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112. Fossil Bones from the Neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee. 



113. Effect of the Absence of Light on the Development of Tadpoles. — April, 



1853. 



114. Critical Notice of tlie Zoology of New York. 



115. Critical Notice of Echinodermes Vivans et Fossiles, par L. Agassiz. 



llo. Description of the Post-mortem Appearances in the Case of Daniel 

 AVebster. — American Journal of Medical Science, January, 1853. 



117. On tlie Eye and Organ of Hearing in the Blind Fishes of Mammoth 



Cave. — American Journal of Scieni.-e and Arts, March, 1851. 



118. Cranium of Mastodon Giganteus and the Form of the Brain. 



119. Observations on the Development of the Surinam Toad, 1854. 



120. Description of a Carboniferous Reptile. — Dendrerpeton Acadianum, Nova 



Scotia. 



121. On some Unusual Modes of Gestation. 



122. Remains of Batrachian Reptiles found in the Coal Formation of Ohio. 



123. Observations on a Species of Hornet (Vespa) which builds its Nest in the 



Ground. 



124. Description of some Instances of Nerves passing across the Middle Line of 



the Body. 



125. Description of an Anencephalous Foetus with Unusual Malformation. — 



Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, June, 1866. 



126. Notice of Observations on the Respiration in the Chelonia, by S. Weir 



Mitchell, M.D., and George N. Morehouse, M.D. 



127. Notice of Richard Owen's Monograph of Aye-Aye, with Remarks on the 



Origin of Species. 

 123. Description of a Double Foetus, with Remarks on the Resemblance of Polar 

 Forces to those governing the Distribution of Matter in tlie ICmbryo. 



129. Account of some of the Kjoekkenmoeddings or Shell Heaps of Massa- 



chusetts. 



130. Rana Pipiens (nervous system). — Smithsonian Contributions to Knowl- 



edge. 



131. Raia Batis, (skate) Embryology. 



132. Seven Successive Reports of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeo- 



logy and Etlmology, 18G7 to 1873. 



133. Description of the Shell Heaps of St. Johns River, East Florida. 



134. Observations and Experiments on Living Organisms in Heated Water. — 



American Journal of Science and Arts, September, 18G7. 



FRIEDRICH WILHELM AUGUST ARGELANDER. 



Friedrich WiLHELii AuGUST Argelander was born at Memel, 

 in Prussia, March 22, 1799, and died at Bonn, Feb. 17, 1875, nearly 

 seventy-six years old. He began his professional career as Privat- 

 Docent in the University of Kouigsberg, and assistant (to Bessel) in 

 the famous observatory of that place; while there he made many cal- 

 cvdations of value, and assisted Bessel in his zones. He was especially 

 noted even then for his skill in handling instruments " like a glove," 

 Bessel says, in his letters to others. In 1825 he became director of 



