372- ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 



Jacob Perkins, a distinguished engraver and inventor. 



Dr. Prichard, well known as the author of " Researches into the Physical History of 

 Man," and various ethnographical and physiological writings. President of the British 

 Ethnological Society. 



Hon. Nathan Reed, of Maine, aged 89, a member of the American Academy, and the 

 first petitioner for a patent for an invention before the patent-law had been enacted. He 

 was the first who applied steam for navigation, and made numerous experiments before 

 Fulton succeeded. 



Dr. John Reed, Professor of Anatomy and Medicine in the College of St. Andrews, 

 Scotland. Author of Physiological, Anatomical, and Pathological Researches. 



Signor Sarti, of Rome. 



Sir Charles Scudmore, author of a treatise on rheumatism and tic-douloureux, of an 

 essay on the blood, &c. 



Ludwig Seebeck, author of works on optics and acoustics. Member of the Berlin Acad- 

 emy, and Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leipsic. 



Neil Snodgrass, Esq., in Scotland, the inventor of metallic packing for steam-engines, 

 and of various useful machines. 



Prof. Thompson, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. 



Dr. Tytler, the historian. 



Signor de J^ico, an eminent astronomer, formerly of Rome, afterwards Professor in 

 Georgetown (D. C ) College. Distinguished for his astronomical labors and discoveries. 



Lieut. Thomas Waghorn, the originator of the overland route to India. By his repeated 

 journeys and great exertions he entirely ruined his health, so that his death cannot be 

 ascribed to any particular disease. 



Major George W. Whistler, died of cholera at St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a gradu- 

 ate of the West Point Academy, and for some time remained in the army, but left it to 

 take up the profession of civil engineer. He had charge of several important works in 

 this country, and stood at the head of his profession. Was invited to Russia by the Em- 

 peror Nicholas, and placed in charge of the construction of the railroad from St. Peters- 

 burg to Moscow, which he had nearly completed at the time of fiis death. 



David H. Williams, geologist to the East India Company. He fell a victim to the pes- 

 tilential atmosphere of the jungles of Hindostan, while engaged in scientific pursuits. 



Dr. Samuel Wuodward, for many years Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Lu- 

 natic Asylum at Worcester. He was very successful in his treatment of the insane, and 

 his opinion was much sought after. 



LIST OF BOOKS 



ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO SCIENCE, PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED 

 STATES DURING THE YEAR 1849. 



American Almanac for 1850. Little & Brown. Boston. 



Anaesthesia, or the Employment of Chloroform and Ether in Surgery, Midwifery, &c. 

 Lindsay & Blakiston. Philadelphia. 



Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis. Smith- 

 sonian Institute. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. V. No. I. Putnam. New 

 York. 



Aspects of Nature, by Humboldt. Lea & Blanchard. Philadelphia. 



Atlas of the Report on the Zoophytes of the Exploring Expedition, by Dana. Lea & 

 Blanchard. Philadelphia. 



Catalogue of Plants collected in the Vicinity of Cincinnati, by T. G. Lea. Philadelphia. 



Catalogue of Skulls of Men and the Inferior Animals in the Collection of G. Morton, 

 M.D. Philadelphia. 



Catechism of the Steam-engine, by Bourne. Appleton. New York. 



Chemical Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative, by Wood. Edited by Morfit. Lindsay 

 & Blakiston. Philadelphia. 



Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manipulations, by Morfit. Lindsay & Blakiston. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Chemical Technology, by Knapp. Edited by Johnson. Lea & Blanchard. Philadelphia. 



Description of a System of Military Bridges, with India-rubber Pontoons, by Captain 

 G. W. Callum. Washington. 



