[15] See Transactions of the Connecticut Academy, and Bruce's Journal, Vol. I. p. 199.
[CONTENTS.]
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| MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. | |
| Art. I. Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of a section of Massachusetts, on Connecticut river, with a part of New-Hampshire and Vermont, by Edward Hitchcock, A.M. Principal of Deerfield Academy | [106] |
| Art. II. On the Prairies and Barrens of the West, by Caleb Atwater, Esq. | [116] |
| Art. III. Account of the Coal Mines in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, by Mr. John Grammer, Jun. | [125] |
| Art IV. Sketch of the Geology and Mineralogy of a part of the State of Indiana, by Mr. W. B. Stilson | [131] |
| Art. V. New localities of Agate, Chalcedony, Chabasie, Stilbite, Analcime, Titanium, Prehnite, &c. | [134] |
| Art. VI. Account of the Strata perforated by, and of the Minerals found in, the great adit to the Southampton Lead Mine, by Mr. Amos Eaton, Lecturer on Geology, Botany, &c. | [136] |
| Art. VII. On the Peat of Dutchess County, by the Rev. F. C. Schaeffer | [139] |
| Art. VIII. Notices of Geology in the West-Indies, by Dr. Nugent | [140] |
| Art. IX. Discovery of Native Crystallized Carbonate of Magnesia on Staten-Island, with a Notice of its Geology, by James Pierce, Esq. | [142] |
| Art. X. On a curious substance found with the native Nitre of Kentucky and of Africa, by Samuel Brown, M.D. | [146] |
| BOTANY. | |
| Art. XI. Description of species of Sponges observed on the shores of Long-Island, by C. S. Rafinesque, Esq. | [149] |
| Art. XII. Memoir on the Xanthium maculatum, by the same | [151] |
| ZOOLOGY. | |
| Art. XIII. Description of the Phalæna Devastator—the Insect that produces the Cut-worm, by Mr. John P. Brace | [154] |
| Art. XIV. Description of the Exoglossum, a new genus of Fresh-water Fish, by C. S. Rafinesque, Esq. | [155] |
| PHYSICS, MECHANICS, AND CHEMISTRY. | |
| Art. XV. On the Revolving Steam-Engine of Mr. Samuel Morey, communicated by John L. Sullivan, Esq. | [157] |
| Art. XVI. Cautions regarding Fulminating Powders | [168] |
| USEFUL ARTS. | |
| Art. XVII.[16] Account of a Parisian method of obtaining Gelatine from bones, by Mr. Isaac Doolittle | [170] |
| Art. XVIII. On the use of Distilled Seawater for domestic purposes—from the Annales de Chimie, &c. | [172] |
| FINE ARTS. | |
| Art. XIX. Essay on Musical Temperament, by Professor Fisher | [176] |
| Art. XX. Notice of Col. Trumbull's Picture of the Declaration of Independence | [200] |
| INTELLIGENCE. | |
| Art. XXI. An Address to the People of the Western Country | [203] |
| Art. XXII. Extract of a letter from Col. Gibbs, on the effect of light on the Magnetical power | [207] |
| Art. XXIII. On a new Lamp, without flame—from the Annals of Philosophy | [ibid.] |
[16] ERRATUM.
In the text this Article was, by inadvertence, numbered XIX, and all the succeeding Articles of this Number are marked two higher than they ought to be.
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