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CONTENTS. 
MISCELLANIES.—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN. 
Bibliographical Notices. 
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I. Boston Journal of Natural History, - - - - 180 
2. Catalogue of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences 
of Philadelphia, - - - - - - - - 181 
3. Lyell’s Geology, first American edition, - - - - 182 
4. Darlington’s Flora Cestrica, - - - - - - 183 
5, 6. Animal Magnetism—General Species and Iconography 
of Recent Shells, - - - - - - - - ly ; 
Scientific Intelligence. 
1. Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, - - - - 185 
2. Notice of a Revolving Electro-Magnetic Instrument, by Dr. 
BenyamMiIn Rusu McConne.LL, - - - - - 188 
3. Electro-Magnetic pbpoame and noe: ; by CuaRLes 
G. Pacer, M. D. - - - - - - 190 
4, 5. Davenport’s Elgctro- Mienetic Noche Bane on 
Electro-Magnetism, - - - - - - - 193 
6. British Association for the Promotion of Science, - - 194 
7. Notice of the effect of Solar Heat in raising a Balloon, - 196 
8. Extract of a letter from Mr. Charles Fox, ‘relative to the 
motion of the melted grease in a candle while burning,” 198 
. Supplement to Dr. Mease’s paper on Spontaneous Combus- 
tion, - - - - - - - - - - 199 
11, 12. Another case of the Spontaneous Combustion of 
Virginia Coal—Meteor—Improved mode of constructing 
Magnets, - - - - - - - - - 200 
14. Bones of the Mammoth—Newly discovered Ichnolites, 201 
15, 16, 17. Hot Springs of Arkansaw, &c.—Fire bricks and 
hearth stones for furnaces—Edwardsite, - - - 202 
18, 19. Lethea Geognostica—Elemente der technischen Chemie, 204 
20. ey of Lt. Mather, - - - 205 
- 21, 22. New Silk Worm—New Voyage Goand the World, - 206 
23. sae - = - - - - = - - 207 
24. Geological Society, - - - - - - - 208 
25. Prof. Afzelius, - - - - - = - 211 
. Postscript—Notice of an Aurora, - - - - - 242 
