The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumes 75-76

Front Cover
S. Converse, 1858

Contents

On the Idea of Physical and Metaphysical Infinity by Page
1
On the Characters Principles of Division and Primary Groups
7
On the Rational Constitution of certain Organic Compounds
18
The Estimation of the Weights of very small portions
39
On the Heights of the Tides of the Atlantic Coast of
47
Notes on the Measurement of a Base for the primary trian
58
On the Motion of the Gyroscope as modified by the retarding
67
Review of the Operations and Results of the United States
75
Blodgets Climatology of the United States and of
235
Preliminary notice of a new base containing Osmium
248
Description of New Carboniferous Fossils from
258
Chemistry and Physics Researches on indices of refraction 265 On the density of
272
Botany and Zoology DeCandolles Prodromus 290 Dr Hookers Flora of Tasmania
293
NUMBER LXXV
305
Agassizs Contributions to the Natural History of
321
Recapitulation of the Embryology of the Turtle
342

The Open North Polar Sea by R W HASKins A M
84
Correspondence of M JEROME NICKLÈS Obituary
97
Chemistry and Physics Electrolytic investigations 98 On the influence which metals
103
Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Belkrivelle of Grönland af J REINHARDT etc 124
124
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence Prof Richard Owen of Nashville Tennessee on
137
An Address in Commemoration of Professor J
153
Fichtelite a fossil carbohydrogen found in the Fich
164
On the Characters Principles of Division and Primary
177
On Chalcodite by GEORGE J BRUSH
198
its locality
227
Abstract of a Meteorological Journal kept at Marietta
357
Contributions to Analytical Chemistry by HENRY WURTZ
371
The Passage to the North Pole by Dr I I HAYES
384
A Chemical Examination of the Commercial Varieties
393
On the effects of Initial Gyratory Velocities and of
417
Death of Peclet 430 Submarine
434
Geology Fossils of Nebraska by F B MEEK and F V HAYDEN 439 and by Dr
446
First Comet of 1858 447 Second Comet of 1858
448
Index 452
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