CONTENTS. Vv 
Page. 
ioe for selma ity mie petite, at sgebigerss 
ence in the West, - 187 
18. Science in pee South, - - - - - + - 188 
OTHER NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
1. Remarks on the American th - - . . - 188 
2. Notice of a halo, 189 
3. On the supposed collapse ‘of deci boilers, and the means of 
preventing pete ns, - - 190 
4. Hurricane of August, 1831, - - -. 191 
5. Agriculture and Horticulture i in the West, - - - 193 
6, 7. ”Population of Ebieietp eae Fempe!sae; - - - 194 
8. Notice of cobalt, ot &e. = - - - 195 
9. Manufacture of lead p s, &c. - - 196 
10, 11. Skulls—Notices of scenery, we. in Pennsylvania, we OF 
12. Singular phenomenon, - 198 
APPENDIX. 
Four Cardinal Points in fst tay oes mee established 
by Organic Remains; by Prof. A. Eaton 
—_—O-—— 
NUMBER II. 
Arr. I. Memoir of the hile. o Eli SM bcuand ee inventor of the 
Cotton Gin; by : 
Il. Reminiscences of aie late Mr. Whitney by the Ebr 
255 
TO 
IIL. Description of ‘the Rotascope ; by Prof, Wises R. Joux- 
2 
65 
IV. luyectigntion of the Bulcycioid: be E. F. Jouxsox, 280 
. On Sugar from Potatoe Starch; by S. Gururir, 284 
VI. Remarks on various Chemical ais at aa by S. Guta- 
288 
VIL. On “double felvacticn in the molecules of bodies: by 
p Brewster, LL. D. F.R.S. L. & E. 296 
Dav 
Vill. Experimental Inquiries respecting Heat a Vapeca with 
me gui tical ksi eeee, by sic WALTER cs Joun- 
t 
IX, To a an Hyperbols ; by owns ND G. Haz 314 
X. Supposed Agency of Galvanism in transferring Gace rs 
throuzh animal substances; by Dr. Atexanper Jones, 316 
XI. An account of the Sapphire and other minerals in New- 
ton stele gs Sussex comntys New ne) ; by Samven 
Fow ter, M. 
XII. A sketch of the Mineralogy and Gealagy of | the Counties 
Pitas (N.Y.) and Sussex (N.J.); by Cuanues U. 
Suerarn, Lecturer on Botany in Yale College, - - 321 
XIV. On Central Forces; by Prof. THeonore Strone, - 334 
