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THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF

SCIENCE AND ARTS.

CONDUCTED BY

PROFESSORS B. SILLIMAN AND B. SILLIMAN, JR.,

AND

JAMES D. DANA.

SECOND SERIES.

VOL. VII.-MAY, 1849.

NEW HAVEN:

PRINTED FOR THE EDITORS BY B. L. HAMLEN,

Printer to Yale College.

Sold by DAY & FITCH, New Haven.-LITTLE & BROWN, and T. WILEY, Jr., Boston.-
HART, Philadelphia.-GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 142 Strand, London.-HECTOR BOSSANGE
GS. FRANCIS & Co., GEORGE P. PUTNAM, and JOHN WILEY, New York.-CAREY &

& Co., Paris.-NESTLER & MELLE, Hamburgh.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.

NUMBER XIX.

ART. I. Review of Chambers's Ancient Sea Margins, with Obser-

vations on the study of Terraces; by JAMES D. DANA,

II. On a New Formula for Interpolations; by J. H. ALEX-

III. On the Fossil Remains of Birds collected in various parts of

New Zealand by Mr. WALTER MANTELL, of Wellington; by

GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., -

IV. Parallelism of the Paleozoic Formations of North America,

with those of Europe; by ED. DE Verneuil,

V. The Dodo and its Kindred, or the History, Affinities and Os-

teology of the Dodo, Solitaire and other extinct Birds of the

Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon; by H. E.

STRICKLAND, and A. G. MELVILLE,

VI. On Single and Double Vision produced by viewing objects

with both eyes and on an Optical Illusion with regard to

the distance of objects; by JOHN LOCKE,

VII. Analysis of the Bittern of a Saline on the Kiskiminetas

River, near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; by

M. H. Boyé, M.D., A.M.,

VIII. On the Comparative Value of different Kinds of Coal for

the purpose of Illumination; and on Methods not hitherto

practised for ascertaining the Value of the Gases they af-

ford; by ANDREW FYFE, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S.S.A.,

IX. Mineralogical Description of the Island of Bánká; by

THOMAS HORSFIELD, Esq., M.D.,

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

74

77

86

Chemistry and Physics.—An Inquiry into the Amount of Inorganic Constituents

contained in Ale and Porter, by THOMAS DICKSON, 102.-On a New Method

for the Detection of Bromine and Iodine, by Dr. G. L. CANTU: Researches on

the Compounds of Titanium, by G. M. EBELMAN, 106.-On some Volatile Pro-

ducts resulting from the decomposition of Albumen, Fibrine, Caseine and Gela-

tine, by oxydizing agents, by Dr. G. GUCKELBERGER, 107.-Phosphorus, 111.—

Observations on Manna, by J. STETTNER, 112.

Mineralogy and Geology.-Analysis of Ellite, by R. RHODIUS: Analysis of Bran-
disite, by vos KOBELL: On Völknerite, a new Mineral, by M. HERMANN: Ce-

ramohalite, by J. JURASKY: Feldspar in the "Orbicular Diorite" of Corsica, by

M. DELESSE, 113.-On the Products of Eruption at Hecla, by Dr. F. A. GENTH:

On the Nummulite Limestone of Alabama, by C. LYELL, 114.

Zoology. Some Notes on Mexican Birds, heretofore not fully described, by GEO.

A. MCCALL, U.S.A., 114.-Description of new species of Birds, by JOHN CASSIN,

115.-Otters in Hadley, Mass., 117.

Astronomy-Le Verrier's Remarks on the Planet Neptune, 118.-Eighth Satel-

lite of Saturn: Elements of Petersen's Comet of August, 1848, 122.-New

Comet Comet Medal: Some Remarks upon an American Nautical Alma-

Miscellaneous Intelligence.-Gold in California, 125.-Auroral Bow of April 7,

1847, 126.-Aurora Borealis, Nov. 17, 1848, 127.-Relation between the Co-

efficient of Elasticity of Metals, and their latent heat of fusion, by C. C. PERSON,

128. On the Existence of the Color Brown, by ERNEST BRUCKE: Inundation

of the Indus, 129.-Flood in the Macquarie, in Australia, 130.-On the Appa-

rent Motion of the Figures in certain Patterns of Blue and Red Worsted, by

HENRY TAYLOR, 132.-The Tea Plantations in the N.W. Provinces of India,

and the Culture of American Cotton in India, 135.-Expedition into Australia:

Platinum, 137.-Mines in Australia: The Nile: A Cabinet of Minerals for

sale, collected by the late Dr. Crawe, 138.-Obituary.-William Oakes, A.M., 138.

