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CONTEXTS 



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VIII. Facts serving to show the comparative forwardness of the 



spring season in different parts of the United States. By 

 Jacob Bigelow, M. D. Riimford Professor in Harvard 



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Unii'ersitij, 



IX. Some observations on the Sea-Serpent. By William D. 



Peck, A. M. F. A. A. Pnfessor of JS^atural History in Har- 

 vard University. 



X. An account of the violent and destructive Storm of the S3(i 



of September 4815. By John Farrar, Professor of Math, 

 and JWt. Phil, in Harvard University. 9S 



XI. An account of a singular electrical phenomenon^ observed 



during a snow storm accompanied ivith thunder. By John 



86 



Farrar, Professor of Math, and J\*at. Phil, in Harvard 



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98 



XII. Observationes Carpologicmin Eamelliam et TJieam. a W, 



J). Peck, A. M. A. A. Soc. Hist, et Agric. Mass. Socio ; 

 Hist. JS'at. Prof. 



XIII. Memories on Doctor StewarV s formula, for computing the 



motion of the Moon's Apsides, as given in the Supplement 



103 



to the Encyclopcedia Brittanica. By JVathaniel B 



ditch, LL. 7> 



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110 



XIY. Description of several Halos and Parhelia, observed at 



BrunswicJc, Maine. By Parker Cleaveland, Professor , 

 Math, and JVaf. Phil in Boivdoin College. IgQ 



XV. Outlines of the Mineraloy and Geology of Boston and its 



vicinity, with a Geological Map. By J. F. Dana, M, D. 

 and S. L. Dana, M. D. 



XVI. On the P ronunciatim of the Greek Language. By John 



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Picker ins:. A, A. S 



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