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17. The Relations of Chemistry to Agriculture, and the Agricultural 
Experiments of Mr. J. B. Lawes; by Justus von Ligsic. ‘Translated 
by Samuet W. Jounson, at the author’s request. pp., o. Al- 
bany, N. Y., 1855.—This little work is a translation of a recent agri- 
cultural treatise by Prof. Liebig, by one who has the full confidence of 
its author, both in his knowledge of agricultural chemistry and of the 
language in which it is written. Mr. Johnson has resided at Munich 
for the past year and a half, where, while pursuing his studies, he has 
had constant intercourse with the eminent Profesor of that Uni- 
versity. 
18. A Treatise on Pneumatics, being the Physics of Gases, including 
vapors: containing a full description of the different Air Pumps, and 
the experiments which may be performed with them; also the differ- 
ent Barometers, Pressure Gauges, Hygrometers, and other Meteorolog- 
ical Instruments, explaining the Principles on which they act, and the 
modes of using them. Illustrated by numerous wood engravings, by 
Martin H. Bove, M.D., A.M., Prof. Nat. Phil. & Week: &e. 116 
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precision and clearness, and will be found a valuable and convenient 
work. It is well illustrated with cuts, and contains tables for Barometric 
and Hygrometric calculations, including tables for the tensions of va- _ 
por of water, calculated from those of Regnault, being reduced to 
English measures and the Fahrenheit scale. ie 
19. Fossil Footmarks in the Red Sandstone of Pottsville, Pennsylva- 
Nat. Sci., Phila- 
the tracks duplicated by the hind foot falling into the impression of the 
forefoot, but a little more i vance. As these tracks have alread 
r. Lea argues that the rock is Devonian. It is No. XI. 0} 
Rogers, a formation generally regarded as above the Catskill group, 
and constituting the lowest portion of the beds of the carboniferous 
age, probably synchronous, with some part of the carboniferous lime- 
Stone. 
The typography of this work is beautiful beyond any thing hitherto 
published in this country, well comporting with the majestic size of 
the page. 
20. Fossils of South Carolina; by M. Tuomey and F. S. Houmes. 
Charleston, S. C., 1855. John Russell.—T he appearance of the first 
number of this beautiful work was announced in a former volume of 
this Journal. N 3, 6, sustain the same elegant style of ty- 
Pography and plates. Each species described is figured, and the litho- 
graphs are remarkably fine in drawing and eng g. These numbers 
