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THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF

SCIENCE AND ARTS.

CONDUCTED BY

PROFESSORS B. SILLIMAN, B. SILLIMAN, Jr.,

AND

JAMES D. DANA,

IN CONNECTION WITH

PROF. ASA GRAY, OF CAMBRIDGE,
PROF. LOUIS AGASSIZ, OF CAMBRIDGE,
DR. WOLCOTT GIBBS, OF NEW YORK.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXI.

NUMBER LXI.

Page.

ART I. On the Tides of the Western Coast of the United States.

-Tides of San Francisco Bay, California, with two plates;

by A. D. BACHE, .

II. Comparison of the diurnal inequality of the tides at San Diego,

San Francisco, and Astoria, on the Pacific Coast of the Uni-

ted States, from observations in connection with the Coast

Survey; by A. D. BACHE,

III. Preliminary determinations of Co-tidal lines on the Atlantic

Coast of the United States, from the Coast Survey Tidal

Observations, with one plate; by A. D. BACHE,

IV. Approximate Co-tidal lines of the Pacific Coast of the United

States, from observations in the United States Coast Survey,

with one plate; by A. D. BACHE,

V. Notice of the Tidal Observations made on the Coast of the

United States, on the Gulf of Mexico, with type curves at the

several Stations, and their decomposition into the curves of

diurnal and semi-diurnal tides; by A. D. BACHE,

VI. On the Distribution of Temperature in and near the Gulf

Stream, off the Coast of the United States, from Observa-

tions made in the Coast Survey, with two plates; by A.D. BACHE, 29

VII. Notice of Earthquake Waves on the Western Coast of the

United States, on the 23d and 25th of Dec., 1854, with one

plate; by A. D. BACHE, .

VIII. Description of a Self-sustaining Voltaic Battery; by GEORGE

IX. The Vegetable individual in its relation to Species; by Dr.

ALEXANDER BRAUN,

X. Observations on Binocular Vision; by Professor WILLIAM B.

XI. On a new Fossil Fish, and new Fossil Footmarks; by Prof.

EDWARD HITCHCOCK,

XII. On Kilauea; by Rev. TITUS COAN, -

XIII. On the Aperture of Object Glasses; by F. H. WENHAM,

XIV. Remarks on Mr. Wenham's paper on Aperture of Object

Glasses; by Professor J. W. BAILEY,

96

XV. On certain Adaptations of the Compound Microscope; by

XVI. On the Distribution of Rain in the Temperate Zone; by

XVII. Correspondence of M. JEROME NICKLES-Death of M. Ma.

gendie M. Braconnot, 117.-Heat produced through the

action of the magnet on bodies in motion: On the neutral

combinations of saccharine substances with the acids, 119.-

Observations on Cholera: New process of manufacturing

soda, 120.-Bibliography, 124.

Chemistry and Physics.-On the direction of the vibrations of the ether in the case of

polarized light, 125.-On the constitution of the Mellonids, 128.-On fulminuric acid, a

new cyanic acid: Isocyanuric acid: On a new and advantageous mode of preparing

Aluminium, 129.-On the different methods of determining the strong or weak basic

properties of an oxyd, 130.-On quantitative determinations of sugar in urine: On a

new method of preparing Propylene: On the transformation of toluol into benzoic alco-

hol and into toluic acid: On amylic alcohol, 132.-Ultimate analysis of certain pure

Animal Oils, 133.

Botany.-Alphonse De Candolle: Géographie Botanique Raisonnée, ou Exposition des

Faits principaux et des Lois concernant la Distribution Géographique des Plantes de

l'époque actuelle: Flora Indica; being a Systematic account of the Plants of British

India, together with observations on the Structure and Affinities of their Natural Orders

and Genera, by J. D. HOOKER, M.D., and THOMAS THOMSON, M.D., &c. &c., 134.—

Bryologia Britannica, by WILLIAM WILSON, 137.

Astronomy.-New Planets: Elements of Comet 1855: Elements of Leucothea, (35,) 138.

Miscellaneous Intelligence.-Eruption of Mauna Loa, 139.-Earthquake at Japan: Coal

in China, 144.-On Raindrop marks, by J. WYMAN: New mode of Cleaning Diatoma-

ceous deposits, by J. W. BAILEY, 145.—Influence of light on the disengagement of car-

bonic acid by animals, 146.-Fall of Meteoric Stones: Rotascope of Prof. Walter R.

Johnson: Zeuglodon, 146.-The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern

Hemisphere, 147.-Spherical Astronomy, by Prof. W. H. C. BARTLETT, LL.D.: Report

of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, during the year 1854: Results of a Series of

Meteorological Observations in the state of New York, from 1826 to 1850, inclusive, 149.

-Wharton and Stillé on Medical Jurisprudence, 150.-Geological Survey of Missouri,

by G. C. SWALLOW: The Year-Book of Agriculture, etc., by DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. :

Esquisse Géologique du Canada, etc., by W. E. LOGAN, and T. STERRY HUNT, 151.—

Obituary.-Dr. T. Romeyn Beck, 152.

List of Works, 152.

ART. XVIII. On a Specimen of Native Iron from Liberia, Africa;

by Dr. A. A. HAYES,

XIX. On the Telescopic Appearances of Saturn with a 7-inch

Telescope; by the Rev. W. R. Dawes,

XX. On a new and advantageous mode of preparing Aluminium ;

by Prof. H. ROSE,

XXI. On a new Species of Unio; by T. A. CONRAD,

XXII. Observations on Binocular Vision; by Professor WILLIAM

XXIII. Abstract of a Meteorological Journal kept at Marietta,

Ohio, for the year 1855; by S. P. Hildreth,

XXIV. Supplement to the Mineralogy of J. D. Dana; by the Au-

thor.-Number II,

XXV. On a new locality of Meteoric Iron, in the Orange River

Country, South Africa, and a supposed new locality of the

same, in Mexico; by CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD, M.D., . 213

XXVI. On the Theory which attributes the Zodiacal Light to a

Nebulous Ring surrounding the Earth; by Prof. F. A. P.

BARNARD, LL.D.,

XXVII. On the Recent Eruption of Mauna Loa; by Rev. T. COAN, 237

XXVIII. On Volcanic action at Mauna Loa; by JAMES D. DANA, 241

XXIX. Investigations on the Properties of Telluramyl and Selen-

methyl; by F. WÖHLER and JOHN DEAN,

:

XXX. Correspondence of M. JEROME NICKLES.-Death of M.

Sturm Death of Adrien Chenot, 254.-Universal Exposi-/

tion, 256.-Telegraph across the Mediterranean, 257.-

Aluminium and Silicium, 258.-Alcohol; new mode of

manufacture, 259.-Bibliography, 261.

245

Chemistry and Physics.-On the Effect of Chlorine in Coloring the Flame of Burning

Bodies, by D. FORBES, F.G.S., F.C.S., A.I.C.E.: On some points of Magnetic Philoso-

phy, by Prof. FARADAY, D.C.L., F.R S., 262.

Geology.-Description of the Fossils and Shells collected in California, by Wm. P.

Blake, 268.-On the Relations of the Crystalline Rocks of the North Highlands to

the Old Red Sandstone of that Region, and on the Recent Fossil Discoveries of Mr.

C. Peach, by Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, 276.-Description of the Mineralogical

Cabinet of the Garden of Plants at Paris, by M. J.-A. HUGARD, 280.

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