The next No. of this Journal will be published on the first of Jan. 



CONTENTS. 











Art. XXII. A brief Notice of the Life, Researches, and Discov- 



Page. 



eries of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel ; by Sir J. F. W. E bschel, 305 



320 

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326 



341 

 343 



XXIII. On the Properties of Ozone ; by C. F. Schonbein, 

 3 IV. Ancient Sea Margins ; by Robert Chambers, 



V. Glycocoll (Gelatine Sugar) and some of its Products of De- 

 composition ; by Prof. E. N. Horsford, — (concluded,) 



XXVI. Singular Property of Caoutchouc, illustrating the value of 



Latent Heat in giving Elasticity to solid bodies, and the dis- 

 tinct functions in this respect of latent and free or sensible 

 heat; by Prof. Charles G. Page, M.D., 



XXVII. Cartography ; by Prof. C. Dewey, M.D., - 



XXVIII. On the Action of Sulphuretted Hydrogen upon Nitric 

 Acetene ; by T. S. Hi 



XX :. Descrij n of a M eoric one which fell in Concord, 



New Hampshire in Octal 1846; by Prof. B. Sillima Jr., 353 



XX Remarks- he CI racier of several species of Tertiary 



from the I ed States, in reply to Ir. Dana. (Extra* 

 ed from a let; r from W. L sdale, Esq. to C Lyell, Esq.) 35 1 



XXXI. Observations in reply to Mr. Lonsdale's " Remarks 



Ja es D. Dana, -------- 



11. Notice of a Water-Spout ; by Elia- Loomis, 



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