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ACADEMIE IMPERIALS DBS SCIEXCES BELLES LETTRES ET ARTS IN BOR- 

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KONTGLICH BAYERISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTER zu MUNCHEN. 

 Sitzuugsberichle der philosophisch-philologischen und historischen Classe, 1871. 

 Heft I, II, III. 8vo pamphlets. Miinchen, 1871. Sitzungsberichte der mathe- 

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 Die Aufgabe des chemischen Unterrichts gegeniiber der Anforderungen der Wis- 

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 emie der Wissenschaften am 25, Juli, 1871, von Dr. Emil Erlenmeyer. 4to pamph. 

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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Collections, Vol. x. Fourth Series. 1 

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SOCIEDAD DE NATURALiSTAS NES-GRANADiNOS. Esploracion entre San Jos6 

 De lucuta I el Rio Magdalena, 8vo pamph. Bogota, 1871. Informe de los Esplora- 

 dores del Territorio De San Martin. 8vo pamph. Bogota, 1871. Catalogo del 

 Estado S. De Antisquia, 8vo. pamph. Bogota, 1871. 



SOCIETY IMPERIALE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE CHERBOURG. MemoirCS, 



Tome xv, 1870. 8vo pamph. Cherbourg, 1870. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque, 8vo 

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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1872. 



THE President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA BY RAIL. 



J. J. H. GREGORY, ESQ., of Marblehead gave a familiar 

 talk upon California, and the things to be seen along the 

 route of the Pacific railroad, beginning at Omaha. His 

 descriptions were plain, graphic and interesting. Speak- 

 ing of agriculture in Utah, he said the process of irriga- 

 tion as carried on there was far less costly than he had 

 supposed, as it consisted of the making of mere furrows 

 with the plough. He spoke of the elements of dissolu- 



