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THE 



AMERldAN JOURNAL 



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SCIENCE xlND ARTS. 



CONDUCTfiD BV 



BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D. LL. D. 



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



For. Mem. Geol. Soc, London; Mem. Roy. Min. Soc, Dresden; Nat. Hist. 



Soc, Halle; Imp. Agric Soc, Moscow; Hon. Mem. Lin. Soc, Paris; 



Nat. Histi Soc Belfast, Ire.; PhU. and Lit. Soc Bristol, Eng.; 



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



VOL. XXIII.— No. 1.— OCTOBER, 1832. 



FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1833. 



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