484 FOURTH RULJ-KTIN OF [1845. 



18, 1845: Referrioij to Captain Aulick, U. S. Navy, for informa- 

 tion respeclintr tine late of tiie U. S. sloop Wasp, Captain Blakely. 



*Froin G. Voglesang, Austrian consul, JNew Orleans, JVIarcli 3, 

 1845: Observations on the practicability and advantage of introdu- 

 cing a universal system of weights, measures, and coins, among all 

 nations, &c. 



From Eugenio Alberi, of Florence, Marcli 6, 1845: Offering to 

 the Institute, by permission of tlie Grand Duke of Tuscany, a copy 

 of the complete works of Galileo Galilei, recently published from the 

 oriiiinal manuscripts. 



From R. M. Hamilton, U. S. consul, Monte Video, March 8, 

 1845 : Promising tliat, when peace shall be restored, he will collect 

 for, and forward to, the Institute, a full series of mineral and other 

 specimens of the Banda Oriental. 



From Dr. Joseph Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, March 

 10, 1845: Biography (MSS.) of Captain Blakely, U. S. Navy, who 

 commanded, and was lost in the U. S. sloop-of-war Wasp, during the 

 last war with England ; with a chart giving the supposed route of 

 that ill-fated vessel. 



From D. S. Lamme, of Missouri, March 24, 1845 : Proposing to 

 sell, to the Institule, the large collection of mastodon, and other fossil 

 bones, &c., from Missouri, now deposited in the great hall of the 

 Patent Oflice. 



*From M. Fialin de Persigny, Paris, Marcii 24, 1845: Giving 

 an abstract of his new theory of the design and uses of the pyra- 

 mids, &iC. 



*From Commodore J. D. Elliott, U. S. Navy, April 8, 1845: 

 Correspondence with General Andrew Jackson respecting the Roman 

 sarcophagus, k,c. 



From A. H. Palmer, American and foreign agency, N. ¥., April 

 15, 1845: Amiouncing a present from Siam for the Institute. 



*From Robert WirklilFe, jr., U. S. Charge d'Afiaires, Sardinia, 

 Turin, April 20, 1845 : Historic hints on the origin of the Guelphs 

 and Ghibbelines, Jcc. 



*From J. A. Biyan, late Charge d'Affaires of the United Slates at 

 Lima, April 23, 1845: Second letter on the Isthmus of Darien, and 

 Panama, he. 



*From Commodore M. C. Perry, U. S. Navy, April 29, 1845: 

 Giving a list and description ol articles of curiosity, &ic., brought 

 home by him from the African station. 



From S. 'V. Olney, Secretary of the Providenco! Franklin Society, 

 Providence, Rhode Island, April 30, 1845: Proposing to exchange 

 plants, &ic., with the Institute, he. 



*Froni William H. Thomas, Washington, May 5, 1845: On the 

 knowledge of the mechanic arts and progress of in)provement among 

 the Indians, &,c. 



*From Stanislaus Hernisz, Inte attache of the U. S. Chinese mis- 

 sion, May 6, 1815: On the ( hinese language, with illustrations, &ic. 



From William B. Hodgson, Savannali, Georgia, May 18, 1945: 



