ANNUAL 



OF 



SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY: 



OR, 



YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART, 



FOR 1852. 



EXHIBITING THE 



MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 



MECHANICS, USEFUL ARTS, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 

 ASTRONOMY, METEOROLOGY, ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, MINER- 

 ALOGY, GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, ANTIQUITIES, &c. 



TOGETHER WITH 



A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF 



PATENTS ; OBITUARIES OF EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN ; NOTES ON 



THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE DURING THE YEAR 1851, ETC. ETC. 



EDITED BY 



DAVID A. AYELLS, A.M. 



BOSTON: 

 GOULD AND LINCOLN, 



59 WASHINGTON STREET. 



1852. 



