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PROFESSORS B. SILLIMAN, B. SILLIMAN, JR.,
AND
JAMES D. DANA,
IN CONNECTION WITH
PROF. ASA GRAY, OF CAMBRIDGE, PROF. LOUIS AGASSIZ, OF CAMBRIDGE, DR. WOLCOTT GIBBS, OF CAMBRIDGE, PROF. S. W. JOHNSON, OF NEW HAVEN, PROF. GEO. J. BRUSH, OF NEW HAVEN.
SECOND SERIES.
VOL. XXX VII. — MAY, 1864.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXVII.
NUMBER CIX.
ART I. Theory of Earthquakes; by Professor ALEXIS PERREY,
II. The Classification of Animals based on the principle of Ceph.
alization; by JAMES D. DANA.-No. II. Classification of
Insects,
III. On Fossil Insects from the Carboniferous formation in Illinois;
by JAMES D. DANA,
IV. The Density, Rotation and Relative Age of the Planets; by
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36
66
70
Prof. GUSTAVUS HINRICHS, Iowa State University,
V. Researches on the Platinum metals; by WOLCOTT GIBBS, M.D., 57
VI. Tubularia Not Parthenogenous; by Prof. HENRY JAMES CLARK, 61
VII. Contributions from the Sheffield Laboratory of Yale College.
-No. VI.-On Tephroite; by GEO. J. BRUSH,
VIII. Crystallographic Examination of the Acid Tartrates of Casia
and Rubidia; by JOSIAH P. COOKE, Jr.,
IX. Geographical Notices, No. XIX.-Speke and Grant's explora-
tion of the sources of the Nile, 75.-Unger's scientific re-
sults of a tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands, 79.-
Guyot's Physical Wall-maps of the Continents, 80.-Prof.
Whitney on the highest mountains of the United States and
of North America, 81.-Prof. J. D. Whitney's Survey of
California-Proposed Maps, 82.Recent Australian Ex-
plorations Explorations from Adelaide across the Conti-
nent of Australia; by J. McDouALL STUART, 84.-Explor-
ation of the Interior of Australia; by Mr. LANDSBOROUGH,
85.-Explorations in the Interior of Australia by the Burke
Relief Expedition, under Mr. J. M'KINLAY, 86.-Dr. Liv.
INGSTONE'S recent exploration of the Niassa Lake, 87.—Ex-
ploration of the River Vermejo, in the Argentine Confedera-
tion—Mr. PORTER C. BLISS, 88.