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Meeting of the American Association, §c. 393 
Arr. XX XVII_—WNotice of the Meeting of the American Associ- 
ation for the Promotion of Science, held at Philadelphia, 
September 20- 25, ‘1848. — 
osx who had the pléasure of joining in this scientific reun- 
ion, wil long remember the harmony of the occasion, the ardor 
e 
attendance was much larger than on any former occasion, v 
the association met under its old organization, and with its former 
more restricted plan. And yet many who before have often met 
on these occasions, were unavoidably detained from the present 
meeting. The division into two sections—of General Physics, 
and of Natural History,—proved highly advantageous to the rapid 
progress of business, and was much. approved, although many 
were thus unavoidably prevented fom “engy ing the advantages 
of hearing all that passed in both se 
The plan of organization, the act and_ by-laws, reported 
by the committee appointed last year for this purpose, were unani- 
mously adopted, and. will be the basis of all future operations. 
j abe communications made at the present session were as 
ollow 
ae force flidispénsabte to whirlwinds. Byt ie Pee 
Some notice of the Fossil Cephalopoda, long known by the 
of Belemnites, and of the —. of iron, c called ‘gullicite, fond 
— at Mullica Hill. By Peter A, Browne, 
ort on Meteorites.” By Protest C.U. SuuPAnd, communicated 
Professor B. S1numan, Jr. 
by Pi on Winds,’ or a6 Laws of Atmospheric circulaiione in be 
Northern Hemisphere. By Professor J. H, Corri ; 
Forces in nature, which tend to roptur, Sone depress, and D- 
heave the superficial strata of the earth. By Professor L. 
On the Volatility of Potassa at Soda, and their Carbikatak BF 
Professors W. B. and R. E. Roe 
On the alleged insolubility of espe in hydrochloric acid, ae 
Fuchs’s Mabe of analysis of Iron and Copper r Ores. 
. B. an . Roe 
Poet Zaabhy tes of Woitern Ohio, with a few additions froik 2 otha 
bs ong localities. By Professor J. W. Van Cieve 
e Sediment of the’ Mississippi River. By P 
Dea, 
The = ge pring | of Chemical Philosophy. 
The Zo ibe Pag ae ak By Professor J. J. 
ee in New 
