Forth-coming Scientific Works. 411 



" At a time when the researches concerning the former times of 

 America have gained a greater interest, I hope the effort to extend this 

 information will meet the approbation of the American Antiquarians. 



"I have now gone through all the old MSS. on this subject, and 

 have made a complete collection of the several pieces, shewing the 

 knowledge which the old Scandinavians had of America. I intend 

 now to publish this collection with a Latin translation. 



" The accounts of the voyage of the old Scandinavians to Ameri- 

 ca, have lately gained a new confirmation, by a Runic Stone, which 

 in the year 1824, was found under 73° N. lat. on the Western coast 

 of Greenland. Translated, it is as follows : Erling Sigvalson, and 

 Biorne Hordeson, and Endride Addson, Saturday before Gagnday, 

 (the 25 April) erected these heaps of stone, and cleared the place in 

 the year 1135." 



2. Use of the Blowpipe in Chemistry and Mineralogy. [In Ger- 

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