

ANNUAL 



OF 



SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY: 



OR, 



YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART, 



FOR 1854. 



EXHIBITING THE 



MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 



IN 



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 TEAR 1853, ETC. 



EDITED BY 



DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. 



B S T X : 

 GOULD AND LINCOLN, 



59, WASHINGTON STREET. 



LONDON: 

 TRUBNER AND COMPANY, 



12 PATERXOSTER ROW. 



1854. 



