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vtTsal Telegraph will produce, irny 

 iiiHifd be lo >ked upon as ceriain. It 

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 very moment of their appi aratice, the 

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 which others have alreaily discovered, 

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 and additioniiprog ess in the sciences 

 and usffui ails. It will act as a 

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 enirasred iu maniifacluics, liy the peri- 

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 viduals. 



The list of the cotitribntors to the 

 diRcrent sections of the Bulletin will 

 show the interest which has been 

 taken in it l)y the most celebrated 

 French savans. Never, perhaps, in 

 any cnuntry, has there appeared so 

 ivreat an assemblape of the most dis- 

 liuguishi'd names in tlic sciences, ma- 

 nufactures, and art of war, as have 

 been induced lo enter with acommti- 

 iiily of feeling; into an iindcrlakiiii; of 

 tliiskind. It is this feeling of interest 

 wWch has led MM. Laplace, Hum- 

 boldt, and Cuvicr, to promise M. de 

 Ferussac, that they will communicate 

 to the iJuIlctin, such new facts as they 

 wish lo publish. 



FirU Seclion. 



Mallirmadcs, cltmtniaiy and transcen- 

 dant ; Milrulogy. Contiibntors, Messrs. 

 Ampere, Cli. Unpin, Foarirr, Hacherie, 

 Lacroix, Navier, Poinsot, Poisson, Proiiy, 

 &<•. &c. > 



I'rincipal editors, Messrs. Dcflers aiid 

 licnoit. 



Astronom\i, and its application to Naviga- 

 tinn. (lontribiitors, Messrs. Franc<Kiir, 

 Frcycinet, Matliieu, Nicollet, Rossel, &c. 



Natural Philosi'plui Hr,d Meteorology. 

 Coniri'.Mitors, Messrs. Ampeie, Hccqr.e- 

 rel, Uulong, Dumas, Fourier, Fresnel, 

 I'oisson, &c. 



I»rincipal editor, M. Babinct. 



Chemistry. Coiitril)ntors, Messrs. Bpc- 

 qiierel, Chaptal, Clievreul, Darcet, Gaii- 

 thier de Claubry, Laugier, I'ayen, 

 Th^nard, &c. 



Principal editor, M. lUdos. 



Second Section. 

 Natural History in ncnrral. 

 Geology and Mimralogy, Contributors, 



Novelties of Foreign Literature. [Jiihc 1, 



Messrs. Hcmlant, BnvY-, Hrorhntit ile Vil- 

 bers, Co(|iiebeit lie i\ioutl>r<'t, Baroir 

 Ciivier, FtriissHC, Hericait (te Tlmiy, 

 Heron de Villefosse, Liica?-, C. I're- 

 vost, <Jtc. 



Principal edifor, M. Priafnssp. 

 Botany, t'ltyt-iology, and Vegi table Fos/ii- 

 logf/. Coniiihiiiois, Mo^rs. Diipetit- 

 'Ihoiiais, A. de Jussicii, Kiiiilli, Lauioii- 

 roitx, Kicliard, A. dc Sauit-Hilaiie, &c. 

 I'riiicipal editor, M. ad lironmiiart. 

 Zodi'gy, guirial ami special. — Anutcmy 

 a,:d Pliysliliigy of Atdinals. Contribiit(.r-, 

 iMfssrs. Boiy-de-Saiiit-Vinc«'iif, Kosc, G. 

 Ciivier, Fied. Ciivier, Detiauce, Dejeaii,' 

 IJesnioiilins, Dunienl, Geulfroy-^aint. 

 Hilaui-, Lac^pede, Lainouroiix, L^tieille, 

 Qiioy, «S£c. 



Fiiiicipal editor ; Tertebr')ted animals, 

 M. Desiiiartst : inviTteliiatcd animals, 

 Mesbis. Audoiiin and De Feiiissac. 

 Tiiird Section. 

 Avntnmy and Physiology, human and 

 comparative. Cuutiibiilois, Messrs. 

 Aiidral tils, Bailly, Beclard, Brcsrliel, 

 Jules Clonutt, Baron Cuviei, l>e«inoiilins, 

 Diinias, Diiineril, Fdwaiiis, Flourens, 

 GeottVoy-Sainl'Hiiaire, Gerdj, Magendie, 

 Pinel tils, Spurzlienn, Scc. 



Medicine. Contributors, Messrs. An- 

 dral, Desppnettes, Piipan, Edwauls, 

 Friodlaiiflcr, Laenntc, Mag< ndif, M^rat, 

 Oitila, Fiucl tils, Kaiiei, Spurzheini^ 

 VilUini6, &:c. 



.'surgery. Contribtiiors, Messrs. Beclard, 

 Brisrjut, J.Cleqiiet, Lisfraiic, Marjolin, 

 Mainjraitlt, Percy, .Sanson, &c. 



Mtitaiu Medica a> d I'harmuey. Contii- 

 biitors, IMessrs. lJ^•^ulal<sr, Gniljoiirt, 

 Jnlia-Foiiicncne, Lins, Oitila liobiiiet, 

 RohiqiicT, &c. 



Vcleiiniiry Art. Coiilribitlors, Messrs. 

 Bonify, Dnpiiy, Guard sen. and jtiu. 

 Hiiz^id, sen. and jiin. 



Principal editor, Dr. Dcfermon. 



Fourth Seclion. 

 Contributors, Messrs. Bosc, Bonley 

 jnii. Count Cliaplal, Dnpetit-Thouars, 

 Di.poni, Dnpiiy, Girard sen. and jnn. 

 Haclicite, Heiicart de 'I'linry, Hiuard 

 sen. and jmi. Count Lasteiie, Rlithaud, 

 'i cssii'f, Villcruorin, Yvai t. Sec. 

 Fi/ih Seclion. 

 Chemical Arts. In this class will be 

 comprised all the api'lications of chemis- 

 try to the purposes of manufactures, nie- 

 tallnriiy, &c.— Contributor*, Messrs. Ber- 

 thicrjCiliaptal, Chevaliei , Darcet, Deycnx, 

 Gauiliier de Clanbry, Heron de Villefosse, 

 Payen, Pajot-Dccliaimes, Piijmaurin, 

 jnn. Riffaut, Robinet, Tli^nard, &c. 



Mechanical Arts. In ibis vvill be pre- 

 sented all the applica:ious derived from 

 mechanics, descriptions of new machines, 

 apparatus, <!i;c. — Cuntribntors, Messrs. 

 Bciioit, Cagniard de l.atour, Christian, 

 Duleati, Cli. Dnpiii. I'raucociir, Fresucl, 

 Hachctte, Molard, Navier, Prony, &c. 

 Building.' 



