400 LIST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC. 



Leidy, Prof. J. A Memoir on the Extinct Sloth Tribe-of North America. 68 pp. 4to., with 

 16 Lithographic Plates. 



Notices of Eemains of Extinct Eeptiles and Fishes, discovered by Dr. F. 



V. Hayden in the Bad Lands of the Judith Eiver, Nebraska Territory. Proc. Phila- 

 delphia Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. viii. 



Maury, Lieut. N. F. Astronomical Observations made during the year 1848 at the U. S. 

 Naval Observatory, Washington. 1 vol. 4to. 



Mayer, Brantz. Observations in Mexican History and Archaeology, with Special Notice 

 of Zapotec Eemains. Smithsonian Contributions. 



Meech, L. "W. On the Eelative Intensities of the Heat and Light of the Sun from Differ- 

 ent Latitudes of the Earth. Smithsonian Contributions. 



Metals for Cannon, Eeports of Experiments on the Strength and other Properties of, with 

 a Description of the Means for Testing Metals, and of the Classification of Cannon in 

 Service. By Officers of the Ordnance Department, U. S. A. By authority of the 

 Secretary of War. 



Morfit, Campbell. A Treatise on Chemistry applied to the Manufacture of Soap and 

 Candles. A New and Improved Edition, Illustrated with Two Hundred and Fifty 

 Engravings on Wood. Parry & M'Millan, Philadelphia, 1856. 1 vol. royal 8vo. 600 pp. 



Ninth Annual Eeport of the Eegents of the University of the State of New York on the 

 Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian 

 Collection annexed thereto. Albany, 1856. 



Olrnstead, Denison. On the Eecent Secular Appearance of the Aurora Borealis. Smith- 

 sonian Contributions. 



Patent Office Eeports, for 1855. 



Piesse, Septimus. The Art of Perfumery and the Method of Obtaining the Odors of 

 Flowers. Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia. 



Porter, Prof. John A. Principles of Chemistry, embracing the Eecent Discoveries in 

 the Science, and the Outlines of its Application to Agriculture and the Arts. A. S. 

 Barnes, New York. 



Safford, Jas. M. Geological Eeconnoissance of the State of Tennessee, with a colored 

 ^Jeological Map of the State. By Jas. M. Safford, Prof. Nat. Sciences, Cumberland 

 University. 



Shumard and Yandell. Notice of a New Fossil Genus belonging to the Family Blastoidea, 

 from the Devonian strata near Louisville, Kentucky. By B. F. Shumard, M.D., and 

 L. P. Yandell, M.D. 



Sixty-Ninth Annual Eeport of the Eegents of the University of the State of New York. 

 392 pp. 8vo. Albany, 1856. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. viii. 



Smithsonian Institution, Publications of Learned Societies and Periodicals in Library of. 

 Parts I. and II. 



Sullivant, W. S. Mosses and Liverworts of the United States. Illustrated. 1 vol. G. 

 P. Putnam & Co., New York, $2.50. 



Swallow, Prof. G. C. The First and Second Annual Eeports of the Geological Survey of 

 Missouri. 1 vol. 8vo. 



Transactions of the Connecticut State Agricultural Society for 1855. 850 pp. Hartford, 

 1856. 



Warren, Dr. J. C. The Mastodon Giganteus of North America. Second Edition. 260 

 pp. 4to., with 31 Plates, and additional New Matter. 



Wells, David A. Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1856. Gould & Lincoln. 



Knowledge is Power. Knight. Ee-edited. 



Wilkes, Capt. Chas. Theory of the Winds, accompanied by a Map of the World, showing 

 the Extent and Direction of the Winds ; to which js added Sailing Directions for a 

 Voyage around the World. 116 pp. large 8vo. G. P. Putnam & Co., New York. 

 $150. 



Wyman, Prof. J. Description of a Portion of the Lower Jaw and a Tooth of the Masto- 

 don Andium ; also of a Tooth and Fragment of the Femur of a Mastodon from Chile. 

 10 pp. 4to , with two Plates. 



