallic acid in wood vinegar, 120. Q. 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 lines of the Solar Spectrum, with ordinary Rose, H, biography of Berzelius, 103. 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. 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. Burley, 176. Species in Botany, on affinities, limits, origin, etc. of, 241. Spectrum, fixed lines of, shown with com- T. Telegraphic longitude, determination of, over Europe, commenced, 453. Tennessee, geological survey of, ordered,452. Teschemacher, JE, obituary of, 150, 292. Thalia, on the earth, 130. 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, 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. Wolffan 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, 59. Selenium, density of, 123. Senai mont, aruficial production of pleochroism, 414, 421. Sheathing of Ships, bronze for, 419. Silicification of limestones, artificial, 119. Silurian System of the Lake Superior Region, 131. Smallwood, C., Contributions to Meteorology, 237. Smith, J. L, on a new Meteorite from Ten nessee, 131. 128. ZOOLOGY viviparous Aphides, W. I. Burnett, 62. on habits of Crawfishes, 133. on Blind Fish of Mammoth Cave, J. Wy. тап, 253 Fishes of the southern bend of the Ten- Infusoria in California and Oregon, 179. Insects, localities and habits of some, J. Zoological Society for the Acclimation of |