reeains nice issepomeramenc care IN 
CONTENTS. 
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Art. XIV. On a New Form of the Electrical Battery, by J. 
F, Dana, M. D. Chemical Assistant in Harvard Uni- 
versity, and Lecturer on Chemistry and a ey 
in Dartmouth College. - 
Art. XV. Chemical Examination of the lee of the er ikee 
Cerifera, or Wax Myrtle, by J. F. Dana, M. D. 
Chemical Assistant in Harvard University, and 
ON on —— and Baie in Dart- 
uth College. 
Art. XVI. Analysis of "Wacke, by Dr. J. he Webster, of 
oston. - 
AGRICULTURE AND one : 
Art. XVII. On the Comparative Quantity of Nutritious Mat- 
ter which may be obtained from an Acre of Land 
when cultivated with Potatoes or Wheat, by Dr. 
Eli Ives, Professor of Materia Medica and Botany 
in Yale College. - - = 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Art. XVIII. Biographical Notice of the late Archibald Bruce, 
M. D. Professor of Materia Medica and Mineralo- 
gy in the Medical Institution of the State of New 
York, and Queen’s College, New Jersey; and 
Member of various Learned Societies in America 
and Europe. - - - 
INTELLIGENCE. 
Art. XIX. 1. Dr. J. W. sen dh Lectures. = - - 
2. Dr. Webster’s Cab - - 
3. Supposed identity = a and Asien: se ahs - 
4, The Necronite.—(A supposed new mineral. ) nes 
5. Preservation of dead Bodies = 
6. Matches kindling without ise. “5S eee ee 
7. Cleaveland’s Mineralogy. - - - - ~-.. 
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