

Bibliography. 455 



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IX. On New South Wales, its sandstones, coal formation, fossils, ba- 

 saltic and allied rocks, degradation and denudation, evidences of change 

 of level, pp. 449-538. & 



X. XL XII. On the Philippine and Sooloo Islands — Deception Island 

 —Madeira, pp. 539-556. 



XIII. XIV. On a part of Chili. — On the vicinity of Lima, Peru, and 

 the islands of San Lorenzo, pp. 557-600. 



XV. On the vicinity of Nassau Bay, Tierra del Fuego. 



XVI. On the vicinity of Rio Negro. 



XVII. On Oregon and Northern California. 

 Appendix.— 1. Fossils of New South Wales; 2. Fossils of Tierra 



del Fuego and Peru; 3. Fossils (tertiary) of Oregon. 



The Atlas is occupied with the drawings of Fossils, 14 folio plates 

 being devoted to New South Wales, 1 to Tierra del Fuego and Peru, 

 and the remaining 6 to Oregon. 



There are but 85 copies of this work on sale, and these are in the 

 hands of Mr. G. P. Putnam, publisher, &c, New York City. Only 100 

 were printed besides the 100 ordered by government. 



11. Report on Zoophytes, of the Exploring Expedition under C, 

 Wilkes, U. S. N. ; by James D. Dana.— The\ulas of this work has 

 just appeared. The text, a volume of 740 papes in 4to, was announced 

 by us in 1846. The atlas consists of 61 plates in large folio, contain- 

 ing representations of the corals described in !he text, very many of 

 which are colored, and exhibit the coral animals drawn from the living 

 Zoophyte. The first 5 plates are devoted to Actiniae, the elegant figures 

 of which are by Mr. J. Drayton, Artist of the Expedition. The re- 

 maming 56 plates with one exception, are from drawings by the author 

 of the work. The volume of plates owes much, artistically, to the su- 

 perintendence and taste of Mr. Drayton. Less than 100 copies of the 

 work on Zoophytes, have been on sale by Lea & Blanchard, of Phila- 

 delphia. 



12. Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering ; 

 by Julius Weisbach, Professor of Mechanics and applied Mathematics 

 in the Royal Mining Academy of Freiberg. First American edition, 

 edited by Walter R. Johnson, A.M., Civ. and Min. Eng., Washington, 

 D. C. 2 vols. Vol. II, Applied Mechanics, 364 pp. 8vo. Lea & Blan- 

 chard.— This volume, like volume I, is elegantly illustrated with numerous 

 wood-cuts. It treats in a masterly manner of the equilibrium and pressure 

 of fluids, theory of arches; of framings of wood and iron; strength of 

 Materials; rigidity of cordage; measure of moving powers and their 

 effects ; of animal power and its recipient machines; of collecting and 

 leading water, and on waier wheels, vertical and horizontal ; on 



windmills. 



13. The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms and of 

 the Variable Winds, with the Practical Application of the subject to 

 Navigation; illustrated by charts and wood-cuts. By Lieut. Colonel 

 William Reid, C.B., F.R.S., 424 pp. 8vo. London, 1849.— The la- 

 bors of Lieut Col. Reid are adding largely to the amount of informa- 

 tion on the nature of storms, and confirming the laws laid down by Mr. 

 Wm C. Redfield. Another volume from his hands of over 400 pages 

 exhibits the increasing interest which the investigations are receiving, 

 as well as the untiring spirit of investigation and careful research of 



