THE 



AMERICAN JOURNAL 



OF 



SCIENCE AN© AMTS. 



CONDUCTED BY 



BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D. LL. D. 



Prof. Chem., Min,, &c. in Yale Coll. ; Cor. Mem. Soc. Arts, M'an. and Com, ; and 



For. Mem. Geol. Soc, London; Mem. Geol. Soc, Paris; Mem. Roy. Min. Soc, 



Dresden; Nat. Hist. Soc, Halle; Imp. Agric Soc, Moscow; Hon. Mem. 



Lin. Soc, Paris; Nat, -Jfiio,. Soc. Belfast, Ire.; Phil, and Lit. Soc 



Bristol, Eng.; I";- •^"'^i HiRt Soc, Quebec; Mem. of various 



I-.it. and Scien. Soc. in America. 



VOL. XXIX.- -No. 1. —OCTOBER, 1835. 



FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1835. 



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