

LIST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., 



OX MATTERS PERTAINING TO SCIENCE, PUBLISHED IN THE 

 UNITED STATES DURING THE YEAR 1856. 



Alvord, Benjamin, U. S. A. The Tangencies of Circles and Spheres. Smithsonian Con- 

 tributions. 



American Almanac for 1S57. Crosby & Nichols, Boston. 



Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College. Yol. I., Part I. cxci. pp. 

 4to. Cambridge, 1856. 



Army Meteorological Register for twelve years, from 1843 to 1854 inclusive ; compiled 

 from observations made by the officers of the Medical Department of the Army at 

 the military posts of the United States, pp. 764. 



Bouvier, Hannah M. Familiar Astronomy : Illustrated by Celestial Maps and upwards 

 of 200 Engravings ; together with a Treatise on the Use of Globes, and a comprehen- 

 sive Astronomical Dictionary for the use of Schools, Families, and Private Students. 

 Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson. 1 vol. Svo. $2. 



Butler, T. B. The Philosophy of the Weather, and a Guide to its Changes. 414 pp. 12mo. 

 Appleton & Co., New York, 1856. 



Draper, John "W., LL.D. Human Physiology, Statical and Dynamical. Svo. 



Elderhorst. Manual of Blowpipe Analysis, for the Use of Students. By William Elder- 

 horst, Professor of Chemistry in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 78 pp. 12mo. 

 G. P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1856. Price 75 cents. 



Emmons, Dr. E., M.D. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina, 

 with Illustrations. G. P. Putnam & Co., New York. 



Force, Peter. Records of Auroral Phenomena observed in the Higher Latitudes. Smith- 

 sonian Contributions. 



Foster, J. M. Report on the Mineral Resources of the Illinois Central Railroad, made at 

 the request of the President. March 4th, 1S56. 30 pp. 8vo., with a plate of sections 

 illustrating the Coal Fields of Southern Illinois. New York, 1356. 



Gillespie, W. M. Treatise on Land-Surveying, and the Practice with the Chain alone, 

 the Compass, the Transit, the Theodolite, the Plane Table, &c. Illustrated by 400 

 Engravings, and a Magnetic Chart. Svo. Price $2. Appletons, New York. 



Gillis. U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition, Yol. II. Lieut. Gillis. 



Gray, Prof. Asa. Manual of Botany of the Northern States, including Yirginia, and all 

 East of the Mississippi. New Edition, enlarged. G. P. Putnam & Co. $2.50. 739 

 pp. 



Haven, Sam. F. Archaeology of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions. 



Jones, Rev. Geo., U. S. A. Observations on the Zodiacal Light, 4to., forming the third 

 volume of the History of the Japan Expedition. Pub. Doc. 



Kane, Dr. E. K. Arctic Explorations. Second Grinnell Expedition. 2 vols. Childs & 

 Peterson. Philadelphia. 



Kitchell, Prof. Wm. Second Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the State of 

 New Jersey for the year 1855. 248 pp. Svo. Trenton, 1856. 



Lesley. Manual of Coal and its Topography. Illustrated by Original Drawings, chiefly 

 of facts in the Geology of the Appalachian Region of the United States of North 

 America. By J. P. Lesley, Topographical Geologist. 224 pp. 12mo. Philadelphia, 1856. 



Leidy. Prof. J. Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Marine Invertebrate Fauna 

 of the Coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. 18 pp. 4to., witli two 4to. plates. 

 Philadelphia, 1555. 



