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12. Shower of Falling Stars in Russia, on the ri between the 
12th and 13th November, 1832, - 189 
13, 14. Declination and Inclination of the Meawaic Needle at 
Paris—Progressive Rise of a portion of the bottom of the 
— - “ . = “ 3 . . 9a 
15. Hail, te . = - »: -5on 
16, 17. New Aiintd-Sniedives, - - - - - 192 
193 
18, 19. The Tongues of Ducks—Locusts, 
20. Memorandum of an excursion to the tea hills, which pro- 
duce the description of tea known in commerce under the 
——— of Ankoy (Nganke) tea, = - : 1 
NUMBER Il. 
Art. I. Memoir of Rev. John Prince, LL. D., late Senior Pastor 
of the First Church in Salem, enna sa Rev. Caries 
W. Upna 
II. On the anit ofa ae of a Savane Meridien: 
Oblateness and axes of the Earth—Comparative oblate- 
ness of the Planets—Reduction of Latitude—Radius of 
the Earth—and Length of a Degree of Parallels of Lati- 
tude, with appropriate Tables ; di Prof. Tuo. JEFFER- 
son Cram, of West Point, - - “ - 
Ill. On Definitions; by Rev. D. Wixre, - 236 
IV. Remarks on the sees of Western New York; by 
Gero. E. Hayes, 241 
VY. On Zinc, as a oo for buildings : ; by Prof. A. Cas. 
WELL, - . - 
VI. An account of a aciene, iid: visited Shelbyville, 
Tennessee, June Ist, 1830; by Dr. J. H. Karn, - 
VII. On the sections of a plane, with the solids Sone by the 
revolution of the conic sections, about axes situated in 
their planes; by Prof. Benepict, Univ. Vermont, 258 
VIII. On the Conduction of Water; by Prof. C. Dewey, 266 
X. Breithaupt’s new Specific Gravities of Minerals; by Dr. 
Lewis FevcHTWANGER, - - - 
X. Expeditious Mode of Masicihecturinig Vilidgars practiced 
in Germany; by Dr. Lewis FevcnTwaNcER,~— - 
pono 
