SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



MAGNETICAL OBSERVATIONS 



ARCTIC SEAS. 



BY 





ELISHA KENT KANE, M.D., U.S.N. 



MADE DURING THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OP SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 



IN 1853, 1854, AND 1855, AT VAN RENSSELAER HARBOR, AND OTHER 



POINTS ON THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND. 



REDUCED AND DISCUSSED, 

 BY 



CHARLES A. SCHOTT, 



ASSISTANT D. S. COAST Sl'RVEY. 



[ACCEPTED FOK PUBLIOATIO ic, MAT, 1868.] 



