146 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
On the chemical relations of odors, and their employment as tests. By Geo. 0. 
Schae ea : 
On eoric stones; with an account of some recently discovered. By Prof. 
J. Ldsaceies Smith, ar Louisville, Ky. 
On two new general methods of chemical analysis, By Dr. Wolcott Gibbs. 
On the volumetric stodinatiod of Nitric arnbnem Antimonic and Stannic acids, 
and on the separation of Manganese, Cobalt : and Nickel. By Dr. Wolcott Gibbs. 
American ope ey System, and its relations to ee 
science. By Dr. L. D. Gale, of the Patent Office, Washin ngton 
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the De 
John Tradescant ies the j jo weviiad of his vo fh to Russia in si ommuni ae by 
el, of Im 
ti H.C. rm 
On the Petia ag of mon 7 stems. By d. “a of Gon 
On the Whale. Ree esa U.8. N. 
Arrenpix—On Personal Equatio By J. Win 
eee reasons for aot the Mobilian language m yee been spoken a tang the 
southeastern sho: ie of North America in the first half of the 16th century. By 
Buckingham Smi 
2. Abstract i, a Meteorological Journal kept at Beloit College, 
Beloit, Wis., for the year r 1853, (communicated for this Journal.— 
Lat. 42° 30’ 23” N.; Long. 12° 20” W. from Washington; eleva 
tion above ae Michigan, 172 feet—above the Ocean, 750 feet ; by 
S. P. Lararop, M.D., Professor of Chethisiry and Natural Bie 1 












BAROMETER, ! THERMOMETER = ine  /Inches ram 
aes oases Z ~ Min. | Mean, |Max./Min. Mean aoe Sates s ne 
January, — 5/27-04 70} ns&s. 1:25 
February, — 9123-00 | 455 | new. &y. 2°85 
March, 0/83°57 | 348 i nwin.d&s 2°00 
April, 27/4012 1 482 | weedy 568 
May, 38|57-44 | 454 |nx,nwids| 437 
June, 54|73:16 | 3:04] sw.dés. 485 
July, 54.68 78 | sw&nx. 810 
August, 52\7137 | 3:08 | sw. &y-w 68 
September, 41/6402 | 3-97 | sx. d&xew 648 
October, 11/4700 | 2°65 | ssw. dy. 
November, 10\41°30 | 6-02 | 5s. N 6°85 
F 5/26°39 | 3°83 | sw. &n.w. rhe 
Year. — 9/4775 | 3°87 [sw.xw. es.) 457) 







The mean temperature of the past year is rte eg being nearly ‘the 
mean a the three previous years, which is 47° 
mean temperature for the winter months a "i6ce- 0 is 24°-863, 
which:i is Something over a degree less than the mean of the two prev" 
2°-567 lowe mead 
