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THE 



OF 



SCIENCE AND ARTS. 



CONDUCTED BY 



BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D. LL. D. 



Prof. Chem., Min., &c. in Yale Coll, ; Cor. Mem. Soc. Arts, Man. and Com. ; and 



For. Mem. Geol. Soc, London ; Mem. Roy. Min. Soc, Dresden ; Imp. 



Agric. Soc, Moscow; Hon. Mem. Lin. Soc, Paris; Nat. Hist. 



Soc. Belfast, Ire.; Phil, and Lit. Soc Bristol, Eng.; 



Mem. of various Lit. and Scien. Soc. in America. 



VOL. XVIIL-^FLY, 1830. 



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