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Joseph Gilbert Totten, late the veteran head of the United 

 States Engineer Corps, died at Washington, on the 22d of April last. 

 He was born at New Haven, Connecticut, on the 23d of August, 1788, 

 entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1803, 

 as one of the thirteen cadets of which the school then consisted, and 



Greneral List of Coast Survey Discoveries and Developments to 1853 inclusive. 



— Coast Survey Report for 1854. 



Condensed Alphabetical Index of the Ten Annual Coast Survey Reports, from 

 1844 to 1853 inclusive. — Coast Survey Report for 1854. 



On the Use of Salt Marsh Sods for Facing the Steep Slopes of Parapets, Ter- 

 races, &c. — Am. Ass., August, 1855. 



On an Index of Papers on Subjects of Mathematical and Physical Science. — 

 Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XX., Nov., 1855*. 



On our Sense of the Vertical and Horizontal, and on our Perception of Distance. 



— Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XX., Nov., 1855. 



On Efflorescence from Brick Masonry. — Am. Ass., August, 1856. 



On Systematizing the Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals, Transactions, &c.. 

 Am. Ass., August, 1856. 



Report of an Index of Reference to Memoirs and Papers on subjects related to 

 the Coast Survey Operations. — Coast Survey Report for 1856. 



On the Idea of Physical and Metaphysical Infinity. — Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. 

 XXV., Jan., 1858. 



Views and Suggestions on the Practice and Theory of Scientific Publication. — 

 Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XXVI., July, 1858. 



Notes on a New Sounding Apparatus proposed by himself for Coast Survey 

 Use. — Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XXVI., Sept., 1858. 



Report on the Preparation of an Index of Scientific References. — Coast Survey 

 Report for 1857. 



On the Dynamics of Ocean Currents. — Am. Jour. Sci., Vol. XXVIL, March, 

 1859. 



On some Anomalies in the Florida Gulf Stream, and on their Further Investi- 

 gation.— Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XXVIL, March, 1859. 



Description of the new Portable Coff"er Dam. — Am. Ass., Vol. XIV., Aug., 

 1860. 



New Method of Preventing Fire-Damp Explosions in Collieries, by Lighting 

 with Coal Gas. — Am. Ass., Vol. XIV., Aug. 1860. 



Modern Warfare: its Science and Art. — New Englander, Vol. XVIIL, Nov., 

 1860. 



Union Foundations : a Study of American Nationality as a Fact of Science. — 

 Pamphlet published in New York, Jan., 1863. 



On the Origin, Growth, Substructure, and Chronology of the Florida Reef. — 

 Am. Journ. Sci., Vol. XXXV., March, 1863. 



Key West Physical Notes. — Am. Joum. Sci., Vol. XXXV., May, 1863. 



