JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST. 209 



Smith son, James. On the composition of zeolite. From the Philosoph- 

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Steno, Nicolaus. The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids 

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Stephens, Rev. Walker. Notes on the mineralogy of part of the vicinity 

 of Dublin. 59 pp. 8°. Loudon, 1812. 



Tennant, Smithson. Xotice respecting native boracic acid. 2 pp. 4°. 

 London, 1<S11. 



Toazetti Torgioni, Dr. Antonio. Snlle cicerehie memoria letta nell'ad- 

 unanza delia R. Accademia dei georgofili di Firenze il di 3. Agosto 

 178o. 72 pp. 8°. Firenze, 1793. 



Voyage descriptive et philosophique de l'ancien et dn nouveau Paris. 

 ' Par L. P. Tome i. 314 pp. 24°. Paris, 1814. 



Weeks' Museum, Tichborne street, London. 11 pp. 32°. 



Weld, Isaac, jr. Travels through the States of North America and 

 the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 

 1790. and 1797. Fourth edition. Vols, i, ii. 447, 384 pp. 8°. 

 London, 1807. 



Werner, A. G. Traite des caracteres exterieurs <k'S fossiles. 310 pp. 

 12° Dresde, 1795. 



Winsor, F. A. Notice historique sur l'utilization dn gaz hydrogene 

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Wollaston, Wm. Hyde. A synoptic scale of chemical equivalents. 22 

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Wollaston, W. II. On the non-existence of sugar in the blood of per- 

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Wolff, Jens. Runakefli le Runic Rim-stok, on calendrier runique. 70 

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NOTE 9 , 



NOTICES OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, FOUND IN BOOKS IN SMITH- 



SON'S LIBUAliY. 



One of the books in Siuithson's library is "Struggles through life. 

 exemplified in the various travels and adventures in Europe, Asia, 

 Africa, and America. By Lieut. John Harriott." 8°. 2 vols. London, 

 1808. 



]\lr. Harriott (vol. ii, pp. 259-200) says: 



"Respecting this intended city [Washington], I question much 

 whether there ever will be a sufficient number of houses built to entitle 

 it to the name of a great city. Reckoning up all the houses I could 

 see or hear of as belonging to the new city of Washington, they did 

 not amount to eighty. Having seen and examined everything, and 

 gained all the information 1 could concerning this so much talked -of 

 city, I sat down between the President's house and the Capitol, and en- 

 tered the following in my minute-hook, as my opinion, viz: 



"Should the public buildings he completed, and enterprising individ- 

 uals rislc considerably in building houses; should the Union of the 

 States continue undisturbed ; should Congress assemble for a number of 

 years, until the national bank and other public offices necessarily draw 

 the moneyed interests to it, the city of Washington, in the course of a. 

 century, may form a focus of attraction to mercantile and trading people 

 sufficient to make a beautiful commercial city deserving the name of its 

 founder; but 1 apprehend so many hazards as to he most unwilling to 

 venture any part of my property in the undertaking." 

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