LIST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO SCIENCE, RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES. BAILEY, L. W. Notes on New Species of Microscopical Organisms. 8vo. Pamphlet. 1861. Baird, S. F., J. Cassin, and G. Laurence. The Birds of North America. 2 vols. 4to. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co. Billings, E. On Certain Theories of the Formation of Mountains. Pamphlet. Bland, Thomas. On the Geographical Distribution of the Land Shells of the West Indian Islands, with a Catalogue of the Species of each Island. N. Y. Bond, G. P. On the Qutline of the Head of the Comet of Donati, 1858, with a plate. 66 Bond, G. P. On the Relative Brightness of the Sun and Moon. 4to. Cambridge. On the Relative Brightness of the Moon and the Planet Jupiter. Bond, Richard F. Isodynamic Escapement for Astronomical Clocks. Pamphlet. Boston. Cambridge. Chadbourne, P. A. Lectures on Natural History. 12mo. N. Y. Deane, James. Ichnographs from the Sandstone of the Connecticut River. 4to. Boston. Delafield, Maj. Richard, U. S. A. pal Nations of Europe. 4to. Emerson, G. B., and Flint, C. L. tise, for the Use of Schools, Tileston. Report on the Military Systems of the Princi- Manual of Agriculture; an Elementary Trea- Emmons, E., Dr. Swamp Lands of North Carolina. Gill, Theodore. Catalogue of Fishes on the Eastern Coast of North America. Gould, A. A., M. D. Report on the Mollusca and Shells of the United States Exploring Expedition. Folio. Plates. Philadelphia. 1861. Graham, Col. J. D. A Lunar Tidal Wave in the North American Lakes Demonstrated. Cambridge. 8vo. pp. 11, with Plates. Grey, Asa, M. D. Natural Selection not Inconsistent with Natural Theology. A Free Examination of Darwin's Treatise of the Origin of Species. Cainbridge, Mass. Hall, James. Crinoidea, Description of New Species of. 8vo. Pamphlet. Hilgard, E. W. Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi. Holmes, O. W. Border Lines of Knowledge in some Provinces of Medical Science. A Lecture. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Horsford, E. N. The Theory and Art of Bread-Making; a New Process, without the Use of Ferment. Horsford, E. N. On some of the Relations of Salts of Zinc and Alumina to Soda and Potassa. Humphreys, Capt. A. A., and Abbott, Lieut. H. H. Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region against Overflow; and upon the Deepening of the Mouths; based upon Surveys and Investigations published by Authority of the U. S. War Department. 4to., with Maps and Plates. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co. Lea, Isaac, LL. D. New Unionide of the United States and Northern Mexico. 4to. 15 Plates. Lea, M. Carey. Chemical Contributions to Silliman's Journal. Pamphlet. Lesquercux, Leo. Botanical and Palæontological Report of the Geological State 408 McChesney, J. H. Description of New Fossils from the Palæozoic Rocks of the Western States. Chicago. Meek, F. B., and Hayden, F. V. Description of New Organic Remains from the Rocks of Nebraska. Michigan, First Biennial Report of the Geological Survey of. Pub. Doc. Mordecai, Maj. Alfred. Report to the U. S. Ordnance Department, relative to the Military Systems and Service of Europe. Washington. Pub. Doc. 4to. Morris, John G. Catalogue of the Described Lepidoptera of North America. Smithsonian Publication. Newberry, J. S. Rock Oils of Ohio. Pamphlet. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Ohio. Osten-Sacken, R. Catalogue of the Described Diptera of North America. Smith sonian Publication. Peter, Dr. Robert. Kentucky Geological Survey, Chemical Report. Prince, Temple. Synonymy of the Family Cyclades, and of the Species Cyre. nella. Pamphlet. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fourteenth Meeting, held at Newport, Rhode Island, Aug., 1860. 8vo. pp. 256. Report made to the Navy Department by the Board of U. S. Naval Engineers, to determine the Relative Economy of using Steam with Different Degrees of Expansion. Washington. 1851. 8vo. pp. 38. Report of the Committee of the New York Legislature (1860) on a Bill entitled, An Act concerning the Public Health," etc. Albany, N. Y. Report, Thirteenth Annual, of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, for 1859. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the Progress of the Survey during the Year 1859. Washington. 4to. pp. 370, with 40 sketches and diagrams. Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. 1861. Safford, T. H. A Catalogue of the Declinations of 532 Stars near the Zenith of the Observatory of Harvard College. Schon, J. A Brief Description of the Modern System of Small Arms, as adopted by the various European Armies. Translated from the German by Capt. J. Gorgas, U. S. A. Washington. Pub. Doc. With Plates. Scudder, S. H. On the Genus Raphidophora. Pamphlet. Shumard, P. F. Observations upon the Cretaceous System of Texas. Simpson, J. H., Capt. Notice of Zoological Discoveries made in Recent Explorations across the Continent. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. XII. 4to. Washington. Smithsonian Institution. Annual Report of Operations for 1860. Washington. Pub. Doc. Smithsonian Institution. Check-lists of the Shells of North America. Smithsonian Institution. Instructions in reference to Collecting Nests and Stevens, Isaac I. Narrative and Final Report of Explorations for a Route for a Squier, E. G. Tropical Fibres: their Production and Economic Extraction. 8vo. pp. 61. New York: Scribner & Co. Tryon, G. W. List of American Writers on Recent Conchology, with Titles of their Memoirs and Dates of Publication. Warner, John. New Theorems, Tables and Diagrams for the Computation of Earth Work, designed for the Use of Engineers in Estimates, Students, and Engineering Contractors, etc. With numerous Engravings and Diagrams, showing all the Combinations of Solid Forms which occur in Railroad Excavations and Embankments. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. Wells, David A. Annual of Scientific Discovery, 1861. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. Wells, David A. First Principles in Geology. - An Elementary Text Book for Schools, Academies and Private Students. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. pp. 334. 12mo. 75 cts. New York: Ivison & Phinney. Wheatley, C. M. On the Mesozoic Red Sandstone of the Atlantic Slope. Pamphlet. 1861. Wilder, B. G. Contributions to the Comparative Myology of the Chimpanzee. Pamphlet. Cambridge. 1861. 313 66 products of coal tar, Colors of gems,, Colors, three primary, Combustion in rarified air, polarization of 132 Electro-motive machines, the light of, 380 Comets, recent researches on, Comets' tails, Conglomerates, curious metamor- Correspondence, secret, machine for Deer, shedding of the antlers of, Devonian rocks, recent investiga- Dialysis, Diamond, cleavage of, Diluvian epoch, relation of to the Disease, ultimate causes of, Dispatch, pneumatic, Distance and color, relations between, Doremus' compressed gunpowder, Emmons, Dr., geological views of, 388 Engraving, new system of, 379 Equinoxes, precession, explanation of, 276 Ericsson's iron-clad battery, Errata, 65 Escapement, Bond's isodynamic, 316 Etching, process of, 65 Etruscans, opening of a tomb of the ancient, 331 Euphrates, recent change in the 3011 course of, 246 Ferments, new theory of, Drift agency, curious illustration of, 290 Flowers, preservation of, 66 white, none in nature, 266 Forces, attractive and repulsive in 306 265 268 Gases, conduction of heat by, 305 384 66 67 213 150 66 different, effects of, on plants, 314 effects of great pressure on, 181 396 Gas-lights, smoke from, 106 Gems, artificial, 107 light applied to surgery, influence of, ou vegetation, 66 colors of, Generation, spontaneous, researches 103 on, 66 181 204 365 316 220 99 320 314 21 |