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ony Mee new Planets: First Comet of 1853, el ae Comet of 1858, 448. 
eous Scientific Intelligence. —The Annual Seppane of ri a Pressure in 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by Wittiam Keuiy, M.D , 448.—The Hand-Book a 
Practical Receipts of every day use, by Tuomas F. iaere 449. — Report of the Su- 
perintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey for 1856: Reports of Explorations and Surveys — 
for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, 450.—Obituary, .—S. G. 
Deeth: Carl Freidrich Plattner, 450 .—Discovery of the Permian i in Kansas : Big } 
phy, by J. Nicklas, 451. aoe 
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