THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OF 
SCIENCE AND ARTS. 
CONDUCTED BY 
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D. LL. D. 
Prof. Chem., Min., &c. in Yale Coll.; Cor. Mem. Suc. Arts, Man. and Com.; and 
For, Mem. Geol. Soc., London; Mem. Geol. Soc., Paris; Mera. Roy. Min. Soc., 
Dresden; Nat. Hist. Soc., Halle; Imp. Agric. Soc., Moscow; Hon. Mem. 
Lin. Soc., Paris; Nat. Hist. Soc. Belfast, Ire.; Phil. and Lit. Soc. 
Bristol, Eng: ; Hon. Mem. Roy. Sussex Inst. Brighton, Eng.; 
Lit. and Hist. Soc., Quebec; Mem. of various 
Lit. and Scien. Soc. in America. 
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VOL. XXXIII.— JANUARY, 1838. 
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