The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumes 107-108

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S. Converse., 1874
 

Contents

Inclinations of the orbits of periodic comets Cordoba
123
Results derived from an examination of the United
1
Preparation of Photographic DryPlates by Daylight
16
Mineralogical Notes Tellurium Ores of Colorado
25
Notes on Diffraction Gratings by JOHN M BLAKE 33
33
On the Spectrum of the Zodiacal Light by ARTHUR
39
On the Age of the Copperbearing Rocks of Lake Supe
46
On the Parallelism of CoalSeams by E B ANDREWS 56
56
Geology and Natural History Small size of the Brain in Tertiary Mammals
68
Astronomy On the Motions of some of the Nebula toward or from the Earth
75
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence The American Museum of Natural History
80
On the socalled Land Plants from the Lower Silurian
110
Descriptions of two new Species of Fishes from
123
The Phonautograph by CHAS A MOREY 130
130
an attempt
141
Spectrum of Coggias
157
Researches in Acoustics by ALFRED M MAYER 241
241
On the Thermo electrical Properties of some Minerals
255
On the Possible Periodic Changes of the Suns
268
A New Calculating Machine by GEORGE B GRANT
277
Researches on the Hexatomic compounds of Cobalt
284
The Mathematical and Philosophical State of
297
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE
309
Alex
323
The Deportment of Titanium with reagents in Iron
334
On the Molecular Heat of Similar Compounds
340
Researches in Acoustics by ALFRED M MAYER
362
On Serpentine Pseudomorphs and other kinds
371
Chemistry and Physics On the Variations of Chemical Activity in the Solar
417
Geology and Natural History Eozoon Canadense not a Foraminifer or Calcareous
438
Mineralogy and Chemistry Original Researches by J LAW
445

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