, A
, D
, might be added to the common scale of 12 intervals by means of his mechanism, with advantage. An instrument thus furnished would require the use of pedals but seldom, and would contain chromatic degrees sufficient for the accurate performance of the great mass of organ music.
[27] These picture, as is well known, represent the assault on Quebec, and the battle of Bunker's Hill.
[CONTENTS.]
| GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, &C. | |
| Page | |
| Art. I. Hints on some of the Outlines of Geological Arrangement, with particular Reference to the System of Werner, in a letter to the Editor, from William Maclure, Esq. dated Paris, 22d August, 1818 | [209] |
| Art. II. On the Geology, Mineralogy, Scenery, and Curiosities of Parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and the Alabama and Mississippi Territories, &c. with Miscellaneous Remarks, in a letter to the Editor. By the Rev. Elias Cornelius | [214] |
| Art. III. Notice of the Scenery, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, &c. of Belmont County, Ohio, by Caleb Atwater, Esq. of Circleville | [226] |
| Art. IV. Remarks on the Structure of the Calton Hill, near Edinburgh, Scotland; and on the Aqueous Origin of Wacke; by J. W. Webster, M.D. of Boston | [230] |
| Art. V. Localities of Minerals | [236] |
| 1. Localities by the Rev. F. C. Schaeffer | ibid. |
| 2. Minerals of Guadaloupe and Porto Rico | [237] |
| 3. Molybdena in Shutesbury, Mass. | [238] |
| –————— Pettipaug, Con. | [242] |
| 4. Rose Quartz in Southbury, Con. | [238] |
| Limpid Quartz in West Canada Creek, N. Y. | [241] |
| 5. Plumbago in Cornwall, Con. | [239] |
| 6. Coal at Zanesville, Ohio | ibid. |
| —— in Muskingum, Ohio | ibid. |
| —— in Suffield, Southington, &c. Con. | [239] & [240] |
| 7. Mammoth's Tooth, from St. Francis River | [239] |
| 8. Shells south of Lake Erie | ibid. |
| 9. Minerals of the Blue Ridge, &c. | ibid. |
| 10. Sulphat of Barytes, Southington, Con. | [240] |
| 11. Scintillating Limestone, from Vermont | [241] |
| 12. Beryl, in Haddam, &c. | [242] |
| 13. Limpid Gypsum, near Cayuga Lake | [243] |
| 14. Amianthus in the anthracite of Rhode Island | ibid. |
| 15. Red Pyroxene Augite, near Baltimore | [244] |
| BOTANY. | |
| Art. VI. A List of Plants found in the neighbourhood of Connasarga River, (Cherokee Country) where Springplace is situated; made by Mrs. Gambold, at the request of the Rev. Elias Cornelius | [245] |
| Art. VII. Description of a new species of Asclepias. By Dr. Eli Ives, Professor, &c. in the Medical Institution of Yale College | [252] |
| Art. VIII. Description of a New Genus of American Grass. Diplocea Barbata, by C. S. Rafinesque, Esq. | ibid. |
| Art. IX. Floral Calendar, &c. | [254] |
| ZOOLOGY. | |
| Art. X. Notes on Herpetology, by Thomas Say, of Philadelphia | [256] |
| PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. | |
| Art. XI. Outline of a Theory of Meteors. By Wm. G. Reynolds, M.D. Middletown Point, New-Jersey | [266] |
| Art. XII. Observations upon the prevailing Currents of Air in the State of Ohio and the Regions of the West, by Caleb Atwater, Esq. of Circleville, Ohio; in Letters addressed to His Excellency De Witt Clinton, LL.D. Governor of the State of New-York, and President of the Literary and Philosophical Society | [276] |
| Art. XIII. On a singular Disruption of the Ground, apparently by Frost, in Letters from Edward Hitchcock, A. M. late Principal of Deerfield Academy | [286] |
| Art. XIV. On a New Form of the Electrical Battery, by J. F. Dana, M. D. Chemical Assistant in Harvard University, and Lecturer on Chemistry and Pharmacy in Dartmouth College | [292] |
| Art. XV. Chemical Examination of the Berries of the Myrica Cerifera, or Wax Myrtle, by J. F. Dana, M. D. Chemical Assistant in Harvard University, and Lecturer on Chemistry and Pharmacy in Dartmouth College | [294] |
| Art. XVI. Analysis of Wacke, by Dr. J. W. Webster, of Boston | [296] |
| AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMICS. | |
| Art. XVII. On the Comparative Quantity of Nutritious Matter which may be obtained from an Acre of Land when cultivated with Potatoes or Wheat, by Dr. Eli Ives, Professor of Materia Medica and Botany in Yale College | [297] |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |
| Art. XVIII. Biographical Notice of the late Archibald Bruce, M. D. Professor of Materia Medica and Mineralogy in the Medical Institution of the State of New-York, and Queen's College, New-Jersey; and Member of various Learned Societies in America and Europe | [299] |
| INTELLIGENCE. | |
| Art. XIX. 1. Dr. J. W. Webster's Lectures | [304] |
| 2. Dr. Webster's Cabinet | [305] |
| 3. Supposed identity of Copal and Amber | [306] |
| 4. The Necronite.—(A supposed new mineral.) | ibid. |
| 5. Preservation of dead Bodies | [307] |
| 6. Matches kindling without fire | [308] |
| 7. Cleaveland's Mineralogy | ibid. |
| 8. A new Alkali | [309] |
| 9. Ignited Platinum Wire | ibid. |
| 10. Red Rain | ibid. |
| 11. Gnephalium | [310] |
| 12. Augite | ibid. |
| 13. A New Vegetable Alkali | ibid. |
| 14. New Minerals | ibid. |
| 15. New Metal | ibid. |
| 16. Pure Alumine | ibid. |
| 17. Collections of American Minerals | ibid. |
| 18. C. S. Rafinesque, Esq. | [311] |
| 19. Medical College of Ohio | ibid. |
| 20. Notes on Ohio | ibid. |
| 21. Discovery of American Tungsten and Tellurium | [312] |
| 22. Mr. Sheldon's application of Chesnut Wood to the arts of Tanning and dying | ibid. |
| 23. Additional note concerning the Tungsten and Tellurium | [316] |