ANNUAL 



SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY: 



OB, 



YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART, 



FOE 1853. 



EXHIBITING THE 



MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 



IN 



MECHANICS, USEFUL AETS, NATUEAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTEY, 

 ASTEONOMY, METEOEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, MINER- 

 ALOGY, GEOLOGY, GEOGEAPHY, ANTIQUITIES, &o. 



TOGETHER WITH 



A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ; A CLASSIFIED LIST OP 



PATENTS ; OBITUARIES OF EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN ; NOTES ON 



THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE DURING THE TEAR 1852, ETC. ETC. 



EDITED BY 



DAVID A. WELLS, A. M. 



BOSTON: 

 GOULD AND LINCOLN, 



oil WASHINGTON STREET. 



1853. 



