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Miscellanea EruditJE Antiquitatis: cura Jacobi Sponii, &c. &c. Lug- 

 duni, 1655. Folio. — From Prof. J. F. Frazer. 



Antonii van Dale, Dissertationes IX. Antiquitatibus quin et Marmori- 

 bus, cum Romanis, turn potissimum Grsecis illustrandis inservien- 

 tes. Amstelodami, 1702. 4to. — From the same. 



Judge Kane announced the decease of the Hon. John Banis- 

 ter Gibson, late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, a member of this 

 Society, who died on the 3d inst. 



Mr. Edward Miller presented, for the Cabinet of the Soci- 

 ety, a specimen of silicate of zinc, from the Saucon valley, in 

 Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. The bed of this ore is exten- 

 sively worked; — the product being sent to New York, for the 

 manufacture of zinc paint. 



A discussion ensued with regard to the deposits of this mi- 

 neral, in which Mr, Miller, Prof, Frazer, Dr. Boye and Mr. 

 Trego took part. Dr. Boye remarked that he had found the 

 carbonate of zinc also in the above mentioned locality, and 

 had ascertained it to be that mineral by chemical analysis. 



Prof. Frazer, from the Committee on Dr. Kane's Expedition 

 to the Arctic regions, reported that the services of a compe- 

 tent astronomical observer had been secured to accompany the 

 expedition; — and presented a list of names as subscribers to a 

 fund in aid of such services, amounting to ■^425, principally 

 contributed by members of the Society. 



The following resolution was offered by Mr. Trego, which, 

 after being read and considered, was adopted: 



Resolved, That the Curators be authorized to exchange with other 

 societies or individuals, such duplicate or supernumerary specimens 

 of coins, medals, minerals and other articles as they may deem un- 

 necessary to be retained in the Cabinet of the Society, for such other 

 specimens, of equal value, as they may consider desirable to be added 

 to the Society's present collection ; — and that the Curators be in- 

 structed to make report to the Society of their proceedings from time 

 to time. 



