360 American Geological Society. 



2. American Geological Society. 



A stated meeting of this society was held at the house of 

 Professor Ives, on the evening of the first Monday in De- 

 cember. 



Reports were made to the society of the receipt ; — 



I. Of a box of specimens from Professor Dewey; they 

 are chiefly primitive and transition rocks, and are illustrative 



tP|)rincipally of the geology of the vicinity of Williams Col- 

 lege, and of the region between it and the Hudson river. 



II, Of two boxes from the president of the society, Wil- 

 liam Maclure, Esq. ; these contain geological specimens, 

 " collected and ticketed" by Mr. Maclure during his differ- 

 ent travels* in Europe, and are therefore a contribution to- 

 wards a cabinet of foreign geology. 



ill. Of two boxes from Col. George Gibbs, first vice- 

 president; one of these was mentioned in the last report, 

 and consists of foreign specimens, chiefly in mineralogy ; 

 the pieces are select and fine. The other box is composed 

 of domestic specimens. 



IV. A collection of books from the president of the soci- 

 ety : they are, 



1. The Transactions of the Geological Society of Lon- 

 don, as far as published, in 5 vols, quarto, with 150 plates, 

 chiefly coloured. 



2. The Transactions of the Wernerian Society of Edin- 

 burgh, as far as published, in 2 thick vols. 8vo. with between 

 40 and 50 plates, principally coloured. 



3. Journal de Physique, or Journal of Natural Science, 

 (Paris,) 54 vols, quarto, with numerous platesf . 



4. Chemical and Economical Memoir on the production 

 of Saltpetre, quarto. 



5. Mineralogy of France, by Rozzin, 1 vol. 8vo. 



6. Meidinger's work on Fishes, royal folio, with fifty su- 

 perb coloured plates. 



* This gentleman has, in person, examined the geology of almost every 

 portion of Europe, as well as of the civilized portions of North America. 

 He has visited several countries repeatedly, and has inspected most of the 

 interesting localities of minerals in Europe and America. 



t With the promise of thirty-four more volumes, as soon as they can he- 

 obtained. 



