The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 117

Front Cover
S. Converse, 1879

Contents

Use of the Tasimeter for Measuring the Heat of the Stars
52
Electrolytic Estimation of Cadmium by E F SMITH
60
Geology and Mineralogy Geological Survey of the Fortieth Parallel CLARENCE
67
Failure of Meteors from
74
Discussion of the Working Hypothesis that
93
Velocity of very Loud Sounds by W W JACQUES
116
Mode of Measuring the Velocity of Sound in Wood
125
XVIThe Relation of Secular Rockdisintegration to Loss
133
On a Method of Estimating the thickness
303
Notice of recent Additions to the Marine Fauna
309
The Presence of Chlorine in Scapolites by F D ADAMS
315
Physics The formation of Mountains and the Secular Cooling of the Earth DAR
324
Botany and Zoology Polyembryony true and false and its relation to Partheno
340
Force of Effective Molecular Action by W
346
Mineral Locality in Fairfield County with the
359
Fox Hills Group of Colorado by J J STEVENSON
369

Method of Determining the Dip by N D C HODGES
145
Mesozoic Strata of Virginia by W M FONTAINE
151
Recent American Earthquakes by C G ROCKWOOD
158
Geology and Mineralogy The Loss of Minnesota N H WINCHELL 168 Sys
176
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence Technologisches Wörterbuch 180 Chromo
182
Möbius on Eozoon Canadense by J W DAWSON
196
Magnetic Storm of May 14 1878
203
JuraTrias of Western North America by C
214
e FIELD
226
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE
246
Geology and Natural History Reports upon the Specimens obtained from borings
252
Astronomy Observatory on Mt Etna S P LANGLEY
259
The Vertebræ of Recent Birds by O C MARSH
266
Double Stars discovered by Mr Alvan G Clark
283
Underground Temperatures on the Comstock Lode
289
Kings Systematic Geology of the Fortieth Par
296
Hudson River Age of the Taconic Schists and
375
Explorations in the Wappinger Valley Limestone
389
DAR A A JULIEN
398
Purification of Mercury BRÜHL 403 Eikosylene
404
ur Cordaites from Cannelton Pennsylvania 409 Woodland Caribou or Reindeer
410
Dove W K Clifford
416
The Forests of Central Nevada with some
417
Ethylidenamine Silver Sulphate by W G MIXTER
427
Force of Effective Molecular Action by W A NORTON
433
Dark Lines of Oxygen in the Solar Spectrum on
448
Notice of Recent Scientific Publications in Brazil
464
Notice of recent Additions to the Marine Fauna
472
Reciprocal displace
477
Geology and Mineralogy The Cincinnati Group 484 Atlas to the Coal Flora
486
Botany and Zoology Catalogue of the Davenport Herbarium of North American
494
Polydactyle Horses Recent and Extinct by O C
499

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