CONTENTS. 7 
NUMBER II. Fad: 
Arr. L. On the Courses of Hurricanes ; with notices of the Ty- 
foons : “8 China Sea, and other Storms ; y W.C. 
ReEpDrFIi 
II. On the 7 ae of May 18th, 1838, ait on Shooting 
Stars in general; by Prof. Ex1as Loomis, - 
Ill. Account of a Storm in New Hampshire, in a letter ti 
dressed to Prof. O. P. Hubbard of Dartmouth me a ; 
by Rev. Joun Woops, - 2 
_ IV. Notes on American Geology ; oe T. A. as - 237 
V. Magneto-Blectric and Eleciro-Magnetic Apparatus and 
Experiments ; by Cuartes G. Pace, M.D.,  - 252 
Vi. Soap ais of some new Shells; by BrensamMin Tar- 
PAN - = 268 
Vil. On st ee of Uvularia poriifities as a rem- 
| edy for Poisoned Wounds ; by Bensamin Horner 
| Coates, M. D., - 
VIII. An Account of the Syosbidhigs of the Fighth Meeting 
of the ames Association for the Advancement of 
= BGen - . - - - 275 
1X. On Cupellation, an easy, an accurate ene new method ; 
by W. W. Maruer, 
X. Meteoric Observations te at Cambridge, Wak - ty 
Prof. J. Loverine 
XI. Notice from Prof. Rowaics Hats, svibditing the Fu 
sion of Platina, also respecting a new Ether, and a 
Series of Gaseous bose cme formed with rp Ele= 
ments of Water, — - - +e | 
XII. Letters on Steam Navigation: by yikes ki: Esq. 
—with a Letter to the Editors, from Mr. Henry Smitu, 332 
XU. On a New and Effectual Method of Preserving Speci- 
mens of Organic Nature, and of Obviating the Blanch- 
; ing influences of Light, and the Depredations of Insects ; 
j —most Advantageously Applicable to the Formation 
and Unlimited Preservation of a Hortus Siccus, or Mu- 
seum of Dried ets anh Professor Joun L, raga 
MD. =e 338 
XIV. Blectro-Magnetic Engi gine, ‘constructed wa ih faic A. W. 
CAMPBELL, - = 343 
XV. Mistelisticons Notices i in Opstovses, Auakapas, ae $ 
by Prof. W. M. Ca - 5 
