Vill CONTENTS. 
Miscellan ntelligence.—Abstract of Meteorological Observations made at Burlington, 
Vt., in 1853, by Z. Tuompson, 445.—Extract of a letter from Col. J. C. Fremont, respect- 
ing his Explorations for the route of a Railroad to the Pacific, 447.—On the Action of Al- 
kalies on Rocks, by M. De.esse, 450.—On the Prosopite of Scheerer, by James D. 
Dana: Geological Survey of Tennessee, 452.—Telegraphic Longitude at Brussels: The 
World of Science, Art and Industry, illustrated from examples in the New York Exhi- 
bition, 1853, °54, edited by Prof. B. Siuuiman, Jr., and C. R. Gooprics, E hi 
Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, by Lawrence Turnsutt, M.D., 453.— 
Mechanical Theory of Storms, by T. Bannetr: Fownes’ Chemistry for Students: A 
Manual of British Mineralogy, by R. P Grea, F.G.S., and W. G. 
Is and my Schoolmasters, or, the Story of my Education, by Hucu MiLLer : An- 
nual of Scientific Discovery: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 454. 
List of Works, 455 
Index, 456. 
ERRATA. 
In part of the edition, (No. 50,) 1. 10 from bottom, enatica, read O. erratica 
P. 211, 1.10  botto m fora, ead CaP. 2817 fre oni eee: 4, read 1: a1: hk 
—P, 240, tot hy pen tage add, phosphorus 0-21. 
P, 240, 1. 1 6 from op, for tartaric acid, read titanic acid. 
Pa 3:27 
NE a Pienaar 
P. 333, 1. 10 oe ii nr tient for Mr. read Dr. 
