Rattlesnakes, ii, 229. ----, curious facts respecting the bones of, _J. Green_, iii, 85. ----, disarmed by the leaves of the white ash, _S. Woodruff_, xxiii, 337. ----, ---- ibid, remarks on, xxx, 208. ----, cure for bite, iv, 61, 189. ----, Turman's snake root in North Carolina considered an antidote for the bite of, xlii, 43. ----, oil cure for the bite of, xliv, 95. ----, Crotalus durissus, xxiv, 176. ----, habits of, xlvi, 44. _Rawson_, on fires in London, xxxv, 316. Ray, solar, see _Light_. _Ray, John_, some notice of, _C. Fox_, xxxvi, 223. Razors, paste for, iv, 199. ----, method of sharpening, xxi, 165. ----, effect of cold on, xxvi, 189. Record of General Science, _R. D. Thomson's_, noticed, xxviii, 365; xxxii, 212. Rectification of the ellipse, xviii, 38.^f Red color in agates, xxxvi, 207. ---- ---- of marshes in the Mediterranean, xli, 193. ---- globules of blood related to Protococcus, xxxvi, 206. ---- rain, i, 309. ---- ---- in Tennessee, xli, 403. ---- ---- ----, a hoax, xliv, 216. ---- snow, x, 192. ---- ----, an animal production, _L. Agassiz_, xli, 64. ---- sulphur spring, Va., xxix, 96. _Redfield, W. C._, on the storms of the Atlantic coast of the United States, xx, 17; --storm of September 3, 1821, 20; exhibited in the form of a great whirlwind, 21; tornadoes, generally, revolve on an axis of rotation and move with the main currents, 22; a consequent retrograde motion on one side of the axis and progressive on the other side, 23. ----, storm of August, 1830, xx, 34; second storm of August, 1830, 39; storm of October 1, 1830, 41; fall in the barometer due to the gyration of storms, 45. ----, on the hurricane of August, 1831, illustrating the position that storms and hurricanes are gyratory in action, and move with the general current of the region in which they occur, xxi, 191. ----, on the hurricanes and storms of the West Indies and the coast of the United States, xxv, 114; --uniformity of general character of; originate in tropical latitudes; greatest energy towards their interior; drifted by the prevailing atmospheric current; velocity of progression, 114; length of route; local duration; direction of the winds not the direction of progress, 115; local directions and change of wind, 115, 116; rotative motion from right to left in the northern hemisphere; effect on the barometer, 117; oscillation of the axis of rotation, 118; Barbadoes hurricane of August, 1831, 119; practical deductions for navigators, 119, 120; storms of the China Sea similar to those of the West Indies, 121; gyration in the southern hemisphere opposite to that in the northern, 121. ----, facts in meteorology, xxv, 122; --general view of the atmosphere and its currents, 123; classification of storm-winds, 126; whirlwinds and water-spouts identical, 127;