Foreign Notices in Mineralogy, &c. 25 
Broughton’s patent stoves, the making of which constitutes 
the chief business of the establishment, are in so much de- 
mand, that they are disposed of as fast as they can be man- 
eiiiedh At the forge, the ore is fused, without the addi- 
tion of any foreign article for a flux. At the furnace, sili- 
cious limestone is employed for this purpose. 
In the single county of Rutland, there are no Jess than 
four blast furnaces, and two or three ocket furnaces, as 
they are called, all in successful operation during a consid- 
erable part of each year. 
I have just received a mineral from a gentleman at Mon- 
treal, which, if I mistake not, is augite imbedded in ichthy- 
‘cme The latter substance is less brilliant, than a 
have- 
Ottewe es ee , aie nes e Montreal. 
Amianthus occurs, at Barton, Vt. ie fibres are shite 
and remarkably delicate. Common and ligniform asbestus 
is foundin vast quantity, in Mount Holly, Vt. 
Tremain, Dear Sir, 
Aleks sentiments of bigh espes. 
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: cated by J. W - Wesster, M. D. seep 
1 —Wotie of some minerals from the Nowe South Shand 
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Islands, gear pe pecs : 
ne er ater bear 
mineral poduein of Teeland and ane Fes Fone ens Iam 
i logical of the New 
il: spe the two former, 
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