SCIENCE AND ARTS, 
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‘CONDUCTED BY 
. Pror.B. SILLIMAN anp B. SILLIMAN, Jr. 
OF YALE COLLEGE. 
To the Friends of Science, and more particularly to the Subscribers 
and Patrons of the American Journal of Science and Arts, from 
the Editors. 
a on beg leave to present to your consideration jo, the long saement cago Cig 
= metican Jena has been sustained during tw ecg AE sD Agoid a 
“men has almost pas while death and imisfor' nearly cancelled the 
ecatiial Pa which has however, from time 
_Taany additiona names; but the severe ree ‘uniary vi 
pled ur ab 30, a8 we regret to learn, our literary joe 
our subscriptio 
BB er agents, to obtain one additional name ; 
 eent +10: re es if agreeable, one dollar o 
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look, with hope and confidence, for the aid which we need, and which we iste 
endeavored to deserve, As the Lith, prosperity of hi ota! f vers our over- 
_ ture, the above invitation is, of co urse, extended to our pe ersonal fri and to all 
: ournal embraces i in its ee i entire eed of the sew Sciences, and 
their applications to to the arts. It was begun in July, 1818; the forty sixth volume 
is now in the press a and we have paid betw ween oni and seventy th thousand dollars _ 
rate support. It: jons, and 
expensive technical composition, prevent the ecitors fom ates: aed price, any 
eer — — - — to their mail subscribers. The work could not be sus 
- "While it his ‘prompted oristnal American efforts; 1k hes been sustained otic them ; 
‘and being devoted to important national and universal interests, itis In that charac 
ter known and accredited, both a hams and abroad. It has elicited esau Pvaled iy 
_ ‘Tesearches | iscoveries ; its miscellaneous department has presented a great va- 
‘ich repeal or ieee and a large part of the areichetodge 5 quite: 
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