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Latitude, of New- York, VI, 269, 297. 



Philadelphia, VI, 297. 



Point Peter, near the mouth of St. Mary's river, V, 287. 



Williamsburg, VI, 297. 



first point in the boundary between the U. S. and the Floridas, V, 209. 



how to. be found at sea, see Nautical Chart. 



Latrobe, Benj. Henry F. A. P. S. his paper on the Clupea Tvrannus and 

 Oniscus Pnegustator, V, 77. — his memoir on two species of Sphex, 

 inhabiting Virginia and Penn. &c. VI, 73 his first report to the So- 

 ciety in answer to the inquiry of the society of Rotterdam : whether 

 any, and what improvements have been made in the construction of 

 steam-engines in America ? 89. — his account of the freestone-quai 

 ries on the Potomac and Rappahannoc rivers, 283. 



Lead, action of the vapour of spirit of nitre on, V, 2. 



Lime, experiments on, V, 30. — contained in sea-water, 141. 



of shells, how made and used in India, VI, 379. 



Lizard, account of a new species of N. American, VI, 108. 



Logarithms, how to be applied for finding the roots of numeral equations. 

 VI, 391. 



Longitude, of Albany, VI, 265, 271, 297. 



Bowdoin College, district of Maine, VI, 297. 



the confluence of Mississippi and Ohio, V, 171. 



Havannah, VI, 225, 352. 



Kinderhook, state of New-York, VI 270, 297. 



Laguira, VI, 361. 



Lancaster Penn. VI, 297. 



Natchez, Mississippi territory, V, 189, VI, 225, 297, 361. 



Newburg, N. York, VI, 297. 



New-Orleans, V, 197, VI, 222, 297. <*. 



New-York, VI, 297, 360. 



, Philadelphia, VI, 297, 359. 



Point Peter near the mouth of St. Mary's river, V, 284. 



Porto Rico, VI, 213, 214, 220, 221, 222. 



Vera Cruz, VI, 223, 224, 361. 



Williamsburg, VI, 297. 



several places by the observation of the passage of Venus, VI, 355. 



how found from the moon's meridian altitude, VI, 277. 



how'Tound at sea, see Nautical Chart. , 



Louisiana, notices of the natural history of the northerly parts of, VI, 69. 



Lunar observations, made at the mouth of Chattahocha, V, 199. 



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3PKeen, Rev. Dr. President of Bowdoin College, Maine, his letter on the 



solar eclipse, June 16th, 1806, VI, 276. 

 Maclure, W. Esq. his observations on the geology of the U. S. explanatory 



of a geological map, VI, 411. 

 Madison, Bishop, on the supposed fortifications of the western countrv, 



VI, 132. 

 Magellanic prize regulations, V, v, VI, vii. 



awarded, VI, 203, 303, 428. 



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