OBITUARY OF MEN EMINENT IN SCIENCE. 1862. Baldwin, James F., a distinguished American engineer. Barlow, Professor, an eminent English physicist, well known for his experiments on the strength of materials. Barrett, Lucas, Director of the Geological Survey of the British West Indies; drowned while investigating the structure of coral reefs by a diving-bell. Biot, M., one of the most illustrious scientific men of France. Brodie, Sir Benjamin, President of the Royal Society, G. B. Bronn, Dr. Henrich G., the well-known German paleontologist. Brownell, Dr. Charles C., botanist to the Pethrick Expedition to the Sources of the Nile. Buckle, H. T., author of the "History of Civilization." Curtiss, John, an English entomologist. Ellet, Charles, Jr., a distinguished American engineer; died of wounds received in a naval engagement on the Mississippi. Gasparin, M. De, a French physicist. Hammel, Dr., a well-known Russian scientist. Herrick, Edward C., of New Haven, Conn. Hosking, Professor, an English writer of note on architecture and engineering. Jacob, Capt. W. S., astronomer of the East India Observatory, India. James, C. T., inventor of James's rifled cannon projectile: killed by a premature explosion. James, Dr. Edwin, best known as the botanist and historian to Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1820; and a naturalist of eminence. Leonhard, Professor, a German geologist and writer, associate of M. Bronn. Manross, Newton Spaulding, an American mining engineer and chemist; killed at the battle of Antietam. Maudslay, Joseph, a celebrated English inventor and engine-builder. Montbeliard, M., a French naturalist; died in the jungles of Tonquin. Nesbit, Professor, an English agricultural chemist. Parkman, Theo., an American chemist, killed in battle. Perley, W. H., of New Brunswick ; a naturalist, well known for his investigations in relation to fish and fisheries. Prout, Hiram A., Dr., of St. Louis, an American naturalist. Renwick, Prof. James, of New York. Robinson, Prof. Edward, an American philologist. Ross, Alexander M., designer of the Victoria Tubular Bridge, Montreal. Ross, Sir James Clark, the arctic navigator. Senarmont, Henri De, Professor of Mineralogy, School of Mines, Paris. Serres, Marcel De, an eminent French geologist. Stevens, Gen. Isaac T.; distinguished for his surveys and explorations of Northern America; killed in battle. Stewart, Thomas H., an English naturalist. Thoreau, Henry D., an American naturalist. Traill, Dr., of Edinburgh, author of a well-known work on Medical Jurisprudence. Vicat, Louis Joseph, a distinguished French engineer, best known for his reresearches into the nature of cements. AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1862. Agassiz, A. The Mode of Development of the Marginal Tentacles of the Free Medusæ of some Hydroids. 8vo. pamphlet. 1862. Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States, Vol. IV. 4to. Plates. Little & Brown, Boston. $12.00. Billings, E. New Species of Lower Silurian Fossils. 8vo. pamphlet. Bland, Thomas. Remarks on Certain Species of N. A. Helicidæ, etc. 8vo. pamphlet. New York, 1862. Bland, T., and Cooper, J. G. Notice of Land and Fresh-water Shells collected on the Rocky Mountains. 8vo. pamphlet. Bond, Prof. G. P. Annals of the Observatory of Harvard College, Vol. III., containing an account of the great comet of 1858. 4to. with Plates. Cambridge, Mass. Catalogue of the Trowbridge Collection of Natural History in the University of Michigan. 8vo. pamphlet. Dana, Prof. Jas. D. Manual of Geology; treating of the principles of the science, with special reference to American geological history. 8vo. pp. 800. $4.00. Bliss & Co., Philadelphia. Frick, Dr. J. Physical Manipulations. Translated by J. D. Easter, with preface by Prof. Henry. Philadelphia. 8vo. $3.00. Gesner, Abraham, Dr., F. G. S. The Gold Fields of Nova Scotia. 8vo. pamphlet. Gillis, J. M., Com. U. S. Navy. Astronomical and Meteorological Observations made at the U. S. Neval Observatory, Washington. 4to. 1862. Pub. Doc. Gillis, Com. J. M. Account of the Total Solar Eclipse of July 18th, 1860. 8vo. pamphlet. Gould, Augustus A., Dr. Otia Conchologica. 8vo. Boston. Hagan, Hermann. Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America, with a list of South American Species. Smithsonian Publications. 8vo. Harris, T. W. A Treatise on Some of the Insects injurious to Vegetation; new edition, enlarged and improved, and illustrated with engravings drawn from nature. Edited by C. L. Flint, Sec. Mass. State Board of Agriculture. 8vo. pp. 651. Crosby & Nichols, Boston. Hayden, Dr. F. V. Contributions to the Ethnography and Philology of the Indian Tribes of the Missouri Valley. 230 pages. 4to. Hayden, Dr. F. V. On the Geology and Natural History of the Upper Missouri. pp. 228, with a geological map. Hitchcock, E., Hitchcock, E., Jr., Hitchcock, C. H., and Hagar, A. D. Geology of Vermont. 4to. pp. 988. 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W. Project of a new system of Weights, Measures, Coins, &c. Philadelphia. 8vo. Observatory, Harvard College. Annual Report of the Overseers and Directors. Pamphlet. Boston. Owen, Richard, Dr. Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of Indiana during the years 1859-60. Indianapolis. 1862. 820 pp. Parrish, Edward. A Treatise on the Art of Skeletonizing Leaves. Illustrated. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. Prime, Temple. Monograph of the Species of Sphærium of North and South America. 8vo. pamphlet. Philadelphia. 1862. Rand, E. S., Jr. The Heather (Calluna Vulgaris) a Native of the United States. 8vo. pamphlet. Ruttan, Henry. On Warming and Ventilation. Putnam, New York. Scudder, S. H. On the Genus Colias in North America. 8vo. pamphlet. 1862. Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of the Board of Regents for 1862. Washington, D. C. Stimpson. Notes on North American Crustacea in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Storer, F. H. Dictionary of the Solubility of Chemical Substances. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Warren, S. Edward. A Manual of Elementary Geometrical Drawing, involving Three Dimensions; Designed for Use in Schools and for Self-instruction. 12mo. John Wiley, N. Y. Weir, Dr. M. S. Experiments and Observations upon the Circulation in the Snapping Turtle. 4to. pamphlet. Philadelphia, 1862. Wells, David A. Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1862. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. Whitney, J. D., and Hall, James. Report on the Geological Survey of Wisconsin. 8vo. Whitney, J. D. Report of a Geological Survey of the Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi. Albany, N. Y. 1862. Winchell, Prof. A. First Biennial Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of Michigan, embracing Observations on the Geology, Zoology and Botany of the Lower Peninsula. 8vo. pp. 339. Lansing, Mich. Winchell, Prof. A. On the Rocks lying between the Carboniferous Limestone of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the Limestones of the Hamilton Group. 8vo. pamphlet. New Haven, 1862. Astronomical calculations, accuracy 66 new of. .310 ... 34 .131 ..271 ..327 Atlantic. telegraph, prospects of.....126 James's, for battering pur- Atlantis, the ancient ...274 66 Atmosphere, earth's, extent of.. poses....... ...132 new American.. heat 136 66 66 plan for firing under water. 66 120 tions.. waves Aurora Borealis, De la Rive's re- searches on.. 66 plants new method of gener- .200 oxide, poisonous effects of 226 .301 117 Chain cables, new pattern.. .137 Chronograph, new 97 Barometers, new form of............ 151 Cinnabar mines of California........266 |