PROSPECTUS. 
In 1810, 11 and 12, the late Dr. Bruce, of New York, published 
his Journal of Mineralogy and Geology in one volume of four num- 
bers. The American Journal, was however, the first, that in this 
country, embraced in its plan, the entere circle of the Physical Scien- 
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and has completed its twenty fifth volume. 
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from its pages, which are in turn, enriched by theirs; and it has thus, 
become identified with the science and arts of the present day. . 
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