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Palace, commencing on the 3d of September, 1847, and continuing 

 for three weeks. The assembly had under consideration, physics, 

 mathematics and mechanics, geology and mineralogy, geography and 

 archaeology, agriculture and technology, botany and vegetable phy- 

 siology, chemistry, zoology, comparative anatomy and physiology, 

 surgery and medicine. 



Discussions were had on zelluric electro currents, on the proper- 

 ties of four remarkable points of the ellipse; on diminished danger 

 of balloon ascensions, on steam boilers, railway dangers, geometrical 

 superfices, meteorolgical and magnetic observations at Trieste, the 

 declination of the needle in the Adriatic, the salt works of Venice. 

 Announcement of the plan of the society for the encouragement of 

 arts, &c. of Milan, to publish an account, on the power best suited 

 and applied to railways. 



Dr. Underbill. In France the roots of a grape vine have been 

 found sixty feet below the surface, seeking the water at the bottom 

 of a well. 



On motion of Judge Van Wyck, the subjects of the day were or- 

 dered for the next meeting of the Club. 



The Club thea adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary, 



Dec.2lst. 1847. 



Judge Livingston in the Chair. 



Mr. Meigs, read the following extract made by him from Varlo's 

 Husbandry, (viz:) 



A new system of Husbandry by C. Varlo. Published in Philadel- 

 phia in 1785, in two volumes Svo. Vol. 2, page 342. 



TRENCHING GROUND WJTH TEE SPADE. 



"Near Glasgow, I observed farmers at work on worn out land, 

 digging two or three spit (spade lengths), deep. They throw the 

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