Notice of Scientific Societies. 371 
6. Connecticut Acapemy or Arts AND Sciences. New 
aven, Conn. Incorporated 1739, The first volume of 
their Memoirs was published in 1810, and contains papers by 
Dwight, on the Meloe vesicatoria ; by Messrs. Silliman and 
Kingsley, on meteoric stones. The last part of their trans- 
actions appeared in 1813, since Me the society have ap- 
parently relaxed their exertions, It may be mentioned that 
the celebrated Experiments on the fusion of various refracto- 
vy posal by Prof. sion aa appeared in these transactions. 
gery see overlooked, and the pri- 
ority Planned by Dr. Clarke of England, in a work published 
in 1820, although he could not have been ignorant that these 
experiments had been performed by Prof. Silliman, in con- 
junction with Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, nearly twenty years 
previous. 
7. American Georocicat Soctety. New Haven, Conn, In- 
corposated 1819 Meet annually in September, and its meet- 
ings are held pein at New Haven. No separate trans- 
actions have as yet made their appearance, but many of the 
commenveations made to the Society have ‘been published in 
this Journal. 
8. Pirtsrierp Lyceum. Pittsfield, Mass. Instituted 1823. 
9. Society or Arts. Albany, New York. Instituted ; 
and have, under different titles, published four octavo volumes 
of their transactions. Some interesting botanical and geologi- 
cal papers are to be found in these volumes; it has been re- 
cently incorporated with the Albany Lyceum, and is now 
known as the “ Albany Institute.” Arrangements are making 
to publish a volume of their transactions.* 
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