CONTENTS. 
NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
1. Copper ore of Strafford, Vt. &c. = - - 
. Scientific names of cértatii 
- Graduation of the Mohawk and fideee rail ‘aul, 
4, 5. Inflammable gas issuing from w 
Remarks on the Fine Arts, 
ater tA sto in New York— 
LITERARY NOTICES, 
1. American translation of Cuvier’s Régne Animal 
388 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Prof. Eaton’s Geological Text-Book—Prof. Lind- 
ley’s introduction to the natural system of Botany—Ele- 
mentary obs on Conchology—Co naive: oe a= 
ogy—New work on ces sy, 
7. The Journal fa Naturalis - 
380 
8. Chancellor Kent’s aac Before the ®B K K Society 0 of Yale 
APPENDIX. 
Experiments on the disinfecting powers of increased tempera- 
tures, with a view to the suggestion of a substitute for — 
antine ; by Witt1am Henry, M.D. F. . &e. 
Notice of the volcanic island thrown up betweeu. Pantellatia 
and Sciacca; by hires es f2 M.R.S.L. &c. 
Chloric Ether, - - - - 
392 
399 
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