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CONTENTS. 



XXIV. On the Elements of the Solar System ; by E. H. Bur- 



ritt, A. M. - 



XXV, Observations on the Meteors of Novemberl3th, 1833; 



by Prof* Olmsted, - 



MISCELLANIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 



110 



Page. 



XVII. Internal Improvements of the State of Pennsylvania; 



No. II. ; by Edward Miller, Civil Engineer, 108 



XVIII. Notice of some new Electrical Instruments; invented 



by Charles G. Page, - 

 XIX. Communications; by David Thomas. 1. Some ac- 

 count of the Chrysomela vitivora, (with an engrav- 

 ing.) 2. Remarks on the specific character of Cory- 

 dalis formosa and Corydalis canadensis, - - 113 

 XX. Notice of a Double Fish ; by Syl. Churchill, 116 



XXI. On the sexual characters of the Naiades ; by Jared 



P. KlRTLAND, M. D. - - - 117 



XXII. On the Sea and Land Rates of Chronometers; by 



Parkinson & Frodsham, - 121 



XXIII. Necrology of Count Chaptal ; translated and communi- 

 cated by Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, - - 127 



129 



132 



British and American Journals of Science, - - 174 



chemistry, &c. 



1. Rapid sketch of the present state of Electricity, - 175 



2. Electro-magnetic experiments, - - - 177 

 3. 4. On the Isomeric bodies of J. J. Berzelius. — Sparks in the 



freezing of water by ether, - - 178 



agriculture, domestic economy, &c. 



1. On a new theory of the action of manures, and of their em- 



ployment ; by M. de la Giraudieu, - - 179 



2. New observations upon the action of the sulphate of lime, 181 



3. Memoir upon valuable kinds of fruit trees, and their prop- 



agation from seed, - 



4. Easy method of giving greater strength and firmness to 



thread, network, cordage and coarse cloth, - 186 



5. Use of diablotins, or crackers of fulminating powder, 187 



6. 7. 8. 9* 10. Cheap mode by which farmers and others may * 



manufacture charcoal. — A tried recipe for burns. 

 To remove a hard coating or crust from glass and 

 porcelain vessels. — Scotch method of preserving 

 eggs. — Preservation of skins, - - 188 



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