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Stated Meeting, November 17. 



Present, twenty-two members. 



Dr. Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was received from H. J. Bowditch, Esq., Clerk of 

 the Bowditch Library, dated Oct. 28,1843, acknowledging the 

 receipt of the Proceedings, No, 27. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. I. Nos. 30, 31. September and October, 1843. Svo.— 

 From the Academy. 



The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. XIX. No. 10. 

 October, 1843. 8vo. — From the American Colonization So- 

 ciety. 



Pantography, or Universal Drawings, in the Comparison of their 

 Natural and Arbitrary Laws, with the Nature and Importance of 

 Pasigraphy, as the Science of Letters, &c. By Benajah J. An- 

 trim. Philadelphia, 1843. Svo. — From the Author. 



The United States Almanac; or Complete Ephemeris for the Year 

 1844; By John Downes: The Statistical Part by Freeman 

 Hunt. Vol. II. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From John Downes. 



De Skandinaviske Naturforskeres tredie Mode, i Stockholm i 1842. 

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Forhandlingar vid det af Skandinavlska Naturforskare och Lakare 

 hallna mote i Gotheborg ar 1839. Gotheborg, 1840. Svo. — 

 From the same, 



A Lecture on the Oregon Territory. By Peter A. Browne, LL.D., 

 of Philadelphia. 1843. Svo. — From the Author. 



Remarks on Tides, and the Prevailing Currents of the Ocean and 

 Atmosphere. By W. C. Redfield. From the American Journal 

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ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Academie des 

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