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ton, May, 1849 ; with an Appendix, containing Sketches of the 

 Sanitary Condition of the Cities of Concord, Portland, New 

 York, Philadelphia, Boston, Lowell, Baltimore, Charleston, New 

 Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati. (Extracted from the Trans- 

 actions of the American Medical Association, Vol. H.) Phila- 

 delphia, 1849. 8vo. — From Dr. Isaac Parrish. 



The Sanitary Condition of Philadelphia. From the Report of the 

 Committee on Public Hygiene of the American Medical Associa- 

 tion. Read at the Annual Meeting in Boston, May, 1849, and 

 ordered to be published. By Isaac Parrish, M.D. Philadelphia, 

 1849. 8vo. — From the same. 



Report of the Committee on the Comparative Health, Mortality, 

 Length of Sentences, &c. of White and Coloured Convicts. Read 

 before the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of 

 Public Prisons, November, 1849, and ordered to be published. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the same. 



Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institu- 

 tion for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1849. Philadelphia. 8vo. — 

 From James J. Barclay, Esq. 



Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Philadelphia Society 

 for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools, &c. 

 January, 1850. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the same. 



Maps of the U. S. Coast Survey: 1. Nantucket Harbour. 2. Hunt- 

 ington Bay. 3. Harbour of Captains' Island, East and West. 

 4. Harbours of Sheffield Island and Cawkins' Island. 5. Mouth 

 of Chester River. — From U. S. Treasury Department, Wash- 

 ington. 



Annali di Fisica, dell' Abbate Francesco Cav. Zantedeschi, Professore 

 di Fisica nell' I. R. Universita di Padova. Fascicolo III. Pa- 

 dova, 1849, 1850. 8vo. — From Professor Zantedeschi. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XIX. No. 

 3. March, 1850. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. II. No. 10. April, 1850. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From J. S. Skinner, Esq., Editor. 



Prof. Kendall presented a communication for the Transac- 

 tions, entitled *' On the Longitude of Hudson (Ohio) Observa- 

 tory, by Elias Loomis, Professor of Mathematics and Natural 

 Philosophy in the University of the City of New York;" 

 which, on motion, was referred to a Committee, consisting of 

 Profs. Kendall and Frazer, and Mr. Downes. 



