94 PROCEEDINGS OF [Julj, 



Report of Experiments by the Sub-Committee from the Committee 

 of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, on the explosion of 

 Steam Boilers, to whom was referred the examination of the 

 strength of materials employed in their construction; by Professor 

 Walter R. Johnson.— i^rom the Author. 



Three volumes of the First Series of the New- York Historical Col- 

 lections. — From the JSeio- York Historical Society. 



The First volume of the Second Series of the New-York Historical 

 Collections. — From the Neiv-York Historical Society. 



Smith's History of New- York, 2 vols., 8vo. — From the New-York 

 Historical Society. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1841. — From 

 the Franklin Institute. 



Hume and Smollett's History of England, 1 vol., Svo. — From W. 

 G. Craiich. 



The Monthly Anthology, 6 vols., Svo. — From W. G. Cranch. 



Exposition des Produits de l' Industrie Francaise ; 1839; 3 vols., 

 Svo. — From M. de Bacourt, French Minister to the U. S. 



Compte rendu des Travaux des Ingenieurs des Mines; 1839; 2 vols., 

 4to. — From M. de Bacourt, French Minister to the U. S. 



Report of a Survey and Exploration of the Coal and Ore Lands be- 

 longing to the Alleghany Coal Company, in Somerset county, 

 Pennsylvania, 1341, by Walter R. Johnson. — From the Author. 



The American Senator, by Thomas Carpenter, 3 vols., Svo. — From 

 John Varden. 



Medical Botany. — From John Varden. 



Report of the Progress of Geological Survey of the State of Virgi- 

 nia, by W. B. Rogers, 1840. — From the Author. 



The Third and Fourth, and two copies of the Fifth Annual Report 

 of the Geology of Tennessee. — From Professor Gerard Troost. 



The Members of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of 

 Arts and Sciences, were invited to become members of the National 

 Institution, and to deposit in its Cabinet their effects, books, and 

 papers. 



The Committee in reference to the Address on the life and charac- 

 ter of the late President of the United States, submitted its report. 



