JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST. 67 



Smithson, James. On the composition of zeolite. From the PhilosoDh- 



ical Transactions. 7 pp. 4P. London, 1811. 

 Steno, Nicolaus. The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids 



naturally contained within soUds. 128 pp. 12o. London, 1Q71. 

 Stephens, Kev. Walker. Notes on the mineralogy of part of the vicinity 



ofDubhn. 59 pp. 8°. London, 1812. *"- *^ ^ 



Tennant, Smithson. Notice respecting native boracio acid. 2 do. 49 

 London, 1811. ^^ 



Tozzetti Torgioiii, Dr. Antonio. SuUe cicerchie memoria letta nell'ad- 

 ??qT^\o "^ E. Accademia dei georgofili di Firenze U di 3. Agosto 

 1785. 73 pp. 8o. Firenze, 1793. ^ 



Voyage descriptive et philosophique de I'ancien et du nouveau Paris. 



TTT ?^,^^-^- Tomei. 314 pp. 24o. Paris, 1814. 



Weeks' Museum, Tichbome street, London. 11 pp. 32o 



Weld, Isaac, jr. Travels through the States of North* America and 

 the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795. 

 1796 and 1797. Fourth edition. Vols, i ii. M7, 384 pp. 8o 

 London, 1807. ' ff^- 



^®™2o ^i^de'^mf ^^^ «^^a^<^^res ext^rieurs des fossiles. 310 pp. 



Winsor, F. A. Notice historique sur I'utilization du gaz hydroefene 



pour I'dclairage. 64 pp. 8°. Paris, 1816. b j b 



WoUaston, Wm. Hyde. A synoptic scale of chemical equivalents. 22 



pp. 40. London, 1814. 

 Wollaston, W. H. On the non-existence of sugar in the blood of per- 



sons laboring under diabetes mellitus. 16 pp. 40. London, 1811. 

 Worn, Jens. Eunakefli le Runic Rim-stok, ou calendrier runique. 70 



pp. 8°. Paris, 1820. 



NOTE 9. 

 NOTICES OF THE OITY OF WASHINGTON, FOUND IN BOOKS IN SMITH- 



son's library. 



One of the books in Smithson's library is "Struggles throueh life, 

 exemphhed in the various travels and adventures in Europe! Asia 

 Africa, and America. By Lieut. John Harriott." 80. 2 vols, ion^w 

 loOo. ' 



Mr. Harriott (vol. ii, pp. 259-260) says : 



«,i!'?vf^^!S*'°^ *^'^ intended city [Washington], I question much 

 whether there ever will be a sufficient number of houses built to entitle 

 It to the name of a great city. Reckoning up all the houses I could 

 see or hear of as belonging to the new city of Washington, they did 

 not amount to eighty. Having seen and examined everything, and 

 gained all the information I could concerning this so much talked -of 

 city, I sat down between the President's house and the Capitol, and en- 

 tered the following m my minute-book, as my opinion, viz : 



« Should the public buildings be completed, and enterprisinff individ- 

 uals risk considerably in building houses j should the Union of the 

 States continue undisturbed ; should Congress assemble for a number of 

 years, until the national bank and other public offices necessarily draw 

 the moneyed interests to it, the city of Washington, in the course of a 

 century, may form a focus of attraction to mercantile and trading people 

 sufficient to make a beautiful commercial city deserving the name of its 

 lounder; but I apprehend so many hazards as to be most unwilling to 

 venture any part of my property in the undertaking." 