-Death of Robert Gilmor, Esq., 142.-Dr. Samuel Guthrie: Dr. A. Goldfuss, 143.

Bibliography.-The Sailor's Horn-Book for the Law of Storms, by HENRY PID-

DINGTON, 144.-Memoir, Geographical, Political and Commercial, on the Pres-

ent State, Productive Resources and Capabilities of Siberia, Manchuria, and the

Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean, &c., by AARON H. PALMER, 148.

-Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 149.-An Element-

ary Treatise of Spherical Geometry and Trigonometry, by ANTHONY D. STAN-

LEY, A.M.: The Philosophy of Geology, by A. C. G. JOBERT ; also, Ideas or

Outlines of a new System of Philosophy, by A. C. G. JOBERT, &c.: Observa-

tions on Belemnites and other Fossil Remains of Cephalopoda, discovered by Mr.

Reginald Neville Mantell, C.E., in the Oxford clay near Trowbridge, in Wilt-

shire, by GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.: A

Memoir on the Structure of the Maxillary and Dental organs of the Iguanodon,

by G. A. MANTELL, &c., 150.—A Memoir on the Dinornis, by Professor OWEN,

F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. &c.: Collections of the Georgia Historical Society: Me-

moirs read before the American Association for the Promotion of Science, 151.

List of Works, 151.

ART. X. Some New Discoveries respecting the Dates on the great

Calendar Stone of the Ancient Mexicans, with Observations

on the Mexican Cycle of Fifty-two Years; by E. G. SQUIER, 153

XI. On the Comparative Value of different Kinds of Coal for the

purpose of Illumination; and on Methods not hitherto prac-

tised for ascertaining the Value of the Gases they afford;

by ANDREW FYFE, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S.S.A.,

XII. Notes on some Chenopodiaceæ, growing spontaneously,

about the City of New York; by JOHN CAREY,

XIII. Analysis of the Braunau Meteoric Iron; by Dr. N. W.

XIV. On the Acid Springs and Gypsum Deposits of the Onon-

daga Salt Group; by T. S. HUNT, -

XV. On the Fundamental Principles of Mathematics; by Pro-

fessor STEPHEN ALEXANDER,

XVI. Notes on the Geology of Charleston, S. C.; by F. S.

XVII. Description of two Reptiles from Oregon; by Mr. AVERY J.

SKILTON, (With a plate.)

XVIII. Range of the Gutta Taban Collectors, and present amount

of Imports into Singapore,

XIX. Application of the Galvanic Circuit to an Astronomical

Clock and Telegraph Register in determining local differ-

ences of longitude, and in astronomical observations gen-

erally, in a communication by SEARS C. WALKER, Assistant

U.S. C. S., addressed to Prof. A. D. BACHE, LL.D., Supt.

U.S. Coast Survey,

XX. Parallelism of the Paleozoic Formations of North America,

with those of Europe; by ED. DE VERNEUIL, translated,

with annotations, by JAMES HALL,

XXI. General Rule for Involution and Evolution by Logarithms ;

by Prof. J. L. RIDDELL, M.D.,

XXII. Abstract of a Series of Experiments on Diamagnetism; by

XXIII. Abstract of a Meteorological Journal, kept at Marietta,

Ohio, by S. P. HILDRETH, M.D.,

XXIV. On a new Protractor for Trisecting Angles; by J. H.

ALEXANDER, Esq.,

XXV. Notes on Upper California; by JAMES D. Dana,

XXVI. Some remarks on the Navicula Spencerii, and on a still

more difficult test object; by J. W. BAILEY,

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

Chemistry and Physics. On some New Relations of the Diamagnetic Force, by

Prof. PLUCKER, 270.-On the Action of the Red, Orange and Yellow Rays

upon Iodized and Bromo-iodized Silver Plates, after they have been affected by

daylight, and other Phenomena of Photography, by M. CLAUDET: On the In-

fuence of Light in preventing Chemical Action, by Mr. R. HUNT, 272.-An

Examination of Berkeley's Theory of Vision, by Sir D. BREWSTER, 273.—On

the Peculiar Cooling Effects of Hydrogen and its Compounds in Cases of Voltaic

Ignition, by W. R. GROVE, Esq., 274.-Report on Coloring Matters, by Dr. E.

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